Goodhertz Megaverb released

[v1o]

Had a listen to the audio demos on the website. Sounds like a crunchy lofi reverb. How is this better than the stock "so bad that it's good" reverb that comes with your DAW?

[Functional]

Had a listen to the audio demos on the website. Sounds like a crunchy lofi reverb. How is this better than the stock "so bad that it's good" reverb that comes with your DAW?

They often try to sound good so they fall in between where they're neither that bad nor that good, i.e. unappealing in every way. Then again, you put one into a send and you can do whatever you want with it. Seems like this reverb just sort of integrates lot of the normal stuff you'd do to get lo-fi reverb into one package.

[devkerr]

Can the filter be placed before the reverb to mimic the Abbey Road’s reverb trick?

The low cut filter is before the reverb, and the high cut filter is after. We found that this configuration worked best in our mixes and offered the widest range of tone shaping options.

[pekbro]

Congratulations on the release Devin, great job on Megaverb. And thanks for the generous
discount for beta participants.

[devkerr]

Had a listen to the audio demos on the website. Sounds like a crunchy lofi reverb. How is this better than the stock "so bad that it's good" reverb that comes with your DAW?

They often try to sound good so they fall in between where they're neither that bad nor that good, i.e. unappealing in every way. Then again, you put one into a send and you can do whatever you want with it. Seems like this reverb just sort of integrates lot of the normal stuff you'd do to get lo-fi reverb into one package.

I'd say this is partially correct. Unlike most stock reverbs, Megaverb is unapologetic about its "deficiencies" — it doesn't try to be realistic or simulate a hall or room, it just tries to sound good and create interesting textures. It also replicates a lot of the processing techniques that would been used in those first digital reverbs in the 1980's (along with some changes and improvements). That leads to a pretty different overall sound when compared to other reverb plugins, and it's not something that you could replicate by just putting some distortion/bit reduction/noise before/after a reverb: the lofi-ness is deeply baked into the algorithms.

Anyhow, all that is to say, you should try out the demo yourself! It definitely doesn't sound like any other reverb plugins I've heard.

[cfanyc]

very interesting reverb. It has all these song/artist presets from the 80s that
look very intriguing. Any specific demos out there on when/besttto use them?

[jbarish]

Congratulations on the release Devin, great job on Megaverb. And thanks for the generous
discount for beta participants.

I was in on the beta and don't recall receiving a discount offer.

[Vortifex]

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[Functional]

Anyhow, all that is to say, you should try out the demo yourself! It definitely doesn't sound like any other reverb plugins I've heard.

I might just try it out, it is interesting. I feel like Valhalla reverbs got me covered in every aspect up to the point that I wouldn't even care for Pro-R even though I love FabFilter GUI. But, to be quite honest, I don't consider any of them as lo-fi reverbs in particular, you can just tweak plate & vintage to behave like such. (I actually use plate far more often than vintage like that)

So... to have an intentional "lo-fi" reverb, that could be interesting. It most definitively is within my niche. Just gotta find a mix to test it with, current one I'm working on got actually some feedback from a WMG mixing engineer (by a mere chance) who liked it overall but told that the reverb might be bit too lo-fi, at least for his taste.

Any specific demos out there on when/besttto use them?

If you mean what kind of scenarios to use a lo-fi -esque reverb plugin, well... that's a tough one. I think plugins like these have two kinds of places: either you have a mix or just an element in mix that calls for it entirely due to creative reasons. For example if you're making a triphop song, you might see it fitting for drums. Or even just in pop, you might find a spot for a reverb like this in vocals. Say you have a 4 bar bridge with vocals on the first bar only. You could set up a send with 100% wet delay, 1/1 time and adjust the feedback and then put this behind to achieve that sort of "fading into lofiness" effect (that's probably not whats it called). So yeah, in this way, usage of lo-fi reverb is up to you.

