Valhalla Room

So...I've had this demo for quite a bit...and the others too.  Basically since the plate version came out.  I like this the best.
Here's what's happening...  I can just slap it on a FX buss and it works great.  Basically no tweaking. Maybe the tail length a little.   However, I put a variety of different reverbs, and although NONE (to me) sound as good initially, I can tweak them, use EQ, etc and they can come very close for my needs.  For that reason, I'm cheap and haven't spent the $50 bucks.  Also because I'm buying other stuff and the wallet can endure so much....and another reverb is a whole topic.
People rave about this reverb.  I like it...but in a mix, the others seem to be cutting it.  What gives?  Bad ears,..?.. Valhalla just sounds too good out of the gate?,...I'm trying to convince myself??  IDK...I think I should just blow the 50 bucks and be done with it...
Then...what to buy next!!! :-D

I am a longtime fan/proponent of VRoom, and more recently, VPlate. But let me try and set the rah-rahs aside and put it into practical perspective.
 
It basically comes down to the length of the reverb tail and how up-front the effect is. The shorter the decay, the less difference you notice from one reverb to the next. The louder the wet signal, the more differences you become aware of. The brighter the wet signal, the more likely you are to hear artifacts in less-capable reverbs.
 
 
Many of VRoom's rave reviews come from guys who love to drench spacey, ambient electronica in lush reverb. That's a demanding test because the effect is front and center. VRoom does well in that scenario, holding its own against far more expensive alternatives. For many, that's enough justification to hand over the fifty bucks.
 
But ambient electronica isn't my thing. Sure, sometimes a lead instrument benefits from a long, juicy reverb tail. More often, my goal is to make the reverb transparent. By "transparent", I don't mean inaudible. I mean the effect fattens the sound but the listener can't actually point to the reverb as the reason for the fattening. The more subtle the effect, the less obvious the advantages of one reverb over another.
 
At some point between in-yer-face and a whisper of air, it won't matter anymore which reverb you're using. But with VRoom you don't worry about where that cutoff is, because you'll know it'll do fine at any point along that continuum.
 
 

Thanks Bit! That was a great short course on verb. My biggest problem with the Vroom and Vplate is they are right in the $50 area where because they are cheap for a good reverb I don't prioritize them and When there's nothing else I'm saving for I don't have $50. Too cheap to get in a hurry and no sales don't knock me off the fence and too expensive when all I have is chump change.

Yes, since it will never go on sale...what's the hurry? You may try that new free u-he protoverb.
https://www.u-he.com/cms/179-protoverb

great tip sharke.  I keep meaning to print out a tempo versus milliseconds...for delay repeats, etc.  But I always just twiddle till it sounds good.

bitflipper
 
Not so easy to do on a non-percussive track such as a synth pad, but those aren't critical anyway.

There must be a joke in there somewhere.... like tossing the accordion into the dumpster, etc...

Talking about pads, do check out MegaMagic Pads at pluginguru.com, made by John Lemkuhl of Korg pads fame.
Amazingly lush with reverb baked in.
Just bought them. One package works for Omnisphere2, Kontakt5, Reason, EXS24 and Serum.

... Flour

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Bapu has your spelling so scrooed up you don't know if you should( here's one my dad used to say)_____ or wind your watch.

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Bit... perfect pitch... ?? the accordion not hitting the dumpster sides from 20ft away...!

Valhalla Room is a great reverb....its strength, as bitflipper said, is the long, lush verb...I use Valhalla Room on almost every project. But I mostly use the Plates and Gated settings. The short reverbs.
The trick is to set the Pre Delay....setup the reverb and adjust the Pre Delay slider until you find the sweet spot.
 
Another trick I use is to send a vocal to a Delay with only one or two repeats, then I send the Delay signal to the Valhalla. It gives the vocal a ghostly ambient reverb that kind of follows the dry signal and gives it some room.
 
One last thing that very few people mention....EQing the reverb....alot of reverbs tend to add quite a bit of low end, or mids or even highs.... (digital delays are notorious for adding esses and attacks )....anyway removing some frequencies will make a reverb sound even better.
 
My 2 cents.....I love Valhalla Room.....