what is your Reverb of the Summer - 2016?

I'll go first:

I struggle to make sense of all the choices out there these days. I own UAD Ocean Way, 224, 140, and 250; Eventide T-Verb; Exponential R2 and Phoenix; and Reverberate v1 with the M7 impulses (hate the interface). I become very confused trying them all out, and can never seem to settle on a favorite. I tend to try them out and move on. No, I'm not talking about women, either. Although there may be some behavioral similarities, it is a subject for a different thread. But I digress.

I loved T-Verb at first, but I find that it has a very strong sonic footprint. Same with Ocean Way. Maybe it's the way I try to use them - I want to hear the effect, so perhaps I turn them up too loud. It's another old habit, turning things up. So I'm interested in hearing about mixing techniques, too. My band is recorded direct: edrums to BFD, bass is DI-ed, guitars sent through an amp and Two Notes studio, all into Symphony. Very 21st century, no miking unless we absolutely have to. So I (think) I want an ambient space to place the instruments, to synthesize a soundstage. BFD provides a "space" for the drums, which seems to complicate things, rather than help. You can't get rid of what is sampled into the overheads and room mics without killing the vibe of the drums.

So, other than a Bricasti (not in the budget), what? Altiverb? Some other convolution reverb? or something on the algorithmic side? What is everybody using these days?

We are old school rock trying to be a bit clever with the occasional acoustic guitar, mandolin, dobro, etc. We even try to harmonize a few lyrics (got to put the drummer to use, or he'd have anxiety attacks).

Bricasti M7
UAD EMT 250
UAD Lexicon 224
Waves Rverb
Waves Trueverb

I struggle judging reverb space while mixing, which is why I'm going to fix my room.

I'm loving the new PSP EMT 2445. For me, I'm using that as an obvious verb and Valhalla Vintage for ambience. I also have a TC M-ONE XL.

A bit off topic, but in the same realm, I'm also using Soundtoys Effects, a Louder Than Liftoff delay, and a pair of TC D-Two delays.

Exponential Audio's R2 and Phoenixverb. Truly excellent reverbs. MetricHalo Haloverb and Valhalla Vintage Verb as well. If the budget allowed I'd add a Bricasti.

I watched a video in a thread on here about how to build a reverb (because it never sounds right), and I was just on the mark of how complicated it was, using like, 3 different reverb reflections, delays and all sorts of things...

but what I did figure out though, was how trueverb works! it's actually a bunch of reverbs in one plugin, that you can then adjust individually to layer the sound! convenient comparatively!

With that said, I have really enjoyed Softube's Tsar verb that I got through focusrite's bundled time and tone bundle. It's really simple and makes sense with how to use a simple reverb, with its linear sliders.

I do almost the same as Matt I like to hear the effect so when I get it to where I like I back it off about a quarter turn
BUT lately I watched a Vidio on the Abby Road EQ Reverb trick for vocal and drums and since my verbs seem to set much better and are easier to blend I've a ton of software reverbs but generally end up with my eventide h3000 or Roland Srv330 outboard
The Roland Srv330 verbs was supposedly developed by several American engineers not the best but cheap good and useable

Also blending a delay effect with the reverb on vocals helped for me

Little Walter tube spring verb and the Hofa IQ-verb with Bricasti ir's have been my most used. 250 and 140 UA plates and the Ocean Way, too.

Funny--Slate just ran out, despite I'm quite sure actually being DUE to run out months ago.

so, built in Cubase IR for me. "Plate at 2sec" in the vocal slot.

#minimalismViaFinacialRuin

Honestly? I'm really not that impressed with reverb anymore and find I tend to use it as little as possible. For drums, room mics do SO much to create the space you need, and they can be manipulated, time-wise, to increase or decrease the apparent size of your room too! I do find myself using Trueverb a lot, but not a lot of it. I'll also use various delays on different instruments and feed the delayed output into a reverb, usually Trueverb, so that it sounds like it's actually bouncing off a concrete wall. Think of the drum sound on "When the Levee Breaks".

I use the UAD EMT 140 a ton. Often use the Valhalla Vintage Verb for room sounds on acoustics...Oh - and I LOVE the UAD BX20.

Just curious ward: How can you make a room sound smaller  time-wise?