What is everyone's favorite reverb plugin? - Page 2

cooker · 19th August 2009, 03:05 AM

variverb is great (maybe best) but the presets sucks :) probably thats why its not mentioned much

thermos · 19th August 2009, 03:40 AM

UAD Plate 140, TC Classicverb (when I had powercore). Call me crazy, but this free plug "poor plate" has gotten a lot of use on ballad vox. (( vacuumsound ))

Also using Redline and EOS, but not really as featured verbs. More as background stuff. The SSL verb is probably the best I've heard besides the Plate 140 (haven't heard the 250 yet).

redroom · 19th August 2009, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thermos

UAD Plate 140, TC Classicverb (when I had powercore). Call me crazy, but this free plug "poor plate" has gotten a lot of use on ballad vox. (( vacuumsound ))

Also using Redline and EOS, but not really as featured verbs. More as background stuff. The SSL verb is probably the best I've heard besides the Plate 140 (haven't heard the 250 yet).

That poor plate is a fantastic reverb your not crazy

Arksun · 19th August 2009, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whinecellar

Ambience is also capable of really good results. Both of these verbs have beat out the big guns for me on MANY occasions, and I've got 'em all. In fact, on several score projects these two have gotten me REALLY close to that elusive Abbey Road Studio One sound on orch tracks - when the budget doesn't allow for the real thing of course ;-) They're now both staples in my scoring template.

Agreed. I'm pretty sure Cubases Roomworks reverb is based on Ambience as well and I've always liked the sound of that one.

Marando · 19th August 2009, 03:18 PM

Redline Reverb and UAD Plate 140. They are both seriously AMAZING reverb plugins.

I love to play a mono synth pad/lead and use the Redline Reverb to make it like the sounds comes directly from heaven, played by hundreds of angels..

Plate 140 on vocals, totally the bomb!!

kreeper_6 · 19th August 2009, 03:19 PM

UAD's EMT 140 & 250 and also Sonnox reverb.

jnorman · 19th August 2009, 09:46 PM

best thing i have tried is the SIR II stereo convolution which makes full use of the wonderful Bricasti M7 impulses.

nigel saunders · 19th August 2009, 09:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jnorman

best thing i have tried is the SIR II stereo convolution which makes full use of the wonderful Bricasti M7 impulses.

I thought the bricasti impulses were good and then I tried haloverb!

(I will still buy the bricasti hardware when I grow up)

4damind · 19th August 2009, 09:56 PM

- Cubase5 REVerance with shipped IRs and also with Bricasti IRs
- ArtsAcoustic
- IK CSR
- UAD Plate 140

I like them all. But not every Reverb works for all things, so its not bad to have some different plug-ins ;)

fallforward · 19th August 2009, 09:56 PM

I love altiverb for classical remote recordings where the hall wasn't 'wet enough'. The vienna opera house is awesome. Also for diva vocalists that want big reverb tails, but by and large on most recordings I don't end up using much reverb. On pop/rock/whatever I usually end up using.... [looks over shoulder].... ummm.... [starts fidgeting and looking around]... D Verb non linear tweaking the pre delay to fit the vibe.

Robby

Kiljoy · 25th August 2009, 08:07 AM

WOW! I've just found my new favourite. It's the Modern Spacer found in an old freeware pack of plugins by that fulla at Antress...

