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MaestroX · Post by **MaestroX** » Sat May 20, 2006 6:55 pm

What the best reverb for use on orchestral vst instruments?

experimental.crow · Post by **experimental.crow** » Sat May 20, 2006 7:06 pm

MaestroX wrote:What the best reverb for use on orchestral vst instruments?

free ?...
commercial ?...

there are alot of choices ...

here is a rather nice free one ...
http://www.kvraudio.com/get/919.html

sounddesigner · Post by **sounddesigner** » Sat May 20, 2006 7:23 pm

MaestroX wrote:What the best reverb for use on orchestral vst instruments?

my favorite commercial verb is Classik Studio Reverb, i think it is the best. after that i like uad-1 reverbs (dreamverb and plate 140), then wizooverb,masterverb,and gigapulse. These are a few you may want to start with to demo. I find these to be amongs the best out here in my eyes.

CANE CREEK · Post by **CANE CREEK** » Sat May 20, 2006 7:29 pm

I have IK multimedia Miroslav Philharmonik and the built in CSR reverb is superb.

i own a UAD-1 and powercore so i also have the plate 140 and classic verb at my disposal....

Boulotaur2024 · Post by **Boulotaur2024** » Sat May 20, 2006 9:18 pm

ArtsAcoustic Reverb, very realistic and lively verb. Top class VST 'verb with CSR and Wizooverb.

When I think orchestra reverb I instantaneously think AA, when 'room realism' is involved.

cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Sat May 20, 2006 9:24 pm

i prefer to listen to orchestral music on the john. fancy a IR?

wwwill · Post by **wwwill** » Sat May 20, 2006 10:12 pm

CSR
ArtsAcoustic
Silverspike

ConvoBoy = Great inexpensive convo verb

Debutante · Post by **Debutante** » Sat May 20, 2006 11:44 pm

... someone was right, this thread DOES show up every two weeks or so....

Polite Company · Post by **Polite Company** » Sun May 21, 2006 12:18 am

If you're looking for free DaSample's GlaceVerb isn't half bad.

brok landers · Post by **brok landers** » Sun May 21, 2006 12:19 am

yeah, right ...

though the artsacoustic reverb is a great reverb for that task ... in fact, i never heard a better native algorithmic reverb so far ... no convolution, so you can tweak at very high quality level ...

PTV · Post by **PTV** » Sun May 21, 2006 12:48 am

Really good free ones are DX Reverb Light, Glaceverb & Ambience.

Frippertronix · Post by **Frippertronix** » Sun May 21, 2006 2:50 am

PTV wrote:Really good free ones are DX Reverb Light, Glaceverb & Ambience.

Ditto. Also good is BuzRoom reverb and xhip effects reverb.

friteuse · Post by **friteuse** » Sun May 21, 2006 8:47 am

Why do those 'best reverb' threads always end up in a complete list of all avaliable reverbs on the market???

Come on, guys, but a reverb like GlaceVerb or Ambience, for classical instruments, I don't think that's a good recommandation... Sure it does work, in the meaning of 'it does produce a kind of reverb', but surly not the most suitable one.

If it comes to orchestral music, you should decide whether you need a real sounding or a showmaker reverb. For the real thing, a convolution reverb might be your first choice. Here you should take care that they can process 'true stereo', means they neither sum the input to mono nor output a panned reverb signal that follows the input panning (i.e. only left input -> only left output). Beeing able to do this needs two impulse responses to be calculated. My recommandation would be AltiVerb(Mac, but also PC soon) or Wizooverb W2.

The disadvantage of convolution is that they are not very tweakable and very CPU intensitive. If you want to go for a realistic algorithmic reverb, I'd take the ArtsAcoustic reverb. IMO at the moment, for orchestral music, the most versatile native reverb. Read the review from Cinemascore, he's a film score composer at hollywood. Nothing to add...

For a showmaker reverb, I would take the CSRfrom IK Multimedia. It's a Lexicon clone, and as Lexicon always said, their reverbs sound better than the real thing

It really sounds damn good, but really not always realistic...

So, my recommandation would be the ArtsAcoustic Reverb, it's a good balance between real and good sounding virtual reverbs. In addition, it's rather cheap, compared to the other top quality reverbs, and dongle-free.

Finally, it's up to you to decide! You should download demo versions and chose the one you like best.

DevonB · Post by **DevonB** » Sun May 21, 2006 9:08 am

CANE CREEK wrote:I have IK multimedia Miroslav Philharmonik and the built in CSR reverb is superb.

i own a UAD-1 and powercore so i also have the plate 140 and classic verb at my disposal....

I'd much rather use Dreamverb over the built in CSR in Philharmonik. With only two parameters to tweak, and it being a bit 'metallic' sounding with certain instruments in the higher registers, I wasn't that thrilled by it. I still need to try the full demo of CSR though.

Devon

Good Reverb