In search of the greatest reverb plug-in

[megumizooloo]

This may be disputed but I feel the most important plug-in to spend money on is a good reverb. Im constantly on the search for a great reverb and so far have only found one that impresses me at all. The music I record is almost entirely acoustic. So it's extremley important to me that my reverb's sound clean and free of artifacts.

I've been using Waves Renaissance Reverb. I think it does an excellent job of reproducing very natural sounding reverb, however it really taxes on my CPU. Im aware that the algorithms associated with reverb are very involved and that maybe it's time to get a new computer.

Does anybody have any reverbs that they like?

[Funkybot]

The Arts Acoustic and Princeton Digital's 2016 are the best two native reverbs IMO, (in fact, it seems like in most people's oppinions around here). A few others that come recomended often are Spin Audio's Roomverb M2, Silverspike's R2, and Anwidasofts Spazio. I won't mention freebies other than Glaceverb for when you need a wierd icy sounding reverb, for effects, sound designing or even the occasional vocal. As far as I'm concerned though, the first two I mentioned are considerably better than the rest and are worth the price. There's also a Group Buy going on right now for the 2016 that I'm sure will reach the half off final price.

Now quick, lock this thread.

[3*s]

Have you tried artsacoustic reverb?

Smoothest tails in any native algorithmic reverb.

If you want realistic spaces, I'd recommend a convolution reverb. SIR is free, but has latency, and you must find your own impulses (samples on which the reverb is based). Waves and Audio Ease make commercial products, but both are rather pricey ($500-800 range).

[markroom]

u every try - using impulse/convultion reverbs der good sumtimes

heres a link to sir which is free

http://www.knufinke.de/sir/index_en.html

yeah its hard to get a good vst verb dat isnt to glassy
i like audio damage stuff

they do ratshack reverb and deverb

http://www.audiodamage.com/l33t/

fruity reverb for fruity loops is good enough and is low cpu

and i used to use the sample editor 'acoustica' but dont know if dats still around - i was using dat in like 1999
but got some good stuff out of it-

[kaufi]

WAVES IR-1 v2 + Lexicon Impulses

[multree]

yup I agree on PrincetonDigital StereoRoom and SIR......

if you're on a tight budget you might also wanna consider EasyVerb and SIR

though the Princeton has a group buy running right now

[starblue]

My favorite software reverbs:

Realistic Acoustic Spaces: Samplitude 7/8, and for the mac Altiverb
Designing your own Space: PowerCore Reverb, UAD DreamVerb
Colorful reverb: PowerCore Classic Reverb, Reaktor SpaceMaster
Room, Intimate, Lush reverb: Princeton Stereo Room

As multree said the Princeton has a group buy going on now at the KVR Marketplace.

[softegg]

Nobody mentioned R66 yet ?

[>v^<^^]

Nobody mentioned R66 yet ?

I was about to, R66 is amazing, although I haven't tried most of the other reverbs mentioned.

[Brympa]

I use 2 verbs period. Knufinke SIR, and smartelectronics ambience. Im not saying theyre the best, im just saying i stopped looking .

[jplanet]

I've boiled it down to two that I use on nearly everything now:

Roomverb M2 - despite the name, I love it for longer reverb effects...it is very smooth.

Princeton

R66 might be in place of either for me, but it was not stable in my Tracktion setup.

Still haven't tried Arts Acoustic, but I am looking forward to it.

[greendoor]

Don't do anything until you have tried www.artsacoustic.com It will change your opinion of VST reverbs forever.

[tERMoBLUe]

and this - stands out of all proportion to others plugs and the praises ...cya

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[CC4]

http://www.quasarelectronics.com/audio_electronics.htm

[Coolredguitar]

I have to support Artsacoustic reverb. Its the best sounding one I have ever heard. It has raised the bar for vst plugins and is almost as good as hardware, maybe better as processing is within the pc with no cables to have to hookup.