Woodman’s Immaculate Maple Syrup Studio has released WoodVerberator 1.0 for MacOS and iOS.
WoodVerberator is a convolution based reverb with a lot of extra features:
- Reverb time can be set from 0 to 10s or to the IR file native length.
- Has controls to adjust the reverb (damping, distribution).
- Stereo can be created by either using a stereo IR file or by de-correlating a mono file.
- Has an HPF, LPF and Saturator which work on the reverb late part only, the early-late boundary can be set.
- Has Amplitude and Phase modulation which work on the reverb late part only, the early-late boundary can be set.
- Has Gating which can also be driven by the side chain.
- Has Ducking which can also be driven by the side chain.
- Has an extra Delay which works on the reverb late part only, the early-late boundary can be set.
- Has general HPF, LPF and De-Essing filters.
- Has a quality control to balance the CPU load.
- Has the standard Mix and Pre-Delay controls.
- User IR files can be tried and added to the WoodVerberator IR folder so they appear in the IR dropdown.
- Has Input and Output level meters.
- Can generate Surround and Immersive 3D output (MacOS).
- Has a graph displaying the IR.
WoodVerberator Intro Video:
Pricing and Availability:
WoodVerberator 1.0 is available now, with the following pricing:
- Intro prices: $29.99 (Mac) $8.99 (iOS)
- Regular pricees: $49.99 (Mac) $12.99 (iOS)
It does run on an iPhone 13, but good luck interacting with or reading it– I think it’s fine for loading presets, but even then it is incredibly unfriendly. If you only use a phone, don’t bother– until they address that microscopic UI.
I like that it is feature-rich– which saves you some trouble either tailoring IRs before loading, or running it in a series with some other plugins. Two things I was expecting but didn’t see are envelope controls for the IR, (like shaped attacks/decays), and LFO wave shapes.
For iOS, there already exist a few good convolution reverbs, but they are a bit long in the tooth. So if you have an iPad, and don’t have a convolver, this seems like a good choice.
For Mac, this is a reasonable choice, but you might also give Fog Convolver a look.