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Description

Audio Ease Altiverb 7 is a sonic powerhouse designed for musicians and audio engineers who crave authentic acoustic emulation. As a leading convolution reverb plugin, it offers an immersive experience by replicating real-world acoustic spaces with meticulous detail. Whether you're looking to transport your sound to a grand concert hall or a cozy studio, Altiverb 7 has you covered with its expansive library of impulse responses.

What sets Altiverb 7 apart is its user-friendly interface paired with advanced sound-shaping tools. Adjust parameters such as reverb time, attack, and brightness, while the stage positioning feature allows you to place instruments or vocalists precisely within the acoustic space. This level of control ensures that your mix sounds exactly as you envision it.

For those who love to experiment, Altiverb 7 includes special effects like reverse and modulated reverbs, adding a creative edge to your projects. The built-in mixer and EQ options provide additional flexibility, making it easier than ever to craft the perfect soundscape. Backward compatibility ensures seamless integration with previous sessions, allowing you to build on past work without a hitch.

Key Features:

  • Industry-leading convolution reverb plugin
  • Extensive library of real-world impulse responses
  • Advanced sound-shaping controls: reverb time, attack, brightness, and more
  • Stage positioning feature for precise spatial placement
  • Special effects: reverse, modulated, and gated reverbs
  • User-friendly mixer and EQ for detailed sound crafting
  • Backward compatibility with previous plugin versions

Product specs

Software Type Reverb
Platform Mac
Upgrade/Full Full
Download/Boxed Download
Bit Depth 64-bit
Format AAX, AU, VST3
Authorization Type iLok Account Required
Hardware Requirements - Mac Intel Quad-core or higher (Apple Silicon support), 8GB RAM minimum
OS Requirements - Mac OS X 10.15 or later

FAQs

What is Audio Ease Altiverb 7 used for?

Audio Ease Altiverb 7 is a convolution reverb plugin that allows users to add the acoustics of real-world spaces to their audio, making it sound as if it was recorded in those environments.

Is Audio Ease Altiverb 7 compatible with my DAW on Mac?

Altiverb 7 is compatible with Mac DAWs that support AAX, AU, and VST3 plugin formats, such as Logic Pro, Pro Tools, and Ableton Live, provided your system meets the OS and hardware requirements.

What are the system requirements for running Altiverb 7 on a Mac?

To run Altiverb 7 on a Mac, you need at least a quad-core Intel processor, 8GB of RAM, and macOS 10.15 or later. Apple Silicon support is also included.

Does Audio Ease Altiverb 7 require an iLok for authorization?

Yes, Altiverb 7 requires an iLok account for authorization, though a physical iLok dongle is not necessary.

Can I use Altiverb 7 for live audio processing?

Yes, Altiverb 7 can be used for live audio processing, allowing you to apply realistic reverb effects to live sound as if it were played in various acoustical environments.

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Reviews

Owner Insights

We analyzed real musician discussions from forums and Reddit to find what players love, question, and tweak about Audio Ease Altiverb 7.

Features and functionality

  • Altiverb's strength lies in its vast collection of impulse responses and minimal controls, making it efficient for quick setup without extensive tweaking.

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  • It’s noted that Altiverb handles multiple reverb treatments efficiently, speeding up workflow compared to other plugins.

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  • Altiverb's "Nextdoor" convolutions are praised for believability, despite Indoor offering more detailed manipulation for similar effects.

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Comparisons

  • Space and Revibe are notable alternatives included with Pro Tools, though they require more effort to match Altiverb's results.

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  • Exponential Audio Stratus is highlighted for surround and atmos effects, offering a robust alternative to Altiverb for certain applications.

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  • Altiverb is often used for "through the wall" effects, whereas Indoor excels at natural response and is ideal for dialog and ADR.

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Use cases and applications

  • Altiverb is favored for its ability to handle complex reverb needs in movie dialogue and foley with ease.

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  • Altiverb is favored for use in deeply reverberant spaces like tunnels, while Cinematic Rooms Pro has become a preferred choice for such environments.

