Reverb Plugin reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 214 Reddit reviews across 16 subreddits and 28 posts to rank the best Reverb Plugin brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/edmproduction, r/mixingmastering, r/musicproduction, r/Reaper, r/TechnoProduction. Top-rated brands include Valhalla (4.8/5), FabFilter (4.8/5), Soundtoys (4.6/5).

Stats

Reviews214

Subreddits16

Posts28

Brands73

Products72

Top communities

r/edmproduction44 r/mixingmastering39 r/musicproduction38 r/Reaper22 r/TechnoProduction13

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Valhalla

4.8

(62)

"I think Valhalla supermassive is free."

"I own every Valhalla plugin."

"Did you try valhalla supermassive? It's free."

"Valhalla Shimmer is an excellent option for ethereal, massive reverbs."

"I’m obsessed with Valhalla Shimmer, UAD Pure Plate, and Soundtoys SuperPlate"

"Valhalla Vintage Verb is amazing for more “wet” sounding reverb."

"Valhalla room"

"Valhalla supermassive. Always free ✨"

"I love Valhalla Vintage Verb and use it on almost every song, just great reverb with lots of options"

"Valhalla!"

FabFilter

4.8

(14)

"Fabfilter Pro-R2 is the cleanest and most transparent reverb I’ve used."

"I really like the FabFilter reverb. Its the only one I use if I'm not using stock Ableton options."

"FabFilter Pro-R if you're looking for something with a bit more control and precision."

"Valhalla VintageVerb or FabFilter Pro-R. They both have some dope presets that can give your voice that spacious, atmospheric vibe."

"Pro-R I have all the Valhalla reverbs, most UAD reverbs, etc. and 99% of the time I use Pro-R"

"Fabfilter Pro-R and Eventide Blackhole for the crazy stuff."

"If you are looking for a good reverb than I would recommend using PRO-R by fabfilter."

"Pro R & Vintage Verb are all you need."

"Pro-R is top shelf but also pricey."

Soundtoys

4.6

(8)

"Soundtoys SuperPlate. Amazing."

"Soundtoys Little Plate sounds less digital to me compared to Raum and Valhalla."

"Soundtoys Super Plate currently on sale. $79."

"My main reverbs are: Superplate (Soundtoys are very customizable and a stable for me), Pro-R, Hybrid Reverb (Ableton plug-in), and Valhalla’s stuff."

"Little Plate is my go to SFX reverb for promos/commercial work."

"My favourites are SuperPlate and XenoVerb, really easy to dial in and sound great!"

"Soundtoys Superplate en Eventide Blackhole for special reverbs.."

"Soundtoys Little Plate sounds pretty great !"

Arturia

4.0

(8)

"Arturia Rev Spring"

"Arturia efficiency is the ballpark of the best for me, on all my systems"

"I have been loving Intensity reverb by arturia."

"2nd vote for the Arturia one. Me like."

"I have the Arturia Spring 636 and it does the trick for me. Plenty of customisation, but seems easy to overdo it."

"Will add Arturia to the list!"

"It has not just an accurate spring reverb but emulations of the other period effects."

"My first choices here would be Arturia Spring and Eventide Spring."

NI

4.8

(6)

"Raum has been pretty much my only reverb for a few years now."

"NI raum, Val supermassive"

"NI Raum, love it to the moon and back."

"My favorite atm is Native Instruments RAUM."

"Personally still a big fan of raum."

"Beyond that, big fan of NI Raum."

Dragonfly

4.5

(6)

"Big fan of Dragonfly. Holds up well to anything I've tried (and it's free)"

"The best free algorithmic reverb for this purpose is definitely Dragonfly."

"DragonFly - a great collection of reverbs."

"I gave dragon fly another go and it's actually pretty good."

"Dragonfly and other algorithmic reverbs use math formulas to simulate the reverb."

"The Dragonfly reverbs run good."

Pulsar

4.4

(5)

"Pulsar Primavera is the closest thing I can get to a genuine spring reverb, and it’s a lot of fun, too."

"Pulsar Audio's Primavera is what I reach for. It has 6 spring models and reacts beautifully to input."

"I mainly use the pulsar primavera. I don't usually reach for a spring verb but when I do that's the first one I try"

"Pulsar Audio Primevera spring reverb has some interesting settings for various tank emulations."

"Pulsar Primavera"

Audiothing

4.2

(5)

"This is one of my favourites: Fog Convolver."

"I like the Audiothing Springs because it offers several materials to chose from."

"Audiothing is great too because you get discounts on related plugins."

"Audiothing has a plugin that emulates old reggae reverbs."

"Audiothing makes a plugin called Springs."

Altiverb

5.0

(4)

"The best reverb plugin is Altiverb 7 hands down."

"Don't look at the price if Altiverb whatever you do, you might faint!"

"Altiverb has some really cool springs. a fender Princeton, various AKG and other springs."

