Favorite versatile reverb?

[martinjuenke]

After much resisting, I finally succumbed to a great deal on FabFilter Pro-R. Finally done with reverbs.

169 Euro for me. Well, I pass...

[Ploki]

After much resisting, I finally succumbed to a great deal on FabFilter Pro-R. Finally done with reverbs.

169 Euro for me. Well, I pass...

That’s the full price

I think 25% only works if you already own something Fabfilter?

At that price it makes more sense to get essential for 254€

[LoveEnigma18]

After much resisting, I finally succumbed to a great deal on FabFilter Pro-R. Finally done with reverbs.

What great deal?

Second hand. Got an even better deal than my in-account sale price here on KVR.

I already owned Pro-Q 3, Pro-C 2, and Pro-L 2. With Pro-R, I think I am done with my FabFilter collection. While it would be nice to have one or two more (Saturn 2 and Timeless 3 in particular), I don't fancy using any other FabFilter plugins as much.

In total, I have paid a little over $400 for these 4 plugins now. While it seems a bit expensive, I genuinely love these plugins and use them (Pro-R being new of course), bought them over last 3 years, and each is a separate license so I have full control if I need to let go any one of them at any point (not that I would ever want to).

[LoveEnigma18]

After much resisting, I finally succumbed to a great deal on FabFilter Pro-R. Finally done with reverbs.

169 Euro for me. Well, I pass...

That’s the full price

I think 25% only works if you already own something Fabfilter?

At that price it makes more sense to get essential for 254€

Exactly.

If you are starting out and 100% sure you will use them, get FabFilter Essential Bundle first. For $300, it is a fantastic deal right now. Then, buy Pro-L 2 if you are like me. The advantage is Pro-L 2 (or any other plugin for that matter) price will have a great discount in the account, even more during these 25% off sales.

The only downside with bundles is you cannot sell individual plugins in case you feel you don't like/use it much.

[LoveEnigma18]

For Pro-R, I see people keep mentioning shiny/plastic-y top end, phasing issues, etc. Not sure I notice that to the extent of it bothering me, but any tips on how to best tame such things or in general, especially the decay graph? Guess EQ is just a normal EQ for processing the reverb signal with low cut and high cut for example, as is typical when using reverbs.

[gaggle of hermits]

For Pro-R, I see people keep mentioning shiny/plastic-y top end, phasing issues, etc.

i wonder whether the phasey thing is to do with the main eq.

some of the presets have really steep lo-cut filters on them. There's a "horns studio" preset with a 48db lo-cut filter on it. put something with a lot of bass through that and it's gonna sound phasey. something a bit more gentle takes that away.

[LoveEnigma18]

For Pro-R, I see people keep mentioning shiny/plastic-y top end, phasing issues, etc.

i wonder whether the phasey thing is to do with the main eq.

some of the presets have really steep lo-cut filters on them. There's a "horns studio" preset with a 48db lo-cut filter on it. put something with a lot of bass through that and it's gonna sound phasey. something a bit more gentle takes that away.

Good point. I will check this out shortly.

[SteveWZ]

Its a very flexible reverb, great GUI (PRO-R).
You can tweak it with lots of control to get what you want.
I like it on acoustic instruments.

[LoveEnigma18]

I don't want to buy another reverb really but I am very impressed by VerbSuite Classics by Slate Digital. I know it was on sale for $49 recently but I couldn't buy is as it needs iLok dongle, which I don't have or want to buy. I wonder what is the closest "non-iLok dongle" alternative to it. Perhaps sometimes from LiquidSonics themselves? But I believe they don't have iLok machine activation, which is kinda must for me if iLok-based. Any other reverbs?

[Etienne1973]

Perhaps sometimes from LiquidSonics themselves? But I believe they don't have iLok machine activation, ...?

LiquidSonics: "Since late June 2021 all cloud-capable licenses can also support iLok machine activations but require plug-in versions v1.3.4 or above."

[MogwaiBoy]

Perhaps sometimes from LiquidSonics themselves? But I believe they don't have iLok machine activation, ...?

LiquidSonics: "Since late June 2021 all cloud-capable licenses can also support iLok machine activations but require plug-in versions v1.3.4 or above."

I was also under the impression that the Slate/LiquidSonics collab requires a physical dongle. Would love to be wrong on this.

[LoveEnigma18]

Perhaps sometimes from LiquidSonics themselves? But I believe they don't have iLok machine activation, ...?

LiquidSonics: "Since late June 2021 all cloud-capable licenses can also support iLok machine activations but require plug-in versions v1.3.4 or above."

Thanks for the information. So, what reverb from them if not VerbSuite Classics is the question now as Slate website says it needs iLok2/3 dongle.

Seventh Heaven probably?

I also wonder if NI RC24 and RC48 could be comparable here.

[LoveEnigma18]

Perhaps sometimes from LiquidSonics themselves? But I believe they don't have iLok machine activation, ...?

LiquidSonics: "Since late June 2021 all cloud-capable licenses can also support iLok machine activations but require plug-in versions v1.3.4 or above."

I was also under the impression that the Slate/LiquidSonics collab requires a physical dongle. Would love to be wrong on this.

I think that's still true for VerbSuite Classics, unfortunately. Can anyone confirm this for us?

[Etienne1973]

Slate Digital: "iLok Cloud is available to all All Access Pass members. Perpetual users need to have an iLok 2 or an iLok 3 to use Slate Digital plugins."

Reverberate 3 by LiquidSonics? Same technology like VerbSuite Classics. But not as many Fusion-IR packs. R3 comes so far with Lexicon 224X, Lexicon 480L, Lexicon PCM91 and Bricasti M7.

[LoveEnigma18]

Thanks. After spending a few minutes looking at LiquidSonics website, I decided to avoid them. Don't need any those reverbs. I will stick to RC24 and RC48 for this type. However, if in future Slate Digital VerbSuite Classics goes dongle-less and is available again for $49, I may consider buying it.