With the help of this foroum I've been looking a lot at reverbs since I got Sonar 4 in June and then Producer 5 recently. I like the Sonitus and Perfect Space but would like to do better but since I don’t have the money I realized I would just have to stick with what I have. But I wanted to see how Sonar verbs faired with some other quality verbs so….I downloaded 2 mp3 demo clicks of 2 quality verbs.
I took the dry male vocal demo from the Wizoo Stereo and the dry female vocal demo from the UAD-1 DreamVerb (which I always thought was very nice and lush). I also took the best wet from each also so I could compare.
I imported all 4 mp3 demo clips into Sonar 5. I then took the Wizoo and Dreamverb dry clips and applied the Sonitus and Perfect Space to them and did some tweaking.
Though I thought the Dreamverb was a bit “lusher” (but not much) both Sonitus and P Space held up surprisingly well. I actually felt the Sonitus came closer than the Perfect Space and really sounded nice. I’m learning to tweak the Sonitus fairly well but not the Perfect Space so I may not have gotten the most out of the Perfect Space.
But at any rate I feel much better with my Sonar verbs and considering what it would cost to get Wizoo or Dreamverb and others I feel even better!
Sonitus & P. Space vs. Wizoo Stereo & Dreamverb
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- KVRist
- 189 posts since 14 May, 2005 from Jacksonville, Fl. USA
Mat 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
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- KVRAF
- 3617 posts since 26 Sep, 2003 from Bradford - The Armpit of Britain
If the sonitus verb (& compressor) could be downloaded seperately over here in the u.k. (rather than only being available as part of a £199 bundle) I would likely grab it myself - decent sound & very minimal cpu footprint, very weel coded it would appear.
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- KVRian
- 1161 posts since 24 Dec, 2004 from Adelaide, South Australia
You can buy it seperately from Cakewalk. I just grabbed it a few weeks back. Excellent reverb 
Mixcraft 8 Recording Studio : Reason 10
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- KVRAF
- 3617 posts since 26 Sep, 2003 from Bradford - The Armpit of Britain
Last time I looked if your U.K. (& I believe E.U.) based you have to buy it from their U.K. distibutor (edirol) & they only sell the whole bundle for £199.
I will definately check again though to see if they've changed that policy (fingers crossed).
I will definately check again though to see if they've changed that policy (fingers crossed).
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- KVRAF
- 3617 posts since 26 Sep, 2003 from Bradford - The Armpit of Britain
Bloody hell - thanks for the heads up mate - they can now be purchased separately from the cakewalk online store.
Nice one - wahey
£35 for the reverb & £25 for the compressor (which is a maybe for me) - cool.
[edit] hmmmm... it states
Nice one - wahey
£35 for the reverb & £25 for the compressor (which is a maybe for me) - cool.
[edit] hmmmm... it states
, yet in the blurb for the full package it statesplug-in for DirectX compatible hosts
pleeeease someone tell me that if you purchase the downloadable single effects there are vst versions - not just directx? [/edit]These plug-ins have been enhanced with DirectX automation, and can be use with SONAR, Home Studio, Project5 or any application supporting DirectX or VST
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 189 posts since 14 May, 2005 from Jacksonville, Fl. USA
If you can get the verb for that then you might consider grabbing it. The more I use it the better it sounds. I was really pleased when I was able to get it even closer to the Dreamverb with some more minor tweaking - almost can't tell the difference.diverdee wrote:Bloody hell - thanks for the heads up mate - they can now be purchased separately from the cakewalk online store.
Nice one - wahey
£35 for the reverb & £25 for the compressor (which is a maybe for me) - cool.
Also - the Multiband is quite powerful - to me anyway.
Later
Mat 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
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- KVRian
- 1161 posts since 24 Dec, 2004 from Adelaide, South Australia
Yes. The packages contain Direct X and VST They don't make it clear I know !! But it's fine. Go grab it !!!!!
They don't make it clear I know !! But it's fine. Go grab it !!!!!Mixcraft 8 Recording Studio : Reason 10
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- KVRAF
- 6242 posts since 26 Sep, 2003 from right here, as you can see ...
you should really check the demo of the artsacoustic reverb ... superb on all tasks ...
regards,
brok landers
BIGTONEsounddesign
gear is as good as the innovation behind it-the man
brok landers
BIGTONEsounddesign
gear is as good as the innovation behind it-the man
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- KVRAF
- 3617 posts since 26 Sep, 2003 from Bradford - The Armpit of Britain
I've tried the demo of artsacoustic - & it is excellent.
I'm a cheapskate though - & I thought the sonitus sounded nice also & very cheap as well as cpu friendly.
A combination of that, rv7000, lives reverb & psp springverb (freebie) or maybe buy the full easyverb & i'm pretty much covered I reckon (plus the tc native I may be getting as a real cheapie).
Damn looks like my reverb count is climbing again - & here's me trying to cut down on fx to the bare minimum!!!
I'm a cheapskate though - & I thought the sonitus sounded nice also & very cheap as well as cpu friendly.
A combination of that, rv7000, lives reverb & psp springverb (freebie) or maybe buy the full easyverb & i'm pretty much covered I reckon (plus the tc native I may be getting as a real cheapie).
Damn looks like my reverb count is climbing again - & here's me trying to cut down on fx to the bare minimum!!!