Best best reverb on Reddit

213 reviews from r/guitarpedals, r/edmproduction, r/GuitarAmps and 11 more subreddits

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#1

Boss

4.4
(22)
"RV-6 Plate and Spring sound great."
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"I have the RV6 and it is absolutely perfect."
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"You absolutely cannot go wrong with a Boss RV-6."
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"Boss rv-6."
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"RV6 is great."
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"RV-6 is wonderful."
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"Maybe a Boss RV-6, then."
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"I'd really recommend the Boss RV6."
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"I will second the RV6."
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"The Boss RV-6 is super affordable and has a reverb and delay."
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#2

Valhalla

4.6
(18)
"I own every Valhalla plugin."
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"Did you try valhalla supermassive? It's free and has a ton of different algos."
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"Valhalla Shimmer is an excellent option for ethereal, massive reverbs."
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"Valhalla Supermassive, hands down. I cannot believe that plug is free."
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"I've always found that Valhalla room sounds the largest/widest to me."
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"I own Raum and Valhalla VintageVerb. Both sound really good and I use them all the time."
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"Any valhalla plugs, strymon bigsky for hardware"
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"Valhalla VintageVerb. Only reverb plugin I use anymore."
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"Vintage Verb is my favorite."
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"Demo Valhalla Vintage Verb. The most versatile reverb plugin IMO."
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#3

Strymon

5.0
(15)
"Bigsky has a killer reverse reverb as well."
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"I’ll throw in another vote for Flint."
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"I like my Strymon Flint a lot."
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"The Blue Sky has been absolutely perfect for me."
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"Strymon blue sky."
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"Agreed strymon big sky and blue sky might seem overhyped to some but they are by far some of my favorite verbs."
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"Loved the Big Sky, loved the RV-500, Oceans12 has some great sounds"
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"Big Sky."
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"Mercury 7 is the only reverb pedal I’ve purchased twice."
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"I recently added the Mercury 7 to my board and don't see removing it anytime soon."
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#4

TC Electronic

4.4
(12)
"Hall Of Fame for the win."
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"The first hall of fame is the best reverb I’ve had."
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"I would go with the Hall of fame 2."
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"Best first reverb: OG Hall of Fame (cheap, solid, into to lots of types of reverb)."
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"I also run a TC Electronic Trinity Reverb that blows my socks off."
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"Another one that could be worth considering would be something like the TC Electronic Hall of Fame 2."
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"TC Electronic Hall of Fame II Mini at the very end."
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"I’d recommend the TC Electronic Hall of Fame 2 - loads of really nice sounding reverbs in there without breaking the bank."
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"Happy with my TC Electronics Hall of Fame II."
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"RV-6 and Hall of fame - does a lot of things pretty well."
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#5

Electro-Harmonix

4.0
(12)
"It’s the best reverb I have ever used."
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"I have the Holy Grail Neo and think it’s great certainly better than the nano that I had before."
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"Holy Grail or 3 Series are probably about as straightforward as you can get."
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"For the holy grail go used and find a PLUS or MAX with three knobs."
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"EH holy grail neo is great, you can find them used for under 100."
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"EHX oceans 11 is in the same ballpark as these pedals."
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"I'll recommend the EHX Oceans 11."
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"Oceans 11 does the job for me."
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"The EHX Oceans 11 and Zoom Multistomp pedals are worth considering too."
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"I got my used Holy Grail nano for $59."
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#6

GFI

4.2
(10)
"Dreamy: GFI Specular Tempus. That's it, it's dreamy."
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"My choice too. Has the perfect amount of options."
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"Another quality one is the GFI Systems Specular Tempus."
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"GFI skylar! Has presets and four algos."
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"GFI System Skylar."
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"Specular Tempus."
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"Check out GFI systems specular tempus."
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"GFI Specular Tempus is a unique and interesting one."
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"Don't forget the GFI Skylar has presets."
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"GFI Specular Tempus and Empress Reverb are my faves."
#7

Neunaber

4.8
(8)
"Yes, get a used immerse mkii. You will not regret it."
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"Definitely Immerse Reverberator MKII. As good as the top tier reverbs and its tiny."
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"I’m always going to recommend the Neunaber Immerse."
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"Neunaber Immerse. That's it."
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"Get a used Neunaber Wet, otherwise they're about 125 new."
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"Check out a Neunaber Immerse."
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"Consider the Neunaber immerse or wet."
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"Consider the Neunaber immerse or wet."
#8

