Impulse Response

Churches only, please...

All IR´s presented here feature various churches, cathedrals, chapels and similar buildings which usually have huge reverbs. Our IR´s were designed with the organ music in mind. For this reason, the location of sound sources and positioning of the microphones were set so as to capture the typical positions of various organ divisions within the church.

There are artificial IR´s as well as measured IR´s, all designed and manufactured to meet the expectations of hi-end users. There is virtually no noise, hiss, hum or any other unwanted signal inherent in the IR´s (see the acoustic parameters for each impulse), our IR´s do not suffer from over-brightness or bass-surplus which are most common defects of many commercial (even very expensive) IR´s.

As a sound source, we used Peavey speaker with flat response (+-3dB) within the audible frequency spectrum. To capture the sound, Schoeps CMC6 (xt) with MK4, MK2 and MK5 microphone capsules were used with the RME Fireface 800 as a pre-amp. The amplifier used was Carver PM-120.

If you are uncertain which IR to choose, read the article How to select IR. If you do not know how to use the chosen IR to add a digital reverberation to your music, read the article How to use IR. Or, very simply download our plentiful demo IR´s and experiment with them before you decide to purchase anything.

The IR´s presented on this web page were designed especially for the virtual organ models by Sonus Paradisi and Hauptwerk.cz.

Author

The author of all the IR´s presented on this web site is ing. Karel Kvaca, a friend of the Sonus Paradisi team.