A message from our developer Kevin about the upcoming update:
I just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who has shown their support of this library, to the new (r)Evolution/TrueStereo platform, and OwnHammer in general. The positive response we have received to this release and the new (r)Evolution/TrueStereo content has been absolutely unreal, and after such a lengthy time away from the public in terms of releases, this kind of 'welcome back' has been incredibly touching. A huge thank you to everyone for this, and we are so very happy that we have been able to make a positive impact on your musical experience.
As an addendum to this release, the acceptance and positive energy towards the TrueStereo content has been immense. Admittedly, I played the release a little safe in not splitting the Left and Right pairs in the file system, but given how everyone has taken to this like a fish to water, there is now a free update in the works that will accomplish the following:
In the Mono (208 ms) section of the file system, I will add the Right channel files, and in a way so that it doesn't clutter the folder/file organization for people who have no use for this and just want/need to use mono files.
I will add a "Haas" folder to both the Mono and TrueStereo segments that utilizes the base concept of the Hass Precedence Effect, where the right channel will be delayed a small amount with an injection of silence at the beginning of the file in order to accomplish the mono-to-faux-stereo effect. While not a magic bullet (or even my favorite thing in the world as I am very sensitive to time/phase discrepancies), this has its uses in spots; some legendary guitarists (JP) have been known to do this for their live rigs where this kind of effect has almost entirely positive results. Just a heads up - for some loaders, this could be problematic as the injected silence may take up the bulk or in some cases the entire amount of available IR space, as many loaders cannot load longer files. In these cases, it will be better to do this manually by loading the normal right channel, and adjusting settings to delay the signal. Once again, this will be a small addition "just in case" it may be useful for someone.
All of this will be a free update, and I'll make an announcement through social media and email once it is available for everyone to download from their account on the OwnHammer website.
In summary, thank you to everyone for the support, and we hope that the forthcoming update as well as the monstrous slew of new content coming your way in the form of new (r)Evolition/TrueStereo releases will be something you look forward to!
All the best,
Kevin
Also, Kevin has informed me that in the near future there is going to be a new knowledge base section on the OwnHammer website:
Tech Talk
Here he will discuss various topics, including the impetus for and use cases of TrueStereo. He had hoped to have this done before the release, but there was just too much to accomplish and not enough time to get to it before the holiday shopping weekend.
-Jon