Reverb pedal for Synths

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Reverb pedal for Synths

Post by Singlebladepickup » Tue Aug 14, 2018 7:09 pm

Anyone have strong feelings about what is the best type or a specific non-rack reverb for synth purposes?

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Re: Reverb pedal for Synths

Post by marqueemoon » Tue Aug 14, 2018 7:38 pm

I feel like something with a high pass on the reverb tail could be helpful for synth to keep it from getting muddy with bassier sounds.

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Re: Reverb pedal for Synths

Post by oid » Tue Aug 14, 2018 7:48 pm

Synth and early 90s digital reverb go hand in hand for me, Alesis being the one that sounds right, so I guess I would go with The Wedge if it must be in pedal format, one of the MidiVerbs or QuadraVerbs if you relent on the rack format.

Realistic reverbs heighten the sterile synthetic aspects of synths to my ear.
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Re: Reverb pedal for Synths

Post by Singlebladepickup » Tue Aug 14, 2018 7:56 pm

oid wrote:
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Realistic reverbs heighten the sterile synthetic aspects of synths to my ear.
Yea I don’t think of realistic springs, plates, halls, etc. for synths as much as I do guitar. I do like my Princeton’s spring but I’m eventually going to want something huge and unnatural. I know those old racks are probably the best for this, I’m just not going to start with that for now.

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Re: Reverb pedal for Synths

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Tue Aug 14, 2018 8:08 pm

Red Panda Context? It's my favorite reverb, though I've yet to try it with a synth.
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Re: Reverb pedal for Synths

Post by starflower » Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:39 pm

Degree of various pedals' headroom may be tough to confirm until the filters start to really thump and scream, but otherwise I reckon solid AD/DA conversion and both stereo in and out would be the only other musts.

For the money and quality, I'd go with a Digitech RV-7
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Re: Reverb pedal for Synths

Post by Zork » Tue Aug 14, 2018 11:07 pm

TC Hall of Fame sounds phenomenal with my Sub37.

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Re: Reverb pedal for Synths

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Wed Aug 15, 2018 12:39 am

Zork wrote:
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TC Hall of Fame sounds phenomenal with my Sub37.
Let's be fair here Zork. What doesn't sound phenomenal with a Sub37? :D :D ;D ;)
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Re: Reverb pedal for Synths

Post by Zork » Wed Aug 15, 2018 1:30 am

:D

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Re: Reverb pedal for Synths

Post by Zork » Wed Aug 15, 2018 4:46 am

...no seriously: it has a tone control with a pretty wide range for the reverb so you can easily seperate or blend the reverb and synth sounds. Also the algorythms sound very, very good and you have a good variety of different tastes of reverb. Plus you can go totally nuts with the tone print editor and program your personal reverb with lots of possibilities from classic to wild and weird.

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Re: Reverb pedal for Synths

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Wed Aug 15, 2018 6:32 am

That's super cool.
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Re: Reverb pedal for Synths

Post by savantjk » Tue Aug 28, 2018 5:53 pm

Meris Mercury7 been getting lots of love lately. I have one and am a fan. Their entire line has been getting rave reviews. I'd gladly purchase from them again.

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Re: Reverb pedal for Synths

Post by fortytwo » Wed Aug 29, 2018 3:50 am

The Meris Mercury sounds great, but the if you don't have the cash for it, the EHX Cathedral can sound really nice too, the Boss RV-5 can work too in some cases.

However, if you want to get something new, and go the extra mile for your sound, I'd look at the OTO BAM Space Generator.

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Re: Reverb pedal for Synths

Post by agiehler » Wed Aug 29, 2018 7:05 am

The newer Fender reverb stompbox sounds pretty good and has an array of settings to dial in.

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Re: Reverb pedal for Synths

Post by popvulture » Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:04 am

Pricy, but the OTO BAM has been my favorite for use with synths. Also sounds nuts on guitar and whatever else I've thrown at it.

Dr. Scientist Reverberator also does the job really well in a pinch.

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