KVR Audio

plexuss · Post by **plexuss** » Wed Feb 02, 2022 3:41 am

Here's some sound. Hollow and Supermassive. Me playing an arp in real time. I didn't attempt to match them but rather dial them in to be similarily pleasing. I think the audio captures the character differences between these two reverbs...

https://soundcloud.com/musicofplexus/ho ... 2sJhA7qdxD

Neon Breath · Post by **Neon Breath** » Wed Feb 02, 2022 3:56 am

plexuss wrote: Wed Feb 02, 2022 3:41 am Here's some sound. Hollow and Supermassive. Me playing an arp in real time. I didn't attempt to match them but rather dial them in to be similarily pleasing. I think the audio captures the character differences between these two reverbs...

https://soundcloud.com/musicofplexus/ho ... 2sJhA7qdxD

Hey man very cool experiment! I have to admit though... Hollow does sound incredibly crystalline, buttery rich and very nice, damn....

EnochLight · Post by **EnochLight** » Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:22 am

plexuss wrote: Wed Feb 02, 2022 3:41 am Here's some sound. Hollow and Supermassive. Me playing an arp in real time. I didn't attempt to match them but rather dial them in to be similarily pleasing. I think the audio captures the character differences between these two reverbs...

https://soundcloud.com/musicofplexus/ho ... 2sJhA7qdxD

Nice comparison! I'd say Hollow easily holds its own, but... Supermassive is 100% free, so aside from a nicer GUI/UX (sorry Supermassive!), I'm not sure I'll drop $39 USD on Hollow since I already have Valhalla Supermassive. Wonder if Sinevibes stuff ever goes on sale..

noiseresearch · Post by **noiseresearch** » Wed Feb 02, 2022 11:08 am

plexuss wrote: Wed Feb 02, 2022 3:41 am Here's some sound. Hollow and Supermassive. Me playing an arp in real time. I didn't attempt to match them but rather dial them in to be similarily pleasing. I think the audio captures the character differences between these two reverbs...

https://soundcloud.com/musicofplexus/ho ... 2sJhA7qdxD

Cool. This gives a nice impression of both reverbs. Hollow sounds velvet-y. Yet, I clean out my whole setup constantly since a year (just dropped my Unfiltered Audio effects bundle) and I'm not sure if it's just psychosomatic (GAS) or really the sound attracting me so much

although I really like the very simple parameter layout too. I hope I find some time soon to test it properly by myself

noiseresearch · Post by **noiseresearch** » Wed Feb 02, 2022 11:10 am

EnochLight wrote: Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:22 am
plexuss wrote: Wed Feb 02, 2022 3:41 am Here's some sound. Hollow and Supermassive. Me playing an arp in real time. I didn't attempt to match them but rather dial them in to be similarily pleasing. I think the audio captures the character differences between these two reverbs...

https://soundcloud.com/musicofplexus/ho ... 2sJhA7qdxD
Nice comparison! I'd say Hollow easily holds its own, but... Supermassive is 100% free, so aside from a nicer GUI/UX (sorry Supermassive!), I'm not sure I'll drop $39 USD on Hollow since I already have Valhalla Supermassive. Wonder if Sinevibes stuff ever goes on sale..

They offering an education discount (stated in the FAQ) and I read somewhere here on kvr that with every purchase one gets 20%off for the next plugin (not sure about that tho).

Atlatnesiti · Post by **Atlatnesiti** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 1:58 pm

I own pretty much all of Valhalla plug-ins (paid and free) and as much as I like the sound on Hollow,I will not buy it. Most of the tiny differences between Supermassive and Hollow will be lost in the mix anyway.
Supermassive is free btw…

EnochLight · Post by **EnochLight** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 3:04 pm

Right, hence my reluctance - especially at $39 USD. I mean the GUi/UX on Sinevibes Hollow is a massive

improvement over Supermassive - IMHO anyway. Valhalla's look is really starting to look dated these days, but free is free.

noiseresearch · Post by **noiseresearch** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 3:11 pm

I had some time to test Hollow for a while (two hours). Just played some of my Zebra patches and compared it against my go-to reverbs (Ubermod, Vintage Verb, Supermassive, MFM2, Velvet Machine). Yes it sounds damn good. Hollow sounds distinctively different very smooth. Also small spaces are really comforting, but yeah, it's questionable if this is really sticking out in a dense mix. On the other side it may sticks out in genres like slow dark ambient and similar – which I'm into anyway. Yet, I'm also not sure if I will buy it. But than again, the layout is very nice and I can tweak in certain sounds much faster than with the my other tools. Especially with a midi controller.

noiseresearch · Post by **noiseresearch** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 3:14 pm

EnochLight wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 3:04 pm Right, hence my reluctance - especially at $39 USD. I mean the GUi/UX on Sinevibes Hollow is a massive improvement over Supermassive - IMHO anyway. Valhalla's look is really starting to look dated these days, but free is free.

Huh!? What you mean with "dated"? I find them so simple there is no date on. The only thing what is sometimes bothering me is the amount of different modes

gaggle of hermits · Post by **gaggle of hermits** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 3:32 pm

EnochLight wrote: Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:22 am Wonder if Sinevibes stuff ever goes on sale..

there have been sales, but not very frequent. around 35-50% where they've happened.

EnochLight · Post by **EnochLight** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 3:39 pm

noiseresearch wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 3:14 pm Huh!? What you mean with "dated"? I find them so simple there is no date on. The only thing what is sometimes bothering me is the amount of different modes

Oops - did I say dated? Sorry about that. I meant FUGLY.

gaggle of hermits wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 3:32 pm
EnochLight wrote: Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:22 am Wonder if Sinevibes stuff ever goes on sale..
there have been sales, but not very frequent. around 35-50% where they've happened.

Cool, thanks. Will probably hold out then.

plexuss · Post by **plexuss** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 4:55 pm

gaggle of hermits wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 3:32 pm
EnochLight wrote: Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:22 am Wonder if Sinevibes stuff ever goes on sale..
there have been sales, but not very frequent. around 35-50% where they've happened.

They also give discounts for those that own their plugins. I think if you have at least one they give you a 20% coupon that works on any orders.

Sinevibes email wrote:As a returnng customer, you can get 20% off any future purchases via our website – simply enter this coupon code during checkout: ...

I was getting 50% off for owning all their plugins. But they have hidden the one that haven't been windoze ported. However I *think* if you buy the windoze bundle you will get new additions to it for 50% off. I think... best to confirm with Sinevibes.

EnochLight · Post by **EnochLight** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 6:10 pm

Thanks, but I don't own any of their plugins (aside from the stuff I have on my Dreadbox Typhon and Korg Minilogue XD).

Dip200 · Post by **Dip200** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 11:30 pm

NinjaToon wrote: Sun Jan 30, 2022 12:16 pm I demoed their stuff when they came to windows recently. Great sound, nice guis, reasonably priced; definitely a company I would be interested in supporting. Very cool. Will check this out.

Didn't know they ported their plugins to windows. Great new to me