Stiff · 25th August 2009, 08:14 AM

Maybe I'm the only one using it but REFLECT from VirSyn is one of the few reverbs I can stand. And Spring Reverb from Softube of course, but it almost seems like a different category. I'm waiting for a chance to really try out the Acoustica IR's as well. Hopefully they can breath some life into the convolution reverbs that so far hasn't satisfied me.

digitalolive · 25th August 2009, 03:20 PM

Altiverb

Leon EA · 25th August 2009, 03:49 PM

I haven't tried everything, but I like the UAD Plates and the (discontinued) Wizoo W2.

saovi · 25th August 2009, 04:21 PM

Waves IR w/Bricasti M7 true stereo impulses - I dig the ease of importing true stereo IR libraries to this engine. Second would be Wizoo W2 but it is not supported by MacIntel. Altiverb is a cool one although a lot of the IR libraries available for it seem to bring mud to the mix - undesirable.

slickshoe62 · 26th August 2009, 06:19 AM

I like Altiverb with Acousticas impulses ( lexicon 300 and M7 especially)

I see that a couple of you like IKs CSR reverb. I have it, and I personally dont care too much for it. It seems to lack depth and character to me. I tried it on a bunch of sources and tweaked out the advanced mode, and I still could not get it to sit properly in the mix. For you guys that love CSR, which module and setting for which source do you commonly use?

Rasmus Faber · 26th August 2009, 08:49 AM

I find Altiverb to be the best convolution reverb out there. Waves IR-L has an advantage only in the Virtual Acoustics digital convolutions that comes with the additional dvd. (Could you install those into Altiverb? Not sure..). I have both but would definitely go with only Altiverb if buying only one. They both win over Space Designer, although SD is also decent.

Redline Reverb by 112db is fantastic! I really recommend having not only a convolution verb, but an algorithm one as well. I find algorithm verbs works better on complicated/dynamic sources that changes quickly over time.
I find myself often using one of each within a project.
Redline is better than Waves Trueverb, R-Verb, Breverb, all Logic ones, and some other ones I tried. Just my opinion.

Although Breverb IS nice if you're going for that 80s, super-lush sound, just a bit too unnatural for my taste. Might be really good for a song with only electronic sounds though..

scottkrk · 26th August 2009, 10:07 AM

I just voted with my wallet for 2CAudio Aether.

I use Logic/MacPro/FF800/UAD2.

In the last couple of months I have tried Breverb, Redline Reverb, UA EMT250 and the Bricasti impulses. In the convolution vs algorithmic debate I definitely come down on the algorithmic side.

I chose the Aether because of how convincing it created the impression of a real spaces and the tweak-ability. It is the kind of reverb that responds to your playing and singing in a musical way, reminds me of when I had a LXP-15 and monitoring the effect would become part of the performance (BTW not saying it sounds like an LXP-15 just that reminds of hardware reverbs, the latency is low on my system).

My major criticism is that the GUI takes a while to get used to, so I am also looking forward to a GUI update.

Cheers,
Scott

Jovas · 26th August 2009, 10:13 AM

I don't have a favorite verb, it depends on the material I'm processing. The Cubase stuff is good, and the little Focusrite Saffire verb is also very transparant and clean sounding.

miro · 26th August 2009, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redroom

That poor plate is a fantastic reverb your not crazy

i also like poor plate alot. same with CJ reverb by airwindows (both just in certain cases of course)
might seem weird to some but i always use the ableton stock reverb ALOT
and find it VERY tweakable and nice to control.

besides that the bricasti, voxengo, airwindows and lexicon 300 IR'S
oh and not to forget the CSR hall!

666 · 26th August 2009, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fiddler59

I use Space Designer with the Bricasti impulses and presets. I didn't care for a lot of the stock Logic Studio presets but there are some real gems in the freebee M7 Bricasti downloads....YMMV.

David Blackmon

Grabbing them now, thanks!

So, yeah, my most used is Space Designer.

chrisj · 27th August 2009, 04:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by miro

i also like poor plate alot. same with CJ reverb by airwindows (both just in certain cases of course)
might seem weird to some but i always use the ableton stock reverb ALOT
and find it VERY tweakable and nice to control.

besides that the bricasti, voxengo, airwindows and lexicon 300 IR'S
oh and not to forget the CSR hall!

