Interesting... to me, TSAR-1 is the "non-metallic" verb...

 

Would you mind telling us which free ir's for spring reverbs you like? I am looking for some to use with my synth, to get that very vintage vibe that spring reverbs give. Thanks in advance!

 

check out the free past to future releases

 

AB Road Plate and Chamber, but to much CPU.
TrueVerb from Slate Digital. Lexicon. Valhalla. are my favotire reverbs.

 

Altiverb for mastering.

 

For an algo reverb Waves Renaissance Reverb is pretty neat. Oldie, but goldie and much better than True Verb.

Recently you could get it for free, but the offer may have expired? Try the following link and check whether it still works:

https://www.waves.com/account/free-renaissance-reverb-loopcloud

 

any suggestions for best shimmer verb?

 

Valhalla Shimmer?

 

thanks! i'm familiar with that one and was looking for a different option. definitely a solid one though. at the moment I'm using the sinevibes luminance but was curious what else people are using around these parts.

 

For traditional shimmering, Valhalla is of course good.
However, there's a more modern take on shimmering with reverbs like baby audio crystalline and denise perfect room. They don't have a delay in the high & low octaves compared to the main reverb, which sounds much more pleasant imo

 

Eventide - ShimmerVerb

 

I would rather suggest using a plugin emulation of a spring reverb as those react to the incoming audio instead of staying static.
Twangström comes to mind, using it myself and it does a great job imo. Also fairly affordable.

 

TSAR is extremely interesting. It sounds like a more modern version of older digital reverbs. It's like an in between of lexicon & denise perfect room. Very low metallic sounds but still sounds modulated

 

well it's that trade off of, do you want more of the authentic sound character of the unit or more of the authentic behavior. unfortunately there isn't a plugin yet that perfectly captures the sound of them, but in the meantime I'm happy using Audiothing Springs, Fogconvolver 2 (with past to future IRs), or Black Rooster's spring plugin, which I believe is all algorithmic.

 

ValhallaVintageVerb and PS1 IR verbs. And no, I'm not joking

 

Does RC-20 count? Cause it's built in Reverb is SPECTACULAR... it's so good.

 

nope

 

dont know if it had a mention, AKG BX20 spring reverb is something unbelivable, something "living", it's UAD

 

I do not know, but you may like:

 

Seems a lot like Suzuki Kentaro - Stranular

Lol I just realised both are from the same DEV.