JAX Convolutor PE (Audio Unit)

Like all of this devs apps.

After further testing of other AU convolution reverbs using sources with a wide source imaging, I am revising my review and upgrading this reverb to five stars. This reverb seems to be the only AU convolution app that does real stereo to stereo processing. As a result, it needs more CPU than the other convolution AU plugins. Those plugins process the left input only through the left IR channel and right channel through the right. While that can sound nice in many circumstances, it will sound very wrong if the source has some sounds that are panned strongly. Let’s say you have an instrument hard panned left. It’s reverberation should not be only be heard from the left speaker. With the two other AUs, I tested, a hard-panned source only reverberated on the side it was panned to. This saves a lot of CPU but messes with the imaging and is very unnatural. Convolutor, on the other hand, processes both left and right inputs in full stereo. So, it needs to do more processing. In situations where your source has wide panning, you will notice a much better result. As a result of the processing, you may need to increase your buffer sizes to get playback without crackling, but that is a reasonable price when you need the more detailed imaging. It would be worthwhile for this plugin to have a switches to do “half-stereo” or “mono-to-stereo” for those cases where you are okay with compromising the imaging in exchange for less cpu use.

Sounds fab so far thx for throwing a bone with this one for the issue with your other exciting new app.