Wave Alchemy has released Magic7, a free Bricasti M7 reverb emulation for macOS and Windows.
Wave Alchemy is one of those developers that, while receiving many plaudits, still fly under the radar of many potential users.
My introduction to Wave Alchemy came via the Evolution drum engine for Kontakt (around 2018), which I really enjoyed. It made me wonder what I had been ignorant of over the previous decade or so since Dan Byers founded the company in 2008.
What I found was a developer passionate about creativity and attention to detail in equal measure.
So, when news of a Wave Alchemy freebie comes across the desk, my first instinct is to download it now, before even knowing what it is.
In this case, we have Magic7, a Bricasti M7 reverb emulation. A Bricasti M7 unit will set you back around £4000, give or take a little, which is far from loose change.
I love it when developers who are known for meticulous attention to detail release plugin emulations (especially when they’re free).
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The Bricasti M7 is a favourite of audio engineers due to its incredibly natural results.
Whether you’re going for a small, intimate space or a vast hall/cathedral, it produces immersive results that place you sonically in that space with a realism that’s hard to match.
Wave Alchemy has gone beyond capturing the general character of the pricey hardware and painstakingly recreated all 234 original M7 presets.
The Magic7 plugin features eleven reverb types: Ambience, Chambers, Halls 1/2, Nonlin (nonlinear spaces), Plates 1/2, Rooms 1/2, and Spaces 1/2.
Aside from a wide variety of reverb types and presets, Magic7 offers modern, user-friendly controls that lead to fast results.
One highlight in that area is the shaping control via the Smooth and Duck sliders. The Smooth slider reduces the transient volume without altering the dry signal in a way that maintains impact while avoiding the dreaded metallic reverb sound.
The plugin features custom DSP for Ducking, Smoothing, and flux ensemble (stereo spatialization and pitch modulation).
Magic7 is definitely one to get into over the weekend for me! It is available in AU, VST3, and AAX formats for macOS and Windows.
Download: Magic7 (FREE)
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