Favorite versatile reverb?

[E_Anderson]

Fruity Reeverb 2

Finally, something that doesn't require us to open wallet!

I was kidding since this thread is still alive and actively doing that thing some people hate, which is listing... But even with a small but likely growing collection of decent/great reverbs, I still use Reeverb 2 sometimes.

I think nobody realizes there is a "side mode" of Reeverb2, which pretty radically changes its character. With two instances, you can crossfade between the two modes in Patcher... Especially playing with the filter + stereo separation settings independently in each instance, it can actually give you quite a number of sounds. Not my favorite for small spaces/low diffusion at all however, and I don't often choose it for giant lush + prominently featured reverbs (not to say never), but I do load it up sometimes to save CPU while arranging and by the end find it sounding perfectly fine in context, so sometimes I'll just leave it in.

[LoveEnigma18]

Fruity Reeverb 2

Finally, something that doesn't require us to open wallet!

I was kidding since this thread is still alive and actively doing that thing some people hate, which is listing... But even with a small but likely growing collection of decent/great reverbs, I still use Reeverb 2 sometimes.

I think nobody realizes there is a "side mode" of Reeverb2, which pretty radically changes its character. With two instances, you can crossfade between the two modes in Patcher... Especially playing with the filter + stereo separation settings independently in each instance, it can actually give you quite a number of sounds. Not my favorite for small spaces/low diffusion at all however, and I don't often choose it for giant lush + prominently featured reverbs (not to say never), but I do load it up sometimes to save CPU while arranging and by the end find it sounding perfectly fine in context, so sometimes I'll just leave it in.

I know

Yes, I have used Reeverb 2 in the past. It is nice indeed, but once you start going 3rd party, you simply don't like using them (DAW plugins) as much.

[pdxindy]

In addition to the Valhalla Reverbs...

Uhbik-A - part of U-he's Uhbik FX bundle. A favorite for subtle Ambience
FabFilter Pro-R

[MogwaiBoy]

Since versatility would mean being a flexible all-rounder, this is actually difficult to answer since most reverbs are specialised in or really good at only certain things but not others.

Pro-R is worthy.

[LoveEnigma18]

Thanks everyone for all the suggestions. I am done as far as my reverb search/selection goes. If/when needed, the next and only reverb I will consider purchasing is FabFilter Pro-R.

Hope this topic is helping others. Excellent suggestions and discussion overall. Appreciate all of you for your time and help.

[BONES]

I mostly use the reverb that comes with Studio One because it doesn't use a lot of CPU. 15 years ago I think it used to really matter, because a lot of reverbs sounded very ordinary, but these days it's almost impossible to go wrong. Even the reverbs in most relatively new VSTi sound great so I use those a lot.

I've got a few reverbs I think to use - Raum, Shimmerverb, Rev Plate-140 - but mostly the S1 reverb does just as good a job for a fraction of the CPU use so I hardly ever bother with anything else these days.

[chk071]

I've got a few reverbs I think to use - Raum, Shimmerverb, Rev Plate-140 - but mostly the S1 reverb does just as good a job for a fraction of the CPU use so I hardly ever bother with anything else these days.

I think all of those sound way better than the Studio One reverb, but, YMMV.

If it works for you, there's not much to argue.

[BONES]

Maybe ever-so-slightly better but in a mix, where you're probably only running 10%-12% wet, you don't notice, which makes it not worth the effort in my book.

[chk071]

Fair enough.

[E_Anderson]

MTurboReverb is worth a demo ride right now. It has some great new eye candy in the form of custom GUIs. This makes it more accessible to people who are used to have fancy interfaces.

How do you personally find the sounds of MTurboReverb? Compared to anything else you’ve used? And do you tend to voyage into the Edit screen?

[ralfrobert]

MTurboReverb is worth a demo ride right now. It has some great new eye candy in the form of custom GUIs. This makes it more accessible to people who are used to have fancy interfaces.

How do you personally find the sounds of MTurboReverb? Compared to anything else you’ve used? And do you tend to voyage into the Edit screen?

Personally, I like what the tool delivers. There is a wide variety of pre-made devices accessible via the left panel. Generally, I choose one of these "über-presets" and then adjust them a bit. In 90% of the cases, playing with the (quite nice and quite new) graphical interfaces gives me what I want. As far as the Edit screen is concerned, I never used the reverb formulas which are nice to have if I want to go mad. Playing around with the reflections profile achieves a lot, so I do that from time to time. This is the thing with Melda: You do not have to dive into every rabbit hole to get something out of it.

Now, the sound: I have Valhalla stuff and some others, too, and I also use them. The thing is you get used to Melda, so if I want to stay in the ecosystem, I pick one of theirs. All Melda reverbs are more than decent, and I am happy with the results. However, I may not be the most critical dude around.

What I would do with this strange software: demo it. In case of the reverbs, there is plenty to discover. Melda published some videos which make it a bit easier to get you started. If you do not find what I mean, let me know.

I hope this helps a bit.

[excuse me please]

The most versatile way too use reverb is to figure out the strong and weak points of a specific reverb vst and be sure you eventually have all strongholds covered when it comes to creating ambience in a track. By using several reverbs simultaneously.

[rj0]

Audiority Xenoverb for versatility and speed.

Yup.

[E_Anderson]

Personally, I like what the tool delivers. There is a wide variety of pre-made devices accessible via the left panel. Generally, I choose one of these "über-presets" and then adjust them a bit. In 90% of the cases, playing with the (quite nice and quite new) graphical interfaces gives me what I want. As far as the Edit screen is concerned, I never used the reverb formulas which are nice to have if I want to go mad. Playing around with the reflections profile achieves a lot, so I do that from time to time. This is the thing with Melda: You do not have to dive into every rabbit hole to get something out of it.

Now, the sound: I have Valhalla stuff and some others, too, and I also use them. The thing is you get used to Melda, so if I want to stay in the ecosystem, I pick one of theirs. All Melda reverbs are more than decent, and I am happy with the results. However, I may not be the most critical dude around.

What I would do with this strange software: demo it. In case of the reverbs, there is plenty to discover. Melda published some videos which make it a bit easier to get you started. If you do not find what I mean, let me know.

I hope this helps a bit.

Thanks for the reply. I haven’t gone through each of the reverbs, but I notice many of them sound half-complete, while some sound great. The Blackhole reverb for instance sounds good to me, some of the rooms and plates sound good, but the Shimmer reverb and some of the other longer reverbs sound like they need work in the backend. The ER section of MTR is probably the main attraction to me.

I’ll demo it against CR and the 2cAudio reverbs when I can afford to buy something, but I’m feeling somewhat confident MTR will be a later-purchase, something to plug some time into as I go along. Right now I just want a pretty quick workflow reverb that offers really realistic spatialization, like how Cinematic Rooms augments the dry signal; 2cAudio does something similar and I’m grateful they + Melda offer an endless demo to play with in the meanwhile.

The Melda demo, however, could use fewer noise intervals... There are many times, because of the frequency and randomization, that I’ll be listening to noise for 9 out of 10 seconds. That is not easy to deal with while trying to dial something in or A/B.

[ralfrobert]

If you want something that is not super versatile, but offers several possibilities, fast results, and excellent sound, look at this:

https://relabdevelopment.com/product/lx480-essentials/

(A bit off-topic, I know, but this is a comment on the last post, as the author talks about quick workflow/ great sound.)