Good reverb for Linux? (SOLVED)

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Hi there good folks,

I went to search through that other thread on good plugins, as well as some other websites, but I unfortunately am unable to find a good Linux reverb plugin. There are some weird sounding ones, which are great for soundscaping and the like, but I'm really looking into a good algorithmic or hybrid reverb native Linux plugin (VST, LV2, etc. doesn't matter).

Do you have one to suggest?

Thanks,
- A

EDIT: Obviously, this topic has been 'solved', with a plethora of suggestions. So for anyone coming by, have a look.

[PMan]

Lots of choices. Some of my faves:

A high quality commercial plugin from our own mike@overtonedsp
(let's support developers who support Linux!):
https://www.acmt.co.uk/products/down...0x1/index.html

2 JSFX verbs from Tukan Studios Lexikan-RD and Lexikan2:
https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=260754

TAL Reverb II (TAL does several free reverbs, but this is my fave)
https://tal-software.com/products/tal-reverb

The excellent LSP convolution verb:
https://lsp-plug.in/

Aether:
https://github.com/Dougal-s/Aether

The Dragonfly reverb series:
https://michaelwillis.github.io/dragonfly-reverb/

[Heart Doctor]

Free:

Room Reverb by ElephantDSP
https://www.elephantdsp.com/

Dragonfly Reverb by Michael Willis
https://michaelwillis.github.io/dragonfly-reverb/


Commercial:

Eos 2 and ADverb 2 by AudioDamage
https://www.audiodamage.com/


My favorite reverb is Sanford Reverb by Leslie Sanford.
http://www.lesliesanford.com/vst/plugins/

It is Windows64 only but can be used under Linux in combination with Wine & Yabridge.

[PMan]

I love the sound of EOS2, I purchased the full version, but I have to be honest, it's buggy. It sometimes doesn't initialize properly. When I open a project that has EOS2 in it, sometimes the tracks with EOS2 either have no sound, or only the right channel has sound. When that happens, if I open the EOS2 FX window, Reaper freezes, and I have to *log out* to get Reaper to close.

It only happens *sometimes* but it happened often enough that I stopped using it.

I've emailed Audio Damage support about this. I hope they get it fixed.

[mschnell]

Reaverb ?!?!?!?!?
-Michael

[foxAsteria]

Actually don't have any native Reverbs. They're all running perfectly in wine though. Perfect Plate is my fave atm and it's on sale.

Sai'ke makes some nice JS plugs. If you have ReaPack, try LavaVerb.

[axel_ef]

Originally Posted by mschnell

Reaverb ?!?!?!?!?
-Michael

Exactly, you don't need more than that and some impulses.

https://stash.reaper.fm/tag/Reverb-Impulses

https://www.housecallfm.com/download...l-lexicon-480l

http://www.voxengo.com/files/impulses/IMreverbs.zip

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Wow, thanks for the great response team, didn't expect there was so much choice to be frank!

Yeah, I also used ReaVerb with an impulse, but I try to avoid IR reverbs because they are tough to control through automation. But are awesome for realism, so I pick the tool suitable for the task.

Anyway, there are some great algorithmic here as well, thanks again!

[elcalen]

I've been liking TAL Reverb 4 a lot recently. Also Airwindows Verbity and Chamber sound surprisingly good for how simple and CPU friendly they are.

I kinda fell off the IR stuff, personally. They can sound pretty good, sure, but algorithmic reverbs just often seem easier and simpler, less static and (depending on plugin) more CPU friendly... And for the kind of stuff I'm doing (electronic music) I don't necessarily care about getting the most realistic sounds possible.

[Tobbe]

This also: https://github.com/DISTRHO/MVerb

[lalelu]

bkReverb, part of the free bkFX bundle:

https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=369138

Controls deliberately kept simple, very CPU-friendly. Equally suited for small ambience and long reverb tails. (disclaimer: I'm the dev).

[s wave]

One that is not 'in the box' (ITB) is: live (or using recorded tracks) tracking with a good mic and monitors and adjust the speaker output and distance from mic. Old school just really good and better than most plugins... tc

[PMan]

Originally Posted by lalelu

bkReverb, part of the free bkFX bundle:

https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=369138

Controls deliberately kept simple, very CPU-friendly. Equally suited for small ambience and long reverb tails. (disclaimer: I'm the dev).

Yeah, bkReverb is great! I didn't want my list to be too long.

