Every types of REVERB explained (+ demo tracks)

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All reverb sounds explained. From the most subtile effects like ROOM and EARLY REFLECTION to ambient flavours like REVERSE, SWELL and SHIMMER. You'll find links to the pedals I used in this video in the description below.
⏭️ SELECT REVERB SOUND
00:00 INTRO | 3 Pedals + Order of Sound Examples
02:36 PART 1 | Realistic Ambience
03:13 Air + Early Reflection (Explained)
03:26 Air (Demo)
04:24 Early Reflection(Demo)
04:39 Room(Explained)
04:55 Room (Demo)
06:00 Hall (Explained)
06:15 Hall (Demo)
06:47 Church (Demo) incl. Tale Switch (Explained)
08:09 PART 2 | Artificial Ambience
08:19 Spring (Explained)
08:54 Spring (Demo)
10:19 Plate (Explained)
10:59 Plate (Demo)
12:42 Gated Reverb (Explained)
13:14 Gated Reverb (Demo)
13:54 Reverse Reverb (Explained)
14:31 Reverse Reverb (Demo)
16:10 Reverse Reverb into Distortion
17:08 Distortion into Reverse Reverb
18:00 Mod Reverb (Explained)
18:28 Mod Reverb (Demo)
22:21 Swell (Explained)
22:45 Slap Back (Demo)
23:33 Reverse Swell (Demo)
24:09 Dynamic Reverb (Explained)
24:38 Dynamic Reverb(Demo)
25:09 Ambient Swell (Demo)
26:12 Gated Swell (Demo)
27:08 Shimmer (Explained)
28:22 Shimmer (Demo)
30:44 Space Hole (Demo)
31:50 Particle Reverb (Demo)
32:30 Beer Setting (Weird!)
33:01 Destroyer Pad (Demo)
34:08 Lofi Reverb (Demo)
35:30 OUTRO
Video Recommendation: Also check out Fran Blanche and her video about plate reverb: • Plate Echo - The Great...
---- GEAR THAT I USED IN THIS VIDEO ----
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+ Fender Mustang Bridge reverb.grsm.io/mustangbridge
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👟 REVERB PEDALS
Hardwire RV 7 (by DigiTech) - Reverb Pedal
USA reverb.grsm.io/hardwire-rv7
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Zoom MS-70 CDR - Multieffect Pedal
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Empress - Reverb *
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🔈 SPEAKERS
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📹 CAMERA | Nikon 5100
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* The Empress Reverb effect pedal was a gift by Empress
* The amp simulation software in this video was a gift by KUASSA
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[@berlinshoegazer]

Hey music friends, I hope you're all doing well. Maybe - at some point - you asked yourself what the difference is between all these hundreds of reverb effects out there. I thought it would be cool to have an ultimate guide to these beautiful sounds as it could help you to better understand what you're actually looking for. This video took me about two weeks. That's the reason why I didn't upload new content sooner. Sorry for that. :) Enjoy! (And don't be too distracted by that long red hair below my left ear. XD )

[@jdgonzo1982]

yeah that hair!! nearly got away! so are you in a band dude?? write any music of your own...?

[@berlinshoegazer]

@@jdgonzo1982 Yeah. I also uploaded many of my albums and songs on my channel. Unkenny Valleys and Feathers and Stars for example. :)

[@towardstar]

Kenneth you are becoming the czar of shoegaze technical knowledge, keep up the good work.

[@towardstar]

if I can offer a suggestion, a good idea to explore might sound design ideas and theories to push the frontiers of what we define to be shoegaze

[@norlanderduwallis9074]

Wait, you can turn reverb pedals off?

[@berlinshoegazer]

Haha. Yeah. Just give it a try. ;)

[@blueskiedanclear-1]

@@berlinshoegazer shh, dont say that, the reverb federation will silence you for knowing too much!

[@pipino1313]

hey, u really should do an "top 10 shoegaze riffs" video..

[@jaqb17]

Super cool idea for video. Also visualization of effects in background was neat. Great job!

[@manualofalternativemusic]

Great sounds as always Kenny! Reverbs have always been a big part of my sound, It’s one of the effects That made me dive more and more into guitar playing and (of course) shoegaze (;

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

you are killing it ! so cool to see, man ! 😎

[@latontolog]

Great video, very comprehensive! This will be a super useful guide to a lot of people. And your playing is beautiful as always. :)

[@berlinshoegazer]

😭 Thank you!

