Best Shimmer Reverb Apps for iOS? | haQ attaQ

[@JakobHaq]

Huge shoutout to TheGuitarGeek ► KZbin.com/TheGuitarGeek for helping me with this video! ▼ ⏰ Time Stamps ⏰ 0:00 Intro 1:42 Crystaline 5:26 Shimmer AUv3 9:20 Stellr 12:52 TB Reverb 16:46 FAC Alteza 20:46 BLEASS Shimmer 24:10 ShimerVerb 27:40 Outro

[@xyhmo]

Time-stamps for the sound examples for each plugin, in case someone wants to compare back to back: Crystalline: 2:01, 2:59, 4:00, 4:53 Shimmer AUv3: 5:38, 6:29, 7:19, 8:42 Stellr: 9:42, 10:37, 11:26, 12:21 TB Reverb: 13:00, 14:01, 14:58, 16:09 FAC Alteza: 16:56, 17:35, 18:37, 19:58 BLEASS Shimmer: 21:05, 21:57, 22:58 ShimmerVerb: 24:29, 25:27, 26:16, 27:15 (poor bleass didn't get the fourth one.)

[@StaffanBerger]

As usual, Jakob, a very good video. And thanks to Andy for the fantastic guitar sound illustrations! "Stort tack" as we say in Swedish (thank you very much). /S

[@bonanote]

Thank you Jakob, very good comparison, it clearly looks that you took your time to think it out and organize the video. It is a pleasure when you get this sort of videos and they are not improvised and full of corrections and mistakes, Well done !! Keep it up

[@EdBMetal]

Very cool video Jakob. And i see you fixed The little error in the AUv3 spec for Shimmer AUv3. You are a true perfectionist 😎👍My personal favorite shimmer is FAC Alteza and TB Reverb. Crystalline was my go to shimmer for many years when AUv3 wasn’t around but i am glad things have progressed so much. Great stuff to choose from these days. They are all very nice sounding. I had to stop myself from bying them all. My most favorite Shimmer reverb that i own is inside the Strymon Bigsky pedal, but that is not an app 😉 Some of these apps come really close actually. I really like that you included some stuff from the Guitar Geek. I love his channel. That guitar track sounds so beautiful through these shimmer effects 🤤

[@JakobHaq]

Thank you Ed! That Alteza one is popular and I definitely get why after experimenting with it. I’m so happy that I got to work with Andy. He’s such an awesome human being real life and man, he delivered some really nice guitar tones.

[@oskultrecord1731]

Maybe the stratosphere cloud reverb can be a great alternative to the bigsky? 🤔

[@EdBMetal]

@@oskultrecord1731 it can be a cheap alternative, but most definitely not a replacement for the Big sky and its capabilities. They are not even in the same ball park. See Stratosphere as just 1 type of reverb that is inspired by one of the many different types of reverbs inside the Big Sky, which has Room, Hall, Plate, Spring, Swell, Bloom, Cloud, Chorale, Shimmer, Magneto, Nonlinear, Reflections, with freeze function and also actually modulation.While Stratosphere only can do one trick, the Big Sky can do an entire spectrum of reverb types and has a very powerful dedicated processor to do some insane long tails. I would say Stratosphere at best can do about 5% of what a BigSky is capable of doing. I would say that Eventide Blackhole or FabFilter Pro-R are much better candidates on iOS and come closer to the quality of the BigSky sound and the long lush tails.both are much better than Stratosphere in my opinion. But also Blackhole and Pro-R don’t have the many different reverb types of tge BigSky. But on iOS they are as best as it gets at the moment. Eventide Blackhole should also be on sale right now if i am not mistaken.

[@el-bov8034]

Another great thing about the TB unit is that it offers independent control over two octaves of shimmer, as well as independent volume control for each. This allows a much more subtle use of the pitched parts :)

[@johne1599]

Thanks! I have TB Reverb and have not gotten around to its Shimmer capabilities yet, so it’s good to know about its two octaves of shimmer.

[@Byronic19134]

@@johne15992 octaves is the standard for any pitch effect honestly.

[@russ8889]

Shimmer is a lovely effect no matter what one you have they all have slightly there own unique twist as you demonstrated I don't have them all but i like them all

[@morganwebster6636]

Killer vid as normal. Just wanted to say that your tutorials and videos for, well still after all these years they still carry depth and weight for me. Appreciate it a ton man. Crystalline is still my favorite regardless of its connectivity. To my ears it still gives me goosebumps. Love it. Maybe it’s some sorta weird nostalgia inadvertently stirring up some emotions from when I first started my iOS music adventures/ LIFE? Nah.....it’s the sound. Beautiful to koo koo in the right way reverb that just sounds sooo good. It’s like when it gets dialed in in the right way or on the right sound......ahhhhh dopamine. Whatever. Good vid. 🚯⚡️⚡️⚡️🎛🎚

