Ambience (Free Reverb VST) Review

If you are looking for one of the best free reverb plugins available online, I recommend you check out Ambience.

Developed by Smartelectronix, it is incredibly powerful and will suit all basic needs as well as more advanced demands with a really easy interface.

It has all the basic reverb controls found on all good units/plugins such as Decay time, Damping and Dry/Wet controls as well as more advanced features such as gating and frequency control.

What I like about Dry/Wet controls is that you can place the reverb on a single track instead of a send and really control the space that particular instrument sits in. If you aren’t familiar with the differences between track and send effects, check this guide.

The sound on this goes from very subtle room reverbs to behemoths impossible in the natural world. Imagine a huge cave that has then been sound treated to further reflect sounds.

The EQ and Damping sections are awesome, while only controlling high and low, they allow the main frequency of alteration to be selected and are important if you don’t want the reverb to “muddy” up the low end.

The shape section is great, I tend to focus on the pre-delay, controlling the size of room and time between sound and reverb reflection. Having a width control greatly enhances the stereo image of the sound (another reason to roll off and dampen the low ends).

With a VST like this, there is no reason to pay for something more professional, until you are good enough to make it work flawlessly.

This plugin honestly equates to some of the paid plugins out there and compared to many, has more features too!

The download link for it is HERE.