PlateVerb Mechanical Plate Reverb

PLATEVERB is a modern algorithmic reverb processor, inspired and modeled by the original EMT™ 140 plate reverb legend. Model 140/140s plate reverb was used in hit songs in the 80s and 90s, including today’s studio work.
PLATEVERB presents 3 different plate reverb modes, each with its own character in the original models.
- A40: basic / classic plate with a clear sound, provides a rich and most popular sound. Ideal for vocals and percussion.
- B40: Resonated snare plate with high freq character and resonant peak frequency content. Best to use on a snare drum.
- FAT: Large reverberation, with a highly colored character, includes a smooth top and moderate bass.
But this is not just another 140 Plate reverb variation. This is a modern multi-fx processor, with mechanical plate reverb in the heart of the device.

The main section is the PLATE REVERB section. It includes deep reverberation control with main classical parameters (Pre Delay, Decay, Damping, Mix), Width and Scale of the reverberation, Pitch Modulation and Diffusion parameters, Ducking control with Freeze of the siganl. The Plate Reverb section includes an additional EQ SHAPE section to improve or totally change the character of the processed sound.
PLATEVERB includes an internal Envelope Follower with three types of envelope detection from incoming main signal (Linear, Log, Gate) with controls on the rear panel of the device (Mode, Attack, Release, Threshold). On the front panel you can use the Envelope Follower Modulation Matrix with 5 slots (per effect), each with individual FX parameters.
Also, on the front panel of PLATEVERB placed 4 creative and powerfult effects: Saturator, Distortion Character, Auto-Pan / Tremolo, Chorus.

The unique Saturation effect with Low and High Distortion control, Character Distortion effect with various distortion types, helps you find new creative horizons of your raw signal. Plate Reverb adds the natural character of the legendary EMT™ 140 reverberator with modern possibilities. EQ shape sculpts your reverb stereo field and tone. Autopan/Tremolo and Chorus effects can be a part of the art-therapy after saturator and character distortion damage-effects for your already reverberated signal, help to spread signal with ampliude and Pan changes, adds more voices to your processed unique and amazing reverberation sound.

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PLATE REVERB

MODEL: 3 models Inspired by original vintage 140 plate reverberation devices:
- A40: basic plate with a clear sound, provides rich and most popular sound. For vocals and percussion.
- B40: Resonated snare plate with high freq character and resonant peak freq. Best with snare drum.
- FAT: Large, highly colored character, include smooth top and moderate bass.

PRE DELAY: Initial delay before reverb. Value can be set between 0-250 ms.
DECAY: Length of reverberation tail. Value can be set between 0.1-60 sec.
SCALE: Scale the sound of the room between 50-200%.
DAMPING: Progressive loss of the high frequencies in reverb tail.
WIDTH: Adjust the stereo width of the wet (processed) signal before the signal comes to the device output
MODULATION: Pitch modulation within the reverb for a richer sound
DIFFUSION: Amount of blurring / smoothing of reflections
FREEZE: Freeze the current spectrum of the signal
DUCKING: Controls compression to the wet signal by incoming level of the dry signal. Creates space by lowering the volume of the wet signal went the dry signal is active.
MIX: Controls the balance between the dry (unprocessed) and wet (processed) signal

EQ SHAPE

LOW CUT: HP filter cutoff frequency
HIGH CUT: LP filter cutoff frequency
MID GAIN: Mid EQ band level amount
MID FREQ: Mid EQ band frequency
LOW MULT: Increase or decrease reverb time at Low frequencies
LOW FREQ: Frequency used for Low Mult

ENV FOLLOWER

ATTACK: Rise time when the audio level increases or the gate opens.
RELEASE: Fall time when the audio level decreases or the gate closes.
THRESHOLD: Audio Level (Look Envelope Follower Mode)
MODE:
- LINEAR: Voltage (linear)measurement between silence and the specified threshold.
- LOG: Logarithmic (dB) measurement between the specified threshold and 0 dB.
- GATE: Detect if the signal is above or below the threshold.

ENV FOLLOWER MODULATION

Env Follower Modulation matrix for the main FX parameters.

SLOT A: SATURATOR parameters modulation (Drive, Low Dist, High Dist, Density)
SLOT B: CHARACTER Distortion parameters modulation (Drive, Amount, Rectify)
SLOT C: PLATE reverb parameters modulation (P.Del, Decay, Scale, Damping, Width, Mod, Diffusion, Mix)
SLOT D: AutoPan / Tremolo parameters modulation (Rate, Depth, Phase, Spread)
SLOT E: Phaser parameters modulation (Rate, Depth, Shift, Delay, Damping)
AMOUNT A-E: Amount of the Envelope Follower modulation per slot (A, B, C, D, E)

SATURATION

ON/OFF: Enable / Disable Saturation effect
DRIVE: Increases the input level resulting in more saturation and more level
LOW DIST: Increase the distortion of the Low frequencies
HIGH DIST: Increase the distortion of the High frequencies
DENSITY: Adjust the distortion curve
THRESHOLD: The audio level at which saturation occurs. Reduce for more distortion

CHARACTER (DISTORTION)

ON/OFF: Enable / Disable Character Distortion effect
DRIVE: Input gain to the distortion
AMOUNT: Mix between the dry (inprocessed) and wet (processed) signals before the Plate Reverb
RECTIFY: Degree to which negative signal peaks are converted to positive
MODE:
- VINTAGE: Hard Clipping distortion (stereo)
- AGGRESSIVE: Soft Clipping with DC Bias
- GRITTNESS: Classic Tanhent distortion

AUTOPAN

ON/OFF: Enable / Disable AutoPan / Tremolo effect
RATE: Adjust the modulation rate
SYNC RATE: Switch the modulatiom between CPS (cycles per Hz) or CPB (cycles per beat)
PHASE: Adjust the rinitial phase of the modulation
SPREAD: Adjust the phase of the R channel relative to the L, to add stereo width and create auto-pan effect
DEPTH: Mix between the dry (inprocessed) and wet (processed) signals

CHORUS

ON/OFF: Enable / Disable Chorus effect
RATE: Adjust the modulation rate
MODULATION: LFO waveforms: Square, Sine, Random
DELAY: Adjust the rinitial phase of the modulation
AMOUNT: Depth of the delay (pitch) modulation
VOICES: Sets number of chorus voices: 2 to 4
MIX: Mix between the dry (inprocessed) and wet (processed) signals

OTHER

IN / OUT: Sets levels of the incoming (unprocessed) dry and output (processed) wet signals PATCH BROWSER: Open and save device pathces
ACTIVE FX: Active FX mode or Soft Bypass with smoothed fade in/out functionality

UPDATE 1.0.1:

• Bugfix: Clicks when switching between Plate Models or Plate Decay values.