Tsar 1 Reverb Rapidshare
A few people mentioned how they missed Aether from my original list, so here it is! I’ve been using this one a lot more recently, having cottoned on to what many people have known for ages: the sheer number of controls seem intimidating and pretty over-the-top for most straightforward mix applications, but where Aether really comes into it’s own is as the ultimate reverb for enhancing sound design and spot FX: hits, cinematic booms, club track-style swirls of shifting reverb clouds that can add a lot of extra movement, vibe and overall epic-ness to a track. There’s a familiar cycle that people go through when they first encounter ValhallaDSP plugins. Step 1: Smirk at the oversized, toy-like interface. Step 2: Listen to the presets and tweak the controls to taste, turning that smirk into a big, satisfied grin.
Tsar 1 Reverb Rapidshare Full
Step 3: Realise how quickly and easily you were able to make those adjustments, thanks to the ‘ridiculous’ interface that is in fact “influenced by NASA Human Interface specifications & the Swiss School of graphic design”, and marvel at the sound you can get for a mere $50. I rather facetiously put this reverb collection in it’s own category of Most Expensive Reverbs last time, but since then the pricing has dropped considerably so it’s now a much better deal, and a realistic proposition for small-studio producers (and not just larger facilities looking to replace their existing hardware, which is probably who these were initially targeted at). So enough about that, at the end of the day these are pretty much the best algorithmic reverb plugins you can get commercially – the sort that everyone else looks to as a benchmark. Several of the plugins on this list could slot into this category (including the), but special mention has to go to Softube’s TSAR-1. A point worth noting about the TSAR-1 is that, unlike the UA EMT 140 Plate for example, it’s not a straight ‘emulation’ of any one piece of celebrated vintage gear. Rather, it takes the common characteristics of much of the best-loved classics, and brings them all together with a highly useable, somehow ‘authentic’ sound (if that’s not an oxymoron?), and a very cool interface.
The best of all worlds, and perhaps an example of where more plugin designers will (hopefully) go in the future. Featuring four reverb plugins, covering Plate, Hall, Room and Inverse types, CSR is a one-stop shop for many producers and guitar players. Each module can work in either Easy of Advanced mode: Easy for when you just want to get something down fast with the minimum of fuss: Advanced when you want to spend more time finessing the perfect sound – and it does have an awesome, ‘classic’ sound.
Which of course also means it’s perfect for beginners, who can gradually get to grips with the more advanced parameters at their own pace.