Reverb VST Plug-In: Suggestions?

Almost Human · 21st February 2006, 02:12 AM

Ok, I'm looking for a good VST reverb plug-in to use. I see that Waves has the Reverb in the Renn Maxx package, but I'd rather not put out $400 - $500 for a package when all I need is the reverb. It will be used for vocals, drums, and some cleans/leads on guitars mostly during mixing. Anyone have any recommendations? Thanks!

sodiumcycle · 21st February 2006, 02:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Almost Human

Ok, I'm looking for a good VST reverb plug-in to use. I see that Waves has the Reverb in the Renn Maxx package, but I'd rather not put out $400 - $500 for a package when all I need is the reverb. It will be used for vocals, drums, and some cleans/leads on guitars mostly during mixing. Anyone have any recommendations? Thanks!

This is the best you will get unless you want to pay for a more fully featured impulse response reverb. The waves reverbs aside from the IR-1 are not very good.

http://www.knufinke.de/sir/index_en.html (free)

DivineMusic · 21st February 2006, 04:21 AM

if not Uad reverbs i use Rverb or wizooverb

junior · 21st February 2006, 06:28 AM

for convolution, ir-1 kicks butt... otherwise, have a look at princeton digital's stereo room / plate and spinaudio's roomverb m2.

cdog · 21st February 2006, 09:10 AM

SIR

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

audioalchemy · 21st February 2006, 10:29 AM

it's mac only and more than you are probably looking to spend, but i love altiverb. i don't use any other reverb when mixing. i really dig and have never once regreted shelling out the cash for it.

Peace,
AudioAlchemy

mogWai · 21st February 2006, 10:51 AM

R66

.. or UAD1 Plate140

xist · 21st February 2006, 11:58 AM

I agree on the quality of Altiverb (and their impulses).

Bob Ross · 21st February 2006, 10:02 PM

There's a really quirky VST plugin called RM844 (or maybe it's RM884, I forget) that I've gotten a lot of use out of. It's not exactly a "pretty" sounding 'verb, but I've occasionally been able to design a few plausibly realistic spaces, and it rocks for doing bent ambiances.

Oh, did I mention it was free?

6strings · 21st February 2006, 10:10 PM

I was hesitant about spending the cash on Altiverb, but once I played with the demo there was no turning back. (of course it was a bit cheaper back at version 4...) Best money I've spent on a plug-in for sure.

Abrasive Audio · 21st February 2006, 10:40 PM

Hi there.

There are many VST verbs worth checking out. Obviously Altiverb is a great product to have. If you are looking for something on the cheaper side try the following:

Silverspike Reverb.it (Same company that makes the free RM844) Reverb.it is $39.00 I use it a lot!

Anwida Soft's DX Reverb Lite. It is free and sounds great!

DASAMPLE Glaceverb is very cool! (and also free)

Magnus/Smartelectronix Ambience is very high quality. The demo is fully functional and never expires. The plug-in quality is top-notch and well worth donating some money to.

NBM Studioverb is also an excellent free plug-in.

I highly suggest downloading all the plug-ins listed above and giving them a try. With the exception to Reverb.it they're all free, so you have nothing to lose!

marfbeatz · 21st February 2006, 10:43 PM

aLtiverb

olzzon · 21st February 2006, 10:55 PM

There is also the new Rev from IK multimedia, haven´t heard it, but it´s told to sound great.

Nu-tra · 21st February 2006, 11:12 PM

WIZOOVERB 2

ILL · 22nd February 2006, 12:01 AM

ArtsAcoustics Reverb... Probably the best native reverb...

Kiwiburger · 22nd February 2006, 04:53 AM

+1 www.artsacoustic.com

allencollins · 22nd February 2006, 05:29 AM

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

SIR it's free and better than half of the expensive reverbs

Almost Human · 22nd February 2006, 07:39 PM

Thanks for the head's up on SIR. Just checked it out, and seems to work like a charm!

Does anyone know any of sites with some models they would recommend for vocals that they have used and thought sounded good?

MATTI · 22nd February 2006, 10:58 PM

Thanks for the hint for ArtsAcoustic , I use many reverbs inc.
Voxengo Pristine space as I have a collection of good natural spaces
but it depends of the project. I recommend RaySpace for some purposes
also.
Matti

donsolo · 22nd February 2006, 11:40 PM

bring a Speaker and a microphone to a BIG cathedral or room....

hee hee. I'm using RVerb by waves, it works. Trueverb from I think Wavearts is nice too.

+1 to the convolution reverbs though.

Almost Human · 23rd February 2006, 01:07 AM

How are the presets in the Waves RVerb...are they usable? Also, what does everyone think of the Renn De-Esser?