[AuburnSounds]

Our own Panagement is a free reverb, it's not only a binaural pan+distance.

[foxAsteria]

Originally Posted by AuburnSounds

Our own Panagement is a free reverb, it's not only a binaural pan+distance.

Gah! How'd that feature escape my notice?!

[Soli Deo Gloria]

Originally Posted by lalelu

bkReverb, part of the free bkFX bundle:

https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=369138

Controls deliberately kept simple, very CPU-friendly. Equally suited for small ambience and long reverb tails. (disclaimer: I'm the dev).

Beautiful, Lalelu!


Extremely low CPU usage, and very nice-sounding!! Thank you very much for this gem!

Side note : Firefox says the KVR download is "insecure". I downloaded it anyway, but I just wanted to point it out...

[Mcgiver69]

Okay here is my contribution, these are all impulse responses but great nonetheless:

- Lexicon 480l:
https://www.housecallfm.com/download...l-lexicon-480l

- Bricasti M7:
https://samplicity.com/bricasti-m7-i...esponse-files/

- U-He Protoverb
https://www.audiopluginsforfree.com/1422-2/

- Orilriver:
This one is a windows plugin but works great on LinVst or Yabridge
https://plugins4free.com/plugin/2538/


If you have ReaPack you can install the Tukan Studios plugins, they have a very nice version of the Lexicon reverbs too.

[chmaha]

Originally Posted by Mcgiver69

Okay here is my contribution, these are all impulse responses but great nonetheless:

- Lexicon 480l:
https://www.housecallfm.com/download...l-lexicon-480l

- Bricasti M7:
https://samplicity.com/bricasti-m7-i...esponse-files/

- U-He Protoverb
https://www.audiopluginsforfree.com/1422-2/

- Orilriver:
This one is a windows plugin but works great on LinVst or Yabridge
https://plugins4free.com/plugin/2538/


If you have ReaPack you can install the Tukan Studios plugins, they have a very nice version of the Lexicon reverbs too.

Just a heads-up: Orilriver isn't impulsed-based, neither is Protoverb

For actual Linux-native reverbs not already mentioned: zita-rev1 (via JACK or there's an LV2 available via rev-plugins package and you can also download VST or whatever you like via Faust). Also Harrison's Gverb+ https://harrisonconsoles.com/product/xt-gv-gverb/. These plus IRs such as Samplicity may be all you need.

Unfortunately, for critical applications (read classical audio people pay me to master) I feel nothing quite beats Phoenixverb/Nimbus/R2/R4 but luckily they work by local activation via iLok manager on Linux.

[ivansc]

Also, that Housecall 480 one has not been available to download in ages. Shame, as I used to have it way back & it was pretty good. I would appreciate anyone having a working d/l address for it letting me know

[chmaha]

Originally Posted by ivansc

Also, that Housecall 480 one has not been available to download in ages. Shame, as I used to have it way back & it was pretty good. I would appreciate anyone having a working d/l address for it letting me know

http://www.housecallfm.com/download.php?f=BGLex480.zip

[Glennbo]

Originally Posted by ivansc

Also, that Housecall 480 one has not been available to download in ages. Shame, as I used to have it way back & it was pretty good. I would appreciate anyone having a working d/l address for it letting me know

Originally Posted by BethHarmon

http://www.housecallfm.com/download.php?f=BGLex480.zip

I started to download those, but then realized I already had them in my impulses folder.

I've been so stuck on the quad Bricasti impulses for True Stereo, that I've sort of forgotten about BG's Lexicon impulses. I'm going to have to re-visit those, particularly for things like vocal tracks.

Edit: well since ReaVerb kinda sucks for trying to do TrueStereo, I went ahead and made ReaVerb default to using the BG 480 samples in plain jane stereo. That way I can just add ReaVerb to a track and it's ready to pick an impulse from the 480, and loading the LSP Impulse Reverb defaults to the quad format Bricasti impulses for True Stereo.

[chmaha]

Originally Posted by Glennbo

Edit: well since ReaVerb kinda sucks for trying to do TrueStereo

It would be nice if this wasn't the case. Surprised this wasn't a quick fix by the devs For now it's limited to a reverb bus at 100% wet (some would say the best way but still...clearly a bug regarding dry turning mono).

[Glennbo]

Originally Posted by BethHarmon

It would be nice if this wasn't the case. Surprised this wasn't a quick fix by the devs For now it's limited to a reverb bus at 100% wet (some would say the best way but still...clearly a bug regarding dry turning mono).

