RP-VERB 2

Name: RP-VERB 2
Price: 93.08 USD
Author: Rob Papen

by Rob Papen · Reverb · Algorithmic reverb with reverser

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RP-VERB 2 is Rob Papen's main reverb, with a tempo-based Reverser section for creative reverse reverbs.

It adds an envelope follower, envelope, LFO, mod matrix and distortion, and comes with RP-Delay included, for $99.

Best for: Vocals, Keys & Synths, Drums, Sound Design. Genres: all genres.

Keywords: reverse, creative, sound design, algorithmic, drums, modulation matrix, preset-driven, tempo-synced, vocals, ambience, hall, mixing, modern, rhythmic, room, samples & loops, subtle, warm.

What it does

RP-VERB 2 is Rob Papen's algorithmic reverb, the follow-up to RP-VERB. It keeps a "dense and warm" reverb engine and adds tools for creative sound design.

Reverb types: Hall, Room, Vintage and Space Orbit types built on Rob Papen's RPCX algorithm, with Size, Length, Damping and high/low-pass controls.
Early and late reflections: separate modules, plus an Ensemble section with modulation speed.
Reverser: records the reverb for one measure and plays it back reversed in the next, synced to tempo, with threshold, hold and offset controls; it can be mixed with the forward reverb.
Modulation: envelope follower (host-syncable), AHR envelope, LFO with several waveforms and a three-slot modulation matrix.
Distortion: four algorithms: Fold-Over, Fuzz, Power and Saturation.
EQ: the RP-EQ algorithm with low and high shelves and a parametric mid band.
Presets: over 500 presets, per MusicRadar.

A demo is available, and RP-Delay comes pre-installed with it.

Source: Rob Papen product page

When to use it

RP-VERB 2 is the sound-design reverb: its tempo-synced Reverser, modulation matrix and distortion turn reverb into an effect. Compared with VintageVerb, it has fewer modes and a more modern, digital sound, so it is not the pick for vintage character, and it costs twice as much. Compared with Pro-R 2, it lacks Pro-R 2's decay-rate EQ and detailed visual display, but adds modulation, distortion and reverse effects that Pro-R 2 doesn't have. Compared with Blackhole, it goes less far into huge spaces, and RP-Delay comes included.

Best for: reverse reverbs, rhythmic and modulated reverbs, and distorted ambience on drums, vocals and loops.
Genres: electronic music, EDM, cinematic work and sound design.
Look elsewhere if: you want a simple, natural mixing reverb (Pro-R 2) or vintage character (VintageVerb).
Tip: push the Early Reflections to extreme settings for delay, chorus or flanging effects (Sound On Sound).

What producers say

Reviewers saw it as a big step up from version 1 for creative work, with a modern sound and some lost features as the trade-offs.

Sound On Sound recommended it for sound designers, from "subtle background layers to chaotic, modulating slabs of sound", and found it especially good on drums; it warned the depth may put off less experienced users.
MusicRadar praised the Reverser, the modulation and routing, the distortion and the 500+ presets.
Criticisms: MusicRadar noted the diffusion control was removed, there are fewer algorithms than in version 1 (10 against 18), and even the vintage modes sound "very modern and 'digital'".

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