The new Revelation reverb in Cubase 7.5 is surprisingly good for being only a part of a 49 euro upgrade. It is not so flexible as the Lexicon based reverbs. Others - EMT 140 is a different sounding reverb to all of the above (as you would expect) with smooth but much more audible tails. I have never tried the Altiverb (I am a Windows user) but I can see that it has far more sounds available to it than OWS. You can tell a lot of love went into it and as a result there is a lot to tweak. Like all room reverbs, it sounds great on its own but overdo it in a mix and you have a classic boxy middy sound that overwhelms and dominates within a mix leaving no room for anything else. This is a one trick pony and the two rooms available in it are, in my opinion, not the best available in convolution reverb terms. Small Hall A is an amazing sound on vocals, guitars, strings and anything non percussive. Lexicon 224 - I already own this and love it. Very tempted to buy it from where it is advertised at a good price. But it does produce some fantastic sounding reverbs in the same vein. from Hall to Plate) if you change your mind. It is also a pain to have to load a different reverb (e.g. Downsides of the Lexicon over the Exponential is that it is more expensive and does not do surround. Lexicon PCM - you can hear the similarities between this and Exponential all the way through possibly due to Michael Carnes' input into both. I am going to take advantage of Michael's sale which ends on the 21st Dec and buy it. ![]() I love adjusting the level of the early reflection and tail to get the vocal sitting just right. Underneath it are some fantastic smooth tails which disappear into a mix whilst adding size and depth to a sound. Phoenix Surround - don't let the rather amateur interface put you off. No matter which one you use it does not take long to find a setting that sounds great. My thoughts are all are extremely usable and I find it hard to choose a favourite. ![]() I have been doing a comparison between Exponential Phoenix Surround, Lexicon PCM Native reverbs and the UAD Lexicon 224.
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