This edition of bpb Freeware Studio covers the best freeware algorithmic reverb VST plugins. Convolution reverbs will be covered in a separate article later on (if you need one asap, get Reverberate LE).
Follow the links for screenshots & download info:
- Ambience by Magnus of Smartelectronix (Mac, Windows)
- Classic Reverb by Kjaerhus (Windows)
- DX Reverb Light by ANWIDA Soft (Mac, Windows)
- epicVerb by Variety Of Sound (Windows)
- KR-Reverb FS by KResearch (Mac, Windows)
- Mo’ Verb by Cyberworm (Windows)
- MuVerb by Mutools (Windows)
- MVerb by Martin Eastwood (Linux, Mac, Windows)
- OldSkoolVerb by Voxengo (Mac, Windows)
- OmniVerb by Jeroen Breebaart (Windows)
- Poor Plate by vacuumsound (Mac, Windows)
- Reverbering by NUSofting (Windows)
- SpringLine by RoughDraftAudio (Windows)
- Spring Reverb by Hotto Engineering (Mac, Windows)
- TAL-Reverb-III by Togu Audio Line (Mac, Windows)
- Tila2 by signaldust (Windows)
- TimeVerb by GSi (Mac, Windows)
Ambience and epicVerb are my two favorite freeware reverb effects. They both sound phenomenal, come with a large amount of presets, and can be tweaked to almost any kind of reverb sound you might need. Keep in mind that they are both a bit more on the CPU-hungry side, though.
epicVerb by Variety Of Sound.
MVerb, TimeVerb , DX Reverb, OldSkoolVerb and Classic Reverb use far less CPU (especially MVerb!), and still sound very good. They also have rather simple interefaces, making them pretty easy to operate. MVerb and OldSkoolVerb are pretty much my go-to reverbs for channel use. You should also check out these three alternative versions of MVerb made by Wusik.
MVerb by Martin Eastwood.
SpringLine and Spring Reverb are, wait for it… spring reverb emulations! These two are good candidates if you’re looking to get the good old dubby kind of reverb sound. Another interesting one to experiment with is Reverbering, featuring a noise control which can lead to some unusual results.
Reverbering by NUSofting.
Poor Plate, TAL-Reverb-III and MuVerb are great sounding plate reverbs. This kind of stuff sounds great on lead vocals, synth leads, etc. MuVerb is a tad bit more CPU hungry, but it sounds remarkably well!
TAL-Reverb III by Togu Audio Line.
Tila2 is a great sounding room reverb unit nonetheless. Definitely uses a fair amount of CPU, but it’s still a really good choice for a room reverb if you have a powerful enough computer.
Tila2 by signaldust.
Many thanks to bpb readers slops and FrozenjaZz for suggesting KR-Reverb FS and Mo’ Verb.
As always, you are welcome to suggest your own favorite freeware reverb in the comments section below!
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KR-reverb is one of my favorites for longer reverbs.
Worth looking at…!
http://www.kresearch.com/Free-Series.htm
cheers, i’ll check that one out.
dude you’re awesome!
wish you would’ve done this 4 years ago when i checked all the free vstplugins on the the planet :D
serious you do a good job here and i hope a lot of people find this information and can use it!!!
keep it up!
joe
haha, thanks joe! i can’t wait to finish the whole bpb Freeware Studio.
epicVerb and Ambience are maybe most serious among these IMO, but newbie can easily mess up with lot of controls which are not so intuitive when talking about reverb phenomena. So i prefer ClassicReverb and mVerb,bacause of very few and easy to undersand pots
Thanks for your selection, and kudos for your website, I visit it daily, I love it!
I will try MVerb that I did not know.
I often use the following one, I don’t know how it compares to the others
http://www.rhythm-lab.com/plugins/mo_verb
EpicVerb is the best, but so many knobs…
thanks FrozenjaZz, i’ve added Mo’verb to the list.
The only two i can think of is the very old ‘Buzzroom Roomreverb’, Its a one trick pony but i find myself using it often still. Then the other is ‘dasample’s GlaceVerb’, I can not get GlaceVerb to install/run on Windows7 but it works fine on XP and is good a HUGE uber-verbs. Good call on the selection listed. Dean
cheers Dean, i’ll check those two reverbs out.
Hello. I’m a 15 year old blind musician who edits all of my recordings myself with two programs: Goldwave, and Audacity, Goldwave being my main audio editor. One of my favorite freeware reverbs to go to is Anwidasoft’s Dx Reverb Lite, both available in Vst and Directx formats.
Here is a recording of me on a piano, and being backed up by a conga player:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8449597/19%20-%20Leyte.mp3
Another great reverb is Freeverb2. Thank you.
Hi Tristian, thanks for sharing your work and reverb tips! The tune is really well played and sounds quite good. :]
Good selection. Definitely check out RoomMachin844. For smaller sounding rooms, i.e. using on a snare or vocals, its an absolute dream. A lot of reverbs fall apart in this area. I love the bpb website! I can’t believe after all the years searching plugins, etc., that I’m just finding this site now!
thanks for the suggestion! i’ll be reorganizing this list a bit, and will probably include RoomMachine 844 too.
also, thanks for the kind words about BPB. :)
Hi, another really good free reverb is Glaceverb, avaiable here: http://dasample.com/products/glaceverb/
thanks for the tip! i’ll include Glaceverb in the next revision of this article.
Is there a reason that Omniverb fell off the list?
is Omniverb still available for free download? i think JB pulled the whole series and updated them to ToneBoosters (which is not free).
available here:
http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?plugin=Omniverb&id=545
cheers for that, i’ll add it to the list.
i checked this list and i noticed that my currently favorite free reverb plugin isnt here…
its a room simulator… i would say it goes into a similar concept compared to the allready “famous” valhalaroom
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/space360-by-cytosonic
this one its free, and the GUI its very simple and friendly
it doesnt came with presets, but its possible to create them and save banks…
i enjoy your blog a lot! regards
thanks for the suggestion Ricardo, i’ll give it a go!
AriesVerb 0.4a alpha is still great, if you don’t mind using your host’s default GUI
http://www.ariescode.com/index.php?/ariesverb_archive.php
DUY Z-room is a pretty good one. Has a fair few adjustable parameters and sounds real nice.
http://www.duy.net/services/zroom-free.asp
check dis http://sampleria.com/saltline-intros-lisc-verb-free-vst-effect/