"Hands down best impulse response reverb."

#10

Native Instruments

4.0

(5)

"Really like the Native Instruments Raum"

"Replika"

"Raum"

"Spacemaster 2 from the Reaktor factory library"

"Native Instruments Raum - less exaggerated FX rev"

#11

Eventide

4.8

(4)

"Eventide Blackhole is another standout."

"Black hole by Eventide is my personal favourite."

"I like Eventide Blackhole paired with Ultra Tap."

"Eventide Blackhole - mad fx reverbs"

#12

PSP

4.3

(4)

"PSP SpringBox and the Arturia spring are pretty great and cover totally different colors."

"PSP SpringBox is what I usually use."

"Try PSP SpringBox!"

"PSP 2445 EMT is also great."

#13

Waves

3.8

(4)

"Trueverb just tucks itself into the mix nicely without much extra work."

"As far as a "Swiss Army Knife" spring reverb goes -- Waves Magma Springs is good, while still being easy to adjust."

"Waves Magma springs is kind of fun, I don't know if its the best, but might be worth checking out"

"Waves IR reverb plugin is for free"

#14

Hyperspace

4.7

(3)

"I love hyperspace. It sounds great and it’s really versatile."

"Hyperspace is excellent and has a ducking/follow parameter."

"It looks really cool and has tons of useful features."

#15

Lexicon

4.7

(3)

"Lexicon PCM, best sounding "proper" reverbs I ever used."

"Lexicon PCM - natural spaces"

"I’d say one of the lexicon verbs."

#16

Melda

4.0

(3)

"Melda has one that's not too expensive, and has some nice IR files."

"Melda offers a FREE convolution reverb. And their stuff is pretty damn good."

"I would recommend using ReaVerb or Melda's MConvolutionEZ (stock and free respectively)."

#17

LiquidSonics

5.0

(2)

"Reverberate 3 is my current favorite. Comes with bricasti and lexicon IRs."

"Try reverberate 3. It is a convolution reverb with a stereo delay built in."

#18

MTurboReverb

5.0

(2)

"MTurboReverb is the definitive reverb. You have every kind of reverb here"

"It's pricey, but that's the definitive reverb you can use everywhere."

#19

TAL

4.5

(2)

"The Sandford and TAL verbs are my favorite."

"The TAL one is really good, although somewhat limited in functions."

#20

Sanford Reverb

4.5

(2)

"The Sandford and TAL verbs are my favorite."

"Sanford Reverb."

#21

Convology XT

4.5

(2)

"Convology XT is a free plugin that can load your own IRs."

"Convology XT? It's free with a bunch of built-in IRs."

#22

Tal

4.5

(2)

"I use Tal reverb 4, which is an emulation of the lexicon 224. Try that. It sounds great to me"

"Tal-Reverb-4 is free and cool"

#23

Softube

4.5

(2)

"Softtube spring reverb is my favourite spring reverb plugin for that real splashy spring reverb sound. It’s by far the best one I’ve used personally."

"I really like softube tsar-1r, the most transparent one i tried."

#24

Denis Tihanov

4.0

(2)

"I also agree with all those who mentioned OrilRiver."

"Orilriver - algorithmic stereo reverb."

#25

CloudSeed

4.0

(2)

"CloudSeed is great. It's the only reverb that remained in my template for that long washed-out kind of reverb."

"I use Cloudseed for pads and OrilRiver for everything else"

#26

Baby Audio

4.0

(2)

"Baby Audio Crystalline, but it does have its own sound."

"Baby Audio Crystalline - quick multipurpose / functional reverb w/ BPM sync"

#27

Reaper

4.0

(2)

"I would recommend using ReaVerb or Melda's MConvolutionEZ (stock and free respectively)."

"Lately I like using Reaper's ReaVerb stock plugin and loading in impulse responses from rack reverbs."

#28

Voxengo

4.0

(2)

"Try using a convolution reverb. Voxengo has impulse responses for free from various concert spaces."

"I also like voxengo's reverbs too."

#29

Audiopunks

4.0

(2)

"Audiopunks Telefunken Echomixer is very vibey, I’ve just bought it recently."

"I like audiopunks echomixer."

#30

Arturia, Pulsar

5.0

(1)

"I have the Arturia spring 636, and I have tried many many others (uad,softube and countless IRs). Pulsar's primavera is by far the best spring reverb plugin I've heard."

#31

Klanghelm

5.0

(1)

"+1 on the Tens. It’s been my go to for a while"

#32

Surreal Machines

5.0

(1)

"Modnetic by Surreal Machines is the best I’d say."

#33

Avid

5.0

(1)

"I was on the hunt for a good spring reverb before Black Spring came and was extremely pleased when it came because it was better than a lot things that were around back then."

