Reverb Plugins

[fLiPaudio]

Which reverb plugins do you guys use? I currently use the waves Rverb, and i'm not so happy with it, but it works. I mosty mix on the dry side of things, but I am looking for a reverb that will work well for pop vocalls. The most important factors for me are warmth, and overall clarity in the mix. It should also be versatile enough to use for guitars, drums, strings (solo, and section), and sax, etc...

[michaelhoddy]

I use Waves RenVerb, and also a couple of the TC verbs. But when I need a really big sound I get out some of my old Lexicon hardware. It's amazing how an old PCM-70 or even a PCM-80 has a "sound" that none of the plug-ins do. It just seems to do more with less verb level in the mix, more clarity and presence and all that.

I find in general that I have to ride the predelay a lot hard with plug-ins.

Perhaps some of the newer IR type reverbs are better, but I don't have a huge amount of experience with them.

[Joseph Hanna]

The PCM series and the 480 are simply the best contemporary reverb sounds available. The TC M3000 certainly provides an alternative to the PCM stuff but.....

I've had good luck with both the TL Space and Altiverb plug-ins. Distilled a reverb either works in a mix or it doesn't. More often than not most software reverbs don't (at least for me). However more often than not TL Space does.

[fLiPaudio]

thanx micheal, which programs in the rverb are you using?

[djui5]

I love renverb personally.

Don't have it now, so I use Revibe which is pretty good.

You might wanna check out the Sony Oxford verb, it might be up your alley. Other than that, I'd have to say you might have to send the vox track to someone with an outboard verb and have them track it back in for you.

[djui5]

The PCM series and the 480 are simply the best contemporary reverb sounds available.



Have you tried an EMT250? or the M5000?

[dpd]

I have IR-L at home and it's pretty nice. But, it can eat your CPU! I was just playing with a 2-track live recording at 96 K from last weekend. One IR-L on an Aux and the CPU load was 50+%.

I have Waves TDM TrueVerb (beyond me, not enough seat time) and RenVerb (like that one) at the station.

I still think it's a heck of a good sound for $300. But, I'd love to have my station's PCM-90 at home...

What I've read says Altiverb is the best convolution verb on the market. (If you have a PC, you can now get Altiverb.)