Freeverb - By Jezar at Dreampoint (http://www.dreampoint.co.uk)
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Welcome to FREE professional-quality reverb at last!
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It is already possible to get Professional Digital Multitrack with Automated Digital 
Mixing, along with top-notch, plug-in digital effects on your PC for just a few dollars, 
using the excellent "n-Track" software from http://www.fasoft.com

What frustrated me though, is the fact that it seemed impossible to buy professional
quality reverb for a decent price from anyone - let alone get it for free! Getting 
a good reverb for "n-Track" or indeed any other audio package, from the various 
online sources, could literally cost hundreds of dollars!

I wanted to adopt the same spirit as the author of "n-Track", and make high-quality
audio tools available at little or no cost to PC users, and the result is this - 
"Freeverb" - the first studio-quality reverb available for free.

Freeverb generates beautifully smooth reverb tails on any signal from drums to vocals.
Even when using the smallest "Room size", the reverb is still soft and pure and does
not "splatter" like even certain commercial units do!

And best of all, Freeverb is completely FREE. It does not cost you a penny. Please
feel free to distribute Freeverb to all your friends. You may distribute it any way
you see fit, provided that you only distribute the original ZIP file with this 
readme.txt document intact and unaltered.

Visit http://www.dreampoint.co.uk to make sure you have the latest version!
And visit http://www.fasoft.com for a Digital Multitrack package for a few dollars!

HOW TO USE FREEVERB
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Copy the Freeverb.dll to the folder where you have other VST plugins. It will then
appear for use in your audio software. If your software can only use "DirectX" audio 
plugins, then purchase the excellent Amulet DirectX-to-VST adaptor from 
http://www.fxpansion.com

Once you have loaded up Freeverb into your audio software, then simply use "Room size" 
to get the size of the room you want, and use the "Wet level" and "Dry level" controls 
to balance the reverb as you see fit. "Damping" controls the simulated "absorbency" of
the room, and the "Highpass" and "Lowpass" controls just allow you to tailor the sound to
your personal taste and requirements. "Predelay" allows you to create a reverb that
arrives some time after the original sound - good for simulating "back wall" effects or
simply to make vocals sound more sparkly and guitar solos more interesting.

That's it!

Very best wishes,
Jezar,
Technology Consultant
Dreampoint
http://www.dreampoint.co.uk



APPENDIX A - SOFTWARE LICENSE
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The Freeverb software and accompanying materials in the ZIP file that this readme.txt
is packaged in, is Copyright(c) 2000 Jezar @ Dreampoint, and you have no intellectual 
property rights over the software. However you are hereby given a licence (at no cost) 
to use and distribute this software as you see fit, provided that you only distribute 
the original ZIP file which includes this readme.txt file.

APPENDIX B - DISCLAIMER
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This software is provided "as-is" with no warrantees of any kind. The software has
been checked for defects, but is not guaranteed to be error free. The software is
provided at no charge, and therefore neither Jezar nor Dreampoint can accept any
liablity from your use - or inability to use - this software. The software is
supplied in good faith as a gift. Please treat it as such, and use it entirely 
at your own risk. Jezar the author, has no association with either FASoft or
fxpansion, but their web sites are recommended. I hope you find this software useful.

APPENDIX C - VERSION HISTORY
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18/05/2000 Version 2.02 - Inputs now mute in FREEZE. FREEZE memory also retained.
16/05/2000 Version 2.01 - Added workaround for bizarre sample rate bug
16/05/2000 Version 2.00 - New antidenormalisation scheme and added extra controls
01/05/2000 Version 1.08 - Improved denormalisation and fixed internal naming
30/04/2000 Version 1.07 - Fixed "Damping" value display under Cubase
29/04/2000 Version 1.06 - Added "denormalisation bug" fix for Intel Cubase users
27/04/2000 Version 1.05 - Damping control added
23/04/2000 Version 1.04 - Allows much longer reverb times
23/04/2000 Version 1.03 - Added realistic damping and optomised code
23/04/2000 Version 1.02 - Added "Combine" input mode for flexibility
23/04/2000 Version 1.01 - Fixed problem with Dry output being mono
22/04/2000 Version 1.00 - First ever release

These release notes written: 18/05/2000

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