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poonna · Post by **poonna** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:29 pm

CSR and AAR seem to be good at dense reverb sounds to my ears, while VariVerb Pro seems better at subtle, transparent reverb. Now VariVerb Pro is a bit expensive and not quite stable yet. Do you know of any alternatives that would give similar characters but cheap or free?

vespers75 · Post by **vespers75** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:31 pm

Perhaps Fusion Field?

sinkmusic · Post by **sinkmusic** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:43 pm

That's what i was going to suggest.
It is a very smooth reverb, low on cpu. Perfect for huge and sweet reverb tails, but it can also be more soft (shorter tails, i mean, discrete efx).

sounddesigner · Post by **sounddesigner** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 11:07 pm

Wizooverb (now discontinued but still can be bought i'm sure) and Uad plate-140 (you'll need to buy a cheap uad card thats used so you won't pay so much) are both transparent sounding.

Warmverb by Tone2 is'nt exactly transparent but preserves the original source better then most algo verbs and has a nice sense of depth. anwida dx verb is transparent but not as good sounding as Variverb imo.

poonna · Post by **poonna** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:13 am

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll try them out. I've tried WizooVerb before and remember quite liking it, but the discontinued status and its multicore issue concern me a bit. I can't try UAD though as I use laptop.

AndrewSimon · Post by **AndrewSimon** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:24 am

You can probably make any reverb transparent, just mix a lot of dry signal into it and adjust the tail lower, adjust pre-delay to "pop out" the instrument even more.

Spin Boyz · Post by **Spin Boyz** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:33 am

subtractive eq your reverb send

koolkeys · Post by **koolkeys** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:03 am

Lower the density, roll off the low end, or lower the tail. Many ways to make a reverb more "transparent". Most reverbs have at least one of these things available, so make sure you don't buy something new when you may already have it.

Brent

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:13 am

poonna wrote:CSR and AAR seem to be good at dense reverb sounds to my ears, while VariVerb Pro seems better at subtle, transparent reverb. Now VariVerb Pro is a bit expensive and not quite stable yet. Do you know of any alternatives that would give similar characters but cheap or free?

no. And at first, I didn't know what you meant by transparent, but I get the jist of it now.

Now, to my knowledge, VVP and AAR are about the same price.........no?

damstraversaz · Post by **damstraversaz** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:16 am

I'm really not an expert, but I really like the free anwida reverb. few controls, and i found it very "transparent " with few controls.

koolkeys · Post by **koolkeys** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:25 am

I think we should make it clear that the OP really isn't wanting a "transparent" reverb. I think the better term is "lighter" or "more sparse". There is a difference.

Brent

s4w2th · Post by **s4w2th** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:50 am

Make sure not to use early reflections and EQ the send as said before. I've had good results with focusrite safire reverb, not exactly free though. But it is extremely clean.

steff3 · Post by **steff3** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:58 am

Well, Virsyn Reflect (for algo) or Yellowtools Origami (for IR) ...

For the UADs I would more lean to DreamVerb for transparent sound ....

best

napalmbob · Post by **napalmbob** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:03 am

OT a bit: does it matter if the EQ is before or after the reverb? I've always used one after, to EQ the tail. But has anyone noticed a distinct, musical difference with it EQing the material before the reverb?

s4w2th · Post by **s4w2th** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:11 am

steff3 wrote:Virsyn Reflect

I just listened to the demos very nice.
Realistic or rich but I don't know about transparent...but then again saffire is unrealistically clean. However I might be misunderstanding the op.

Transparent reverb?