[@lucascgah]

the quality of content is insane, great job

[@berlinshoegazer]

Thank you so much!

[@swettyspaghtti]

Dam great editing man

[@bjornslot1990]

I love reverb. sold my digitech digiverb for the zoom ms70cdr. Worth it imo. Your videos helped me make that decision. Thanks alot dude👍

[@majimetanuki]

Thanks for this! Will buy Zoom ms-70cdr this weekend. Can't wait to try it out!

[@TenisDimants]

Thank you for this vid. Love the Zoom MS-70cdr, just hacked it last night to put the drive and amp effects on it. Dig the MOD Reverb on it and also like to use little spring reverb for everything.

[@astrophile_0721]

20:04 sounds so good!

[@berlinshoegazer]

Loved that sound, too!

[@astrophile_0721]

What are the chords?

[@productive_citizen]

Had the Empress on my board for a loooong time and eventually traded it for an Eventide Space. Love the Space but definitely miss the Empress, so simple to use and aesthetically pleasing.

[@texanfournow]

Great job, Kenneth! I know you must put a lot of time and effort into these demos. I prefer these deep-dives rather than the short demos so often found on KZbin. I especially like your personal observations on the nuances of the settings. The only reverb pedal I have (not counting the Boss ME-50) is the Hardwire Supernatural. I would love to have the Empress but cannot afford it. I will probably "gift" myself the Ammoon Pockverb for Christmas, as it has a lot of options for about $60. It is not a sure thing as I have my doubts about Ammoon durability; I bought an Ammoon American Sound and it died after one year of light use. But I love reverb so I will be bargain hunting during the next few months...anyways, thanks for the great--and unique--content!

[@berlinshoegazer]

Thank you so much for these kind words. Means a lot to me. I just can recomment these Zoom MS pedals as you can experiment with a great amount of cool effect and learn a lot about reverb sounds you might have already looked for. I got my MS70CDR for 60 bucks used. Never regretted getting one. :)

[@texanfournow]

@@berlinshoegazer Wow, $60 is a great price; I do look for Zoom pedals used but seems everyone here wants close to retail, even if the pedal is used. But the MS70 CDR is now at the top of my list. Cheers!

[@miguel1818J1]

just had a zoom ms 50g for some months now and i havent seem to find a sound difference when im turning on the tail of a reverb effect.. and its just now that i learned what it is really for. if it werent because of this tutorial i wouldnt realy know it. Thank You!

[@berlinshoegazer]

Thank you, Miguel, for letting me know. I know many musicians who were wondering how they can turn off the whole effect instantly. That's when I decided to make this whole guide video. Have fun with your new knowledge. :D

[@mateuszsobanski203]

Superb comparison and explanation of reverb pedals. Some effects were like from the space odyssey. Ziggy Stardust must have seen your video 😁 Brilliant content

[@berlinshoegazer]

Thank you so much, Mateus. I really enjoyed making this video.

[@julianwest4030]

Great info and there's quite a bit of it too. Although I do have to say the left and right speakers on the demo are out of phase. I thought it sounded a little odd in stereo and when I summed them together the attack of the guitar was gone and quite a few artifacts were left behind

[@berlinshoegazer]

Thank you Julian. I check this next time.

[@JapkoX]

Great video, thanks a lot! Are you planning doing a video about the tone print features of flasback/hof in the future?

[@berlinshoegazer]

Thank you so much. Unfortunitily the Flashback and Hof are not able to generate Reverse Reverb with their Tone Print options. I already asked. So I don't plan to buy one of these as I really need that effect.

[@JapkoX]

@@berlinshoegazer Yeah, that was the main reason i got ehx oceans 11 instead of hof. Cheers from Poland

[@GrayBoeuf]

Thank you so much! I am so getting myself a Zoom CDR. Time to upgrade from my terrible Digitech RP80 ;)

[@franciscoojeda11]

Thanks for the video, very useful! One thing it's that many examples arent mono compatible when i listen for the first time with the smartphone speaker

[@berlinshoegazer]

Thank you for the info. You are right. Didn't thought about that. I will mark this in the headline.

[@StormcloakUlfric]

Sometimes I feel so lost with all the zoom options. I loved the examples

[@jimtroeltsch5998]

How do you like the empress? I heavily considered it at one point but went with the Context 2. The reverse setting on the context 2 does a mean alesis midi verb sound. It's actually very close to my ear and sounds even better than the Keeley Realizer. The context has some other really nice reverb modes. I highly recommend it. Thanks for the video!

