RELAB 480 UPDATE
but I have heard rumors that Relab may have an update for their 480. I think the UAD version slightly beats the Relab version for me, it does sound more like hardware. Like with strings, some work perfectly in certain situations, and may fall flat with others.
RELAB 480 TRIAL
Reverb is really a trial and error thing. Because your usage and what qualities your looking for can really depend on your tastes. My advice is to do a trial on everything you can first. If you are using Lexicon for other fx, then your milage (and opinion) may vary.īut I still like and use the PCM bundle for my orch tail, even bought the fx bundle on another sale to check it out, some cool stuff in there, but nothing essential. You can eq it to make it warner or clearer, and it works well on most orchestral instrument (strings, brass, woodwinds, piano, even solo violin) I usually go to other plugins for other fx (Soundtoys, Fabfilter) but for long reverbs, Lexicon has that warm, yet natural sound. Now I want to clarify, I use Lexicon for hall reverbs (I still bring a 300L to every live mixing gig) Medium Hall is one of my favorites because it is warm yet neutral, with just enough lush tail to help you hear it in a mix, even if it’s low, yet not so long as to blurr the mix. I was pleasantly surprised, closest to the classic Lexicon sound of anything I have heard yet. I tried the other reverb they had as well and although different, it didn’t impress me.īut after going through many, many other reverbs, I decided to give Lexicon PCM bundle a shot when it went on sale. I was so glad it was a month trial, because after a few mixes I knew I would move on. The interface was small (that may have changed) and the verbs didn’t give me that ability to solo an instrument, with nothing else playing, and give me a realistic sounding room that I could believe. Now I had been working for years on a real 480L and 300L (since the 90’s), and always loved the sound, making a solo instrument shine and sound natural (tough for a digital reverb), but other digital reverbs and the emulations always fell flat.įor me the Relab also fell short. I had planned on buying the relab version years ago after all the good reviews, but when a sale arrived decided to try it out first for a month. It's probably all in my head, but I think it sounds just a little bit better!Īmazing how everyone has different tastes. I should also mention that I still have a PCM-90 in the rack, and that is what I use most often on my 2-mix. The big difference between EA and 2CAudio stuff and the UA emulation is that the emulation is pretty much limited (can you really say limited?) to what the hardware could do, the others extend those capabilities. Same goes for 2C-Audio, I use Breeze a lot as well. There are native plugins that are in the same league - the Relab plugs are fantastic, as are the Exponential Audio (now part of Izotope) plugins, I own Nimbus, R4, and Excalibur and I use them often, and to great effect. There is nothing wrong with the Lexicon bundles, they are good, solid reverbs, for as far as they go. Which is a bit of a disappointment if you are really looking for the 480 sound. Keep in mind we all hear things differently, but if you ask me (and you sorta just did) there is no comparison between the UAD 480 and the Lexicon PCM bundle, the UAD sounds more like the hardware than the Lexi plugins, and has more flexibility.
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