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by Magnus
Ambience by Magnus is another epic reverb for sound designers. It’s a vintage reverb VST plugin that’s been around for ages. Despite its old-school design, Ambience still impresses with its full sound and clean reverb tales that hold up even by modern standards. Ambience shines as a specialized reverb unit for emulating massive spaces and surreal cosmic atmospheres. It also features a gate module for achieving the signature 80s gated snare sound.
That said, I also think it sounds great as a room reverb. It delivers a very natural ambiance that works well on vocals, guitars, and drums. Once considered a CPU hog, Ambience runs smoothly on modern computers. However, the user interface could use a refresh, especially in terms of size, although it’s still large enough for use on screens that aren’t 4K. In the meantime, the plugin was re-released as open-source and compiled for use on 64-bit Mac systems.
Unfortunately, the Windows version only works in 32-bit VST hosts. I really wish someone recompiled this as a 64-bit plugin for Windows.
Links to magnus.smartelectronix.com — the article includes the official download links.
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