Hi
I’m looking for recommendations for a classy, smooth-sounding reverb for keyboard sounds. An all rounder, go to plug-in. The built in reverbs on geforce ob-e, uvi synth anthology and some of the ni kontakt libraries are nice, but I’ve struggled to find a stand-alone that can shine. Any suggestions would be great.
Thanks!
Try Relab lx480
Or Hofa IQ reverb
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What a loaded topic. IMO users tend to fall into two broad categories - those who want a nice interface with plenty of presets and not interested in digging into the details/guts of the plugin to create the “right” sound and those who do. The camp you are in on this will steer your search.
I am a big Melda Productions fan, and fortunately they offer a number of free plugins including a reverb. The paid versions have some really nice interfaces and presets, but you can definitely have a go with the free version to see if that’s of interest. I like them though because you can drill down into whatever technical corner you’d like to investigate. You can also search KVR and a number of other aggregators and market places too that have free plugins. WRT paid versions I’m still a big Melda fan, but I do use NI Raum on occasion, and once in awhile I use one of the Waves plugins which regularly go on sale at big discounts. You have a number of options!
There are a big number of keyboard players here, so I’m sure you will get many more recommendations to consider 
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Thank you for your thoughts on this one pianopaul, CruiseCycle, and Funky40, some really interesting products to follow up on. I guess ultimately a lot of this will be subjective, so I’ll take your recommendations and test them out. I’ll report back my findings in due course. Cheers!
+1 on Valhalla DSP VintageVerb, my favorite for sound quality, smooth lush sounds and no artifacts when changing controls real-time, a wide range of reverb types, control of key parameters, simple interface, and beautiful modulation. Price is right too.
If you’re able to do it, pair with the Valhalla Delay for similar reasons as above. For many keyboard sounds a good delay can be possibly more important than reverb.
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I’m using the Valhalla and think it’s really great and useful.
And the Valhalla Delay is a good tool too!
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After a few weeks of trialling and deliberation, I settled on the Valhalla Vintage Verb - and have never looked back. For me, it’s the perfect balance of sound, usability, and cost. I just love it!
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Convology XT Plugin. Lexicon 480, 300 and Bricasti M7 Pulses. I don’t know anything better for free
I’m using the Melda CharmVerb… Works wonders
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I have used Valhalla Verb but changed to Sonsig Rev-A - Relab Development ApS based on a GP forum chat / recommendation Matteo Cifelli - #2 by npudar
You cant go wrong with Valhalla Vintage and Room.
Both will probably cover 90% of your reverb needs. I tend to gravitate towards Vintage more because it resembles older hardware units.
Room for more realistic and “cleaner” and realistic Reverb sounds.
Fabfilter Pro R is nice as well.
Reverb i think is the biggest era VST effects improved on in the last 20 years.
In the early 2000s there were a bunch of bad sounding reverb plugins that sounded grainy and lifeless. Nowadays though there is a drastic improvement for the better.
Most commercial stuff and even alot of affordable and free stuff sounds impressive.
And most have decent CPU use. In the mid late 2000s Convolution Reverbs were the rave for realistic stuff but Nowadays i think modelling pretty much give me everything i need (although Ableton’s Hybrid Reverb is another killer Verb which combines both. )