There will also be lots of paid IRs available. Not sure offhand what the limit is for Thafknar. Only thing about Altispace 2 is the 15 second time limit for those wav files. There are tons of interesting free ones available, many of which are HUGE.

You can then look around the Internet for IRs. Thafknar is OK but I personally prefer Altispace 2 by a long way. One option would be to get a convolution reverb if you don't have one already. I don't know much about Valhalla as I stick to iOS. I have BlackHole and Crystalline, but looking for something Valhalla-like. What are the best reverbs available today, for someone looking for massive reverb. I'm sure they are great but also don't know if my ears are tuned in enough to be able to spot all the differences. Thanks for this info! I've wanted Valhalla effects for awhile but honestly just cannot justify the expense (yes, I know they are not expensive for good reverbs) but I have so many other effects and reverbs on the desktop. the blog is probably still around and is interesting if you're a fan of early reverbs, pitch shifters, digital processors, etc. also, lots of information on very early digital processors. Sean had a blog, before the release of shimmer, describing some of his process in creating this effect. Most recognise this as the sound of The Edge (U2 produced by Eno/Lanois), and refer to it as shimmer. Though I've never spoken with Sean Costello, I believe Valhalla Shimmer was created to emulate a process that Eno and Lanois experimented with reverb, delay, feedback, pitch shifting. pitch shift isn't used in the Blackhole algo, at least not in the way it is used in Shimmer.Īll of the Valhalla processors are very good/useful. But I have to acknowledge how thoroughly Eno saturated I am.They are very different. Obviously, ValhallaShimmer can get sounds well beyond the Eno / Lanois axis. My goal was to get a sound that was reminiscent of the larger processes used (several boxes, including reverb, pitch shifting, and modulated delays, with feedback applied), instead of a single component of those processes. It is worth noting that the algorithm isn't particularly close to any of the specific algorithms in the boxes Eno or Lanois used. ValhallaShimmer was pretty strongly Eno influenced. It was very helpful in getting my daughters to sleep at a young age. I've listened to a LOT of Eno/Budd over the years, I have to admit.

I tried explaining to someone what it was that distinguished this from a reverb with a long tail and I couldn't put it into words.Īctually, I don't want anyone else to know about this. I ran a Fender Rhodes patch through Shimmer and freaked. I've tried so many combinations of reverbs and delays trying to get that sound. Koranek wrote:There is a kind of lush piano sound that Eno/Budd created several years ago.

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