Discovering Reaper plugins, one reverb at a time

ijonty

Hi folks

I’ve never really found the right sounds in my experimentation with plugins, so would like your expert help.

I figured I’d keep it simple by choosing just one sound to chase at a time.

So first up is this dark reverb typical of bands like Joy Division, and more recently a band I’ve just discovered, Bambara:

https://youtu.be/qFW_23iKH8E

Can people suggest the best way to get this sort of sound? I’m only an amateur really and I’m sure to many it will be obvious, but I’d love some help.

I have a tele, with a Cornell amp.

I’ve dabbled in plug-ins, but never found anything that felt rich. It may be me just using them wrong, but all of them felt really artificial. Perhaps because I was just using free ones?

Any help really appreciated!

Stratavarious

I use IRs in reaper.  You can find a lot of free IRs of the reverb of old churches ot buildings which can be dark and dense.

here is a bunch of classic lexicon verbs

https://www.housecallfm.com/download-gns-personal-lexicon-480l

more

http://signaltonoize.com/?page_id=4188

using IRs in reaper

https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/reaverb-part-1


you can also get guitar cab IRs which I use a lot. 

But, if you are not doing it already, you can also have a dedicated reverb track to use, EQ, etc on the existing reverb to adjust or darken it,  You can send an instrument to a new track. Add the reverb to the fx on the new track and set it to 100% wet.  You can then add eq before or after the reverb.  The reverb track fader controls the level.

ijonty

Great thanks, so it’s all about the dark dense reverb? I have a Mooer Radar so maybe IRs are the way to go

andy_k

Have a look at the free stuff from Valhalla, amazing for reverbs.

Dodge

andy_k said:

Have a look at the free stuff from Valhalla, amazing for reverbs.

Yeah, Supermassive is epic.

shufflebeat

Dragonfly reverbs are well worth a visit. I've only just started exploring but consider me impressed.

I'm normally a Reaverb user, particularly using UST pickups and IRs made using JonFields45 and Cuki79's algorithm as discussed over on AGF.

If in doubt, check out Kenny Gioia's YT vids.

Fez

@Strativarius Thanks for that it's added a whole new set of reverbs to my toolbox.