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AlexOrchid · Post by **AlexOrchid** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:16 pm

Hi,

I'm currently using uad Plate140, tc classicverb and some of the cubase4 ones - but i find you must crank the wetness/time right down (until there's harly any verb left) or it will dirty up the mix.

I'm really looking for a nice clean and warm one, not necessarily convolution ones. Just one that can be used on a few instruments/drums at the same time without clogging up the mix too much and making it sound ugly.

If you have heard the music by OTT, you will know the kind of sounds I would love, don't know how he does it!

This would be a reverb for generally electronic only music, ranging from 70-140bpm...

Any input would be great:) and have a nice holiday!

triple p · Post by **triple p** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:20 pm

I would say check out AAR and Masterverb5.
Nebula3 may be something to look at as well.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:25 pm

Cleanest - Virsyn Reflect
Warmest - Magix Variverb

Polite Company · Post by **Polite Company** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:30 pm

I would suggest trying different ways of using the reverbs you have. If you are using reverbs as channel insert effects you are probably going to get the busy/muddy reverb problem no matter what reverb you use at all but the lightest settings as you already indicated. I would suggest trying the bus method of using reverb for most of your parts i.e. sending drums, guitars, vox etc to a reverb aux and only using channel reverb for things such as beefing up a slightly sterile synth and things like that.

My first rule of audio production is Experiemnt.

AlexOrchid · Post by **AlexOrchid** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:41 pm

Cool, thanks guys... i'll try some trials of the ones mentioned

and of course try some experimentation, I havn't actually tried your method polite, sounds interesting; probably where I'm going wrong!

brok landers · Post by **brok landers** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 12:39 am

though you can do prettymuch everything with the artsacoustic reverb, aar all the way for warm, moody, dreamy reverbs ...
btw, they have a christmas discount right now ...
check their forum here on kvr ...

A.M. Gold · Post by **A.M. Gold** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 4:20 am

Lexicon.

Whoops, missed the VST part of the op. I dislike every VST reverb I've tried. I own Princeton and CSR. Haven't tried that new Lexicon emu with the very, very undesirable copy protection which will go unnamed. I didn't warm up to AAR (cold, IMO), nor to Reflect (has the sound of VirSynth's synths, IMO---"hard" in the upper midrange).

rubez · Post by **rubez** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 12:02 pm

Very old thread so is there an update on the answers?

sqigls · Post by **sqigls** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 12:09 pm

yes, don't give any money to Arts Acoustic

tehlord · Post by **tehlord** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 12:10 pm

rubez wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 12:02 pm Very old thread so is there an update on the answers?

Yes. Artsacoustic is now abandonware, right?

DMG68 · Post by **DMG68** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 12:11 pm

Eventide SP2016 sits nicely in a mix very easily and isn’t overly obvious, until you remove it.

rubez · Post by **rubez** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 12:19 pm

Any non ilok reverbs?

Adaptiverb I looked at but is ilok too.

jens · Post by **jens** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 12:25 pm

Technically, Waves H-Reverb is probably the cleanest non-convolution reverb (because it's FIR-based) - but it can also be pretty warm.

martinjuenke · Post by **martinjuenke** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 1:15 pm

I discovered recently that the iLok code embedded into some reverbs cause a certain shimmer effect which sounds incredible rich and smooth.

beely · Post by **beely** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 1:26 pm

martinjuenke wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 1:15 pm I discovered recently that the iLok code embedded into some reverbs cause a certain shimmer effect which sounds incredible rich and smooth.

Yes, but iLok1 is warmer and more vintage sounding than iLok2 or later...

Warmest / cleanest vst reverb?