Sirocco · 23rd February 2006, 02:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MATTI

Thanks for the hint for ArtsAcoustic , I use many reverbs inc.
Voxengo Pristine space as I have a collection of good natural spaces
but it depends of the project. I recommend RaySpace for some purposes
also.
Matti

cosign on arts accousti!!!!

bmanic · 23rd February 2006, 05:01 AM

Give IK CSR reverb a chance. It's just now out. The audio demos on the site sound pretty good. Unfortunately the demo requires a dongle to be tried (synchrosoft I think).

Cheers!
bManic

JP06 · 23rd February 2006, 08:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Almost Human

Thanks for the head's up on SIR. Just checked it out, and seems to work like a charm!

Does anyone know any of sites with some models they would recommend for vocals that they have used and thought sounded good?

Is there a delay compensation in SIR yet? When I last tried it, the reverb came late compared to the dry signal, which made it quite unusable. Waves IR-1 has delay compensation, but it's too expensive.

pingu · 23rd February 2006, 12:35 PM

Arts acoustic.

Kiwiburger · 24th February 2006, 12:36 AM

Don't let the latency of SIR put you off. All good convolution processors require a lot of number crunching, and latency is necessary. If anyone is doing convolution in realtime, they must be taking some big shortcuts.

I use Cubase SX3, which has full Plugin Delay Compensation. Obviously you get a delay if you are playing a virtual synth in realtime - but that's not how you should use SIR.

Use SIR at mix time - after you've tracked everything - and latency isn't an issue. (Or if your host doesn't have full PDC, you might need to delay the other tracks. But basically you are screwed anyway, because all your other plugins will be wreaking havoc with your timing).

6strings · 24th February 2006, 05:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kiwiburger

Don't let the latency of SIR put you off. All good convolution processors require a lot of number crunching, and latency is necessary. If anyone is doing convolution in realtime, they must be taking some big shortcuts.

Wrong. Modern computers can handle the math no problem. ie: Altiverb has no latency in it's normal operation, no "short cuts" needed. (but if you're running an older computer, or need to free-up resources you can enable a "low latency" mode to ease the CPU burden.)

drosophila · 24th February 2006, 05:15 PM

Yet another for ArtsAcoustic Reverb.

I also rather like Silverspike Reverb.it and Wave Arts MasterVerb.

feyshay · 24th February 2006, 05:58 PM

I'd check out the demos of Spin Audio's RoomVerb M2 and the one from Arts Acoustic. I checked them all out, and I think those two are the best of the ones under $250.

JeffSanders · 24th February 2006, 11:39 PM

The Arts Acoustic is my favorite, too.

Wizooverb W2 and Rayspace come in tied for distant second place.

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21st February 2006, 02:12 AM	#1
Almost Human Gear addict Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Germantown, MD Posts: 402	Reverb VST Plug-In: Suggestions? Ok, I'm looking for a good VST reverb plug-in to use. I see that Waves has the Reverb in the Renn Maxx package, but I'd rather not put out $400 - $500 for a package when all I need is the reverb. It will be used for vocals, drums, and some cleans/leads on guitars mostly during mixing. Anyone have any recommendations? Thanks!

21st February 2006, 06:28 AM	#4
junior Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 936	for convolution, ir-1 kicks butt... otherwise, have a look at princeton digital's stereo room / plate and spinaudio's roomverb m2. __________________ "Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep"... --Scott Adams

21st February 2006, 10:51 AM	#7
mogWai Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 729	R66 .. or UAD1 Plate140 __________________ "NUKEM! Get them before they get you.]

21st February 2006, 10:40 PM	#11
Abrasive Audio Gear interested Join Date: May 2005 Location: British Columbia Posts: 12	RE: VST reverbs Hi there. There are many VST verbs worth checking out. Obviously Altiverb is a great product to have. If you are looking for something on the cheaper side try the following: Silverspike Reverb.it (Same company that makes the free RM844) Reverb.it is $39.00 I use it a lot! Anwida Soft's DX Reverb Lite. It is free and sounds great! DASAMPLE Glaceverb is very cool! (and also free) Magnus/Smartelectronix Ambience is very high quality. The demo is fully functional and never expires. The plug-in quality is top-notch and well worth donating some money to. NBM Studioverb is also an excellent free plug-in. I highly suggest downloading all the plug-ins listed above and giving them a try. With the exception to Reverb.it they're all free, so you have nothing to lose!

