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.
What are your favorite non-Valhalla reverbs, and why?
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Echoes in the Attic Echoes in the Attic https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=180417
- KVRAF
- 11994 posts since 12 May, 2008
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- KVRAF
- 2960 posts since 9 Dec, 2011 from falling
Sweet Jesus, what reverb is this?
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- KVRAF
- 25007 posts since 12 Jul, 2003 from West Caprazumia
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... 
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- KVRAF
- 2960 posts since 9 Dec, 2011 from falling
I agree it is drenched, and yet I like the reverb.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...
It does sound like he is ducking the reverb with the vocal, so the dry vocal cuts through all the reverb.
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comfortablynick comfortablynick https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=358558 - KVRist
- 338 posts since 15 May, 2015
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.
Sounds like there's a ton of pitch modulation.
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- KVRAF
- 2960 posts since 9 Dec, 2011 from falling
This one is a bit more dialed back, maybe ... and I love it.
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- KVRAF
- 25007 posts since 12 Jul, 2003 from West Caprazumia
Well, that's a Trance DJ, so you get what it says on the tin...
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- KVRAF
- 2960 posts since 9 Dec, 2011 from falling
I thought we were talking about reverb we like?jens wrote:Well, that's a Trance DJ, so you get what it says on the tin...
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- KVRian
- 726 posts since 17 Feb, 2015
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.
SafeReverb -There's something I like about this one. It can give sounds some "air", as if they were recorded in an exterior space.
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- KVRAF
- 2824 posts since 22 Mar, 2006 from cornwall
Acon Verberate
Liquidsonics Reverbeta 2
These are my favourites purely based on sound!
I also sometimes use NI's RC24 and RC 48.
Liquidsonics Reverbeta 2
These are my favourites purely based on sound!
I also sometimes use NI's RC24 and RC 48.
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- KVRAF
- 25007 posts since 12 Jul, 2003 from West Caprazumia
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).billcarroll wrote:I thought we were talking about reverb we like?jens wrote:Well, that's a Trance DJ, so you get what it says on the tin...
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.
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do_androids_dream do_androids_dream https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=164034 - KVRAF
- 2908 posts since 26 Oct, 2007 from Kent, UK
jens wrote:
Yes, exactly - even though this pretends to be an acoustic performance it is highly artificial, plasticy, over-the-top, dishonest
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- KVRAF
- 25007 posts since 12 Jul, 2003 from West Caprazumia
just my opinion, impression, aesthetical judgement - pleaee forgive me for forgotting to mention that...