[@JakobHaq]

Thank you so much! It means so much to me. And thank you for your support! 🧡

[@jimshannononsounds]

Your presentation format gets better and better. None of these Shimmers do anything for me TBH. Yes we're talking i0s here but while we're on the topic of reverbs I've been spoiled over Valhalla's line up of reverb's. Yes its not i0s but if Valhalla ever does a Supermassive version for the i0s it would blow all of these shimmers and other reverbs out of the water. Not hatin just sayin :-)

[@JakobHaq]

I see a lot of people talking about this Valhalla reverb. I’ll have to look into it. 👊🏼

[@jimshannononsounds]

@@JakobHaq Valhalla products are not for i0s but I think you have a Macbook if I'm not mistaken. Supermassive is super dope and free. Valhalla has a couple other free reverb plugins. I got all 3.Youll like Supermassive.

[@IrobocompI]

Audio Damage Eos2 is powered by Valhalla 😉

[@PeteKowalsky]

I've had TB Reverb, ShimmerVerb, and FAC Alteza for a little while now and I think TB Reverb is my favorite sounding one (yes the GUI color selection is cool haha). Your demo here of Eventide's ShimmerVerb is pretty flattering (nice source clips!) and this is the best I've heard this new one sound - it's different for sure. Nice work as always! :)

[@TheChameleon2008]

Great video bro and love that you have tagged each section of the video to its own plugin and this is awesome for people like me with ADHD :) Big thumbs up!!!!

[@JakobHaq]

I’ve meant to do it for some of my previous videos too, now that KZbin had implemented a way for timestamps to show properly. 👊🏼

[@emil-9432]

Excellent video Jakob, Thanks a bunch for this!!

[@emil-9432]

ToneBoosters would probably be my choice. Seems to have the most “unfiltered” sound. Some others kinda muffled the highs

[@EnriquePage91]

Nice fix Jakob 😎😎🔥🔥🔥 video even more legit now! Cheers!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@JakobHaq]

Thank you for giving me the heads up! I really appreciate it! 👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼

[@MrRazman2112]

I have Christalline and FAC I think I will get TB. I just bought their compressor which I love. Nice video Jakob!

[@johne1599]

This was a very helpful, informative video. Thank you, Jakob! The one thing you didn’t talk about was MIDI Clock Sync. If I was paying proper attention, only the Eventide had MIDI Clock Sync. I usually use MIDI Clock Sync between instruments and now you’ve got me wondering how important it is with effects. It seems like having your Shimmer be in sync with the notes could be a big deal. Jakob, or anyone else, do you have some thoughts or suggestions on this? Thanks!

[@JakobHaq]

In the case of reverbs, It does not make much sense to have sync unless you’re into rhythmical slap-back type reverbs etc. MIDI clock sync is used to lock stuff to Tempo (Bpm). It makes more sense in an effect like Delays which are way more dependant on timing. . Sync is also used for modulation stuff like LFO’s and sequencer. So if a shimmer reverb had stuff like that in it, it would make sense to add MIDI clock sync if it had a way of syncing LFO rate. . MIDI clock sync has nothing to do with note pitch or anything like that. Also the shimmer effect tunes it self after the notes you play. . If you check the explanation in the video for what a shimmer is ( 8:08 ) you can see that the first unit in a shimmer chain is a pitch module. It “pitches” (raise or lower notes) sounds that is being fed into the effect. . You can often set the pitch in semi notes too, but for a classical shimmer you pitch whatever’s going through the effect an octave up. The sound is then being delayed and or reverberated and fed back into the pitch module in a feedback loop, which continuously pitches the sound up, up, up etc. this is what creates the shimmer sound. So it’s pitch is depended on what you feed it and how it’s set up. It will just pitch the signal up or down and when it’s used as a shimmer (setting pitch to octave up or octave pitch down) it will pitch correctly and there’s no need for controlling it to make sure it stays in pitch. . The reason why Eventide has a clock sync is because it’s time domain can be synced to tempo. It it’s versatile reverb plugin and can be used for creating tempo-synced slap back effects etc. It makes sense to give it a way of syncing to MIDI clock. It syncs automatically to the host however when loaded as an AUv3 and there’s no need for midi sync. . In short, MIDI clock is just for keeping things synced to tempo and I don’t fin it necessary for reverb to have it unless their specifically made to do tempo-locked rhythmical stuff.

[@johne1599]

@@JakobHaq Thank you for taking the time for such a well-explained and informative response, Jakob! I was not aware that AUv3’s automatically sync to the host. I’m going to have to read the AUv3 spec now to see what else I don’t know about AUv3’s. Thanks for that extra info and the extra info on Eventide’s Shimmer. You can never say too much tech info for me. I like knowing How and Why things work as they do.

