I Finally Tested All The Reverb Plugins!

I feel like every piece of music I make will be bone dry after making this video 🎤🦴

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0:00 - rules?
2:10 - Best long ambient trails
5:53 - Best AI assisted reverb
8:09 - The most dynamic/powerful reverb
12:47 - Best convolution reverb
14:38 - Best shimmer reverb
16:52 - Best vintage reverb
19:18 - Best FREE reverb

[LuxLucidOfficial]

Why did the producer buy 50 reverb plugins?

It was his impulse response.

[AdamHanley]

Hi Benn, I was the lead developer for Vast (it was kind of my baby) and I'm really glad you mentioned it in the video and enjoyed it so much! While it wasn't the main focus of the plugin, Vast can shimmer too (because I'm a sucker for a good shimmer)! Thanks again for the kind words and positive feedback - it means a lot. Love your videos!

[DP]

Old reverbs never die. They just fade away

[meldaproduction]

Thank you for mentioning our work, Benn :)

[jimrogers]

At the beginning of my studio career, back in the early 80s, I worked for someone who had his beginnings with a studio that created their own ‘reverb chamber’ by taking an empty room and shellacking the walls to create the necessary live character. He told me that what he would do sometimes when the studio owner was working on a mix would hide in the chamber and either make some random noises or whisper a bit just to make him think something was ‘broken’ or that a mouse had gotten into the room.

On another note, at the beginning of the Jimi Hendrix classic, ‘And the gods made love’ there is a low reverberant sound that, after setting up an EMT plate I realized how it was made… lightly tapping on the plate with a pencil eraser, recording it at a higher speed and slowing it down a couple of times. In fact, you can hear the ‘bias whistle’ of the tape because of how much it was slowed down. Once at an AES convention I met Eddie Kramer and asked him if I’d guessed right and he confirmed my suspicions. Those were the days. LOL! Great video!

[sebastian_meier]

A spring reverb walks into a bar: "One beer please to stop the ringing" - the bartender looks at it: "You're tanked up already."

[mCKENIC]

A duck walks on stage in a huge empty concert hall and quacks. The sound dies immediately and the duck walks off stage. A pigeon enters stage-right and coos - the sound fills the entire hall. Why???




A-coo-sticks!
(Thanks for the video!)

[JayKaufman]

Benn, I betatest for Universal Audio's Spark plugins and as a result, the Lexicon 224 reverb. They actually decompiled the algorithm/BOM on the hardware 224 and used the exact algorithms from it... It's a literal fork of the reverb itself. That said, where you might be hearing the extra 'brightness' compared to the hardware version is the A/D conversion in the hardware unit. Of course this can also be affected by the type of mixing desk you're putting the thing through, etc. There's several variables to cause this.

My point is the algorithms on the UA 224 are the real deal.

[hofa_en]

Much like you, we're reverb nerds and always record impulse responses from interesting rooms when we stumble across them. Cool that you featured our IQ-Series Reverb in this video! Thanks for the trophy 🥳

[TheQxY]

Some free alternatives for the other categories:
- Long Ambient: Airwindows Galactic2
- Plate Reverb: Airwindows kPlate
- Spring Reverb: Fuse Audio Labs VREV-666
I was surprised to see no mention of Airwindows in the free category. He has made many, and not all of them are great, but he has some very unique algorithms in there.

[mttlsa]

I've found my go-to reverb in RAUM by native instruments. It's immediate, simple but effective and it sounds really full! I use it most of the time because to my ears it gives the sound of what reverb should sound in my mind and I really like that modulation knob which makes the reverb tail like shimmering + a hi rate lfo chorus effect.

[gronk]

Seventh Heaven is fantastic for adding inconspicuous reverb to live classical recordings in large spaces. It typically merges beautifully with existing natural reverb.

[gabrielferraz]

Melda's MConvolutionMB is a hidden gem imo, it isn't just a multi-band version of MConvolutionEZ, it's a feature-rich convolution reverb with loads of options for editing and creating IRs that you can get for less than 20 euros when it's on sale

[ThatDarnGenius]

Altiverb 7xl is my Mount Rushmore for Vst reverbs. I bought it 10 years ago and updated it every time they came out with an update. I have made so many of my own IR’s for it over the years and used it on countless recordings 😊

Honorable mention is Seventh Heaven that verb is 👌🏾

[EventideAudio]

Eventide here! We hear you & happy to let you know we dropped the price! Blackhole Immersive is now $299 or even cheaper with crossgrade discounts 🌌

[ilyandilymusic]

Just messed around with Spacer and holy hell it's a lot of fun. The randomize feature for each part or randomize everything at once is fantastic.

[matslarsson]

Nice to see Melda get some love. People really need to discover their stuff.

[Johnnybananass-_]

I love the Fabfilter Pro-R 2. its a lovely reverb and sits so well in any mix and doesn't sound like an after effect slapped on.. like some verbs that I feel glued on.

[tedbahas]

Love your no BS reviews and industry discussions. I have in the manufacturer side of the industry for over 40 years and you are spot on. Keep it up!

[illuminatibraincontrol]

wow, a best of video that actually mentions the Melda Production product and honestly states the power.

Best part is, the updates they do on their products somehow find things to add that I would never think of, and yet, are also amazingly useful, sometimes even gamechangers. Top company.