I'm cool with using the LSP Impulse Reverb for doing True Stereo. My use of True Stereo is to have the verb sitting on the Sub Master, with the entire mix equally wet so as to have the entire performance sound like it was performed in the same room.

For verbs on vocals or guitars, I can use ReaVerb where I don't need the more realistic sound of True Stereo reverb.

If the devs were gonna work on something that makes more difference to me, they could either bring back the "pull handle down to maximize" functionality that was removed for folks like me who almost exclusively use Free Item Positioning,

https://forum.cockos.com/showpost.ph...02&postcount=6

or follow through with the "we'll also add an action to resize items on FIPM tracks to the maximum size that will fit"

https://forum.cockos.com/showpost.ph...0&postcount=14

It's a pain to have to drag media items UP only so you can then drag their handles DOWN. Used to be able to just drag down and the media item would expand to fill the height of the track.

[mschnell]

Originally Posted by BethHarmon

It would be nice if this wasn't the case. Surprised this wasn't a quick fix by the devs

Indeed.

They introduced the channel router ability but very astonishingly same does not allow for true stereo possibility. At least I did try hard and was not able to configure it to do that due to some weird internal limitation. (Discussion on that in some forum thread.)

-Michael

[chmaha]

Originally Posted by mschnell

Indeed.

They introduced the channel router ability but very astonishingly same does not allow for true stereo possibility. At least I did try hard and was not able to configure it to do that due to some weird internal limitation. (Discussion on that in some forum thread.)

-Michael

At risk of repeat-posting, here is the pin configuration for Reaverb to achieve true stereo after loading a 4-channel (quad) IR:



The issue as described by Glennbo is that unless you use it 100% wet on a bus, any dry signal amount is converted to mono which is incredibly odd. Devs -- please could you have a look at fixing this shortcoming? Plus, it would be wonderful to load up a 4-channel IR and for it to default to pin settings that produce true stereo. If the configuration of the IR is not LLRR then the user can go into the pins and configure as appropriate.

[Glennbo]

Originally Posted by BethHarmon

The issue as described by Glennbo is that unless you use it 100% wet on a bus, any dry signal amount is converted to mono which is incredibly odd. Devs -- please could you have a look at fixing this shortcoming? Plus, it would be wonderful to load up a 4-channel IR and for it to default to pin settings that produce true stereo. If the configuration of the IR is not LLRR then the user can go into the pins and configure as appropriate.

At one point I was thinking about trying to separate the quad impulse files and then reassemble them to work properly with ReaVerb, but it was much easier to just use LSP Impulse Reverb which loads True Stereo impulse files correctly.

[mschnell]

Originally Posted by BethHarmon

Plus, it would be wonderful to load up a 4-channel IR and for it to default to pin settings that produce true stereo. If the configuration of the IR is not LLRR then the user can go into the pins and configure as appropriate.

Yep. But it also would be very appropriate to allow for loading two stereo file (which seems like a common format of distributing IRs) as well. AFAIU, this is not possible with a single ReaVerb instance.
I did not yet get myself to converting two stereo files in a single quad file to allow for using that new ReaVerb feature.

-Michael

[Xasman]

Originally Posted by BethHarmon

...there's an LV2 available via rev-plugins package

Unfortunately, that package seems to contain LADSPA versions only (and not LV2).

[chmaha]

Originally Posted by Xasman

Unfortunately, that package seems to contain LADSPA versions only (and not LV2).

Oops, you are correct. I was getting confused. You can always create an LV2 from https://faustide.grame.fr/. Just select reverb > ZitaRev from the examples dropdown then click on the little truck to build whatever version you like. I've attached an LV2 build to this post too.

[Xasman]

Originally Posted by foxAsteria

Sai'ke makes some nice JS plugs. If you have ReaPack, try LavaVerb.

Hey, many thanks for suggesting this - Sai'ke's plug ins are amazing and both Abyss and Lava Verb are quite jaw-droppingly incredible JS plugins!

[Xasman]

Originally Posted by BethHarmon

Oops, you are correct. I was getting confused. You can always create an LV2 from https://faustide.grame.fr/. Just select reverb > ZitaRev from the examples dropdown then click on the little truck to build whatever version you like. I've attached an LV2 build to this post too.

Hey, thanks Beth - that's most kind of you!