PCM Native Reverb - Which one?

[Silent Sound]

You might consider a convolution or IR reverb plugin. You can get all those options and more in a pretty usable package for a lot less money.

The problem with just getting one "flavor" of reverb, is you only have one "flavor" to work with. So it may be great for one source in a given song, but be absolutely horrible on many others. So room may work great for drums on one song, but not for vocals. Then plate may be awesome on a particular vocal, but not another. It'd be a bit like trying to make a painting with just one color. You can do it, sure, but unless that's the point of the painting, it's not gonna look right.

Hence my recommendation for an IR reverb plugin. You can buy one of them (I bought TL Space used off a eBay for cheap!) and then download a bunch of Impulse Responses for free from all over the net and have access to tons of different types of reverbs. They may not sound as nice as the Lexicon PCM reverb plugin, but I bet they'd work better for you as a whole than just one reverb flavor would, no matter what the quality of it was. Also, I downloaded a PCM 60 IR that I found off the internet. It's not a tweakable in IR form as the real thing, and it probably doesn't sound as nice, but spending $1k or more on a plugin just isn't an option for me. I've got to eat, man!

[SWAN808]

if you need a nice reverb on a budget look at Valhalla Room $50, Ircam Verb Session $99 or the Lexicon LXP $199...

[Ferp]

I could afford to get one of those budget options as well as one of the PCM plugins. If I were to do that, which PCM do you think would be more useful?

[SWAN808]

Originally Posted by Ferp

I could afford to get one of those budget options as well as one of the PCM plugins. If I were to do that, which PCM do you think would be more useful?

I would demo them all...it depends on your music and how you like to use reverb...however - do try those cheaper ones at the same time - and really think if you want to splash out on a PCM reverb as well-or maybe you could spend that money elsewhere....just because it is very expensive doesnt necessarily mean it is that much better...

[raymondwave]

I suppose Random Hall is the "best" of the PCM algos and also Vintage Hall. You could consider getting either one and then for example the MPX might cover rest of your needs. I think MPX is less than one PCM algo.

I have LXP bundle and really only crave for Random Hall, maybe Vintage Plate. Rest I think I can do with LXP. I guess MPX covers much of the same ground with less tweakable options. I've even considered getting MPX over LXP because LXP is quite difficult to tweak.

Only way of really knowing is to demo tho.

Even tho I have Lexicon LXP, I use Eventide 2016, Blackhole and D16 Toraverb most of the time.

[SWAN808]

if you just want a lexicon random hall might be an idea to check out relab lx480 lite...

[Ferp]

Cool, thanks for all the info and suggestions of plugins to check out. Looks like I'm going with the ValhallaRoom!