21st February 2006, 04:21 AM	#3
DivineMusic Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hotlanta Posts: 1,547	if not Uad reverbs i use Rverb or wizooverb

21st February 2006, 09:10 AM	#5
cdog Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 2,219	SIR http://www.knufinke.de/sir/index_en.html

21st February 2006, 10:29 AM	#6
audioalchemy Gear maniac Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 186	it's mac only and more than you are probably looking to spend, but i love altiverb. i don't use any other reverb when mixing. i really dig and have never once regreted shelling out the cash for it. Peace, AudioAlchemy

21st February 2006, 11:58 AM	#8
xist Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 508	I agree on the quality of Altiverb (and their impulses).

21st February 2006, 10:02 PM	#9
Bob Ross Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NYC Posts: 1,613	There's a really quirky VST plugin called RM844 (or maybe it's RM884, I forget) that I've gotten a lot of use out of. It's not exactly a "pretty" sounding 'verb, but I've occasionally been able to design a few plausibly realistic spaces, and it rocks for doing bent ambiances. Oh, did I mention it was free?

21st February 2006, 10:10 PM	#10
6strings Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New England Posts: 1,037	I was hesitant about spending the cash on Altiverb, but once I played with the demo there was no turning back. (of course it was a bit cheaper back at version 4...) Best money I've spent on a plug-in for sure.

21st February 2006, 10:43 PM	#12
marfbeatz Gear Head Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 37	aLtiverb __________________ Behind every successful man, there is a woman. And behind every unsuccessful man, there are two.

21st February 2006, 10:55 PM	#13
olzzon Gear Head Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 32	There is also the new Rev from IK multimedia, haven´t heard it, but it´s told to sound great.

21st February 2006, 11:12 PM	#14
Nu-tra Lives for gear Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,521	WIZOOVERB 2

22nd February 2006, 12:01 AM	#15
ILL Gear maniac Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 152	ArtsAcoustics Reverb... Probably the best native reverb...

22nd February 2006, 04:53 AM	#16
Kiwiburger Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,758	+1 www.artsacoustic.com

22nd February 2006, 05:29 AM	#17
allencollins Lives for gear Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Manchester by the Sea, MA Posts: 3,915	http://www.knufinke.de/sir/index_en.html SIR it's free and better than half of the expensive reverbs

22nd February 2006, 07:39 PM	#18
Almost Human Gear addict Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Germantown, MD Posts: 402	Thanks for the head's up on SIR. Just checked it out, and seems to work like a charm! Does anyone know any of sites with some models they would recommend for vocals that they have used and thought sounded good?

22nd February 2006, 10:58 PM	#19
MATTI Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 943	Arts Thanks for the hint for ArtsAcoustic , I use many reverbs inc. Voxengo Pristine space as I have a collection of good natural spaces but it depends of the project. I recommend RaySpace for some purposes also. Matti

22nd February 2006, 11:40 PM	#20
donsolo Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Austin Posts: 1,635	bring a Speaker and a microphone to a BIG cathedral or room.... hee hee. I'm using RVerb by waves, it works. Trueverb from I think Wavearts is nice too. +1 to the convolution reverbs though.

23rd February 2006, 01:07 AM	#21
Almost Human Gear addict Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Germantown, MD Posts: 402	How are the presets in the Waves RVerb...are they usable? Also, what does everyone think of the Renn De-Esser?

23rd February 2006, 05:01 AM	#23
bmanic Gear maniac Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 204	Give IK CSR reverb a chance. It's just now out. The audio demos on the site sound pretty good. Unfortunately the demo requires a dongle to be tried (synchrosoft I think). Cheers! bManic

23rd February 2006, 12:35 PM	#25
pingu Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perth Australia Posts: 665	Arts acoustic.

24th February 2006, 12:36 AM	#26
Kiwiburger Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,758	Don't let the latency of SIR put you off. All good convolution processors require a lot of number crunching, and latency is necessary. If anyone is doing convolution in realtime, they must be taking some big shortcuts. I use Cubase SX3, which has full Plugin Delay Compensation. Obviously you get a delay if you are playing a virtual synth in realtime - but that's not how you should use SIR. Use SIR at mix time - after you've tracked everything - and latency isn't an issue. (Or if your host doesn't have full PDC, you might need to delay the other tracks. But basically you are screwed anyway, because all your other plugins will be wreaking havoc with your timing).

24th February 2006, 05:15 PM	#28
drosophila Gear maniac Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 247	Yet another for ArtsAcoustic Reverb. I also rather like Silverspike Reverb.it and Wave Arts MasterVerb.

24th February 2006, 05:58 PM	#29
feyshay Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,270	I'd check out the demos of Spin Audio's RoomVerb M2 and the one from Arts Acoustic. I checked them all out, and I think those two are the best of the ones under $250.

24th February 2006, 11:39 PM	#30
JeffSanders Gear maniac Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fairhaven, MA Posts: 169	The Arts Acoustic is my favorite, too. Wizooverb W2 and Rayspace come in tied for distant second place. __________________ http://www.mountainmirrors.com

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