The most advanced user interface on the market – stylable, resizable, GPU accelerated.Based on Melda’s MTurboReverb engine, it boasts quite the list of key-features: McharmVerb is another plain old algorithmic reverb however, there isn’t much plain nor old about this unit. The Mix and Gain knobs are there to tweak the selected Reverb Type, and there is also an A/B compare and preset saving function to compare and save your settings.įind out more… 5. This one is an open source Convolution Reverb unit, meaning it of course ‘free’ of all charge, and it uses impulse responses to achieve its awesomeness.ĭesigned to complement their initial release of the Teufelsberg Impulse Response Set, this plugin uses 6 different Impulse Responses recorded at the Berlin surveillance tower and offers zero-latency convolution and lush airy reverberation as a result. Review: Valhalla Supermassiveįind out more… 4. We would urge you to try it out if you haven’t yet, and to pro-actively share any wicked settings you may find!

To facilitate this, an advanced randomizer has also been implemented, with often very interesting results. Mainly because of this unique character, the data-mining approach is chosen to seek the boundaries of what this plugin can do. Also, effects like ghost-echoes and resonance-build-ups are attainable. For instance multiple instruments do not wash away in a smear of reverb but remain freakishly distinct. This method of ‘data mining’ is a neat approach that stimulates the user to be pro-active in the use of this plugin.Īs an experimental room simulator, ProtoVerb builds an entire body of air with as many resonances as possible, resulting in naturally-sounding reverberations with a character setting it apart from most other reverb units. U-He calls this plugin ‘researchware’, and is counting on the user-community to come up with nice settings and share them with U-He and the community. This does not mean though that it is no longer any good, because if it still works in your DAW, and it should, for many it could still beat even paying for an alternative. From tiny rooms to mega-halls, whatever sound reflects against its virtual walls falls back into the ear like a feather on a pillow.įor all intents and purposes, Oril River could have won just the same, but since its development is dropped, so has its general popularity in the freebie lane of plugins. Our second place is no less brilliant than the winner though, as a free algorithmic stereo reverb with an attractive design that rivals high-quality commercial units.Īs much as this plugin might excite the ear and eye, Oril River spurs mixed feelings because it is no longer developed, and because it is such a good-sounding and versatile device. Read the Audio Plugin Guy review of Supermassive.įind out more… 2. Our fantastic BEST Free Reverb Plugins Poll winner with a rift between its 2nd-place successor as large as huge as its effects as it is popular. Meanwhile, you can also do some neat regular stuff with it too, but it still sounds out of this galactic neighborhood.įree forever, as popular as its effects are huge, and massively useful for any music producer. Those who know their Super Massives know this plugin is designed for huge unending swells, echoes that curve back on themselves, and several humongous effects that tend to bend time and space themselves. This massive reverb device actually serves as a super delay unit as well, and can do just about anything in between. Several in the list have been well-known for years, but nonetheless we will take you on a quick stroll down plugin-lane to check out the reverberation units on display! 1. Without doubt, the votes are very clear!īut let us not focus on who won when there are so many goodies to consider. To be honest, our winner simply obliterated the competition. In follow-up of our latest poll: The Best FREE Reverb Plugins, the time is ripe to harvest the crops that our members seeded. In good old WOMP tradition, we regularly ask our members of the Weapons of Music Production Facebook group some intimate plugin-related questions.

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