Polaron Rooms! - IR loader app for IOS ( IR Cabs for Yonac Tonestack)

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Elantric

http://polaron.de/Rooms/
Polaron Rooms! - IR loader app for IOS

   
Rooms!

App Version: 4.8

released 2015-10-14

  Audiobus Compatible   
Shortcuts for installing prepared IR sets
If you are viewing this support page on your device and have Rooms! installed, then you can download and install the following prepared impulse response sets simply by tapping the links. Depending on your network connection, this may take some time. Mind the file sizes if you are on a cellular network.

van Saane   http:/polaron.de/Rooms/van Saane.irset   8.2 MB
Voxengo 1   http:/polaron.de/Rooms/Voxengo 1.irset   1.8 MB
Voxengo 2   http:/polaron.de/Rooms/Voxengo 2.irset   1.9 MB
Voxengo 3   http:/polaron.de/Rooms/Voxengo 3.irset   1.6 MB
Voxengo 4   http:/polaron.de/Rooms/Voxengo 4.irset   1.8 MB
What is Rooms! ? ↑

Rooms! is a free iOS application for adding reverb to audio files and to audio streams (Audiobus 2 and Inter-App Audio). Audio files can be uploaded to the app via iTunes File Sharing or by Document Interaction. Uploaded files, and files created by the app, can be shared by iTunes File Sharing, by Document Interaction or by e-mail. Two types of reverb are supported: Algorithmic reverb created by an iOS Audio Unit, where you can control all parameters of the reverb effect unit, and convolution reverb. Rooms! has a built-in audio recorder which allows you to save M4A/AAC or WAV files with various sample rates and bit depths and later add reverb to these files. Using playthrough, you can in realtime add reverb to the sound captured by the microphone or from an external sound source.

Possible applications:

Record your own voice, add reverb, and e-mail the result to your friends ("Listen, I am in Paris right now, visiting Notre-Dame ..."). Of course you can use Rooms! as a plain but comfortable voice recorder and voice mail system, without applying effects to the recorded files.
Record the sounds in your apartment or the street, the sounds of your pets and household appliances, and experiment with how they would sound in a hall or cathedral.
Use the playthrough functionality and earphones to listen to your reverberated world.
If you are a musician, add reverb to tracks of your music productions.
If you are a guitarist, use the convolution reverb for cabinet simulations (provided you have suitable impulse response files).
And of course all the use cases that a filter app in the Audiobus ecosystem or an IAA effect offers.
Last not least you can use Rooms! simply as an easy-to-operate, reliable and versatile audio recorder.
For a perfect experience, earphones / headphones or external speakers are recommended. For the playthrough functionality with microphone input, earphones / headphones are mandatory, otherwise a feedback loop is formed.

Rooms! is free, but the convolution reverb of the free version is restricted to the integrated demo impulse responses. You can use other impulse responses (stereo sound files up to a length of 15 seconds) only after in-app purchasing the item "Convolution Reverb".

System requirements ↑

Rooms! runs on all iOS devices (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad) with iOS versions ≥ 5.1.1. Audiobus, IAA and iCloud support are available on iOS versions ≥ 7. Slide Over and side-by-side view support is available on iOS versions ≥ 9 and iPad Air 2 or better.

For using convolution reverb in realtime, at least an iPad 4 or iPhone 5 is recommended. Impulse responses that are too long will lead to reduced sound quality or even to stuttering or missing sound. You can try the suitability of your device with help of the free demo mode and the included demo impulse responses.

Elantric

http://polaron.de/Rooms/


http://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/ir-sampling-with-rooms-on-ipad-pic-heavy.1661659/

JDStrat wrote>
I've been wanting to make use of Ownhammer IRs in my setup without running though my audio interface and into GarageBand on my Mac. Last night I finally took the time to figure out how to connect Tonestack --> Fiddlicator --> GarageBand using Audiobus on the iPad.

