The latest in a series of Add-on products for the PreSonus Studio One 3 DAW, the Convology Vintage Reverbs library is formatted to work with Studio One 3 Professional’s Open AIR convolution reverb.
The Vintage Reverbs library combines three collections, which are also available individually – Vintage Digital Reverbs, Vintage Plate Reverbs, and Vintage Spring Reverbs. The 36 reverb effects they contain have been modelled from hard-to-find plate reverbs, spring reverbs and digital reverb processors. All sounds were sampled at 96kHz, 24 bits.
The Convology Vintage Digital Reverbs collection conjures the sounds of early 1980s EMT digital reverbs, some of them quite rare. A great deal of audio engineering science went into elements in the EMT 245, such as how far or close together the reflections needed to be in order to emulate different rooms, halls, and so on. The EMT 248 was loaded with presets and adjustable algorithms including Baroque Church, Cathedral, Romanesque Church with numerous size rooms, halls, stairwells, bathrooms, and even a preset called Tiny Room.
Convology’s Vintage Plate Reverb collection covers the Ecoplate, EMT 140 and 240, and Lawson Plate Reverb. The EMT 240 provides a darker sound, while the EMT 140 tends to be warm, replicating the sound of a concert hall – but with a bit of EQ, the 140 can readily replicate a dark, bright, or warm sounding room. The Ecoplate is brighter and a little more metallic sounding – for bringing production elements out in the mix when needed to cut through. The Lawson Plate tends to be bright, with a bump in the lower mids.
The Convology Vintage Spring Reverbs collection brings back the sound of 26 spring reverbs, sampled in England, Scotland, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the US. Many reverbs sampled in this Add-on have been used by major recording artists, including tube spring reverbs used by The Rascals, Van Morrison and James Brown (‘It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World’). The collection supplies a variety of spring reverbs, including ‘boingy’ springs suitable for vintage guitar, lead vocal, and organ and lush, warm-sounding springs that can nearly sound like a plate when light tremor and flutter of the spring occurs.
Studio One 3 Professional 3.2.2 and is part of a growing collection of add-ons for Studio One 3. Convology Vintage Digital Reverbs is available immediately for US$29.95, Vintage Plate Reverbs for US$34.95, and Vintage Spring Reverbs for US$39.95 – or all three for US$79.95.
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