Many of the reverb plug-ins I’ve come across lately are either based to some degree on old designs from the likes of Lexicon, or are convolution plug-ins, stocked with impulse responses based on old designs from the likes of Lexicon.
The latest studio staple to undergo a FabFilter makeover is one where fresh thinking isn’t always as abundant as you might expect. All sorts of features are implemented that wouldn’t be possible in the analogue domain, yet the control arrangements are intuitive and straightforward. What’s particularly impressive about plug-ins such as the Pro-Q 2 equaliser, Pro-C 2 compressor and Pro-MB multiband processor is the balance they strike between ease of use and versatility. Everything is tailored for mouse control, with beautifully thought-out graphical displays that offer informative feedback. Rather than mimicking the look and feel of vintage hardware, FabFilter’s philosophy is to embrace the new possibilities that software design opens up. Since then, the Amsterdam-based developers have forged an individual and very effective approach to user-interface design, and have been applying this to the core tools that mix engineers need every day. It’s more than a decade since FabFilter first grabbed the attention of the music-production world, through the innovative means of designing software filters that actually sounded good. FabFilter claim that their Pro-R combines both virtues. Typically, reverb plug-ins are either simple or versatile.
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