EarthQuaker Devices

4.4
(7)
"The EQD dispatch master is an awesome pedal."
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"New or used EQD Levitation v2. Here's why."
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"EQD Afterneath is great for ambient stuff."
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"Afterneath works for me. Im a little more noise rock than doom broadly speaking but it handles all thr noise pretty well."
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"EQD ghost echo, easy to control and is a really beautiful sounding dark reverb."
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"I’ve always been partial to a multitap delay, such as the eqd afterneath."
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"Earthquaker Ghost echo or dispatch master."
#9

Eventide

4.8
(6)
"Eventide Blackhole is another standout."
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"I would go for an Eventide Space."
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"Eventide space. Go to for bass and leads."
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"Can’t go wrong with Eventide Space, Meris Mercury7, or Meris Polymoon."
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"Eventide Blackhole! Looks like it’s $249 but totally worth it!"
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"Eventide Space is legit as well."
#10

JHS

4.8
(6)
"My all time favorite is the JHS series 3 Hall Reverb."
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"JHS 3 Series Reverb is pretty much this."
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"Decided to go with the JHS spring tank as it has the best sound to my ears at an affordable price."
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"I find myself using the JHS the most."
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"It’s an amazing little pedal, very adjustable."
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"JHS 3 Series Reverb is good, simple and pretty versatile for its constraints."
#11

Source Audio

4.5
(6)
"I adore my Source Audio Ventris."
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"Source Audio Ventris!"
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"Check out the Source Audio Ventris."
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"It's a combination reverb and delay pedal."
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"Pretty impressed with it. Very powerful in a relatively small enclosure."
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"Source Audio stuff is on another level."
#12

EHX

4.3
(6)
"For the price point and versatility you can't go wrong with the EHX Oceans 11."
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"The ehx holy grail is great and not complex."
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"Best first slightly weirder reverb: Oceans 11."
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"I like and have the oceans 11 but everyone is different."
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"Stick with the holy grail - or the holy grail max if you are a shoegazer."
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#13

MXR

4.4
(5)
"I’ll third the mxr."
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"I'll second the MXR."
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"MXR M300. It's a sleeper pedal."
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"MXR. The plate is the best plate under $300."
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"Love mine also."
#14

NI

5.0
(4)
"Raum has been pretty much my only reverb for a few years now."
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"NI Raum, love it to the moon and back."
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"My favorite atm is Native Instruments RAUM."
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"Personally still a big fan of raum."
#15

Keeley

4.8
(4)
"Amazing plate, excellent hall, solid spring."
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"Keeley Omni Reverb. Dead simple, great sound quality."
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"Keeley Omni. Very simple, nice footprint."
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"I like the Keeley Hydra."
#16

Digitech

4.0
(4)
"Digitech Polara."
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"I like the spring on the digitech polara, great plate mode too."
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"I’d also look at the Digitech Polara."
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"I think you can't go wrong with these three: Polara, Rv-6 or Oceans 11."
#17

Surfy Bear

5.0
(3)
"Surfy Bear is the way. Love mine."
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"Surfy Bear."
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"Surfy bear reverbs are ridiculously good, can't recommend enough"
#18

Catalinbread

3.8
(4)
"The Catalinbread Talisman has a beautifully transparent sound."
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"Catalinbread “Soft Focus,” perhaps?"
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"It sounds pretty good to me."
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"The Catalinbread Topanga is the only thing in a similar zip code."
#19

Altiverb

5.0
(2)
"The best reverb plugin is Altiverb 7 hands down."
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"Altiverb. Hands down best impulse response reverb."
#20

Mr Black

5.0
(2)
"I really like the mr black stuff, the bloodmoon is perfect with dirt imo."
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"Mr. Black Bloodmoon - Blood and Chrome edition."
#21

Meris Mercury 7

5.0
(2)
"For a few extra bucks treat yourself to a Meris Mercury 7."
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"Out of the ones they carry I'd go either Meris Mercury7 or SA Ventris."
#22

Electro Harmonix

5.0
(2)
"Electro Harmonix Oceans 11, second hand for around 100 dollar, is very good and versatile!"
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"Can’t recommend the Ocean 11 enough."
#23

Joyo

5.0
(2)
"Check out the Joyo R-14 Athmosphere."
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"Insanely versatile and quite affordable."
#24

Native Audio

5.0
(2)
"For simple reverb, you CANNOT beat the NativeAudio Ghost Ridge."
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"Native audio ghost ridge is great."
#25

Mr. Black

4.5
(2)
"This reverb pedal kicks major ass."
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"A guitarist I play with uses the Mr. Black Supermoon, he basically never turns it off, and it sounds awesome."
#26

