Slate Digital

Slate Digital Verbsuite
Classics £199 (full bundle)
Designed in conjunction with LiquidSonics, and
using their Fusion IR technology, Verbsuite Classics
offers eight legendary digital reverbs (plus the
Lexicon 224 and 224 XL if you buy the expansion
pack.) The plugin itself is elegantly laid out with a
simple but highly effective set of controls. To the left
the EQ section is a simple fixed three-band giving
plenty of tonal variety. Centrally, you find controls
for Decay, Pre Delay, Width, Chorus and Attack,
and while these all do exactly what you’d expect,
it’s the last two that command special attention.
Thanks to that Fusion IR system, the modulation
characteristics of these hardware units have also
been modelled, and with some, like the FG-480,
that essential character it gives sounds like the
original hardware unit is here in all its glory. The
attack control adds an extra dimension to all
the reverbs, allowing you to just take the explosive
edge off the most transient of sources through to
some wild backwards-ish effects. Compared to the
original ten units, this plug sounds so damn close
that it really is an essential buy.
slatedigital.com
VERDICT 8.8
FabFilter Pro-R £149
Pro-R is based on a series of room
models which you move seamlessly
between using the Space knob.
You’ll also find controls for
Brightness, Character and Distance,
and to the left Decay Rate, Stereo
Width and Mix. While this may seem
simplistic in comparison to other
reverbs, the amount of control the
setup gives is excellent, and its very
simplicity makes it very quick to use.
The reverb is capable of some
incredible spatial variations,
especially when you bring Distance
and Width into play and can go from
convincing rooms and halls to some
amazing long imaginary spaces. With
just those parameters, it would be a
great-sounding device, but it’s the
two EQs that really take it up another
notch. The Decay Rate EQ gives you
an incredible range of control over the
shape of the reverberation, and the
Post EQ gives you very fine control of
the finished effect. Clever stuff.
www.fabfilter.com
VERDICT 8.7
brainworx
bx_rooMS $199
This mid/side reverb is built around
an algorithmic engine with lots of
additional processing. You set the
basic type and size of reverb you
require and then go to the reverb
section to adjust room size and
shape, reverb time and high and low
damping to get the basic depth and
shape you want. The pre-delay and
Source Distance parameters let you
really play with the depth of field,
while the FX section has modulation
and bit depth controls. To top it off,
there are comprehensive M/S
controls including width and EQ.
It’s a strong, characterful reverb with
excellent spatialising capabilities,
and it sounds wonderful.
www.plugin-alliance.com
VERDICT 8.4
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