Wow, thanks :) I should point out that the Airwindows IRs are free, here they are:
http://www.airwindows.com/f/AirwindowsImpulses.zip

Also, I don't know whether you meant my freeverb hack, or the set of verbs I sell which are designed to be used in parallel or series or individually. The freeverb thing is also free:
http://www.airwindows.com/f/FreeverbCJ.dmg

And Verbs isn't free but it's what I would be using. Unlike the freeverb or impulses, the Verbs are dual mono- fed post-pan stereo, you get out reverb tails that are strictly behind the sound sources. I'm not sure anybody else is doing that. It sounds stupid all by itself but in a dense mix it really helps define things, so my favorite verb plug is my own :)

miro · 27th August 2009, 08:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisj

Wow, thanks :) I should point out that the Airwindows IRs are free, here they are:
http://www.airwindows.com/f/AirwindowsImpulses.zip

Also, I don't know whether you meant my freeverb hack, or the set of verbs I sell which are designed to be used in parallel or series or individually. The freeverb thing is also free:
http://www.airwindows.com/f/FreeverbCJ.dmg

And Verbs isn't free but it's what I would be using. Unlike the freeverb or impulses, the Verbs are dual mono- fed post-pan stereo, you get out reverb tails that are strictly behind the sound sources. I'm not sure anybody else is doing that. It sounds stupid all by itself but in a dense mix it really helps define things, so my favorite verb plug is my own :)

i always like to mention your stuff!!! i guess it's the missing guy taht it gets WAAYYYY less attention that it could have!
(ever thought of changing that? i have NO IDEA how complicated that is to include the visual parts into a plugin....the design itself should not be such a big thing to make! maybe start a contest...the coolest one(s) to be taken

...i would even participate LOL!!!)

oh and i meant the freeverb.

Magic Theatre · 27th August 2009, 08:14 AM

Altiverb sounds best to me

meymia · 27th August 2009, 08:47 AM

Cubase own Reverb A.

Reverence is slow....
Simple.

Transistor · 27th August 2009, 11:13 AM

Wizooverb and the new favourite: Audio Damage Eos. Doing a remix now with the plate on vocals. Mmmm.

r,
j,

ahmz · 27th August 2009, 03:00 PM

plugins
i love Vss3

XAXAU · 27th August 2009, 03:44 PM

A few UAD EMT 250´s in every EDM project.

spocknax · 27th August 2009, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whinecellar

I may get laughed off of GS for this, but I'll play: two of my favorite verbs happen to be free or VERY affordable:

Apple's "Matrix Reverb" (included in OSX), and Magnus Jonsson's "Ambience" (donationware) - Magnus' plugins

They both do things I've never heard anywhere else, and can sound absolutely stunning when tweaked. Matrix Reverb does a room simulation that I find unbeatable for adding realistic "air" around certain things (Leslie cabinets, drums & perc) as well as really good long verbs for pianos, vocals, etc.

Ambience is also capable of really good results. Both of these verbs have beat out the big guns for me on MANY occasions, and I've got 'em all. In fact, on several score projects these two have gotten me REALLY close to that elusive Abbey Road Studio One sound on orch tracks - when the budget doesn't allow for the real thing of course ;-) They're now both staples in my scoring template.

Space Designer can be great too, but like most convolution verbs, it's a matter of what you feed it...

Just tried matrix today and its really really good! thank u for the tip

Kyle Ashley · 27th August 2009, 05:46 PM

I'm surprised the Princeton Digital/Eventide 2016 hasn't been mentioned more.

19th August 2009, 03:19 PM	#36
kreeper_6 Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 690	UAD's EMT 140 & 250 and also Sonnox reverb. __________________ Talk about dongles; I think the MAC PRO is the most expensive dongle ever! I'm a PC and Windows 7 was MY idea!

