High quality reverb for Super 6 synth?

[rubez]

I am looking for a high quality software reverb specifically for my Super 6 which doesn't have an on board one.

I want to preserve the details of the Super 6 as it sounds really good and has lot of very small and subtle details and stereo "binaural" movement.

My tracks will be very sparse ambient pads so the reverb will be front and centre.

Budget is around £250 probably, hopefully there will be black friday sales.

What would you suggest?

[andymcbain]

Relab Sonsig Rev-A is worth a demo if you're after big and impressive verbs

[chk071]

It's funny. I often see Youtube vids where people play their hardware synths through software reverbs. Seems like they're good enough now. I remember a lot of discussions in more hardware heavy forums about outboard reverbs being better than software ones.

[SLiC]

So many great VST reverbs, you really need to try the demos and see which ones you like...You cant go wrong with Valhalla and they are great value. Arturia reverbs in the FX bundle are pretty great and on sale at the moment with 50% off...

Some great guitar pedal reverbs out there as well for that money if you want to stay hardware! I am also using a POLY BEEBO which is sort of software in hardware and has amazing reverbs and FX like MI Clouds...its nice to play a synth with FX without having to boot up a computer!

PS- Nice update! https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2021 ... s-options/

[vurt]

It's funny. I often see Youtube vids where people play their hardware synths through software reverbs. Seems like they're good enough now. I remember a lot of discussions in more hardware heavy forums about outboard reverbs being better than software ones.

up until a few years back, nice big, lush reverb was too cpu intensive if anything. ok for stuttery playback, but not for recording a live input, too much crackling.
different on vsts freezing or mixdown the track.

but yeah, now with computers being so much more powerful, it's a matter of personal choice

that said, raum, i can't stop using it and it was free.

[JerGoertz]

I really like the Random Hall from Lexicon PCM bundle, which is/was on sale within your price range. Great for big pads, maybe a bit too modulated though if you're looking to preserve details of the synth.

[chk071]

that said, raum, i can't stop using it and it was free.

It's great, albeit pretty CPU heavy. As you said.

[vurt]

that said, raum, i can't stop using it and it was free.

It's great, albeit pretty CPU heavy. As you said.

aye, quality costs
if not cash then cpu cycles

[chk071]

Yep.

[bharris22]

You might want to try Valhalla Supermassive - it is free, and very flexible, IMHO. All of the other Valhalla ones are just $50, and uniformly excellent . . . .

[rubez]

I downloaded Seventh Heaven demo/installer but there is no .dll

But there is a .vst3 in the common files VST 3 folder.

I activated it in ilok. What's wrong here?

Blows my mind VSTs are still so user unfriendly as they were 20+ years ago.

[zerocrossing]

It's funny. I often see Youtube vids where people play their hardware synths through software reverbs. Seems like they're good enough now. I remember a lot of discussions in more hardware heavy forums about outboard reverbs being better than software ones.

Yeah, there’s a lot of hold outs from a time when software reverbs weren’t that great, but I did a shoot-out of a Strymon Big Sky, Eventide Space and various plugins, and in the end I bought 2CAudio’s B2, Blackhole, Valhalla Shimmer… I think that’s all. I also had VirSyn’s REFLECT, which is actually a pretty good sounding reverb too. Anyway, when all was said and done, I probably spent almost as much as a used Big Sky (which was my preference over the Space) but my reason for buying the software is that I can have an instance on a send bus, an instance on an insert, etc, and not have anything taking up space on my desk. (No pun intended) As I always say, it’s easier to get more money than it is to get more space.

If I had to go hardware for some reason, I think I’d probably pick the Big Sky. Oh wait… maybe I have hardware reverb… do you count my UAD Apollo as a hardware effects processor? Sure, why not! Then I did buy a bunch of their reverb emulations, which I find to be very good.

[zerocrossing]

Oh wait, I should also mention that Arturia’s reverbs are very good and they’re on sale right now. I’d get the whole Arturia effect bundle if I were you. I did!

[kobal]

sonsig for big reberb on synth is great, personaly i rate relab first then tc / lexicon/ exponential in no order , valhalla i don t why but it never win for the sound i like sometimes i wonder if it s not placebo cause of the simple ui as many people love them but yes to me it seemse these are not on par.
also eventide has some good ones

[Teksonik]

Blows my mind VSTs are still so user unfriendly as they were 20+ years ago.

Blows my mind that in 2021 a $3000+ hardware synth doesn't have a built in reverb and would require someone to spend up to another $330 to add one......