[I HunskaarParticipant]

Distributor told me about a separate DSP card for FX taken from iLive operating at 48kHZ, so there seem to be some confusion about this.. I don’t know the correct answer. But if it’s all on the FPGA, they could just release it in a software update…

[I HunskaarParticipant]

I agree with Runepune. The reverb tail is metallic sounding, it is an effect or artifact called often described as “ringing”. It is impossible to get rid og it by adjusting any parameters. It’s just a poorly designed reverb algorithm. And I certainly don’t agree with magneticfield’s statement: “….but what I do not have the slightest doubt is that the quality of the SMR of the dLive is more than enough for any type of standard work both live and Broadcast.”

To me the reverb is not usable as a main reverb for anything. I have made very short abd dark reverbs work after a lot of filtering with EQ, but any longer tails sounds synthetic and metallic in my experience.

I almost always bring at least 1 external reverb, either TC reverb 4000, Lexicon PCM native on a laptop or other plug-ins.

The only console reverb I have used with good results is the ones in the Lexicon reverb in the Soundcraft Vi consoles.

I really hope A&H can implement a new and better reverb in a new native 96kHz dLive DSP FX card, as I have been told several times by the people selling the console in Norway. Or simply release a software update to the already existing SMR reverb.

[I HunskaarParticipant]

Well, the way I hear it, the metallic ringing is still there no matter what settings or EQ you apply. You could get away with acceptable results, with extreme settings and EQ on some sources (very few), but generally the algorithm that produces the reverb in the dLive has to be changed and improved to make a reverb that is comparable to what I would call a high quality reverb. Therefore I don’t use the reverb in the dLive. To me it sounds quite similar to the reverbs in the Yamaha consoles, and I cannot use it.

Wolfgang: In live situations I can hear reverb tails quite clearly, and it is very revealing if it is not good, so I disagree on what you say that you don’t hear the difference in most live situations.

From what I have heard, the reverb in the dLive is actually just taken from iLive, it processes audio at a lower samplerate too (48kHz and not native dLive 96kHz) So the FX card is not a finished dLive product.

I have been told that the FX in the dLive is going to be improved soon. There will be a brand new DSP- card with totally new FX that will replace the old iLive FX, and it will also process audio at native 96kHz. I really hope that I will be impressed and satisfied by this new card, and I hope it will arrive soon. 🙂

[I HunskaarParticipant]

Thanks Wolfgang! I did’t know this about the EQ. I will enable “input full range” for the EQ then.

Concerning the Reverb, I have tried all of those presets you mentioned, but the reverb tail is still “ringing” (feedback like/metallic sound) So If I had been a developer at A&H, a new and better reverb would be at the top of my priority list for the dLive. Maybe just improve the existing SMR? 🙂

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