[@berlinshoegazer]

Thank you, Jim. Hope I get the chance to check out a Context 2 at some point.

[@raavenstark5905]

With your "The Smiths Poster" we will have a tutorial of the vibrato riff of How Soon Is Now one day ? :3 (for me this song is a shoegaze song)

[@berlinshoegazer]

As a matter of fact I already thought about doing this. So it's on the list. :)

[@raavenstark5905]

@@berlinshoegazer great! Because playing with a vibrato pedal is underrated for shoegazer (even if you already have a vibrato on your guitar, it sounds different) I'm looking for a Boss Slicer, i saw Johnny Marr playing this song with this pedal once, i like how we can cut the sound.

[@dakotasillyman5495]

I love my CDR. Got greedy and bought a used Empress. I like it as well, but honestly the CDR gives sooo much bang for the buck and I might end up moving on from the Empress.

[@berlinshoegazer]

It is really weird. I feel the same way. Recently tried the Boss RV6 and Line6 Verbzilla. Both are also really good in their own way. But the CDR is sooo versatile and small. That's hard to beat.

[@abdulmoeedamjad1024]

Amazing.

[@abdulmoeedamjad1024]

I think Beer is more bubbling.

[@berlinshoegazer]

Me too. Haha. Thank you for your words.

[@manualofalternativemusic]

Hey there! I’m looking for a new power supply for my pedals Kenneth (: What Do you use? Personally, I use lots of digital pedals for reverb and modulation, and also some fuzzes, distortions. My pedalboard is simular to yours on your old videos! Could you recommend me anything? Thank yoouu bro

[@berlinshoegazer]

I currently use the Harley Benton Powerplant ISO 2 Pro. Super powerful, light and affordable.

[@stevemackenzie100]

A couple of questions. What is you favourite always-on reverb? And, I've always though that room and hall are similar - if you set room with a long decay just that not just make it into hall almost?

[@berlinshoegazer]

You're right. Room and Hall are very similar. The definition for a Room is just a little smaller than a Hall so basicly there should be a difference. But with the development of reverb effects those two reverb names got used for almost the same sound effect and acoustic size impression. On the Empress (for example) comes Room first and is followed by a Hall. So there must be a difference. Empress gave their Reverb pedal the option for a almost endless Hall reverb tale. The same thing goes for the Plate reverb. The RV7 by Digitech is very limited in it's decay time although it has the same setting names. Anyways, I think there was once a difference in the size impression of these effects. But it's hard to tell for sure. My favourite "always-on" effect is Plate with a pretty long decay. :)

[@stevemackenzie100]

@@berlinshoegazer Thanks for that. I use EHX Cathedral Reverb and probably haven't experimented enough with Plate but will give that a try.

[@AssafMarkowitzMusicProducer]

Stereo in - Phase out (out of phase). Anyway, great demonstration!

[@ForgetEverything1224]

Hi there man. Thank you for the infos about reverb. Im really a fan of yours here from philippines. Especially for making a huge and weird effects which i like most. Just want to ask where do you prefer to place the reverb? reverb to delay or delay to reverb?

[@berlinshoegazer]

I always switch the positions as I need it for a specific song. But in generell I'd start with delay into reverb as I see reverb as the finial room I create sound in. A delay is more a creative copy machine for melodies in my playing ...so it goes befor the room/reverb. Hope that helps.

[@ForgetEverything1224]

SHOEGAZER thanks for the advise. i think your right positiong and playing around with it maybe depend on the song that you would playing to get the right sound

[@jonw3462]

For me I like spring or plate with an acoustic patch. Shimmer for ambience Mod or hall for lead guitar. Great video anyway

[@ThomCoe]

Would you still need a delay pedal if you used the Empress Reverb? Some websites list the pedal as a “reverb + delay”, which is confusing me. I thought it was a fancy reverb pedal only.

[@berlinshoegazer]

It has a reverb-delay option but I'd always recommend using an extra delay pedal as it's a bit tricky to use it seperately from the reverb sounds.

[@pipino1313]

ay bro, your videos are soooo good, good job there, btw, you like some blackgaze too? like Alcest

[@berlinshoegazer]

Thank you so much. I'm a big fand of Alcest, Woods of Desolation and Ameseur.

