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Kinh · Post by **Kinh** » Thu Sep 28, 2017 12:48 pm

Klinke1 wrote:
Kinh wrote:Shit, replika can do what shimmer does bout wit more control. Shimmer's just a diffusion reverb. Replika has diffusion, tune and all dat but its also a decent delay.

--- Shit, I dont think you know what you're talkin' bout mate
Shit.. Replika cannot do shimmer.

But Replika XT can. It has the basic recipe delay, reverb ,1 octave pitch-shifter..and feedback.

Shit, xt is wot i meant

Sparky77 · Post by **Sparky77** » Thu Sep 28, 2017 8:11 pm

Fleer wrote:Zynaptiq Adaptiverb
http://www.zynaptiq.com/adaptiverb/

Love the Adaptiverb, over all very different from Shimmer.
Much newer technology and hungry CPU but fantastic.

fluffy_little_something · Fri Jul 20, 2018 3:25 pm

By the way, how old is the concept of the shimmer reverb? I think I noticed one in this tune from as early as 1978, on the synth from 39 seconds on, sounds very nice

https://youtu.be/Ao5uiWUzMx4

mcbpete · Post by **mcbpete** » Fri Jul 20, 2018 3:32 pm

Maybe '74 with Eventide's H910 ? Sean has a good post about the technique in his blog: https://valhalladsp.com/2010/05/11/enol ... t-is-made/

SteveWZ · Post by **SteveWZ** » Sat Jul 21, 2018 9:04 pm

Here is an example of the "Shimmer" effect using Breeze 2:

https://soundcloud.com/synth-presets-co ... o-breeze-2

valhallasound · Post by **valhallasound** » Sun Jul 22, 2018 3:10 am

fluffy_little_something wrote:By the way, how old is the concept of the shimmer reverb? I think I noticed one in this tune from as early as 1978, on the synth from 39 seconds on, sounds very nice
https://youtu.be/Ao5uiWUzMx4

To my ears, this sounds like an arpeggio through tape echo. I don't hear the pitch changing as it decays away.

Feedback pitch shifters were around in the mid-70s (H910), but the feedback on these sounded very metallic. Definitely not the smooth pitch shifting you hear in the early 80s Eno/Lanois tracks. For a good shimmer sound, you need some sort of de-glitching in the pitch shifting, as found in the Eventide H949 or AMS DMX 15-80s. Straight ahead overlap/add pitch shifters will sound metallic in this application.

Fleer · Post by **Fleer** » Sun Jul 22, 2018 3:55 am

Sparky77 wrote:
Fleer wrote:Zynaptiq Adaptiverb
http://www.zynaptiq.com/adaptiverb/
Love the Adaptiverb, over all very different from Shimmer.
Much newer technology and hungry CPU but fantastic.

Thanks, now I need Shimmer

Cody Valentine · Post by **Cody Valentine** » Sat Mar 02, 2019 7:28 am

I picked up Luminance by Sinevibes earlier today. Sweet plug that does shimmer pretty well. It's only $29 too. I'm happy with it. https://www.sinevibes.com/luminance/

c1c2 · Post by **c1c2** » Sun Mar 03, 2019 1:36 am

VariKusBrainZ wrote: ↑Sun Sep 24, 2017 1:50 am It needs to be in the feedback path

I recently found a tutorial video on y..tube how to set this up inside
Live. Works flawlessly.

PatchAdamz · Post by **PatchAdamz** » Sun Mar 03, 2019 3:37 am

One of SteveW using Adaptiverb (shimmer style):

https://soundcloud.com/synth-presets-co ... adaptiverb

Ah_Dziz · Post by **Ah_Dziz** » Mon Mar 04, 2019 2:55 am

Lots of people just insert a pitchshifter ahead of the reverb so that it doesn’t continue to produce higher and higher pitches. That’s a simple way to get a slightly different effect with stuff you probably already have.

MogwaiBoy · Post by **MogwaiBoy** » Mon Mar 04, 2019 3:53 am

With the Strymon pedals they call it "Regen"(eration), so for example instead of getting just a single octave up, it feeds it back through adding an octave on an octave and so on.

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Mon Mar 04, 2019 5:30 am

using freeverb3 impulser2:
fk valhalla, fk eventide, fk waves... only fools pay..... YOU PEOPLE are

https://soundcloud.com/layzerkvr/ramirez-you-people

Neon Breath · Post by **Neon Breath** » Mon Apr 29, 2019 8:39 pm

Cody Valentine wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2019 7:28 am I picked up Luminance by Sinevibes earlier today. Sweet plug that does shimmer pretty well. It's only $29 too. I'm happy with it. https://www.sinevibes.com/luminance/

Indeed, probably the most direct and menacing contender to Valhalla Shimmer. I own both and I like them both too but I have preference for Luminance, for some reasons (on my sounds at least) it sounds richer and smoother. Outstanding (shimmering) reverb plugin for a very cheap price, extremely underrated. It turns pretty much anything into a warm blanket of butter !

martinjuenke · Post by **martinjuenke** » Mon Apr 29, 2019 8:48 pm

Neon Breath wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2019 8:39 pm
Cody Valentine wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2019 7:28 am I picked up Luminance by Sinevibes earlier today. Sweet plug that does shimmer pretty well. It's only $29 too. I'm happy with it. https://www.sinevibes.com/luminance/
Indeed, probably the most direct and menacing contender to Valhalla Shimmer. I own both and I like them both too but I have preference for Luminance, for some reasons (on my sounds at least) it sounds richer and smoother. Outstanding (shimmering) reverb plugin for a very cheap price, extremely underrated. It turns pretty much anything into a warm blanket of butter !

+1

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