Which reverb?

[Jay Pace]

Hallo

I know there's a few reverb threads around, but could use some more pointers.

I'm not very good with reverb. Usually just whack a bit on things to tie them together, or to give synths a bit more authenticity.

And I'm pretty stuck with the RV7000 in Reason, which to me sounds better than everything else I've got. And given that its built into reason, its not a helpful favourite to have.

Mainly use the Wavez reverbs and the native reverb.

Anyone got any tips/recommendations on which verb to go for?

How do you use reverb, why, where etc?

[TechMouse]

Reverb can really smack your CPU, so I'd say the ideal is to get outboard or a dedicated DSP (UAD-1 / Powercore) to run reverb on.

If that's not an option, convolution reverbs are getting more and more popular these days.

Stuff by PSP looks good, though I've never had the pleasure in practice.

I'm usually quite happy with the Waves stuff.

[loopdon]

Artsacoustic is good.

[Tyrisia]

save the money and get a dsp, since I've got me powercore I've never looked back, the verb is luuuvrly and you also get mastering plugins that are actually upto the job (although I'm not yet tho).

Also you can plonk two verbs in yer project and still have the power left to actually do something useful, and don't forget the great eq's you get with them as well. I got the firewire compact for 400 quid, I think they're still that now, for what you get it's an absolute steal.

[TechMouse]

I can't comment on the Powercore but the UAD-1 is incredibly good.

From what I can make of it, the main difference is that Creamware provide an SDK so anyone can make plugins for their card. Universal Audio only allow certain people to write plugins.

Personally, I prefer the open model on ethical grounds, but I must say the quality of the UAD plugs is incredibly high.

[audioinjection]

yeah, i got the UAD-1 card and the Realverb Pro and Dreamverb are awesome! I only use those reverbs for my tracks. Also the Plate140 plugin is mean too, but I only tried the demo version of that.