I have done much research and reading on a decent hardware reverb, but fr@nkly, I don’t trust most gearslutz opinions. What do you guys use or recommend? Breaking the bank isn’t in my plans, so please give me reasonable options not just your dream machine.
Thanks Shruthizens
boss rv5. cheap decent reverb pedal. not a space though. otherwise Valhalla plugs. both can be had for 50 bux
TC electronics rack mount.
Second-hand entry-level Lexicon (MX / MPX) can sometimes be found for ~100€.
And if you don’t mind a bit of digital/grit/trash, the Midiverb 4 is still around I bought mine second-hand in 99 and the price hasn’t changed, not sure what this means…
Lexicon rules, even the MPX100 is a good choice, albeit it is a 16 bit one. You can get them on ebay in the range of 80€ - 4000€ (for the PCM96 or ML480).
I like the Yamaha SPX90, I’ve got two of them in my rack. Alesis Quadraverb is also cheap these days.
I have a microverb I which I picked up for about 50 bux. it’s perfect for early pan sonic type verb.
this is not expensive to build and is very fun
You can pick-up some nice rack units for cheap these days. I have an Ensoniq DP Pro. Cost 50euro because the previous owner wasn’t willing to change the battery.
It has Reverb + lots of other FX and they mostly sound excellent to my ears. But then, I tend not to drown things in reverb - just a touch is enough to open-up most sounds.
cool! i’ve still got an old spring lying arround.
Lexicon MX-300. Infact any Lexicon MX can do this endless, nevergetdull, GreaterThanLife™ Reverbs you are looking for. But it only can do HiFi
For 80ies twängie Reverbs i have a SPX-90 and to go even more LoFi i use a Behringer Virtualizer Pro. If you are without limit on your Budget try the Bricasti stuff for Reverbc or the big mighty ultimate Eventide as Multieffect.
But i think the MX-200 is best bang for the Money, it does 95% of the Bricasti and 70% of the Eventide. Roughly.
I had a Lexicon MX300 and sold it as soon as I listened to the ValhallaDSP plugins…
Yeah, a Bricasti M7 reverb and an Eventide DSP 8000 FW (or Orville). All together not under 10k €…that’s really high-end studio stuff.
But to be honest, this was lost money even in most studios i’ve been in. Why ? Because nearly all of these studio were a bad sounding room. So don’t focus yourself too much on gear, when your room sound crappy !
@ItsDanik
Since i dont have a computer in my studio anymore i cant use plugins. And to be honest, most plugins dont do this GreaterThanLife Reverbs very well…
@nightworxx
I always thought a Reverb shpuld sound nice on the recording not make a nice sound in the Studio,
@frank. I agree. except the valhalladsp plugins, they sound awesome and can easily achieve the Lexicon GreaterThanLife reverb sound. Of course, if there’s no PC, you can only go Lexicon MX300 on a tight budget.
Nice, but im a bit more into HiFi Reverbs that touch up the mess i produce with some Lexiconish Trevor Hornesque Glamour…
alesis wedge is pretty versatile and sounds good, too.
The Valhalla Reverbs are amazing quality for the price, it must be said.