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  • Altiverb sees use for specific interior scenes like ships and emergency vehicles in TV shows like "For All Mankind" and "Chicago Fire".

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  • Indoor is praised for its ability to maintain dry signal focus while Altiverb provides expansive reverb without retaining the dry anchor.

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Value and pricing

  • Altiverb 7XL, used for surround mixing, is priced around $900, reflecting its comprehensive IR library.

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User experience

  • Users find Altiverb indispensable in professional mix stages, often citing its absence as a notable gap in other setups.

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Software and compatibility

  • Indoor supports "FMP" (Follow Main Panner) for multichannel sends, which Altiverb does not, facilitating panning consistency.

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EMT 140!! and quite a bunch of others id say

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See how Amon Tobin uses Audio Ease Altiverb 7

Amon Tobin

Composer, Music Producer

Two Fingers

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Verified via Soundstatements

In an interview featured in Sound Statements, Amon Tobin discusses his use of the Audio Ease Altiverb 7 reverb plugin. Check the list at the bottom of the article for more details.

See how Junkie XL uses Audio Ease Altiverb 7

Junkie XL

Composer, Music Producer

Tiësto vs. Junkie XL

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Verified via Photo

"Here's the FX page... Over 120 unique reverbs, delays, compression, and eq for 48 separate quad outputs! #iFilmscoring"

See how Beyoncé uses Audio Ease Altiverb 7

Beyoncé

Singer

Destiny’s Child

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Verified via Soundonsound

Used on "Apeshit", as stated by producer Stuart White in this September 2018 Sound on Sound interview.

The first four aux tracks feature SoundToys effects, namely Little Microshift, two EchoBoy delays, and a delay from the Little PrimalTap. Next are a Hall Reverb aux and a Church Reverb aux, both using Waves’ RVerb, an EMT plate from Audio Ease’s Altiverb, four aux tracks with the Waves H-Delay and various other plug-ins on them as well, and four more reverb auxes with the Avid Revibe II, two Avid D-Verbs and another RVerb.

White: “I use the Little Microshift in pretty much every mix, with the left-right micro pitch-shift effect that’s similar to the classic effect in the Eventide H3000 shift where you pitch one side down six cents and one side up six cents to create width. It’s a good way to get your vocals wider without them being out of phase. It thickens up vocals, and is kind of like a doubler. I do quite a lot of filtering on some of the EchoBoy delays, for example with the Waves REQ, and I am adding colour with the SoundToys Devil-Loc, which is great if you want to colour the delay so it is separate from the main vocal, and compress it with the UAD LA3A and mix that in to taste.”

(...) Beyoncé’s lead vocal tracks consist of three aux tracks, four ‘dirty’ and eight ‘clean’ audio tracks. The audio tracks only have the EQ3 on the inserts and a few of them have a send to the Church Reverb. All White’s processing is done on the three aux tracks. “All lead vocals are sent to the ‘B Aux’ track and the ‘B Parra Aux’ tracks. On the former I have the McDSP DS 555 de-esser. I use the Waves de-esser the most, but in this particular track, because I wanted to compress her voice really hard, I felt that the 555 would work the best. I am rolling off until 6144Hz into what it is detecting; it’s like a side-chain filter. The FabFilter Pro-DS is doing a little more gentle look-ahead de-essing.

“After that there’s some pretty heavy EQ from the EQ3, with a high-pass at 142Hz, a 9dB cut at 244Hz and a 2dB cut at 3kHz. My cut at 244Hz is because she is singing in this husky, low voice, so there’s not a lot of energy in that. I get the energy from the RComp compression, and the EQs, including from the SSL E-Channel, are there to make her sit in the track, rather than making it sound filtered. I love the RComp, mainly because it doesn’t sound like compression to me. The SSL E-Channel adds a bit more compression, and the [Crane Song] Phoenix II Tape Emulation is really cool because while it doesn’t actually sound like tape, it smoothes out transients in a signal just like much analogue equipment does. It enables me to get a fatter vocal sound that again makes the vocal sit in the mix. The final EQ3 has a notch at 3.2kHz to take out some harshness. I also have sends to the Verb aux track, which are the D-Verb and [Waves] H-Reverb, and the Delay 1-4 aux, with the EchoBoy.

