Although I am a huge fan of Audio Ease's Altiverb convolution reverb plug-in, I have to confess that I initially dismissed this plug-in as something a bit gimmicky and easily replicated with a good set of high and low-pass filters. Boy, was I wrong. In my defense however, I think the name of the plug-in is misleading and doesn't do it justice. I would suggest renaming Speakerphone and calling it Make your recordings sound like they are from any acoustic environment imaginable" or MYRSLTAFAAEI for short. Or maybe not. How about "Cheaper than a round-the-world plane ticket with your mobile recording rig." Hmmm

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