Delay and reverb plugins
Does anybody have any favourites? I haven’t used any delay other than Live’s built in options because they seem to do a good job. Are there any must have plugins out there? Also use a free TAL reverb plugin sometimes but want to see if anyone has any other favourites.
I use Valhalla Room and Eos for 3rd party reverbs.. But for smalltime jobs I use Live’s built in reverb. As for delays I use H-Delay by Waves occasionally but again for small time jobs I use Live’s natives.
UAD realverb pro
Waves rverb
toneboosters reverb v3
and ofc the Ableton ones
delay the one from Ableton and H-Delay from Waves do their job just fine
Live’s delays are pretty good.
Valhalla for verbs. Acon Digital’s Verberate for more natural spaces.
For delays, PSP makes a number of good ones but EchoBoy is king. In fact, the whole Soundtoys V5 is fantastic if you can swing it financially.
And Evintide is now offering a subscription based plugin package where you can “rent the plugs” per month or year at something like $25 or $29 a month overall I think? Their verbs are awesome obviously and emulate or duplicate all their hardware.
sound toys products are the best IMO, but cost a fair bit of money. But i think the ableton stuff works just find if you know how to chain and process correctly.
I absolutely love Valhalla Shimmer, but their whole lineup is fantastic! That reminds me, they released Valhalla Plate not too long ago. Need to grab that one too…gotta catch em all man haha
I use the Scarlet Reverb that came with my interface, and I use Native Instrument’s Replika delay unit almost exclusively. And ofcourse the Ableton ones from time to time
Another thumbs up for NI’s Replika - really clean interface, versatile, and lots of fun to play around with.
i like the ones internal in ableton, some time if i need some specifis different (mostly more strange things) i use from wves rverb and h delay
I love the delay in U-He’s Satin. It sounds awesome of course - rich saturation and wobbly tapey effects. But it’s the visual aspect of the interface that makes a big difference for me as well. I find it very well laid-out and pleasing to look at.
If you don’t mind 32 bit, there’s a cheap Roland Space Echo emulation called GS 201 that does a great job, but it doesn’t sync with tempo, which can give you cool Dub effects as you increase the rate.
PSP Delays sound great, I have also found myself using the reverberate cm convolution reverb recently (free with computer music mag). Reverberate is a little ugly looking but it sound great for hats and claps on a return channel
Convolution Reverb Pro.
Basically when I need just a simple digital delay am using Live’s stock delay becase it’s very CPU friendly.
Love Manny Marroquin Delay.
Speaking of reverbs my go to are Valahalla’s room and vintage reverb plugins allowing me to shape space easily and just in few clicks.
I use the Native Instruments RC48 a lot for the reverbs, especially the long ones. For the short ones I am a big fan the Waves Rverb. It is included in the really old Rennaisance bundle but sounds great on drums. Had it sitting around, thinking it was old, for many years but as soon as I really tried it, I loved it.
For delays I use Native Instruments Replika, and often the Ableton Simple Delay.
I am looking to hook up some hardware effects, like my Digitech Timebender and TC Electronics Trinity very soon however.
TAL-Reverb 2 and TAL-Reverb 4 are freebies. I like 2’s simplicity.
convolution pro reverb max for life plug in, so versatile
I tend to stick with the built in plugins for delay and use Valhalla room for Reverb. I don’t find the built in reverb to be that particularly user friendly as far as the UI. I also use Valhalla Ubermod which has delay and modulation for crazy effects.
Delays:
Reverbs:
But the reverb list could go on and on as there’s tens, if not hundreds of excellent verbs out there!
valhalla for life!
Valhalla and Soundtoys will do you good!