#34

Neural Amp Modeler

5.0

(1)

"Strange no one mentioned the free neural amp modeler. There are spring reverb models for it from fender and vox and did I mention its free and highly regarded amongst guitarists?"

#35

Acustica Silver

5.0

(1)

"Acustica Silver has the best plate and spring reverbs ITB. UAD springs are pretty good too."

#36

BalanceSP

5.0

(1)

"The quality of this reverb is amazing."

#37

REVERB FOUNDRY

5.0

(1)

"Has some REALLY nice preset verbs and you can adjust a zillion parameters quickly."

#38

Universal Audio

5.0

(1)

"A HIGHLY underrated plate reverb that I use constantly."

#39

Harbal

5.0

(1)

"Sounds like a real room. Fucking amazing."

#40

Magic7

5.0

(1)

"It's a free reverb plugin that has everything you would ever need"

#41

Aether

4.0

(1)

"Aether - very flexible."

#42

M-Audio

4.0

(1)

"Free FX package by M-Audio. Some nice reverbs there."

#43

Fruity Convolver

4.0

(1)

"Fruity convolver, dope plugin, its stock."

#44

EpicVerb

4.0

(1)

"If you're OK with 32-bit plug-ins, I got a lot out of a freebie called 'epicVerb'."

#45

Exponential Audio

4.0

(1)

"I use exponential audio reverbs and PA's RooMS for accurate space placing."

#46

SAFE

4.0

(1)

"SAFE is really good too."

#47

Spaces 2

4.0

(1)

"I like Spaces 2 for vocals and then I use Vintageverb for synths, for contrast."

#48

Black Rooster, Klanghelm

4.0

(1)

"I have and use black rooster’s spring reverb. It was cheap and does the job. Klanghelm’s is meant to be great too"

#49

sonible

4.0

(1)

"Sonible smart:reverb - when I don't really know what I want :)"

#50

Audioscape

4.0

(1)

"Audioscape XL 305 is a great option imo"

#51

Klanghelm, Pulsar, Fuse Audio Labs, uhe, Arturia

4.0

(1)

"For hifi BX style spring Klanghelm Tens is sweet. Primavera and the fuse audio labs one sounds nice, uhe twangstrom and the arturia one are viable too."

#52

IK Multimedia

4.0

(1)

"IK Multimedia spring verb can do it too"

#53

S-Gear

4.0

(1)

"My favorite is the spring reverb unit inside of S-Gear, which is a plugin containing a set of vintage amp models and accompanying vintage effects."

#54

AIR

4.0

(1)

"I like AIR spring reverb, part of the creative collection."

#55

Benson

4.0

(1)

"Benson spring reverb is pretty nice."

#56

Logic

4.0

(1)

"Since you are using logic, have you tried the spring in the pedalboard? It’s very good"

#57

Black Rooster

4.0

(1)

"Black Rooster has some seriously cool plugins. I might check out the RO-SPR!"

#58

UAD

4.0

(1)

"I'm using UAD's Pure Plate more and more lately. Just sounds so pure and good."

#59

Exponential

4.0

(1)

"Exponential Phoenixverb has a good selection"

#60

Universal Audio / ReLab

4.0

(1)

"Universal Audio / ReLab Lexicon 224 - 80s digital reverb"

#61

Safari Pedals

4.0

(1)

"I like Safari Pedals "Ladybug Reverb" -- it has a spring reverb in it that has a lot of character, and it has a "lofi" and "compressor" knob which further vary the sound."

#62

B Company

4.0

(1)

"If you are on a budget the “B” company sells one pretty good for that genuine spring feel"

#63

Primavera, Arturia, Black Rooster

4.0

(1)

"Primavera, Arturia, Black Rooster - all solid options."

#64

Sound Toys, Pulsar Primavera, Magic 7

4.0

(1)

"Sound Toys Little Spring or the full featured Version, Pulsar Primavera, Magic 7 (bricasti emu) with its huge amounts of Plate presets"

#65

Spaced Out

4.0

(1)

"Spaced Out"

#66

Image-Line

4.0

(1)

"I was excited at the idea of a new stock reverb plugin, as Fruity Reeverb 2 is"

#67

Variety of Sound

4.0

(1)

"In addition to what everyone else recommended: Variety of Sound - epicPLATE mkII."

#68

JST

4.0

(1)

"Skybox from JST is inexpensive, has a great spring setting."

#69

Goodhertz

4.0

(1)

"Goodhertz Megaverb."

#70

ALM

4.0

(1)

"I've been enjoying the effect plugins from ALM/Busy Circuits."

#71

Zynaptiq

4.0

(1)

"Zynaptiq Adaptiverb is great to get some crazy soundscapes out of nothin."

#72

Kush Audio

4.0

(1)

"Kush audio has a really really good sounding plate plugin."

#73

Galactic Verb

3.0

(1)

"The galactic verb isn't bad. It has some ducking controls which I find handy."

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