The sound of spaces, captured and catalogued.

What if you could put any room inside your computer?

Convolution reverb is a technique that uses a recorded impulse response (IR) to recreate the exact acoustic signature of a physical space or piece of hardware. Play a short burst of sound in a cathedral, record how the room responds, and that recording becomes a filter your DAW can apply to any audio signal.

The result is indistinguishable from recording in the actual space. Vocals get the reverb of a concert hall. Drums inherit the character of a Lexicon 480L. Guitars bloom in a chamber that was demolished decades ago.

Acousticas has been capturing, cataloguing, and documenting these impulse responses since 2009.