Stereo mode is in progress

vargam 13 Comments

I didn’t wrote any update here for a long time. Actually I am currently working on full stereo/2 channel mode implementation. I am afraid it will take some time because the application core needs to be (slightly) re-written and it will require some UI changes as well.

13 thoughts on “Stereo mode is in progress”

  1. Please add ability to load 2 seperate IRs for left and right and allow either channel to be delayed slightly by few ms. Several vst plugins already do this.

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    • Thank you for your comment. Yes, I expected it will be possible to load 2 separate mono IRs (or one stereo). The main problem will be to re-define the UI if the EQ settings should be different for each channel (there is too many buttons:)
      The delay for each channel shouldn’t be a problem – it is interesting, could you please tell me more about that?

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      • Hi again. Let me first congratulate you on making an absolutely fantastic app. I used it live for the first time last weekend. I loaded in Acoustic Guitar IRs I found on the net, and used it with a Steel string acoustic guitar, and a classical guitar. Both sounded amazing as if miked in a studio.

        In regards to the delay I suggested. There is a vst plugin called NadIR by Ignite, for mac/pc that hosts IR files and has ability to load 2 mono IRs. You can either use 2 seperate IR files or use the same one twice, and delay the Right channel by few milliseconds, allowing a wide stereo field to the mono sound.

        However I do have one more additional suggestion. Please add a compressor. Doing so would allow me to use your app alone without having to run it through my guitar pedals. For such an app, I would pay more than $15 for, (that is what IK Multimedia Amplitube Acoustic costs)

  3. Hi – I found out about your app from Fiddle Forums. I’m a violin/electric violin player always looking for a better sound.

    Let me ask this – rather than limiting this to the iPhone (nothing against iPhones), would you consider making this a AU or VST plugin? This would open up your app to exponentially more violin users.

    While you’re charging a few bucks for it now through Apple, you could charge 10x as much. Of course the same concept applies – if it gets a lot of bad ratings, well you won’t get many buyers.

    If you’re interested please let me know
    https://rock-violin.com/

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  4. Dear Martin, I play electric cello and I am amazed how much your app improves the sound, making it so close to that of a wooden instrument. I wanted to thank you for your work, and also to encourage you to keep updating the app.

    Also I am curious … is there any hardware out there capable of doing what your app is doing??

    Danke !

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    • Hello David, there are some pedals designed for guitar players which uses IRs for simulating of the speaker/cabinet, but they are usually able to process only (relatively) short IRs (usually 1024 taps), but I think the Lodigi pedal (http://logidy.com/) can process longer IRs, so it should work on the IRs from Fiddlicator app without any changes.
      Martin

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      • Wow! Thanks a lot for your positive response. But I see it’s like a reverb pedal? Would it do the same your app does?
        Also it says it’s sold out or not available, and can’t dinf it in any stores

        Any other alternative out there?

        Thanks a lot once more

      • Yes, you are right it seems it is currently sold out 😦 Unfortunately I did not have a chance to play with this pedal, but it should use the same technology (convolution) as Fiddlicator app does and it should be capable to work with longer IRs (impulse response) files which are used in the Fiddlicator (for example the IRs which are used in the Fiddlicator are about 16k tap long). Logidy provide two firmware versions – one for the reverb with long IRs, but with some latency (Version 1.00) and another for cab simulation (version C00) without latency which should be able to run about 1.5sec of IR (~ 66k taps) -> this one should work like the Fiddlicator app (i.e. without EQ/reverb/delay, just IR).

        There are some guitar cab simulator pedals, which should do the same (Mooer Radar is an example), unfortunately they are usually able process 1k IRs. The question is whether 1k IR could be enough for violin body simulation – I would like to make some investigation of this case.

        Martin

      • Yes, havomg a hardware/profesional solution would be great. How many hundreds of electric violin/cello players have to deal with this unnatural nasal sound. There should be a solution for us.

        Thanks a lot

      • Yes, havomg a hardware/profesional solution would be great. How many hundreds of electric violin/cello players have to deal with this unnatural nasal sound. There should be a solution for us.

        Thanks a lot!

      • Amazing!! THANK YOU a lot. It’s really what I was looking for … I mean … I still have to try it … but it is exactly what I described.

        It’s very much appreciated.

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