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Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 2:20 pm
by Liquid EDGE
Hi i was wondering wot peolple think is the best/most usefull reverb to get , i don't have much cash to just blindly buy them all and find out my self. So it would be much aprecatied to know wotwould be my best bet.
creamware one and a native one btw. so thats two really.
well come to think of it is it worth getting a uad-1 or the tc dsp card?.
cheers
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 2:47 pm
by Basic Pitch
Well,
For as far as the standard in DSP stuff goes the feeling is basically UAD-1 for its amazing comps and TC card for the classic verb, I own both aswell as my CW card and love all three.
The TC Classic verb sound beautifull, very smooth for dance music and im sure many other styles, I have also heard great things about the native Voxengo Pristine space verb, if you want a CW device from what I have read the new timeworks hi-end plate verb sounds very interesting.
As far as the UAD goes the dreamverb is decent for certain applications and the proverb or what ever its called is nice for room simulation, but for me I always reach for a few instances of the classic verb as it just sounds so nice.. I also have Masterverb Pro, but honestly I have never done a whole lot with it for some reason.
Cheers!
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 2:52 pm
by medusa13
The p100 by SonicTimeworks & Warp69 is the way to go.
I have never heared anything like that.
http://www.planetz.com/forums/viewtopic ... orum=10&11
Also, the a100 seems pretty good, but I haven't tested it yet.
Martin
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 2:58 pm
by Plato
My thoughts exactly

Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 3:44 pm
by AndreD
"ambience" is an interesting tool...
i like the masterverb pro too!
it sounds warm and wide. (with big shape and some predelay)
the p100 is nice, indeed...
http://www.smartelectronix.com/~magnus/
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Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:50 pm
by astroman
another vote for the p100

at first I wasn't shure if I need another 'plate' as I somehow like the SPX90's, too.
And the demo interuption (though understandable) made it rather difficult to judge from short impressions.
Then I did the following: I set the fx level of the verb to 50%, so the sound didn't fade completely in demo pauses and just kept playing along some nonsense on a keyboard with a very pronounced basic sound. After some time I got used to the missing fx moments - and a little later a certain 'image' of the sound rested in mind.
Then I switched to another verb (I have the PT2016, very good, but a completely different flavour of course) and 'tuned' to it's sound - then back to the p100, etc.
Suddenly I noticed that the p100 almost completely kept the original signal's character, but could 'blow' it up tremendously.
The sound became really BIG in a positive sense, while the other verb created something artificial - it performed good regarding the signal quality, yet the result was quite distant from the source.
I found this truely stunning - and this made me place my order just 10 minutes later
For the price the performance is outstanding - and I'm pretty shure I'll get the ambient version as well.
Those verbs need their resources, but one can actually hear the reason why
cheers, Tom
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 6:57 am
by Liquid EDGE
Cheers Guys
Right so from wot i read it would be damn good idea to get the uad-1 the tc whatever it's called and the p100 from sonictimeworks. phew. i need some cash...
i'll try out the ambiance as well.
also i suppose when i do get the other dsp cards it would be much adviced that i get a water cooling kit other wise i'll have a hoover in my room. (i'm asumming the pc will be rather hot with this many dsp's plus the fact i use an amd athlon, already need,obviusly the cpu fan, a case fan and an axaust to keep my comp stable.)
Thanks again
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Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 9:29 am
by AndreD
On 2004-08-04 07:57, Liquid EDGE wrote:
Right so from wot i read it would be damn good idea to get the uad-1 the tc whatever it's called and the p100 from sonictimeworks. phew. i need some cash...
if you got masterverbs, freeware native tools like ambience, SIR, prosinic rayverb and the warp69-staff, is there really a need for more (other) dsp-cards?
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Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 11:09 am
by Mr Arkadin
Rather than spend money on a card just for its 'verbs, why not spend the amount on a decent hardware reverb unit (one of the highr-end ones) and integrate that into your SCOPE set-up. It will sound better than TC or SCOPE reverb.
Mr A
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Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 11:24 am
by AndreD
..but will you hear the difference in a mix?
I dont´t think that <b>a</b> hardware device sounds better...
<b>the</b> lexicon 960l doas, for shure

(if you can afford it)
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Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 11:41 am
by Mr Arkadin
There are cheaper good reverbs (even Lexicon s/h). Me, i'm happy with MasterVerb Pro and i may check out that plate verb. Never liked native reverbs.
i was just pointing it out as an alternative to buying a TC Powercore just for the reverb (seemed a bit pointless)
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Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 11:44 am
by AndreD
have you ever tried ambience?
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Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 1:17 pm
by garyb
that's a nice one. some settings can use insane amounts of resources, but most settings are useful and they sound great....
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 1:54 pm
by Basic Pitch
You wouldnt just buy a Powercore for the verbs there is much more to that card EG:
- Sony Dynamics
- Sony Inflator
- Sony Transient Modulator
- Oxford EQ
- TC Assimilator
- Virus Powercore
- TC/Novation V Station
- TC EQsat (surgical tool)
- TC Chorus-Delay
- New Restoration Suit for Powercore
- Dsound VL2
- Filtroid
- Intonator HS
- TC Thrity
- Voice Modeler
Many of which are additinal purchases but these are all spectacular tools if ya have the extra cash

But the Powercore is a great platform aside from just its super smooth included verb..
My 2 cents
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 3:16 pm
by decimator
P-100 !
I don't know if it's " the best " but I just can't barely imagine what a better verb would sound like ... like reaching 9 or 9.5 out of 10 !

Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:04 pm
by Liquid EDGE
hi
Like basic say's if i were to get the uad-1 and tc powercore it wouldn't be just for the reverbs as they offer much more, it has been something i thought about for a while but never really thought it would be worth it, but with the backing of basic pitch i think they are most deserved purchases.
any hows thanks for your opinions on reverbs and i think my next purchase is the p100 along with a million and one other things to lust after.
Cheers
Keep Rollin'
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Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 12:42 pm
by Liquid EDGE
hi guy's i'm just about to buy the p100 reverb. and have noticed that the 4080L pro reverb is more than double the price, is this not better, if you go by things as, you pay for wot you get.
by wot you have already said i believe that the p100 is damn good, quote "i can't imagine wot would sound better".
just wondering and double checking...
Cheers..
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 1:51 pm
by Shayne White
Actually, the P100 is better than the 4080L! I don't know why the 4080L is more expensive.

Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 4:12 pm
by interloper
On 2004-08-03 17:50, astroman wrote:
Suddenly I noticed that the p100 almost completely kept the original signal's character, but could 'blow' it up tremendously.
The sound became really BIG in a positive sense, while the other verb created something artificial - it performed good regarding the signal quality, yet the result was quite distant from the source.
cheers, Tom
I agree with Tom. The P100 sounds great and doesn't wash out the source, thereby making it larger.
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:09 pm
by kensuguro
hey, I just did a mix for a friend on his setup, and used the 4080L verb.. and man, was I impressed! I'm usually pretty content with using the CW standard masterverb, but the 4080L is a different beast. I'm seriously thinking of getting it. It sounds kind of unnatural, but has great character i think.
Now, the problem is, how does Timework's proverb, P-100, A-100, I-100 compare against the 4080L? Is the Proverb supposed to be the CW version of 4080L? Or just something different?
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