19th August 2009, 09:46 PM	#37
jnorman Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,069	best thing i have tried is the SIR II stereo convolution which makes full use of the wonderful Bricasti M7 impulses. __________________ jnorman sunridge studios salem, oregon

19th August 2009, 09:56 PM	#39
4damind Gear addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 348	- Cubase5 REVerance with shipped IRs and also with Bricasti IRs - ArtsAcoustic - IK CSR - UAD Plate 140 I like them all. But not every Reverb works for all things, so its not bad to have some different plug-ins ;) __________________ Frank Arnold Musician and IT Freelancer New release: Dream within a dream (Mp3) \| Musicweb \| Myspace \| Facebook

25th August 2009, 08:14 AM	#42
Stiff Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 2,193	Maybe I'm the only one using it but REFLECT from VirSyn is one of the few reverbs I can stand. And Spring Reverb from Softube of course, but it almost seems like a different category. I'm waiting for a chance to really try out the Acoustica IR's as well. Hopefully they can breath some life into the convolution reverbs that so far hasn't satisfied me. __________________ ProToolerBlog.com \| German Edition Softube - High-end plug-ins

25th August 2009, 03:20 PM	#43
digitalolive Gear nut Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 100	Altiverb __________________ Steve Lemke Digital Olive Productions, LLC Sarasota, FL ________________________ www.digitalolive.net coming soon to a web browser near you!

19th August 2009, 03:05 AM	#31
cooker Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Turkey Posts: 1,332	variverb is great (maybe best) but the presets sucks :) probably thats why its not mentioned much

19th August 2009, 03:40 AM	#32
thermos Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 2,793	UAD Plate 140, TC Classicverb (when I had powercore). Call me crazy, but this free plug "poor plate" has gotten a lot of use on ballad vox. (( vacuumsound )) Also using Redline and EOS, but not really as featured verbs. More as background stuff. The SSL verb is probably the best I've heard besides the Plate 140 (haven't heard the 250 yet).

19th August 2009, 03:18 PM	#35
Marando Gear maniac Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 253	Redline Reverb and UAD Plate 140. They are both seriously AMAZING reverb plugins. I love to play a mono synth pad/lead and use the Redline Reverb to make it like the sounds comes directly from heaven, played by hundreds of angels.. Plate 140 on vocals, totally the bomb!!

19th August 2009, 09:56 PM	#40
fallforward Gear addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 420	I love altiverb for classical remote recordings where the hall wasn't 'wet enough'. The vienna opera house is awesome. Also for diva vocalists that want big reverb tails, but by and large on most recordings I don't end up using much reverb. On pop/rock/whatever I usually end up using.... [looks over shoulder].... ummm.... [starts fidgeting and looking around]... D Verb non linear tweaking the pre delay to fit the vibe. Robby

25th August 2009, 08:07 AM	#41
Kiljoy Gear nut Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Auckland, NZ Posts: 100	WOW! I've just found my new favourite. It's the Modern Spacer found in an old freeware pack of plugins by that fulla at Antress...

25th August 2009, 03:49 PM	#44
Leon EA Gear addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Gearmany Posts: 370	I haven't tried everything, but I like the UAD Plates and the (discontinued) Wizoo W2. __________________ We do what we must because we can.

25th August 2009, 04:21 PM	#45
saovi Gear addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 351	Waves IR w/Bricasti M7 true stereo impulses - I dig the ease of importing true stereo IR libraries to this engine. Second would be Wizoo W2 but it is not supported by MacIntel. Altiverb is a cool one although a lot of the IR libraries available for it seem to bring mud to the mix - undesirable. __________________ Saovi \| music \| vi-control

26th August 2009, 06:19 AM	#46
slickshoe62 Gear nut Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Way out west, Hawaii Posts: 107	I like Altiverb with Acousticas impulses ( lexicon 300 and M7 especially) I see that a couple of you like IKs CSR reverb. I have it, and I personally dont care too much for it. It seems to lack depth and character to me. I tried it on a bunch of sources and tweaked out the advanced mode, and I still could not get it to sit properly in the mix. For you guys that love CSR, which module and setting for which source do you commonly use?

