Reverbs

Best known for their high-end guitar reverb effects pedals, the company has recently ported their reverb algorithm into software.

Based on impulse responses, Spaces incorporates profiles of some of Bob Clearmountain's favourite rooms and echo chambers, along with some of the processing used on many of his hit records.

The AR1 is an algorithmic reverb supporting 64-bit VST and AU plug‑in formats on Mac and Windows.

Have IK managed to bottle the sound of the famous Hollywood studio?

MorphVerb's stylish interface is dominated by a large dial, which lets you blend between two reverb algorithms...

Bucketverb imagines a history where charge-coupled analogue delay chips were used to create reverberation, and in which the digital reverb revolution never happened.

The Verbum Entropic Hall plug-in uses a chaotic reflections algorithm to create a reverb with a character that's reminiscent of early reverb machines...

If you're seeking a performance-friendly effects processor with a top-notch signal path, this might be just what the doctor ordered...

Exponential Audio have hot-rodded their ‘character’ reverb, and the results are even more characterful!

Typically, reverb plug-ins are either simple or versatile. FabFilter claim that their Pro-R combines both virtues.

Surround-capable reverbs don't usually come with a price tag of £100. However, nobody seems to have told Voxengo. So just how good is their Pristine Space PC VST plug-in?

With Sony's flagship sampling reverb processor you can now sample the acoustic signature of any space you want. Hugh Robjohns nips down the village hall to check it out.

Roland's sophisticated, yet highly affordable SRV3030 is the latest contender in the competitive market for dedicated reverb units. Paul White tries it out.

PC DirectX only

Cakewalk's FX3 Soundstage is, in essence, a reverb, but that description...

Artificial reverb algorithms are designed to add 'fake' room ambience to recorded sounds — but a prototype reverb unit from Sony purports to deliver new levels of realism by imposing the characteristics of actual reverberant spaces on the sound. Hugh Robjohns explains....

Mike Collins provides some early reflections on TC Electronic's latest reverb unit and effects processor.

Though marketed as a guitar effects unit, the G Force might be more accurately described as a full-function studio effects processor with some neat guitar-related functions added.

We try out what must be the most cost-effective programmable 24-bit effects unit on the market. But can quality really come at such a low price?

If you've £250 to spare and a reverb-shaped hole in your studio, Lexicon would like you to fill it with their latest budget processor, which offers 20-bit converters, a digital output as standard, and the famous Lexicon Ambience effect.

With their latest super-mini effects processor, Italian manufacturer Viscount goes head to head with the Alesis Nanoverb on looks and the Zoom 1201 on price. Tom Flint grabs a pizza the action...

Low cost digital reverb comes of age according to producer Robin Lumley.