LiquidSonics make some of the very best reverbs available today. They all sound brilliant but exactly which reverb is right for you depends on exactly who you are and how you use reverb in your work. If you want great sounding reverbs with the minimum of fuss then Seventh Heaven would be a good choice. If you want amazing surround and Dolby Atmos reverbs then Cinematic Rooms would be a great call but if you want ultimate flexibility and value in a stereo reverb then you should really consider Reverberate 3.
Reverberate 3 is an impulse response convolution reverb which doesn’t have the usual limitations of convolution reverbs such as a lack of editability and the inability to capture the modulation which is characteristic of many classic reverbs. If you want to to dive deep and design reverbs to your exact specification, you can, but you can use it as a standard preset-and-tweak reverb which is no harder to operate than your favourite algorithmic reverb.
Here are three reasons your go to reverb should be Reverberate 3.
Fusion IR Library
Fusion IR is LiquidSonics’ way to capture the aspects of classic reverbs which previously were beyond the reach of convolution reverbs. The issue is that convolution captures reverb extremely accurately but it only does it at the instant that impulse response was captured. Many classic reverbs incorporate modulation, this change over time can’t be represented by a single impulse response, however accurate.
These modulations were originally introduced to disguise the limitations of the hardware being used to create the classic digital reverbs of the 80s. This modulation is particularly associated with the hugely successful Lexicon reverbs and without them they just aren’t Lexicon.
In the same way as a series of still photographs can be combined to make a movie, Fusion IR works by capturing lots of impulse responses to recreate the movement of a modulating reverb. Reverberate 3 ships with a library of impulse responses including Fusion IR captures of classic reverbs from Lexicon and Bricasti. If you want the reverbs of a 480L, PCM91, M7 or 224, they are included in this bundle along with a large collection of traditional impulse responses covering everything from cathedrals to rooms. And of course you can import your own impulse responses and access the deep editing available in Reverberate 3.
New Contouring Tab
The contouring tab which was added in version 3.2 brings an elegant solution to one of the most immediate frustrations facing users of conventional convolution reverbs, the fact that if you change the decay time using a ‘stretch’ control, as well as changing the length of the reverb, it also changes its timbre. The best solution is often to find an IR of the correct length and use that instead, if of course you have one, otherwise you’ll probably just revert back to an algorithmic reverb.
Reverberate 3’s contour tab adds that missing reverb decay control, allowing you to shorten or lengthen reverb decay without affecting timbre and, in much the same way as classic digital reverbs, you can tailor the low and high decay times independently using the high and low decay time multiplier controls with full control over the crossover points between the high, low and mid bands. It feels as convenient as using an algorithmic reverb but has the authenticity of a convolution - amazing! See it in use in the video below.
Breadth Of The Plugin For The Price
We’ve said in the past that Seventh Heaven is one the best value plugins out there. This is true but it’s even more true of Reverberate 3. Seventh Heaven is, by design, limited. It recreates a Bricasti M7 but Reverberate 3 recreates virtually anything and ships with enough Fusion and traditional IRs to cover almost any reverb requirement. If you can’t find what you need in the factory content you can tweak to the Nth degree with the comprehensive tools available including dual independent reverb engines, true stereo and simulated true stereo operation for greater envelopment from two and four channel IRs, and multiple modulation options.
Reverberate 3 is a tweaker’s playground but if you just want to pull up a preset and get on with it, you absolutely can, it’s a plugin which takes time to get to know well but you can use it without climbing a learning curve first. When you consider that Reverberate 3 and its huge library of classic reverbs is available for just $99 then the value proposition becomes really interesting.
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