26th August 2009, 08:49 AM	#47
Rasmus Faber Gear maniac Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 200	I find Altiverb to be the best convolution reverb out there. Waves IR-L has an advantage only in the Virtual Acoustics digital convolutions that comes with the additional dvd. (Could you install those into Altiverb? Not sure..). I have both but would definitely go with only Altiverb if buying only one. They both win over Space Designer, although SD is also decent. Redline Reverb by 112db is fantastic! I really recommend having not only a convolution verb, but an algorithm one as well. I find algorithm verbs works better on complicated/dynamic sources that changes quickly over time. I find myself often using one of each within a project. Redline is better than Waves Trueverb, R-Verb, Breverb, all Logic ones, and some other ones I tried. Just my opinion. Although Breverb IS nice if you're going for that 80s, super-lush sound, just a bit too unnatural for my taste. Might be really good for a song with only electronic sounds though..

26th August 2009, 10:07 AM	#48
scottkrk Gear interested Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 27	RE: I decided on Aether by 2CAudio I just voted with my wallet for 2CAudio Aether. I use Logic/MacPro/FF800/UAD2. In the last couple of months I have tried Breverb, Redline Reverb, UA EMT250 and the Bricasti impulses. In the convolution vs algorithmic debate I definitely come down on the algorithmic side. I chose the Aether because of how convincing it created the impression of a real spaces and the tweak-ability. It is the kind of reverb that responds to your playing and singing in a musical way, reminds me of when I had a LXP-15 and monitoring the effect would become part of the performance (BTW not saying it sounds like an LXP-15 just that reminds of hardware reverbs, the latency is low on my system). My major criticism is that the GUI takes a while to get used to, so I am also looking forward to a GUI update. Cheers, Scott

26th August 2009, 10:13 AM	#49
Jovas Gear maniac Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Amsterdam Area Posts: 282	I don't have a favorite verb, it depends on the material I'm processing. The Cubase stuff is good, and the little Focusrite Saffire verb is also very transparant and clean sounding.

27th August 2009, 08:14 AM	#54
Magic Theatre Gear maniac Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 251	Altiverb sounds best to me __________________ The Latest in Urban Drum Sound design. Free Drum Sounds, High end Drums Vol.1 & more www.magictheateraudio.com

27th August 2009, 08:47 AM	#55
meymia Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 887	Cubase own Reverb A. Reverence is slow.... Simple. __________________ Please vist my myspace at :http://www.myspace.com/outrunpietro

27th August 2009, 11:13 AM	#56
Transistor Gear maniac Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 249	Wizooverb and the new favourite: Audio Damage Eos. Doing a remix now with the plate on vocals. Mmmm. r, j, __________________ Jørgen Kirksæther ** FS: Roland MKS-80, rev. 5 + MC64 cartridge. myspace.com/superbitwise myspace.com/cafedumidi

27th August 2009, 03:00 PM	#57
ahmz Gear Head Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: in my home Posts: 65	plugins i love Vss3 __________________ Lynx aurora 8 Soundcard: digidesign 003 m DAW : protools 8.0.3 cpu : intel i7 2.66 m board : gigabyte ex58 ud3r Pre Amps: a design pacifica reverb : lexicon pcm 91 Monitor Speakers : genelec 1032A Tc powercore 6000 + Cl1b + Vss3 solid state logic duende keyboar: korg triton studio Mic :neumann m 149 tube

27th August 2009, 03:44 PM	#58
XAXAU Gear addict Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 388	A few UAD EMT 250´s in every EDM project. __________________

27th August 2009, 05:46 PM	#60
Kyle Ashley Lives for gear Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Tampa Bay/Cape Fear NC Posts: 832	I'm surprised the Princeton Digital/Eventide 2016 hasn't been mentioned more. __________________ Kyle Ashley www.kyleashley.com

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