#Lexicon reverb bundle review series#
It is perhaps the more flexible plug-in of two due the addition of its Pre Echoes section, which is in essence a series of customisable 'early reflections'. This is a very nice reverb in its own right, and would suit all kinds of material. The RC 48 offers a slightly different array of parameters to the 24, reflecting its later origins, but again there is no disguising its resemblance to the original Lexicon 480L. A better comparison might be Valhalla DSP's ValhallaVintageVerb, which at $50 is a cheaper option still. This is perhaps an unfair comparison, however, as their respective prices are quite different, and NI do not make any overt claims about authenticity. It also handles the smaller and more subtle treatments well, though in terms of exactly recreating the original, the UAD 224 plug-in comes closer, being almost obsessive in its approach. "A nice bonus in both RCs is the Spectrum section - a guide to the reverb's frequency characteristics"
We're suckers for the overly-modulated reverb tails possible with the original, and this plug-in creates these very well.
The RC 24 certainly captures something of the character of the Lexicon 224 on which it is based. There is also little hiding these plug-in's origins in editing terms, as many of the parameters have the same name as the Lexicon originals. NI (and Softube) have chosen to focus only in a subset of all the algorithms available in the original units - so we get Room, Small Hall and Large Hall (with Dark and Bright variants) in the 24, and Hall and Random Hall in the 48. Despite this, they both consist of more than just plain Hall reverb algorithms - and ultimately reveal their origins in the Lexicon 224 and 480L mentioned above. It calls RC 24 a 'Character Studio Hall' and RC 48 a 'Royal Studio Hall'. NI's Reverb Classics bundle consists of the enigmatically-named RC 24 and RC 48 plug-ins, which are also available separately.
#Lexicon reverb bundle review full#
The company has released its own in the shape of the PCM Native Reverb Bundle, and Universal Audio produced an officially sanctioned version of the classic Lexicon 224 hardware, which attempts to emulate the full range of quirks, noise, limitations, and sonic artefact of the original, and much-loved unit. This is especially noticeable in relation to Lexicon.
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