hi there,
i search a reverb to create (dark) ambient soundscapes, what are your favorite for this (hardware or plugin) ?
thanks
Valhalla Supermassive. It’s free and sound so good to me.
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Thanks Blaize
And for hardware ?
I like the Eventide Space/H9/Blackhole as the algos can get pretty out there (including infinite/freeze), you get independent high and low cut and they take midi really well. But there are many other options, check the various threads on here.
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I like
Soft-
Ableton/Max
Convolution
Diffusion.
Reason
RV7000
Hard.
Octatracks Dark reverb
Alesis Quadraverb.
I dont really use software anymore. But for good soundscape noises I like basically anything that can be automated.
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thanks for your answer ! do you have try Empress reverb ? Immerse Neunaber ? Big Sky (i suppose yes) Meris Mercury 7 ?
Quadraverb have big reverb with long decay ?
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I have the neunaber slate, with the addon switcher you can load up to 4 of their reverbs/delays/+++ on their at once. Wet is one one my fav reverbs, I have it permanently hooked up to my guitar, have considered getting another to put on my mixer as a send effect. I think its a really good middle point between cheaper options and the bigsky h9 empress etc…
Edit: note you can only run one effect at a time
Mercury7 is a great sounding pedal. Fewer options than the Space though.
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Sure does. https://youtu.be/JuYB2NdGcZY
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it’s multi fx i see
The Strymon Nightsky is made for soundscapes.
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I don’t like hardware FX, especially delay and reverb.
I like to record my synth as raw as possible and then add FX on top. It’s much easier to use VST than aux output to an FX processor and record back.
Hardware delay/reverb is cool for live show and that’s why is alway as pedals form factor.
Recording a synth with FX processed can lead to an hard mixing I think.
Don’t forget reverb is alway digital and hardware won’t sound better than a VST with the same algorithm.
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I’ve been using the Blackhole plugin more recently, but here’s another that’s kind of little known and it will make your CPU cry in pain:
Source Audio Ventris (Dual Reverb) or Collider (Delay + Reverb).
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Ventris by Source Audio, a dual DSP reverb that can get extremely darkly modulated dual reverbs.
I also have the Eventide H9 max and previously the BigSky. Both are totally capable of going dark for several nuclear winters, but the Ventris goes into a dark universe.
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Eventide H9 has been a go-to, and yes, running a Blackhole algorithm.
Empress Zoia has some good reverb modules, although the Ghost one is costly to CPU. More seasoned Zoia patchers have found ways to create some nice soundscape patches without Ghost.
Industrialelectric RM-1N by itself can do longer tails with the Hi-Lo switch set Hi. When set to Lo I can’t set the size and time as high without inducing self-oscillation. With its pre- and post-gain distortion and grimy Belton Brick sound, I do like running in parallel with other time effects, such as MOOD.
Chase Bliss MOOD can achieve a nice reverb by smearing delay repeats. The Clock control can introduce some lo-fi character.
For lower budget hardware, I like the plate reverb in Boss products. In my Boss Katana amp, I was surprised to find I like the Plate the best, more than Hall which is supposed to be the bigger reverb. I prefer how Plate sounds with longer times than Hall.
On iPad I like the Plateau module in miRack, especially when modulated LFO, clock, etc modules… VCVRack on desktop computers should have the same module. I like Plateau so much I haven’t bothered shopping for other reverb apps on IOS.
Oh I also really dig the digitone reverb. If you chain the chorus and delay through it- well, if you know you know. Boundless.
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Software: Fog Convolver with Convolution Reverbs
Hardware: Lexicon or Quadraverb
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Though I’d mostly agree with you, it’s difficult to emulate the D/A converters on old units like the Quadraverb or the Yamaha SPX units in software. They definitely add real character.
Also, some pedals use a lot of analogue circuits or BBD chips in configurations that are difficult to replicate in software.
On the whole though, you’re right, there are a lot of hardware effects out there that are no different than software.