[@walrtbstudios5430]

I already have five of these, and now I’m tempted by Stellr. I do find that you have to be very careful with Alteza however- anything other than the -init- goes way over the top pretty much instantly. Or perhaps it’s just me. I’ve never put more than three in an fx chain at once either. Hmmm...

[@cgonzt5636]

Wow they all sounds good.. to my ear, FAC & Bleass seems appealing.

[@cgonzt5636]

Ahh hard to pick one, I have to watch again 😂 Been last week long, I haven’t bought any. I might go with Eventide’s bundle finger crossed hope it’s good.

[@MrDmitryHammet]

Hey Jakob! Each time you make these kinds of videos my wallet starts to tremble. lol

[@JakobHaq]

I’m sorry! ❤️

[@DudeWithADrone]

@@JakobHaq My bank account has emptied since I found your channel. I bought like 20 apps in the last two weeks dude :D

[@MrLaRcOrE12]

I love the eventide plugins but that TB sounds AMAZING! I'm going to be hitting the app store tomorrow morning🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@JamieMallender]

I didn’t notice a mistake but I understand the pain of this. I uploaded a video recently with really quiet audio all the way through. Had to re-upload and redirect and haven’t stopped feeling silly about it yet. ☹️

[@JakobHaq]

I feel you too Man! I really do! 💜

[@EdBMetal]

Happens to all of us at some point. No harm was done 😎👍 At least you didn’t make a costly mistake and wasted money of a client... Happened to me once when i made a goof. Now that is stuff to keep you awake at night 🥵😳 But let me add that in the end the client did not end up paying for my mistake of course! But that is just stuff that still makes me paranoid with every big job that leaves my hands...

[@JakobHaq]

Yeah stuff like that is pretty bad. I’ve had something similar happen to me back when I was working at a gas station. It involved me, a pair of tires and a jack ... maybe I’ll tell the story during a live stream on the 2nd channel some day 😅

[@davetrombetti4240]

I have three of these and I’m going to buy Stellr because I really liked that it was more like a shimmer echo. I actually don’t like shimmer effects much because they always take over the sound. It has its place, I guess. I have several hardware shimmer reverbs as well but I tend to use them without the shimmer. Great video though. I’m going to have to hunt down one of those guitars Guitar Geek was playing. Awesome tone.

[@JakobHaq]

There was no way I would do a shimmer reverb comparison without some proper sounding guitar sounds in there! Andy did a stellar job too! 👊🏼

[@CraftyOldGit]

A very helpful video and exactly what I was looking for -- thanks. ShimerVerb is 3x the price of Crystaline and almost 2x the price of all the others, which is too expensive. I'll be getting BLEASS Shimmer.

[@MobileMusicPro]

So many epic reverbs!

[@JakobHaq]

Yeah I know. Took me forever to finalise how I should go about comparing them. 😅

[@joshuagood4237]

good video we all love a bit of shimmery Reverb👍

[@TeddyLeppard]

And add to the list the “Nembrini Shimmer Delay Ambient Machine” shimmer reverb.

[@robertsteinberger5667]

What strikes me on the eventide reverb apps is that the sound is very present, in your face and somewhat less subtle than others.....

[@PAL-MUSIC-1]

i noticed that 4pockets was not AUv3, but didnt want to upset you...... 😢 but i have ToneBoosters Alteza & 4pockets they are nice.... great video again jakob 👍🏻

[@JakobHaq]

It was a bit of a pain when I realised, but it’s all good now that it’s fixed! 👍🏼

[@gilly2026]

Best reverb for VOICE? Like a slight reverb without doing too much

[@JoeCarterDesigns]

going to watch this now.

[@SLPGroundSoundMusic]

hey Haq how come you never having tried using (Caustic 3) by single cell software,, which is a great app, in my opinion maybe one of the best mobile app, even though it having been updated in more then 3 years, its still is a great beat making app for iphone and Android, its my main to go beat making mobile app, which has 14 instruments including a wav, sf2 & sfz editor which is call the pcmsynth, also it as 20 effects, anyways all my music/beats in my channel was all made using Caustic 3 on my Android or on my iPhone, but anyways i was just wondering why you haven't tried Caustic 3 which is seriously a top beat making mobile app, i got beatmaker 2, Fl studio mobile, cubasis 3, Sunvox, G-stomper studio on my Mobile devices, also planning of getting nano studio and the impc apps and also all the plugins and fx on the iphone platform, but for some unknown reason i keep using Caustic 3 mobile as my main to go app, i dont know if its the app work flow,, or the instruments in it specially the pcmsynth which is great for working with wav. samples, sf2 or sfz which is also perfect for one shot kits samples too,,,,, Any how im just curious about what you think about caustic 3 mobile

[@JakobHaq]

Actually, I’ve had caustic for many years and I have featured it briefly on the channel before. I’ve also talked about it many times in interviews and during live-streams. I really like that app. 😅👍🏼

[@JakobHaq]

It’s just that, whenever I want a “Gadget-like” app, I usually just go for KORG Gadget.

