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ICYMI: Valhalla is essentially the de facto in reverb plugins

loxias 5y ago
Happen to know what model it uses? (I have a background in DSP, including plugin design, but I'm also maybe 5-10 years out of date with whatever's current SOTA)
- KyrillosL 5y ago
  There is a part 2 on the blog with some algorithms references, and a part 4 with books :)
  - inetsee 5y ago
    And a Part 3 with online resources:)
thatswrong0 5y ago
Srsly. I use Vintage Verb over stock reverb 99% of the time (usually just set to mode: "Dirty Hall" + time: "Now"). Sounds fantastic. Their UIs are simple, to the point, have tooltips on hover, and are built using vector graphics so you can scale the plugins to whatever size you want. And they're already M1 compatible and don't have shit like iLok ruining my day. Valhalla is the model VST developer that err body should take notes from. In another life I'd have paid more attention to my electrical engineering courses so I could actually work at companies like this but what can you do.
IAmGraydon 5y ago
Valhalla does one thing very well…super long ambient reverb. It’s pretty overrated IMO. The best reverb all around? For me, that title belongs to EastWest Spaces 2. It’s an impulse response reverb and is very realistic. Altiverb is another excellent reverb in this category. For algorithmic reverb, Fabfilter Pro-R takes the cake, IMO.
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- bryans 5y ago
  Not sure I understand the point of describing a free plugin as "overrated" if it does at least one thing very well. I don't think many would even agree that it's limited to one good reverb function.
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  - nafix 5y ago
    They aren't free plugins. I think it's fair to say they are overrated if people are suggesting they are the "de facto" reverb makers. It would be more reasonable to say that they are one of the top reverb designers. There are a lot of really high quality verbs out there in many different styles.

Happen to know what model it uses? (I have a background in DSP, including plugin design, but I'm also maybe 5-10 years out of date with whatever's current SOTA)

KyrillosL 5y ago
There is a part 2 on the blog with some algorithms references, and a part 4 with books :)
- inetsee 5y ago
  And a Part 3 with online resources:)

thatswrong0 5y ago

Srsly. I use Vintage Verb over stock reverb 99% of the time (usually just set to mode: "Dirty Hall" + time: "Now"). Sounds fantastic. Their UIs are simple, to the point, have tooltips on hover, and are built using vector graphics so you can scale the plugins to whatever size you want. And they're already M1 compatible and don't have shit like iLok ruining my day. Valhalla is the model VST developer that err body should take notes from. In another life I'd have paid more attention to my electrical engineering courses so I could actually work at companies like this but what can you do.

IAmGraydon 5y ago

Valhalla does one thing very well…super long ambient reverb. It’s pretty overrated IMO. The best reverb all around? For me, that title belongs to EastWest Spaces 2. It’s an impulse response reverb and is very realistic. Altiverb is another excellent reverb in this category. For algorithmic reverb, Fabfilter Pro-R takes the cake, IMO.

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bryans 5y ago
Not sure I understand the point of describing a free plugin as "overrated" if it does at least one thing very well. I don't think many would even agree that it's limited to one good reverb function.
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- nafix 5y ago
  They aren't free plugins. I think it's fair to say they are overrated if people are suggesting they are the "de facto" reverb makers. It would be more reasonable to say that they are one of the top reverb designers. There are a lot of really high quality verbs out there in many different styles.