Reverb Plug-in Recommendations

[The Ruiner]

Hi all,

I'm currently working on some home recordings but am struggling to get good reverb sounds from the standard plugins (I am using Cubase SX3 and Pro Tools M Powered).

Can anyone recommend a good quality plug in to use?

Thanks,

[Majoria]

I asked about various plugins including reverb and received several good responses in this thread (http://acapella.harmony-central.com/showthread.php?t=1943419). Scan it for the reverb recommendations.

[whitepapagold]

I hate to say it but the problem is often in the user, myself included. My mentor can make brilliant verb out of most ANY plug in, because he knows how to do it. He does MAJOR production 90% of the people on this site have heard (guaranteed) and he uses a pcm96 and a TC plug in now- no big master unit. He did the same before with TC megaverb and it sounded just as good. It would amaze you what he did with the AWFUL digiverb...

People NEVER admit the skill involved in good verb. Tweeks, two verbs in serial and slap delay are the keys to the castle, not the software itself.

I like the TC VSS3 the best as far as software goes.

[nerol1st]

I hate stock reverbs they always have this grainy harsh tail to them. D-verb isn't horrible, cubase reverb A and B both suck royal ass.

The unfortunate truth I have found is that it costs money for one worth half a crap.

[whitepapagold]

The unfortunate truth I have found is that it costs money for one worth half a crap.

But not much money- a couple hundred at most. You don't need the big mainframes or specialty boxes whatsoever... Its just not true at all.

Unless you don't have the skills... And I absolutely don't so I bought Lexicons. Ive always hated reverb... then I met someone who was intuative with it beyond expectation. Major Label guys want my mentors verbs and have NO IDEA they aren't mainframes... They turn down multimillion dollar facilities to mix with him.

Its just not the car, its the driver. Though I admit if he was using the mainframes it would probably sound mindbottling...:eek: But I would always put him and 300 bucks of plug-ins against a lexicon 960, TC system 6000 or Bricasti and 99.9% of the engineers ANYDAY.

And I copy his base presets and I still can't make the magic he does- he has to walk me through it. And Im not a bad engineer and have used reverb professionally for 20 years. Its 99% ears and 1% software/hardware... Sad but true.

[rsadasiv]

I like impulse reverbs - try SIR and some of the impulses from noise-vault.

[UstadKhanAli]

I asked about various plugins including reverb and received several good responses in this thread (http://acapella.harmony-central.com/showthread.php?t=1943419). Scan it for the reverb recommendations.

...and I'll quote from the first response... :D

I actually use a hardware reverb. I use the TC M300, which sounds really good. I understand that they have a M350 now, which I don't know anything. At any rate, I purchased the M300 for under $200. It connects via S/PDIF. If there's a good solution for cheap, dammit, I'll find it!!! :D

Advantages are that it has virtually no taxing on the CPU, it's cheap, it doesn't need updating when you update your rig, and it sounds better than most plug-in reverbs.

I also have a Waves reverb (I have the Renaissance package), and the compressors and reverb are noticeably better than what came with my Pro Tools rig.

[Lee Knight]

I use the IK Multimedia Classik Reverbs which do Lexi style stuff well. But I'll tell you, along with a nice smooth verb? On vocal I use D-Verb for its ambience setting. It's great for that alone. Actually only that IMO. Use it to give you nice early reflections then the better verb for the smoothness. I swear, the nice algo verbs don't do the ambience setting as well as D-Verb.

[nerol1st]

But not much money- a couple hundred at most. You don't need the big mainframes or specialty boxes whatsoever... Its just not true at all.

No this is what I meant. You got to spend some cash on a verb plug for them to sound half way decent. :thu:

[chris carter]

It's hard to go wrong with SIR. It's very good and very free.

[nerol1st]

It may be different with Windows. But I'm on OSX and basically unless your willing to steal shit (I'm not) then it's "pull out the checkbook" for anything decent.