[@joewhy]

Bokashi yes! I use an earthworm bin and the compost cycle is a shimmering feedback loop of its own.

[@JakobHaq]

It’s beautiful ain’t it!

[@libremocion9273]

Hi Jackob!! Thanks for your service! I really appreciate it. I am looking for a shimmer for ambient voices, singing bowls, and very spacey pads. All to use in live dance & therapy sessions. I would like to have the most natural and organic sound. Could you recommend me some one for that propose?

[@BananaJuice1984]

Nice video. Love shimmer. Love drones. Love videos from #JakobHaq

[@JakobHaq]

Aw, thank you! ❤️

[@perrypelican9476]

What is the difference between shimmer and regular reverb and convolution reverb

[@JakobHaq]

> “Regular” reverb < There are many ways of building or programming reverbs. They’re all different, but one way to do it is to use a bunch of delays and filters for instance. One type of reverb I love is the Ratshack. It’s based of hardware unit. The BBD chip in it is actually a delay chip, but when you put a bunch of them in series - effectively lengthening the delay time - you can get a reverb effect at the end of the chain. Now a very important thing of a reverb is how the tail trails off and how some frequencies resonate etc. It’s pure audio science. To sculpt the reverb tail you can use filters to soften out or even enhance some frequencies as the tail rolls off. Ok so that’s a very rudimentary explanation of a “regular” reverb. > Shimmer reverb < First we need a reverb. Next, as shown in this video at 8:04 - a shimmer reverb works through a feedback loop with a pitch shifter in the middle of it. That’s what creates the shimmer effect. That really is the special sauce right there. Btw, I really do recommend watching this one on how to build one yourself in AUM. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mH_LaZ6ne5qCp9E > Convolution reverb < A convolution reverb uses an “IR” file to create an effect. And “IR” file or “Impulse Response” file is a very short audio file. Playing it on its own won’t sound like much though. However In an app that loads and reads IR files, you can get it to sound like a room and/or space, depending on the audio material. One can record “IR” files by sending pulses of white noise or impulse clicks in a room. You then record the sound and reflection with a mic. Now you have an “IR” file that gives you an ability to simulate that room. Btw, IR is not only used for reverbs, it’s also used for guitar amp simulation, you know like cabinets and stuff. I’ll make a video about it as some point.

[@BezaleelIsrael]

dammit now I own 10 shimmer plugins

[@Alex_Martz]

Stratosphere should be on this list!

[@JakobHaq]

Stratosphere does not have a pitch shifting module like every shimmer reverb in this video and so it does not fit on this list.

[@whatabouttheearth]

Where is your music? On YT?

[@JakobHaq]

My latest album is available on most streaming platforms. You can find link to streaming services (Spotify, Apple Music etc) and a documentary about it here: www.jakobhaq.com/music . I don’t make just one type of music in a specific genre though. All of the music in my videos wether it’s demos for tutorial videos, background music or full on live performance tracks, is stuff I’ve made. I don’t use any third-party music. You can find my live performance music and music videos over here: kzbin.info/aero/PLvNQD1EpaiNMpehb6FlglBXFgfYwj1JHk . I also have a Bandcamp. My latest track is named “Endless Photon Waltz” jakobhaq.bandcamp.com/track/endless-photon-waltz . Hope you find something you like! 👍🏼

[@RoxanaMoisanu]

Great video! I am searching for a shimmer/reverb plugin/app to work with my electro-acoustic pedal harp and electric harp 🙂 I use Logic Pro X, for recordings, but I will need to perform live music with shimmer effects. I hope to make this possible using the iPad Pro + some shimmer and reverb apps. I will check all the apps from this video. Thank you for posting this! I will check also all the links you posted above with your music 🎶 Best regards!

[@shinezacharias3118]

Tone boosters more surgical type, u can select the frequency of reverb

[@JakobHaq]

Yeah, it is kinda close to the Fabfilter Pro-R, another reverb that I absolutely love. Having that type of control over the filtering of a reverb tail, very nice. Of course, Pro-R does not have a built in pitch model.

[@shinezacharias3118]

@@JakobHaq next on my list tone boaters and who Eventide or bleass 🤔

[@shinezacharias3118]

@@JakobHaq is possible bleass and Eventide I can modulate through Bram bros LFO In aum

[@JakobHaq]

Yes you can. If you look at the splash feature screens for the apps in this video there’s an option called “AU MIDI Parameters” and it’s green for all AUv3 apps if I recall. 😊👍🏼

[@shinezacharias3118]

@@JakobHaq yeaah but I see some time I didn't see for effect lfo option

[@gasstour3426]

ahmmm where is the free?