May 11, 2010 11:29 am WHat DAW do you use, typically they come with a couple of reverbs that are usable.
anyone recommend a good verb plugin?
Posted on May 11, 2010 11:11 am
skeg0
www.dorian-music.co.uk
Member Since: Apr 04, 2008
Hi,
Im noticing more and more with professionally produced tracks that they sound a lot better than my own tracks due to the reverb they use and the "space" it creates, fills up the whole stereo image etc. Its really subtle but very effective.. anyway! I was wondering whether anyone knew of a software based VST plugin that could compete with hardware verb units?
Ive heard Lexicon do one, I was also wondering whether TC did one as Ive heard amazing things about their hardware units.
But anyway, can anyone make any recommendations?
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May 11, 2010 11:29 am WHat DAW do you use, typically they come with a couple of reverbs that are usable.
May 11, 2010 11:41 am I like the IK Multimedia CSR package I use.
May 12, 2010 01:53 am There's a few I like that I use for different reasons. Kjaerhus's Classic Reverb is good for "sketching" music ideas, and it's really light on the CPU. It's fairly standard sounding verb I guess.
For more extensive/lush sounding verbs, I go to Bootsy's EpicVerb. You really have to use it sparingly, but it sounds really nice with orchestral sets. You can find him over on KVR as well as varietyofsound.wordpress.com
Then, TC Electronics released their M30 Reverb VST for free not too long ago. It may still be up, and it sounds pretty good for an all-around-use kinda reverb.
www.tcelectronic.com/freetcreverb.asp
Those are all freebies to boot. So nothing to lose but the time spent downloading them.
May 12, 2010 03:24 am Stillwell Audio's Verbiage i think is free as a demo that has very little limitations, i used it a while back on a bunch of stuff, it has this great kind of 'dark' quality that works well with larger tracks and orchestral parts, its very tweakable and even has a spread type function to make things sound wider.
I know a bunch of ppl here use Glaceverb, i liked it but found it a bit harder to tweak than others
finally ill +1 Classic Reverb, its the first verb i reach for before even considering other verbs ive actually paid for
May 12, 2010 02:04 pm I'll second bootsy epicverb, it's free and sounds good.
May 12, 2010 02:20 pm Also keep in mind, if the freebees aren't doing the job for you, most companies will let you trial their plug ins. So if you don't like the free ones enough, download a bunch of trials and see which ones you dig before spending the cash
May 12, 2010 02:47 pm I should have mentioned the 'why' in my recommendation.
CSR comes in a pack of 4 plugins, plate, room, hall and inverse.
Each reverb comes with some great tweak-able parameters. My favorite is a simple high shelf EQ that lets me cut out excessive sibilance in the verb tank (more natural sounding IMO than the 1 band EQ in PT). Maybe most do that and this is an average $200 verb, I don't know. My mixes sound huge with this verb when compared to other project studio recordings; that's what I do know. I know they have parameters for using LFO's to alter the verb...I have no idea how that could be useful but it's intriguing to me.
www.ikmultimedia.com/csr/features/
Hard for me to believe that a free plugin would rival the Lexicon units you're considering...then again it's hard to believe my dinky little $200 plug would rival a lexicon unit.
May 12, 2010 11:50 pm You know whats freaking awesome? Nebula and Waves IR.
Then you can get impulse responses (for Waves IR at least) for Lexicon 480's, TC System 6000's (!!!!), M3000's, pretty much every delay/reverb/effect you'd ever want. Nebula also do analog equipment Impulse responses, like API/Neve/Avalon etc. pres, tape machines, EQ's, and they sound amazing. Have to have a hell of a computer though! I'm stuck with Rverb or Natural Verb from Wavelab for big projects.
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