Sony Oxford Reverb

t.z · 7th June 2007

Does anyone have this? How does it stack up to Altiverb 5/6, IK Multimedia CSR? Princeton StereoRoom 2016?

Can you post some audio examples please? It's either braces for my kids, or the whole Oxford bundle. Help me decide.

thenewyear · 7th June 2007

Hmmm, the aesthetics of your offspring or the aesthetics of your work.

This makes me really really uncomfortable...

joris de man · 7th June 2007

You can download a trial.
I thought it was okay, but nothing unmissable. For a really useful reverb have a look at this, as imho it sounds better than IK's CSR stuff and is also good for lovely long and dense reverbs:

* sonicflavours *-Vst plugins products r66-Reason Refill

Sonic Flavours' R66.

The rest of the Sonnox bundle is pretty cool, but I didn't think the reverb was its strong point.

Cheers,

Joris

Ruudman · 7th June 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by t.z

Help me decide.

Between braces and plugs?

The Oxford is solid, very solid

ruudman

t.z · 8th June 2007

I'm only joking guys, come on.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ruudman

Between braces and plugs?

The Oxford is solid, very solid

ruudman

DavidJ · 8th June 2007

I recently purchased the full Sonnox native bundle. It’s somewhat of a no brainer purchase when you buy it with the other plugs because it ends up costing about half of its regular price.

As for the sound quality, I own the IK CSR, TL Space and Waves IR reverbs. IMO the Sonnox holds its own against any of those. I find it easy to tweak and the controls are very intuitive. It’s fast and painless to come up with some excellent, expensive sounding reverbs. YMMV

macleodgrant · 8th June 2007

imho, anyone that says this plugin isn't good doesn't know how to use it. i think you definitely need to read the manual to gain a full understanding of it because sonnox plugs include features that enable to plugin to emulate various hardware but you need to know how to use it. it's quite an unusual interface and i've found the full range a little unintuitive but that's because there's so much involved in each of them. they're very well thought out.

i myself bought the entire sonnox bundle and am very happy with it and the reverb rocks. artsacoustic is also really good

t.z · 9th June 2007

Okay, I just demoed this. Now, I need some explanation from those that even compare CSR to this. I personally found CSR to be thin and uninteresting.

To me, this is the most lush, rich, and sweet sounding native verb that I've heard. It comes with built-in Oxford EQ. The only other native verb that made me say 'wow' was the Princeton Stereoroom 2016. Unfortunately, they do not make this in AU.

I just went through some of the presets including the EMT-140/250, the Lex stuff under emulations, and some of the vocal presets. I'm truly amazed. Is it me, or is this on par with Altiverb?

StrykeBack · 9th June 2007

I did a trial on most of their bundle when I first switched to PTLE last year. I thought the reverb was amazing sounding and loved their limiter as welll. the reverb, limiter, and maybe the transient designer would be my pick for a bundle. Their EQ didn't do anything for me and I was more in love with the URS trial at the time.

But yeah, their reverb rocks and perhaps I should buy it eventually. Just have the basic pt reverb and TL space. the sonnox and convolution reverbs are 2 completely different sounds and beasts I think.

7th June 2007	#1
t.z Gear nut Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 85 Thread Starter	Sony Oxford Reverb Does anyone have this? How does it stack up to Altiverb 5/6, IK Multimedia CSR? Princeton StereoRoom 2016? Can you post some audio examples please? It's either braces for my kids, or the whole Oxford bundle. Help me decide.

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thenewyear Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 676 1 Review written	Hmmm, the aesthetics of your offspring or the aesthetics of your work. This makes me really really uncomfortable... __________________ neil.

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7th June 2007	#3
joris de man Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Amsterdam - now Steyning, UK Posts: 571	You can download a trial. I thought it was okay, but nothing unmissable. For a really useful reverb have a look at this, as imho it sounds better than IK's CSR stuff and is also good for lovely long and dense reverbs: * sonicflavours *-Vst plugins products r66-Reason Refill Sonic Flavours' R66. The rest of the Sonnox bundle is pretty cool, but I didn't think the reverb was its strong point. Cheers, Joris

8th June 2007	#6
DavidJ Gear nut Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 82	I recently purchased the full Sonnox native bundle. It’s somewhat of a no brainer purchase when you buy it with the other plugs because it ends up costing about half of its regular price. As for the sound quality, I own the IK CSR, TL Space and Waves IR reverbs. IMO the Sonnox holds its own against any of those. I find it easy to tweak and the controls are very intuitive. It’s fast and painless to come up with some excellent, expensive sounding reverbs. YMMV

8th June 2007	#7
macleodgrant Lives for gear Joined: May 2007 Location: London Posts: 2,417	imho, anyone that says this plugin isn't good doesn't know how to use it. i think you definitely need to read the manual to gain a full understanding of it because sonnox plugs include features that enable to plugin to emulate various hardware but you need to know how to use it. it's quite an unusual interface and i've found the full range a little unintuitive but that's because there's so much involved in each of them. they're very well thought out. i myself bought the entire sonnox bundle and am very happy with it and the reverb rocks. artsacoustic is also really good

9th June 2007	#8
t.z Gear nut Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 85 Thread Starter	Okay, I just demoed this. Now, I need some explanation from those that even compare CSR to this. I personally found CSR to be thin and uninteresting. To me, this is the most lush, rich, and sweet sounding native verb that I've heard. It comes with built-in Oxford EQ. The only other native verb that made me say 'wow' was the Princeton Stereoroom 2016. Unfortunately, they do not make this in AU. I just went through some of the presets including the EMT-140/250, the Lex stuff under emulations, and some of the vocal presets. I'm truly amazed. Is it me, or is this on par with Altiverb?

9th June 2007	#9
StrykeBack Lives for gear Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 578	I did a trial on most of their bundle when I first switched to PTLE last year. I thought the reverb was amazing sounding and loved their limiter as welll. the reverb, limiter, and maybe the transient designer would be my pick for a bundle. Their EQ didn't do anything for me and I was more in love with the URS trial at the time. But yeah, their reverb rocks and perhaps I should buy it eventually. Just have the basic pt reverb and TL space. the sonnox and convolution reverbs are 2 completely different sounds and beasts I think.