Audio Unit OS X- Logic Audio

text revision number: 2.0- December 2006

System Requirements
• Powermac G4 1GHz or higher, Mac Pro 2GHz or higher
• MacOS X 10.3.9
• Logic Audio 6.4.2 or higher.

Exceptions

Altiverb XL surround in Logic

Use of surround output Altiverb is limited to Logic 7.0 and up. To accomplish this, you need
to insert Altiverb as a ‘Multi Channel -> AU Midi FX’ in the instrument insert of an
instrument track. The first two Altiverb outputs, representing the left and right channels, are
output on that track., the extra outputs can be accessed on the inputs of Aux tracks, as
‘Instrument x -> Altiverb 3-4’ (those are the rear channels) or ‘Intstrument x -> Altiverb’
(center) or ‘Instrument x -> Altiverb 6’ (LFE).

Note that you cannot explicitly use a Quad-output Altiverb in Logic, but as the 5,1 version is
not heavier on the processor, you can just ignore the Center and LFE outputs if you want to
work in Quad.

Modifier Keys
Holding down the Option (alt) key while operating a control gives more resolution.
Holding down the Control (CTRL) key when clicking a control resets it to the default value.
Holding down the Option (alt) key when clicking an empty snapshot slot stores a snapshot.
Holding down the Control (CTRL) key when clicking an occupied snapshot slot trashes a
snapshot
Latency
Altiverb AudioUnit relies on the latency compensation features of the host software to make
sure your audio arrives at the outputs in time. Altiverb has a built-in latency of 512 samples.
Note that the ‘efficient hi latency mode’ setting, which generates much larger latencies, is not
compensated, so using that requires you to be aware of the signal paths in Logic to know
where to do this manually. With Altiverb inserted on an output track, it’s very possible that
you want to use the hi latnecy mode and not compensate for it at all, as all audio will then be
delayed by the same amount.

Buffer Size
You can set the hardware’s buffer size by choosing the Preferences->Audio Driver (or
Audio->Audio hardware and Drivers) menu. In between the settings for your current Core
Audio Driver there is one called ‘I/O Buffer Size’.

The higher this hardware buffer size, the less strain Altiverb puts on the processor. Try it out
with a few different settings. We recommend using 256 or 512 buffer sizes for best Altiverb
performance. The exact options for the buffer sizes that can be selected depends on the
audio hardware you use.

You can set the hardware’s buffer size by choosing the Preferences->Audio Driver menu.
In between the settings for your current Core Audio Driver there is one called ‘I/O
Buffersize’.

In between the settings for your current Audio Driver there is also a setting called ‘Process
Buffer range. Performance will be best (as shown in the Audio->System Performance
window) when you check ‘Medium’ or ‘Small’.
Midi
Altiverb.3 and lower culd not be automated in Logic, and therefore we added Midi control to
the Audio Unit for legacy reasons this is still present in Altiverb 6:

To use Midi control, you need to insert Altiverb in the instrument slot of an instrument
object. Once inserted, you can choose Altiverb’s input from the side chain menu. Note that
Logic, when not playing, shuts off Midi messages passed to an instrument object when the
sequencer is stopped and the instrument object is not selected. As this goes for software
instruments as well, you’re probably used to how this works.

This is the list of controllers and what parameters they map to:

Midi controller 11: Master input level

Midi controller 12:
Midi controller 13:
Midi controller 14:
Midi controller 15:
Midi controller 16:
Midi controller 17:
Midi controller 20:
Midi controller 21:
Midi controller 22:
Midi controller 23:
Midi controller 24:
Midi controller 25:
Midi controller 26:
Midi controller 27:
Midi controller 30:
Midi controller 31:
Midi controller 32:
Midi controller 33:
Midi controller 34:
Midi controller 35:
Midi controller 70:
Midi controller 71:
Midi controller 72:
Midi controller 73:
Midi controller 80:
Midi controller 81:
Midi controller 82:
Midi controller 83:
Midi controller 84:
Midi controller 85:
Midi controller 86:
Midi controller 87:
Midi controller 110:
Midi controller 111:
Midi controller 112:
Midi controller 113:
Midi controller 114:
Midi controller 115:
Patch change:
Master Output Level
Front level (for multichannel use only)
Rear level (for multichannel use only)
Center bleed (for multichannel use only)
LFE bleed (for multichannel use only)
Dry/Wat balance
EQ Bass Level
EQ Band 1 Level
EQ Band 1 Q
EQ Band 1 Frequency
EQ Band 2 Level
EQ Band 2 Q
EQ Band 2 Frequency
EQ Treble Level
Master Decay
Low Damp
Low/Mid Cross Frequency
Mid Damp
Mid/High Cross Frequency
High Damp
Left Speaker X coordinate (in a stereo-input IR)
Right Speaker X coordinate (in a stereo-input IR)
Speaker Y coordinate
Center Speaker X coordinate (in a mono-input IR)
Direct Level
Direct Color
Early Reflections Level
Early Reflections Delay
Tail Level
Tail Delay
Size
Tail Cut level
IR Camera angle
IR Camera vertical position
IR Camera depth position
IR Camera horizontal rotation
IR Camera vertical rotation
IR Screen zoom
Selects snapshot 1-10, higher values wrap around.