The second place for these plugins are certain genres where they are innately part of their sounds. For example, a lot of synthwave uses gated reverbs and so do many of its offsprings. In fact, almost anything with "wave" in it will likely make a good home for any lo-fi reverb plugin. Same goes for lo-fi genres (insofar lo-fi hiphop & lo-fi house). Also techno, the underground kind. In these genres, you'll find that you can use the effect rather liberally, because it's one of the many building blocks of the respective sounds in the genres themselves.

[devkerr]

Congratulations on the release Devin, great job on Megaverb. And thanks for the generous
discount for beta participants.

I was in on the beta and don't recall receiving a discount offer.

We gave out a discount to everyone who filled out our beta feedback form.

[devkerr]

So... to have an intentional "lo-fi" reverb, that could be interesting. It most definitively is within my niche. Just gotta find a mix to test it with, current one I'm working on got actually some feedback from a WMG mixing engineer (by a mere chance) who liked it overall but told that the reverb might be bit too lo-fi, at least for his taste.

Awesome! Hah yeah, lofi reverb is not for everyone / every situation.

[soulone82]

It is the most powerful 80’s reverb emulation the world has ever heard.

And it sports the most convoluted GUI the world has ever seen.

[plexuss]

It is the most powerful 80’s reverb emulation the world has ever heard.

And it sports the most convoluted GUI the world has ever seen.

I really like Goodhertz' UI design and workflow. Can't please everyone!

[cfanyc]

Anyhow, all that is to say, you should try out the demo yourself! It definitely doesn't sound like any other reverb plugins I've heard.

I might just try it out, it is interesting. I feel like Valhalla reverbs got me covered in every aspect up to the point that I wouldn't even care for Pro-R even though I love FabFilter GUI. But, to be quite honest, I don't consider any of them as lo-fi reverbs in particular, you can just tweak plate & vintage to behave like such. (I actually use plate far more often than vintage like that)

So... to have an intentional "lo-fi" reverb, that could be interesting. It most definitively is within my niche. Just gotta find a mix to test it with, current one I'm working on got actually some feedback from a WMG mixing engineer (by a mere chance) who liked it overall but told that the reverb might be bit too lo-fi, at least for his taste.

Any specific demos out there on when/besttto use them?

If you mean what kind of scenarios to use a lo-fi -esque reverb plugin, well... that's a tough one. I think plugins like these have two kinds of places: either you have a mix or just an element in mix that calls for it entirely due to creative reasons. For example if you're making a triphop song, you might see it fitting for drums. Or even just in pop, you might find a spot for a reverb like this in vocals. Say you have a 4 bar bridge with vocals on the first bar only. You could set up a send with 100% wet delay, 1/1 time and adjust the feedback and then put this behind to achieve that sort of "fading into lofiness" effect (that's probably not whats it called). So yeah, in this way, usage of lo-fi reverb is up to you.

The second place for these plugins are certain genres where they are innately part of their sounds. For example, a lot of synthwave uses gated reverbs and so do many of its offsprings. In fact, almost anything with "wave" in it will likely make a good home for any lo-fi reverb plugin. Same goes for lo-fi genres (insofar lo-fi hiphop & lo-fi house). Also techno, the underground kind. In these genres, you'll find that you can use the effect rather liberally, because it's one of the many building blocks of the respective sounds in the genres themselves.

Thanks Functional, excellent advice.

I was hoping that the developer would provide a more concrete pointer to
the specific iconic sound in the referenced artists's music. For example
we all know about the gated reverb in Phil Colin's songs and there are youtube videos that
show the gated reverb in many songs specifically where it was used.
It would help if we get similar detail on the other presets rather than playing sherlock holms.

Not a deal braker, but it would be a huge time saver for those of use who do not
know all these details.

[Spin Boyz]

Can the filter be placed before the reverb to mimic the Abbey Road’s reverb trick?

The low cut filter is before the reverb, and the high cut filter is after. We found that this configuration worked best in our mixes and offered the widest range of tone shaping options.

I think that could work well in a lot situations.