8 Reverb and Delay Plugins Based on Vintage Hardware
Reverb and delay plugins are common tools for every modern mixing engineer — most DAWs even include their own effects plugins for free. But up until around the 40s, the only way to apply reverb to a recording was to move the mic further away from the sound source — and the only way to apply delay was by daisy-chaining two tape machines together.
In 1947 Universal Audio’s Bill Putnam, Sr. was the first engineer to use “artificial reverb” on a track (“Peg o’ My Heart” by The Harmonicats, which was a huge hit). Putnam went on to install reverb chambers in studios all across the country — until outboard reverb and delay units became increasingly available in the late 50s.
Many of these effects units produced have been used on countless hit records over the years. Just like analog EQs and compressors, some engineers still swear by what these hardware units provide, which is why all the following reverb and delay units have plugin emulations.
This is in excerpt from an article originally published on The Pro Audio Files. Read the full article here!
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