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Installing Impulse Response Files
If you are viewing this page on your device and with Safari, and have Thafknar installed, then you can download the following prepared impulse response sets simply by tapping the links. Depending on your network connection, this may take some time. Mind the file sizes if you are on a cellular network.
van Saane | https://polaron.de/Thafknar/van Saane.irset | 8.2 MB |
Voxengo 1 | https://polaron.de/Thafknar/Voxengo 1.irset | 1.8 MB |
Voxengo 2 | https://polaron.de/Thafknar/Voxengo 2.irset | 1.9 MB |
Voxengo 3 | https://polaron.de/Thafknar/Voxengo 3.irset | 1.6 MB |
Voxengo 4 | https://polaron.de/Thafknar/Voxengo 4.irset | 1.8 MB |
We have prepared some impulse response sets that you can download directly from within the Thafknar app. In Thafknar, go to the Parameters tab, select Convolution, and in the menu at the bottom left select Download IR set and proceed. You need network access for this.
Furthermore, there is a menu entry for downloading zip files, but we may decide to remove this in the future as it seems not to be of much use anymore.
Other than that, impulse response files can be installed either as
impulse response sets delivered as a zip files with
extension irset
or zip
, or as single audio
files (which are placed in an impulse response set
named User). Either way, the process is comprised of two
steps:
- Transferring the audio files or zip files from the 'outside world' to the (local or iCloud Drive) documents directory of Thafknar, the contents of which you see in the Files view of Thafknar.
- Copying the audio files or unpacking the zip files to the impulse response library. After this you will find the copied / extracted files in the Convolution tab of the Parameters view of Thafknar. The contents of the impulse response library is not only accessible by the Thafknar app, but as well by the Thafknar AUv3 extension.
1. Transferring Files to the Documents Directory
There are various ways to do this:
- iTunes File Sharing. This is the classical way, so to speak. You connect your iPad / iPhone / iPod touch to your Mac or PC and use iTunes to drag and drop files to the app's documents directory.
- Document Interaction. Thafknar registers as a handler app for audio files and for zip files. From any app that offers Open In... sharing functionality you can hand over audio files and zip files to Thafknar. For example, Safari and Mail can be used for this purpose. Starting with Thafknar 7.4, when you give a zip archive to Thafknar by Document Interaciton, you are offered to option to immediately unpack this archive as an IR set.
- iOS 9,10,11 iCloud Drive app, iOS 12+ Files App and macOS 10.10+ Finder. Thafknar supports document browsing. The iCloud Drive app and the Files app can directly access the (local and iCloud) documents folders of Thafknar, while the macOS Finder has access to its iCloud documents folder.
2. Copying IRs to the Impulse Response Library
Go to the Files view of Thafknar. If you want to copy a single audio file to the impulse response library, then long-tap the file name and select Copy to impulse responses. You can also bulk-copy short files (action menu in the bottom left of the view). For copying the contents of a zip file, scroll to the table section Impulse Response Archives, long-tap an irset or zip file and select Unpack to impulse responses.