Too many reverbs..too little time

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I realize now I'm a reverb hoarder. I have way too many reverbs.
Does anyone want to help me trim the fat? :P

Blackhole -> Probably my second most used verb. Can't sell.
VVV -> can't sell, used it in my earlier projects though I don't use it as much now.
Relab LX480L essential -> Probably same as above. VVV and LX480L were in my templates.
UAD Lexicon 224 -> bought it out of fomo, don't need. Not in my template.
Toraverb2 -> Great for synths, not in my template. Only one here with a self-ducking mode which I LOVE! Why don't others integrate this simple control?

BigSky -> Possible contender for selling, as this is an all-in-one reverb that's too deep for me to go into. It's like a mini synth, if you will.
Fabfilter Pro-R2 -> unused

Waves IR -> Unused, came with a bundle
Ableton Convolution Pro -> probably can replace all my other verbs if I just sample them

LiquidSonics Reverberate -> unused. Forgot I even had this.
Lexicon MX lite or something -> Funnily, I love this little guy. Came free with my faderport I think?

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Update, more:
UAD Pure Plate -> never used it, probably from some bundle
NI Raum -> Great on synths, this one's a keeper.
Sonsig Rev-A -> Sounds nice on vocals, but probably redundant.
Waves H-Reverb -> Very nice, recently unused
JST SkyBox -> This is an emulation of the BigSky reverb. But I like it because it's a lot simpler. Ironically, this has been more used than BigSky.
IK Multimedia CSR suite -> Used it in my earlier productions. The CSR Plate and hall are great. The rest is meh.
NI RC24/48 -> Unused, from Komplete. Probably redundant.

There's probably 3 or 4 I'm missing out. Anyone else like me?
Last edited by keyman_sam on Tue Mar 25, 2025 2:17 am, edited 4 times in total.

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Dude. If you sell the Big Sky, let me know. I've been wanting it for a while.

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Btw, I'm the same as you having to many reverbs to going, but I find I use Valhalla Shimmer, Crystalline and Flexverb the most.

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My go to: Pro-R2, Valhalla and stock Cubase reverbs. Works very well... and yeah, you have to much for me but not so much for many :)

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I was recently looking for RMX16 reverbs and found this article on Reverberate. I didn't have RMX impulses so couldn't try it out but I will be revisiting Reverberate to try this out with other impulses. You might be able to get good use out of it instead of selling at a low price + iLok fee.

https://www.liquidsonics.com/2020/10/21 ... d-so-good/

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keyman_sam wrote: Sun Mar 23, 2025 4:59 pm LiquidSonics Reverberate -> unused.
Whoa ... your loss, sir. If I had to pick a desert island reverb, it would probably be this one.

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blackhole best reverb
aliasing plugin owner
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Raum is great and now free. I use it much of the time.
UVI Plate is one of my favorites.
Blackhole - you’re right, don’t sell.

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The reverb question was mostly settled when I realized that I don't need another reverb.
FOMO is real. But no help at all.
VRoom, VVV, VPlate, Infiltrator.
Beyond that VDelay and Supermassive.
And the cool additions over the years made the Valhalla plugins so much more versatile.
Crazy good value for the money. But price aside they just suit me.
ABX is enemy to GAS

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Not really a reverb connoisseur, but I've settled on certain verbs for certain things.

Minimal Flex Verb for a fast, track-level verb
Bx_Aura for more configurable track-level verb
Pro-R2 for multi-track room buss verbs
Shaperbox for pumping verbs. Time-based effecting a side, the plates and others are nice on their own
Fog Convolver for convolutions

For me, most of these are just about having a streamlined workflow that matches the task. Worst case scenario I could probably just survive just fine with only Pro-R2.

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Raum and Valhalla.

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For the fun of it: If I could only have one reverb it would be VVV.
But I am glad that I have VRoom and VPlate too. ;-)
ABX is enemy to GAS

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Only 15 reverbs, tops?
Pfffft. Lightweight.
THIS MUSIC HAS BEEN MIXED TO BE PLAYED LOUD SO TURN IT UP

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I use the free raum and my stock hybrid reverb from ableton when i want impulse responses.

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After being a reverb plugin hoarder for some time, I have converged to only these:

1) Relab LX480
2) Savant Audio Labs Quantum Room Simulator
3) UAD Lexicon 224
4) UAD RMX16
5) Fog Convolver for convolution
6) BLEASS Shimmer for shimmer effects

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