OBNE

4.5
(2)
"Especially the Sunlight on tape mode"
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"For fun, wild-n-crazy kids sounds, I really recommend the OBNE Sunlight."
#27

Universal Audio

4.5
(2)
"UA Golden wins by a mile."
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"UA Golden technically has 11 reverb modes."
#28

Roland

4.0
(2)
"Dont know if its the best, but my favorite RV-3."
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"I have an RV-3 and I'm incredibly happy with it."
#29

Dark Star

4.0
(2)
"I'd go for a dark star personally."
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"The Dark Star I have and love but its mostly for long atmospheric pads."
#30

Earthquaker

4.0
(2)
"I like the Afterneath a lot, but it's kind of delay-like."
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"Earthquaker Afterneath."
#31

Baby Audio

4.0
(2)
"Baby Audio Crystalline, but it does have its own sound."
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"Baby Audio Crystalline is super nice."
#32

Danelectro

4.0
(2)
"Danelectro spring king, put it in a tube amp FX loop."
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"I also really love my Danelectro spring king just for the record."
#33

Soundtoys

4.0
(2)
"Soundtoys LittlePlate."
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"I've been loving some of the “spaces” presets within the Soudtoys Effect Rack."
#34

Alexander

5.0
(1)
"Alexander Space Force is incredible value for money."
#35

Fender

5.0
(1)
"Fender Marine Layer! Love the hall setting."
#36

Dunwich

5.0
(1)
"It’s impossible to find, but Dunwich Gravity Well is BY FAR the best reverb I’ve tried with dirt."
#37

Magic7

5.0
(1)
"It's a free reverb plugin that has everything you would ever need"
#38

FV-1

5.0
(1)
"FV-1 absolutely if you want almost infinite flexibility."
#39

Nightsky

5.0
(1)
"The nightsky does some crazy shit, with the delay and reverb built in."
#40

Big Sky

5.0
(1)
"I heard Big Sky is great reverb and you can’t go wrong with it."
#41

Eventide H9 Max

5.0
(1)
"The Eventide H9 Max is what I ran on my hardware synths and loved it."
#42

Source Audio Ventris

5.0
(1)
"Source audio Ventris is probably the best for this."
#43

Boss RV-200

5.0
(1)
"Sweetwater has the Boss RV-200 on sale for $220."
#44

Keeley Caverns

5.0
(1)
"Big fan of the Keeley Caverns reverb."
#45

Holy Grail Cathedral

5.0
(1)
"I like the holy grail cathedral."
#46

Chase Bliss Dark World

5.0
(1)
"I got a Chase Bliss Dark World recently and it’s huuuge sounding."
#47

Zoom MS70CDR

5.0
(1)
"Zoom ms70cdr. A verbzilla would see you right too!"
#48

Boss RV-6

5.0
(1)
"Boss RV-6 is awesome."
#49

Universal Audio Golden Reverberator

5.0
(1)
"Seriously, universal audio golden reverberator."
#50

Hall of Fame

5.0
(1)
"I have a Hall of Fame in front of mine."
#51

Empress Effects

5.0
(1)
"Empress Effects Reverb"
#52

SSL

5.0
(1)
"SSL FlexVerb. Usually $280."
#53

Softube

4.0
(1)
"I really like softube tsar-1r, the most transparent one i tried."
#54

PedalPCB

4.0
(1)
"The Spatialist Reverb from pedalpcb."
#55

FF

4.0
(1)
"I cycle between FF Pro R, Valhalla Vintage, N.I. Raum and Soundtoys LittlePlate."
#56

Caline

4.0
(1)
"Caline Old School has 'Room, Hall, and Church'."
#57

Caroline

4.0
(1)
"Caroline meteore is awesome and takes fuzz well."
#58

Gamechanger

4.0
(1)
"Here's one I haven't tried that maybe takes the cake: Gamechanger LIGHT Pedal."
#59

Arturia

4.0
(1)
"I have been loving Intensity reverb by arturia."
#60

ALM

4.0
(1)
"I've been enjoying the effect plugins from ALM/Busy Circuits."
#61

Palomar Sound

4.0
(1)
"Check out the Palomar Sound Borrego reverb."
#62

Earthquaker Devices

4.0
(1)
"I really like the Avalanche Run from Earthquaker Devices."
#63

Zynaptiq

4.0
(1)
"Zynaptiq Adaptiverb is great to get some crazy soundscapes out of nothin."
#64

Ghost Echo

4.0
(1)
"Ghost echo for sure."

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