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Echoes in the Attic · Post by **Echoes in the Attic** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 5:37 pm

These days I feel pretty much set with the NI classics (RC24 and 48), plus Aether and B2.

I like the NI classics for simplicity and they just sound great. Pretty low cpu too. Then for a little more variation and modern sound it's B2. And I actually really like B2 on it's lower quality settings. Although it can be complex because of the two engines, I almost always use it single engine, more like Breeze. Aether is a monster - The ER section really makes for realistic spaces on some sources, plus the tails are gorgeous as well.

billcarroll · Post by **billcarroll** » Thu Sep 15, 2016 9:03 pm

Sweet Jesus, what reverb is this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW_4cICXcQk

jens · Post by **jens** » Thu Sep 15, 2016 9:28 pm

Especially at the beginning (but later as well) I find it WAY too much - doesn't sound especially nice either... not very tasteful in my book at all - rather a good example of how NOT to use reverb...

billcarroll · Post by **billcarroll** » Thu Sep 15, 2016 9:34 pm

jens wrote:Especially at the beginning (but later as well) I find it WAY too much - doesn't sound especially nice either... not very tasteful in my book at all - rather a good example of how NOT to use reverb...

I agree it is drenched, and yet I like the reverb.

It does sound like he is ducking the reverb with the vocal, so the dry vocal cuts through all the reverb.

comfortablynick · Post by **comfortablynick** » Thu Sep 15, 2016 10:10 pm

It is a lot but it's got a nice amount of pre-delay and a long attack on it. Also narrow in the stereo spectrum so it kinda stays in its own space. I really like it actually.

Sounds like there's a ton of pitch modulation.

billcarroll · Post by **billcarroll** » Thu Sep 15, 2016 10:34 pm

This one is a bit more dialed back, maybe ... and I love it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7C8gHkp_vM

jens · Post by **jens** » Thu Sep 15, 2016 10:46 pm

Well, that's a Trance DJ, so you get what it says on the tin...

billcarroll · Post by **billcarroll** » Thu Sep 15, 2016 11:21 pm

jens wrote:Well, that's a Trance DJ, so you get what it says on the tin...

I thought we were talking about reverb we like?

Fleer · Post by **Fleer** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 2:54 am

Zynaptiq Adaptiverb. It's sheer inspiration.

Aryaroman · Post by **Aryaroman** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 10:39 am

Acon -Very nice, hard to go wrong with, subtle

SafeReverb -There's something I like about this one. It can give sounds some "air", as if they were recorded in an exterior space.

dickiefunk · Post by **dickiefunk** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 11:51 am

Acon Verberate
Liquidsonics Reverbeta 2

These are my favourites purely based on sound!
I also sometimes use NI's RC24 and RC 48.

Firebird · Post by **Firebird** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 11:59 am

I remember when there were not that many reverbs available for the DAW.

Reading this thread, that sure has changed.

jens · Post by **jens** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 12:04 pm

billcarroll wrote:
jens wrote:Well, that's a Trance DJ, so you get what it says on the tin...
I thought we were talking about reverb we like?

Yes, exactly - even though this pretends to be an acoustic performance it is highly artificial, plasticy, over-the-top, dishonest - because that's the preferred sound of the target audience - and it of course also greatly affects the choice of reverb (just as it affects the melody, arrangement, lyrics, etc).

edit: It's all just a matter of taste, of course and you are fully entitled to find it gorgeous - but I think likewise I am entitled to express my disdain.

do_androids_dream · Post by **do_androids_dream** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 12:11 pm

jens wrote:
Yes, exactly - even though this pretends to be an acoustic performance it is highly artificial, plasticy, over-the-top, dishonest

jens · Post by **jens** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 12:16 pm

just my opinion, impression, aesthetical judgement - pleaee forgive me for forgotting to mention that...

What are your favorite non-Valhalla reverbs, and why?