When Valhalla DSP released Supermassive, it quickly became a favorite of aspiring producers and professionals.
It’s important to note the plugin’s appeal to music makers of all levels because Valhalla’s Supermassive isn’t one of those releases that’s pretty good for a freebie. It’s great regardless of price (although it’s awesome that it’s free).
And of course, it’s featured on our list of free reverb plugins.
One of the qualities that makes Supermassive so great is its distinct character.
Depending on how you use the plugin, that distinct character may vary, but it’s not a plugin that goes unnoticed.
Whether you’re creating ambient synth pads, lush lead guitar tones, or adding a delay that makes almost anything sound epic, Supermassive is the standard for many people.
If epic is your goal, remember to check out Flame Sound’s free Cinematic Risers Sample Pack.
The much-loved Supermassive reverb/delay plugin is now in version 4.0.0, and with the recent update comes a new Pleiades mode.
Supermassive is a very fitting name for the plugin because it brings an immense sense of space, like chucking your sound into the void of space and just about getting it back.
Wild as that sounds, Supermassive has it all under control and works well. Recent updates have introduced more musical algorithms and presets, at least traditionally speaking, and that’s what Pleiades offers.
Pleiades brings a level of transparency and natural decay that wasn’t previously available from Supermassive.
You can rely on Pleiades to create realistic small room reverb with short delays and low feedback.
If you increase the feedback, you can create a lush, almost ethereal reverb that remains free of coloration.
Pleiades is more tame than most Supermassive algorithms, but it still very much belongs in that group.
With that in mind, Pleiades doesn’t stop at realist small rooms; the included presets venture into massive modulated reverbs, huge grainy reverbs, metallic flangers, chorused echoes, and more.
Supermassive remains one of the best free reverb/delay plugins available and manages to get a little better with each update.
Pleiades brings a little realism but doesn’t take much convincing to venture into more typical Supermassive territory.
Download Supermassive for free in AU, VST, and AAX formats for macOS and Windows.
Download: Valhalla Suppermassive 4.0 (FREE)
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22 Comments
Numanoid
onI notice that Boz Digital Labs offer their Imperial Delay at $10 during Black Week (regularly they sell it for $149)
John B.
onFYI, Rigid Audio is going out of business and is offering many of their Kontakt instruments for free. Also, their “Everything Bundle” is on sale for USD $25.00. https://www.rigid-audio.com/index.html
Arthur
onThey also has a time-limited offer of Hibernate – an ethereal textures and scapes engine. https://vstalarm.com/product/hibernate-by-rigid-audio-limited-time-free/
alex
onAudiolatry released a new free drum plugin.
“It has 50 drum kits in total and is suitable for a wide range of styles.”
audiolatry.com/b/drumtastic
alex
onBTW, Pleiades mode is great. Supermassive has just got even better.
Numanoid
onThomann got Moog Mariana on offer at €39 (reg price €99)
Everything Moog on offer is of course a special deal ;-)
Tomislav Zlatic
onNice one!
Jay K
onNewfangled Audio released a new free plugin. There’s a catch though, you need to solve a riddle. I won’t spoil it for you, it says it is free forever so no rush.
newfangledaudio.com/secret-plugin
Ants
onI tried at least 60 words, cannot find it ! Damn hard, how did you do it? How many attempts?!!
Calidreads
onJay doesn’t know the words and hopes that we tell him here.
Wery clever Jay :-)
Entronix
onObliterate
Ants
onDAMN !!!! I had tried it, but without the capital O, those cheeky buggers !!!!!!!
But thanks anyway haha !
Ants
onJust for fun, this is the list of words I had tried .. LOL …!
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Ants
onI guess you got it from the page source, clever, I didn’t think of going to check, but it is there, with the capital O, nice ;)
sam
onthanks for the password lol i tried so many things, even asked multiple AIs, and they all had it right. but making the password lowercase sensitive, was just ludicrous. who tf thinks of that?
might as well have been oBl1teRate1! ffs
alex
onNice! Thx!
Mark
onit is a really cool distortion plugin, destroys any audio source – if you want that, it is really great. I like it on 808s and distorting drums. And sounds stellar teamed with pendulum.
Michael in South Korea
onI think BPB needs a “General Comments” section 😄
K in Detroit
onSadly this has been asked forever. It’s “next for the site” so expect it by the end of 2025.
Tomislav Zlatic
onIt’s next on my list for website improvements, along with a better comments system. Most of the testing is done and it will be implemented early in 2025.
Numanoid
onWorking well already as it is, users can post deals they have seen.
I don’t think BPB needs a forum as such, but just a thread for the best deals at the moment.
Rob Boss
onfree yamaha cs-20m for decent sampler released
decentsamples.com/product/yamaha-cs-20m-analog-synthesizer