![]() ![]() But for big hairy gnarly aggressive rock 'n' roll drum 'verb, this one is certainly now my first call. If you're looking for clear, pure, natural - sounding reverberation, this one may not do it for you. However on this project, I didn't use them, going instead to CSR. I love the sound of them all, and I track these hw units often. In my studio I have a Lexicon PCM-91, a PCM-60 and an old Alesis XT:c. The Syncrosoft key is stashed away in a slot of a cheap multi-port USB hub, and it seems to run just fine (knock wood) without introducing any anomolies into my system. But I'm not running any VIs on my G5 either, so that may account for it. As I mentioned on another thread, I don't see any delay when opening the DP app itself as others have noted. With the Syncrosoft key, yes, there is a delay when you load CSR onto a track the first time. But man, it definitely sounds like rock 'n' roll. I don't get the impressiong that CSR is meant to be natural sounding. But it seems like CSR is a very different animal. I have not used Altiverb, and I can say that truly everyone I know that has it sings its praises. I'm using fairly short decay times with little to no pre-delay. So the whole midrange thickness is really important to me, and CSR has it. For drums, I usually put a HP at 400 Hz and a LP at 3 kHz, sometimes 2.5 kHz if the hat and cymbals are particularly bright and invasive. Sometimes adding compression, too, before the 'verb. I'm one of those guys who always puts an EQ before the reverb and filters the input heavily. "Classic Studio Reverb" is actually a perfect title for this product, as it definitely has all of the filtered thickness and companding / distortion of units like the Lexicon 224 / 480 and EMT 250. This plug-in added a thickness to the drums that I have not been able to get from other plug-in reverbs (I use UAD-1 Dreamverb and Plate 140, which I still find great for vocals, guitars and keyboards). I thought I would weigh in as I've gotten so much great info from you folks in the past. I just finished mixing a double CD rock album liberally using the CSR Plate reverb on the drums (detail: Gregg Bissonette drumming - good drummer with good sounding drums recorded with good mics in a good sounding room - lots of "good"). ![]()
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