The other aux track, ‘B Parra Aux’, is a parallel compression track, with the RCompressor and the CLA 76, which I mixed in low. Both these aux tracks then go to the ‘LD ALL Aux’, on which I’m doing some more surgery with the McDSP AE400 [dynamic EQ], which allows you to set a threshold, just like on a compressor. It’s like turning a volume knob down on a frequency the moment it gets out of control. Finally, there’s the Waves C4, for some control, to keep the vocal even. This track has a lot of energy, so this is an example of using compression for energy, mood and attitude. I also worked a long time to get the compression on Bey’s breaths to pump on the beat. I wanted her breaths to be another percussive element in the track, and getting the attack and release on the compressor right was key to getting that feel and pumping effect.”

Five of the 22 Beyoncé ad lib, backing and harmony vocals below her lead vocals also go to the above-mentioned aux tracks, while the rest have their own signal chains. These audio tracks are sent to several aux tracks, often with tons of plug-ins, and all aux vocal tracks in the end get sent to the ‘Voc All’ group aux right at the top of the session, which has an RCompressor, with ratio at 10:1. There are more group aux tracks, like ‘TrackAux’, ‘FX Voc Aux’, ‘FX’ and ‘Music Aux’, which all get sent to the ‘All Aux’. This in turn gets sent to the ‘no limiter’ mix print track, and finally there’s a Stereo Master track.

See how Jay-Z uses Audio Ease Altiverb 7

Jay-Z

Rapper, Music Producer

Roc-A-Fella Family

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Verified via Soundonsound

Used on "APESHIT", as stated by producer Stuart White in this September 2018 Sound on Sound interview.

The first four aux tracks feature SoundToys effects, namely Little Microshift, two EchoBoy delays, and a delay from the Little PrimalTap. Next are a Hall Reverb aux and a Church Reverb aux, both using Waves’ RVerb, an EMT plate from Audio Ease’s Altiverb, four aux tracks with the Waves H-Delay and various other plug-ins on them as well, and four more reverb auxes with the Avid Revibe II, two Avid D-Verbs and another RVerb.

White: “I use the Little Microshift in pretty much every mix, with the left-right micro pitch-shift effect that’s similar to the classic effect in the Eventide H3000 shift where you pitch one side down six cents and one side up six cents to create width. It’s a good way to get your vocals wider without them being out of phase. It thickens up vocals, and is kind of like a doubler. I do quite a lot of filtering on some of the EchoBoy delays, for example with the Waves REQ, and I am adding colour with the SoundToys Devil-Loc, which is great if you want to colour the delay so it is separate from the main vocal, and compress it with the UAD LA3A and mix that in to taste.”

(...) Jay-Z’s part consists of just two tracks, one lead, and one ad-lib, with an additional ‘reverse’ track, and a ‘jay clean’ track. White: “The main lead vocal track has the SSL E0-channel, Waves C4 multiband compressor for some control, FabFilter Pro-Q2 EQ, with a few notches, and McDSP AE400. Where Jay raps ‘Tell the Grammy’s fuck that 0 for 8 shit / have you ever seen a crowd goin’ apeshit?’, you can hear some stuff in the background, which is another example of me adding flair and energy. That actually comes from the third ‘Voice Sample’ track further up the session, on which I have some automated plug-ins, the ReVibe, Waves S1 Imager, and filter sweep from the EQ3. It’s subtle, but it gives you a little ear candy.”

See how C418 uses Audio Ease Altiverb 7

C418

Music Producer

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Verified via C418

Listed under software; "Audioease Altiverb and Speakerphone"

See how Ken Andrews uses Audio Ease Altiverb 7

Ken Andrews

Singer, Guitarist

Failure

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Verified via Soundonsound

According to Sound On Sound article, Andrews used this plugin for Paramore record(s).

