{"id":24385,"date":"2009-11-09T08:33:19","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T16:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9n2.ac0.myftpupload.com\/presetblog\/?p=938"},"modified":"2009-11-09T08:33:19","modified_gmt":"2009-11-09T16:33:19","slug":"3-on-3-hardware-or-plugin-reverb-shootout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24385","title":{"rendered":"3 on 3 &#8211; Hardware or Plugin? (Reverb Shootout)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have processed some drum noodling with 3 highend hardware reverbs &amp; 3 algorithm based plugin verbs. Are you able to tell the hardware from the plugin?\u00a0 In each section three examples are processed with hardware, three are processed with plugins.<\/p>\n<p>Hardware = Lexicon m300, Lexicon PCM 70, &amp; TC M5000<\/p>\n<p>Plugins = CSR , Sonitus Reverb, &amp; Fabrik R Studio<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Hall Presets<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>verb test, 1a (5410) <a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/verb-test-1a-5410.mp3\">verb  test, 1a (5410)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>verb test, 2a (5411) <a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/verb-test-2a-5411.mp3\">verb  test, 2a (5411)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>verb test, 3a (5412) <a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/verb-test-3a-5412.mp3\">verb  test, 3a (5412)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>verb test, 4a (5413) <a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/verb-test-4a-5413.mp3\">verb  test, 4a (5413)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>verb test, 5a (5414) <a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/verb-test-5a-5414.mp3\">verb  test, 5a (5414)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>verb test, 6a (5415) <a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/verb-test-6a-5415.mp3\">verb  test, 6a (5415)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Room Presets<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>verb test, 1b (5416) <a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/verb-test-1b-5416.mp3\">verb  test, 1b (5416)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>verb test, 2b (5417) <a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/verb-test-2b-5417.mp3\">verb  test, 2b (5417)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>verb test, 3b (5418) <a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/verb-test-3b-5418.mp3\">verb  test, 3b (5418)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>verb test, 4b (5419) <a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/verb-test-4b-5419.mp3\">verb  test, 4b (5419)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>verb test, 5b (5420) <a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/verb-test-5b-5420.mp3\">verb  test, 5b (5420)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>verb test, 6b (5421) <a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/verb-test-6b-5421.mp3\">verb  test, 6b (5421)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have processed some drum noodling with 3 highend hardware reverbs &amp; 3 algorithm based<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24385\">Read the post<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">3 on 3 &#8211; Hardware or Plugin? 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