Oh God it does sound amazing, I just listened to the demo. Very smooth and natural decay. Going to have a lot of trouble resisting this. I just wish there was a discount for existing Valhalla users. 

Oh sure, we'll already got all the reverbs we need. But NOT ONE of them models the properties of Unobtanium. Sean had to consult with James Cameron for those specs.

Demoing now, and Oh! my goodness. I didn't think I'd ever buy another reverb, but this is just too perfect for vocals.
 
My standard evaluation method for reverbs: turn it up until it starts getting in the way of the dry signal and see if it still sounds good. This one you can crank right up and never hit a level where it doesn't sound  good. 
 
It'll be peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the next week, but I had no choice but to buy this. Even though Valhalla is local to me so I have to pay an extra 4 bucks in sales tax. One more sandwich.
 

Glad I'm not the only one who couldn't resist!

I really like the look of that GUI too. I wonder if he will put out a reverb bundle at some point. 
 
 

...Resistance is breaking down...
 
Last thing I need is another reverb. Doing lots of A/B's with the demo on closer listen, and the unit is quite remarkable. My ears are too burned to hear wow factor differences in the various plate materials beyond some eq shifting, but the richness and bass end set it apart even from other Valhallas.
 
Has asked the guy awhile back if there were discounts for multiple reverbs, and he said "no". Reason was acceptable that you can't get something of this quality for $50. Would be a plus if there were a bundle price for newcomers or a discount for the faithful.
 
John

How dare you people make me want to buy another freaking reverb! I will resist for awhile. I'm finally giving the Bricasti M7 IRs a good try using Mmultibandconvolution. That should keep me busy for a long time. I'll admit it when I change my mind and buy Valhallaplate of course.

JohnKenn
...Last thing I need is another reverb...
 

Exactly what I thought when I read the announcement.
 
Then I heard it. Total elapsed time between initial awareness and purchase: perhaps ten minutes. And it only took that long because I was having too much fun with the demo to stop and download it.
 
This seemingly redundant purchase actually puts something new into my toolbox: a true MONO reverb. Most folks worry (pointlessly, in most cases) whether a reverb is "true stereo" or not, but my hangup has been lack of a true monophonic reverb. All real EMT plates were mono, of course. Insert ValhallaPlate into a mono track, and the plugin properly handles the mono input and gives you mono output. Coolness. Of course, if you put it on a stereo track or bus, you do get "true" stereo, too.
 
I've been trying it on anything and everything. I have to admit, it's not the ideal fit for every source. Only on vocals, sax and horns, drums and percussion, acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, synth leads and pads, string sections and woodwinds. Sucks on everything else.
 
 
 

bitflipper

JohnKenn
...Last thing I need is another reverb...
 

Exactly what I thought when I read the announcement.
 
Then I heard it. Total elapsed time between initial awareness and purchase: perhaps ten minutes. And it only took that long because I was having too much fun with the demo to stop and download it.
 
This seemingly redundant purchase actually puts something new into my toolbox: a true MONO reverb. Most folks worry (pointlessly, in most cases) whether a reverb is "true stereo" or not, but my hangup has been lack of a true monophonic reverb. All real EMT plates were mono, of course. Insert ValhallaPlate into a mono track, and the plugin properly handles the mono input and gives you mono output. Coolness. Of course, if you put it on a stereo track or bus, you do get "true" stereo, too.
 
I've been trying it on anything and everything. I have to admit, it's not the ideal fit for every source. Only on vocals, sax and horns, drums and percussion, acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, synth leads and pads, string sections and woodwinds. Sucks on everything else.
 
 
 

It's funny, if you read Sean's blog he says that he thinks that plates sound "kinda weird" in mono. I like that it has a width control though, that's one less plugin in the chain for me....

Here is the video from the Valhalla site that gives a great demonstration of the ValhallaPlate:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdhg_hpdlDc
 
I don't really need this right now because I recently got the UAD EMT140, but I have to admit that this ValhallaPlate sounds absolutely wonderful.  I will put it on my list for a future purchase.