Features

-Three great plug-ins: Stereo Room, High Density Plate, and Room Reverb

-New presets by John Agnello (The Hold Steady, Patty Smith, DinosaurJr.), Joe Chicarelli (U2, Elton John, White Stripes), Stewart Lerman(The Roches, Antony and the Johnsons, and Crash Test Dummies), andGeorge Massenburg (James Taylor, Billy Joel, Dixie Chicks) have beenadded.

-Natural and distinctive; unique sound
-Simple, intuitive parametric controls
-Complex early reflections
-Smooth decay tail
-Novel Position control for precise room placement
-Decay control sets the reverb time
-Predelay adds a delay before the reverb
-Diffusion alters the character of the space
-EQ block: corner frequency and gain controls
-Input gain control for precise level matching
-Kill button for quick effect audition

Creating a reverb algorithm is part art and part science.

The science bit is all about the naturalness of the sound - whetherthe simulation convincingly conveys the "feel" of a real room.

Some digital reverbs don't have the horsepower to run a sufficientlycomplex program to achieve "naturalness." Without enough processingpower the effect will suffer from low echo density or unnatural densitygrowth with time or comb filter effects, etc. As Einstein is alleged tohave said "things should be as simple as possible, but no simpler."This principle certainly applies to reverb algorithms.

The art of reverb algorithm design begins with simulating a 'room'that actually sounds good. Needless to say, rooms exist in the realworld that sound awful. The structure of the reverb algorithm combinedwith the choices of delay lengths, interconnects, filter placement,early reflections, etc. all contribute to the overall sound. The finalelement of the art of reverb design is the designer's choice of theways in which, and the extent to which, the artist/engineer/producer ispermitted to modify the effect. What are the parameters and what dothey do?

The degrees of freedom available to the designer guaranty that notwo (sufficiently complex) reverb algorithms will sound the same. Eachwill be unique. There are a number of popular digital reverberators forgood reason. Each has a distinctive sound, each has a particular set ofpossibilities. The SP2016 reverbs have attracted a loyal user basebecause of a particular blend of art and science. They sound natural.They sound distinctive. And, although they allow the user to vary theeffect dramatically, the controls can't be set in such a way as tocreate an unnatural sounding effect - this is a good thing.