Comments on: ValhallaShimmer: The Controls

By: TwoToneshuzz

TwoToneshuzz — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:44:29 +0000

I must contribute a comment!! This reverb is exactly what the doctor ordered in my set-up Clean interface, fantastic sound, clearly explained. I like the sound quality very much. Recently posted a sound example on Five12.com Numerologies forum check “your music” sub forum Soundvortex using the Valhalla three instances on a aux stack.. I’l definetly be picking reverb plug up.. I tried Aether and it ate my CPU whole!! This is so sweet take no CPU, and the price is right.. Great work..

The descriptions on the functioning of the controls above is a great aid and motivation to acquiring the plug in as well

Regards

By: Cool Character

Cool Character — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:11:09 +0000

This is a pretty interesting take on things, even without the pitching effects. Why did you have to make a reverb that’s so freaking exciting? Seriously, man. It doesn’t help that people are posting examples of like, 8 of these suckers cascading into each other. This thing is gonna cure diabetes and get us colonizing moons on Jupiter. Just don’t let Deadmau5 buy it, okay?

By: seancostello

seancostello — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 02:30:13 +0000

Sorta similar. Many of the gated reverbs had an envelope that faded in, and very quickly cut out, or an envelope that was relatively “flat” in terms of amplitude. The envelope in ValhallaShimmer can be adjusted between a fast attack / slow decay, to a slow attack / slow decay where the attack time is the same as the release time.

In addition, by using one of the larger reverb modes, setting the Diffusion parameter to 0.5, setting Feedback to 0.5 or more, and setting the pitch mode to Bypass, you can get a sound very similar to the “Bloom” presets in the Alesis Midiverb II. This is a reverb sound that fades in over a second or so, and then slowly decays over several seconds. Apparently this sound was heavily used by Kevin Shields on My Bloody Valentine’s “Isn’t Anything.” It’s a different sound than the reverse reverb used on “Loveless,” but it is a cool sound in its own right. Plus, the Alesis Midiverb II didn’t modulate its reverbs, so the ValhallaShimmer version of this sound is extra sparkly.

By: Cool Character

Cool Character — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 02:03:48 +0000

Wait, when you say “a reverb sound that slowly fades in,” do you mean something similar to the “reverse gated reverbs” effect in certain rack units?

By: Pierre

Pierre — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 01:07:53 +0000

Many Thanks, that is very informative!!!

Pierre

By: seancostello

seancostello — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 03:14:58 +0000

Yeah, I wished I had time to do this earlier on. The priority had to be getting the updates and new versions out, as there were customers waiting on Windows RTAS, fixed presets, 64 bit versions, that sort of thing. Now that the product is in a pretty complete state, and we have a bit of vacation time here in the United States, I can finish up the documentation.

Next up: ValhallaShimmer tips and tricks.

By: DSK

DSK — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 03:06:06 +0000

This is the manual I’ve been waiting for!

Thanks a lot Sean!