I batch loaded almost 500 Ownhammer IR wav files into Fiddlicator using iTunes. Once I got it all running, it was cool, but I was having some latency issues, plus Fiddlicator wasn't maintaining the stereo signal coming out of Tonestack. I might have done something wrong, but the documentation for Fiddlicator is pretty sparse.

I decided to try Polaron Rooms! this morning. $7.99 got me the application with the convolution functionality. Got it all connected, loaded a couple IR files through iPad Dropbox, and voila, beautiful stereo cab magic in my headphones.

Not only does Rooms! preserve the stereo effects, but I found the interface offered some other advantages over Fiddlicator, especially in terms of auditioning IR files in real time, AB style. Here's how I did it, for anyone thinking of doing something similar:
Renamed all the 44,100 hz wav files in the Ownhammer Modern pack.
Dumped them all into a single folder.
Connect my iPad to iTunes on the Mac mini.
Added the wav files to the Rooms! app. Disconnected the iPad.
Once the files were added to Rooms! They ended up in the Audio Files section of the app, like this:




Rooms! lets you "copy short audio files to the IR library," like this:



Once they're copied over (took about 20 seconds for 497 files) it allows you to delete the audio files. The audio files aren't needed, so I deleted them.



The Convolution tab (under Parameters) is where the action happens:


* As you can see, the horizontal layout of Rooms! lets you use very long file names, which allowed me to name the AV files with a long descriptive name. (Finder has a nice Rename function, so you can use "search and replace" logic to rename the files in batches.)

* Besides the width advantage, switching between IR files is as simple as touching the one you want to play through. The one with the check mark is loaded. You can switch them out with a touch of your finger.

* Here's a fun way to audition the files, using Tonestack's Tape Deck feature. Load up a clean guitar riff, and loop it!




* As long as the FX Send knob (above right) is turned fully to the right, the looped track runs through the Tonestack signal chain and amp.

* I set up a patch with the 5150 model (no cab) and a Hall reverb, which is a nice stereo reverb. Throwing that in at the end of every Tonestack patch makes it a stereo signal.





* Auditioning the IR files is as simple as using Audiobus to switch over to Rooms! and touching each IR file one at a time!

* I discovered that GarageBand doesn't like being added to Audiobus. So here's how my Audiobus preset looks:





* And here's how GarageBand gets the signal from Rooms! It is added to GarageBand as an inter-audio app, on this screen (tough the 1/4" jack icon):







* With this setup, I was able to record a guitar loop played through a series of IRs, sampling them in rapid fire succession. The guitar riff actually comes from Line 6's Mobile Pod app.

* I uploaded the recording to Soundcloud with no compression, so it's as high quality as this rig will put out. The first 8 seconds are the 5150 amp by itself with no cab. After that point I switch IR files every 5-8 seconds, give or take. In the six repeats of the whole riff, I auditioned the first two cabinet models in the set from top to bottom, a total of 22 IR files:


Here's the recording:
https://soundcloud.com/jdstrat/audiobus-rooms-ir-sampling


I hope this is helpful. If any of you can suggest ways of streamlining this process, let me know.



http://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/ir-sampling-with-rooms-on-ipad-pic-heavy.1661659/


Elantric

http://discchord.com/appnews/2017/02/01/impulse-responses-for-guitar-on-ipad


In today's episode, we've found an app and a way to use Impulse Responses on the iPad. We're using BIAS FX by Positive Grid, and turning off the Cabinet emulation, using Audiobus to patch the sound through (using Cubasis to record the audio so I could put it directly in the video) to an app I found called Fiddlicator.

The IR used in the video is the free one from Celestion - their Vintage 30 Cenzo Townsend Mix - it's quite roomy and would fit well in a mix. Link here:- https://www.celestionplus.com/free-do...

I'm Adam Steel, and I run Hop Pole Studios in Ashton Under Lyne, Manchester, England. Check out http://www.hoppolestudio.co.uk for info on Mixing, Mastering, Recording services and Guitar Reamping, amongst many other things.