[@bullfrogboss8008]

I love my multistomp

[@lorddoberman]

14:42 *Omg it sounds like 'No More Sorry' by mbv, it's so fucken crazy!!*

[@-Pol-]

Weirdest thing going on with the sound for me - When use my bluetooth speakers your voice is fine but the demo's are barely audible; that is until I pan the volume left or right. then I can hear the music. Some sort of phase issue going on perhaps?. Weird thing is it only happens through bluetooth - Laptop and headphones are fine.

[@rexpelagius]

Had the same audio issue with the demos listening through my phone speakers. Its fine with headphones though and when listening on my PC speakers. Odd.

[@rexpelagius]

Had the same audio issue with the demos listening through my phone speakers. Its fine with headphones though and when listening on my PC speakers. Odd.

[@-Pol-]

@@rexpelagius Weirder still - I'm getting your reply back here in the comments in stereo!

[@areks29]

hi do you build your own ambient reverb pedals in Berlin? I would be interested to purchase

[@berlinshoegazer]

Hey man, I inly designed some fuzz pedals so far. Most recently I made a pedal called Katzen Jammer with Summit Amplifications. You can find it here: www.berlinshoegazer.com

[@HxcTufty]

Why no reverse reverb + distortion for zoom ?

[@mariarosso3890]

I don't no why call it Digicrap on U.S. Zoom.. maybe buy it! (other chance) It´s does same that g1xon but with better housing?? Here I want to taste a Sonar Fx - timebox (Argentina brand) is a single pedal, dly/reverb with shimmer and freezer type options (not all at same time but get interesting combinations! Empress, not for now..much expenssive to me! Saludos from Argentina¡

[@dimazramadhanp6695]

CAN WE RECREATE THE GATE SWELL IN MS70CDR????? DAMN I REALLY LOVE HOW IT SOUNDS IN EMPRESS BUT IM BROKE

[@MoeThermodynamics]

try a hall/church reverb with loooong predelay and long decay. If you can run your effects loop and dry sound in parallel, I think it'd be easier to recreate with a low feedback digital delay and your reverb of choice.

[@philippebackprotips]

I use the Zoom on synths.

[@basicmusic805]

Finally i found (shoegaze); Thank you for this one (shoegaze) never knew before. Why it called shoegaze?

[@berlinshoegazer]

During the late 80s and early 90s, when some creative rock musician started to perform music with a huge amount of effect pedals, they were mainly gazing at their pedalboards (shoes) because they had to concentrate on changing sounds. English journalists called it "shoegazing" with a negative intention as these bands weren't performing like cool rock stars. It appeared boring and shy to them. But the sounds they were creating were massive and new at this time. That's how the term Shoegaze and Shoegazing got around. But it was and still seems to be a "scene that celebrates itself" :)

[@basicmusic805]

@@berlinshoegazer Thank you

[@GelsonBcJunior]

12:55 😲

[@graydeotto2820]

I think I was first, since I watched this when it first went up earlier!

[@manualofalternativemusic]

Saw your comment when I watched it before 😅

[@berlinshoegazer]

Haha. So sorry. There was a mistake in my KZbin settings so it got up to early.

[@graydeotto2820]

@@berlinshoegazer no worries! I was just lucky to watch it early haha

[@graydeotto2820]

I think since I loaded it and then went for a walk while listening that it didn't stop playing when the video was removed lol

[@davidelizalde3844]

Do you have a favorite reverb pedal ?

[@berlinshoegazer]

Hey David, I'm starting to like the Empress Reverb a lot. But I couldn't live without my MS-70CDR anymore. It is so small and flexibile.

[@lipo971]

henlo

[@rosschristianos3628]

Who the hell gave this a thumbs down?

[@berlinshoegazer]

I'm happy you like it.

[@pjm8779]

The MS-CDR70 distorts the signal, especially with reverbs. Not suitable in my pedal chain..

[@user-ys6vk4ty5f]

почему не на русском?(

[@RomanKlunder]

die Brille ist wirklich zu groß

[@Polyfusia]

The Zoom sounds artificial and bad in every capacity. The empress is trebly and plucky and not my bag. The Digitech is warm and balanced and does these effects properly.

[@arthurpiccio7906]

I tend to agree, but the Zoom is not necessarily bad. I kind of like it with an always-on EP booster or analog delay after to make it less digital-sounding. With either of those things after, I can tolerate and enjoy it enough to not want an upgrade. The real problem I think is the lack of an analog dry through and its terrible ADA conversion.