See how Nathan Followill uses Audio Ease Altiverb 7

Nathan Followill

Drummer

Kings of Leon

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Verified via Soundonsound

Used on "Sex on Fire", as stated by Only by the Night producer Jacquire King in this December 2008 Sound on Sound interview. An image of the settings can be found here.

  • Drums: Massenburg DesignWorks EQ, Bomb Factory BF76, Digidesign Lo–fi, Quad 8 EQ, Chandler TG1, Sontec EQ, Audio Ease Altiverb

"I cut the kick around 255Hz to get rid of some honkiness, and added some 11k on the snare, both with the Massenburg DesignWorks. I also cut a tiny bit around 263Hz on the overheads, and sent them through a Bomb Factory BF76, which is a plug–in version of the 1176, just to control the snare transients a little bit in the overhead picture. I also EQed the toms to roll back some of the tubbiness on them. There's a Lo–fi plug-in on Room 1, to take the cymbal wash down and dirty it up; when you reduce the sample rate and bit depth you also lose high frequencies. I cut everything below 206Hz with the Massenburg on the Simmons drums to clean up any unwanted frequencies. For the rest, there's nothing dramatic on the drums, just some specific shaping with digital EQs and opening up the top and bottom with outboard or the Quad 8 EQ. All the drums were bussed and sent to an outboard compressor, the Chandler TG1, for parallel bus compression. I also had a Sontec EQ on the drum bus. The Altiverb works primarily on the snare, kick and toms, just to give them a little bit more space. I set it to a room at Ocean Way Studios, so it's not a big splashy reverb."

See how Demi Lovato uses Audio Ease Altiverb 7

Demi Lovato

Singer, Guitarist

Disney's Friends for Change

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Verified via Soundonsound

Used on Lovato's vocals for Clean Bandit's "Solo", as mentioned by mix engineer Mark Ralph in this November 2018 Sound on Sound interview.

There also are very few sends in the session, and only Demi Lovato’s lead vocal tracks have sends to the three aux effect tracks: reverbs from Audio Ease’s Altiverb and Valhalla DSP’s Valhalla Room, plus delay from SoundToys’ Echoboy.

See how Norah Jones uses Audio Ease Altiverb 7

Norah Jones

Singer, Guitarist

Puss N Boots

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Verified via EMusician

Used on Jones' vocals for The Fall, as stated by producer Jacquire King in this February 1, 2010 Electronic Musician interview with Jones, Jacquire King and assistant engineer Brad Bivens.

She was into adding delay on her voice, trying not to just make it pretty with reverb. The delays were both analog and plug-in. I use Audio Ease Altiverb, SoundToys EchoBoy delay, some of the UA plug-ins—they have a nice EMT 140 emulation—and the Cooper Time Cube Delay. We used The Magic Shop’s Marshall Tape Eliminator AR-300, a tape slap simulator. And Norah had an old Ibanez analog delay. We used a Roland Chorus Echo and EMT 140 plate reverbs, too. Sometimes I will use an Eventide H3000 for harmonic delay effects, and as I get them going I will print them in Pro Tools with the transfer from analog.

See how Illangelo uses Audio Ease Altiverb 7

Illangelo

Music Producer

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Verified via Pensado's Place

In this interview,at 56:10,he confirms using the plugin for reverb.

See how Max Richter uses Audio Ease Altiverb 7

Max Richter

Composer

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Verified via MusicRadar

"I also use Altiverb a lot, which is a game changer."

See how Rostam Batmanglij uses Audio Ease Altiverb 7

Rostam Batmanglij

Guitarist, Keyboardist

Dirty Projectors

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Verified via Uaudio

One of the last things that we recorded on the album was a guitar outro that I wrote and played for “Don’t Lie.” We just plugged a Les Paul guitar into the DI of the Apollo. I got really used to using a combination of Avid SansAmp and the ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder Plug-in — just those two with some AltiVerb Reverb. That gave us a scrappy sound that I’m very fond of.

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