Favorite Reverb

[ratchov]

I find the Valhalla plugins are great for sound design. But I'm looking for a more subtle sounding reverb that 'glues' and provides just the right amount of space when used carefully. I really like the transparency and quality of Phoenixverb - it sounds great - but I'm not confident about the whole Izotope support thing (or lack thereof) so that's not really an option.

You could try ARVerb-Room, it's designed to "give space" without distracting the listener too much. It may help gluing multiple tracks by placing them in the same space with varying distances/depths/pans.

My apologies if this sounds as self-promotion (I'm working for ARVerb).

[Halonmusic]

Fusion Audio Labs VREV-666 is my favourite spring verb atm.

Really? From the demo on youtube it sounds a bit weird, but i like weird sounds anyway, now i have to try it Skål

heh yeah its great for snares and percs. and skål to you aswell

[nanostream]

I recently got Arturia‘s FX collection and I’m pretty much blown away by the Intensity reverb. It can do simple stuff, but is also very useful for wildly modulated sound design, without getting too complicated. It’s beautiful and versatile, I love it.

I wasn’t even in the market for reverbs, in the past I’ve been generally happy with:

- NI Raum. It’s easy to handle, but can do small drum rooms or lush and long reverbs for ambient stuff, and everything inbetween. The predelay feedback path is very nice, as it can add another interesting layer to the sound.
- A couple of M4L reverbs/delay hybrids by Fors. This one is free https://fors.fm/Romb
- Diffuse by Surreal Machines is also a nice delay/reverb hybrid.
- Occasionally I’m using kentaro‘s Particle Reverb (M4L), it can go from grainy, granular-ish to lush and shimmery with one turn of a knob. Not sure if it was worth €40, though.

[chk071]

- NI Raum. It’s easy to handle, but can do small drum rooms or lush and long reverbs for ambient stuff, and everything inbetween. The predelay feedback path is very nice, as it can add another interesting layer to the sound.

It's actually pretty damn nice as a delay as well.

[nanostream]

- NI Raum. It’s easy to handle, but can do small drum rooms or lush and long reverbs for ambient stuff, and everything inbetween. The predelay feedback path is very nice, as it can add another interesting layer to the sound.

It's actually pretty damn nice as a delay as well.

Indeed, and it acts completely different depending on the reverb algorithm chosen. I love this plugin, it’s deceptively simple, yet really flexible and sounds gorgeous, imho.

However, I’m probably still going to replace it with Arturia’s for the most part, I think. It sounds quite similar, at least as far as the Airy algorithm is concerned, and it can do pretty much everything Raum can do and so much more. And it’s M1 native, which is a big plus.

[Igro]

Arturia indeed sounds very similar. It is dense and big. Nice reverb. But with smaller reverb size you will hear metallic artifacts. And It didn't pass my "snare and clap" test", because it had "grains". Grains, aka reflections, is not bad thing at all, but such reverbs won't be useful in every situation. But that's why one reverb is not enough. Claps and snares are nicely handled by Waves H-Reverb (a pure tail, when Early and late reflections are turned off).

[nanostream]

Arturia indeed sounds very similar. It is dense and big. Nice reverb. But with smaller reverb size you will hear metallic artifacts. And It didn't pass my "snare and clap" test", because it had "grains". Grains, aka reflections, is not bad thing at all, but such reverbs won't be useful in any situation. But that's why one reverb is not enough. Claps and snares are nicely handled by Waves H-Reverb (a pure tail, when Early and late reflections are turned off).

Definitely, I won’t throw away all those other reverbs Raum‘s Grounded algorithm has been my go-to for drums for a while now, and I’m not entirely sure Infinite can replace that, I’ll have to test a bit more.

[martinjuenke]

Jesus christ. Is this all you all do on these forums? List plugins?

No! We also do rant a lot.
Like about listing plugin threads.

And sometimes we'll be banned...

[chk071]

- NI Raum. It’s easy to handle, but can do small drum rooms or lush and long reverbs for ambient stuff, and everything inbetween. The predelay feedback path is very nice, as it can add another interesting layer to the sound.

It's actually pretty damn nice as a delay as well.

Indeed, and it acts completely different depending on the reverb algorithm chosen. I love this plugin, it’s deceptively simple, yet really flexible and sounds gorgeous, imho.

However, I’m probably still going to replace it with Arturia’s for the most part, I think. It sounds quite similar, at least as far as the Airy algorithm is concerned, and it can do pretty much everything Raum can do and so much more. And it’s M1 native, which is a big plus.

The Arturia (if you're talking about Rev Intensity) somehow blends in nicely with the sound. Raum can sound a bit "separate", if you get what I mean.

[jamcat]

Neoverb is available for $40 from Plugin-Alliance for the next couple days.
(Neoverb cannibalized the Exponential Audio reverbs.)

https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/prod ... overb.html

[Halonmusic]

TAL Reverb 3

[Boy Wonder]

I have an affinity for pitched/shimmer reverbs like those by BLEASS and Valhalla. I'd like to use Cubase FX Modulator for this but its pitch shift only goes up 7 steps. Maybe the next Cubase will increase it to an octave.

[_leras]

Neoverb is available for $40 from Plugin-Alliance for the next couple days.
(Neoverb cannibalized the Exponential Audio reverbs.)

https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/prod ... overb.html

Thanks for the heads up. How do you rate Neoverb? Seemed like a pretty flexible reverb, but not demoed how it sounds.

[_leras]

I find the Valhalla plugins are great for sound design. But I'm looking for a more subtle sounding reverb that 'glues' and provides just the right amount of space when used carefully. I really like the transparency and quality of Phoenixverb - it sounds great - but I'm not confident about the whole Izotope support thing (or lack thereof) so that's not really an option.

With 100,001 options available, it's hard to know where to begin looking. Different reverbs for different needs etc.

You can probably get closer just by using some post and pre reverb EQ. Trim out any edgy or resonant sounds is a good way to start.

Vintage, room and plate can all be gluing.

[_leras]

It's funny you'd call them "limited in their uses." Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon was recorded with just an EMT 140 plate reverb, no other reverbs. Didn't seem to hurt that production at all... does it sound 'quite limited' to you?

So I take it you only use an EMT 140 model for all of your reverbs?

The UAD EMT140 is still by far my favourite reverb.

It's great on vocals, leads, snares and provides a pretty magical ambience.

I do use some others more in the Hall type (UAD lexicon, Valhalla vintage) or some for smooth larger spaces (breeze, blackhole, some Reaktor verbs), but for some things the 140 is my first go to.

Sometimes I don't really care about the reverb and one revenue can be the only reverb us d. Other times its key to sound design and gets e.g. pre EQ, post EQ, post compression, maybe modulated and/or sent to a delay channel as well.