Upper small dial
Pre-delay
The delay between the dry sound and the start of the reverb. Increase it to separate words or drum transients from the reverb tail.
Start at60 ms
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Spark Reverb
Give vocals and instruments their own space. Four reverb characters, a dense stereo tail and precise control over the reflections, tone and movement.
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- Windows 10 and 11
- 64-bit
- VST3
- Room, Plate, Hall and Chamber
- Decay, Pre-delay and Mix up front
- Separate Space and Tone pages
- Adjustable stereo width
- Windows 10 and 11, VST3
What it’s for
Example settings for drums, lead vocals and pads.
A short room on the drums
Use a short Room setting on the drum bus to add ambience. Start with a low Mix and compare with the dry kit.
Starting point
- Space
- Room
- Decay
- 0.8 s
- Pre-delay
- 0 ms
- Mix
- 12%
A plate on the lead vocal
Choose Plate for a vocal reverb. Add Pre‑delay to separate the dry words from the reverb and lower Damping to let the high frequencies fade sooner.
Starting point
- Space
- Plate
- Decay
- 1.6 s
- Pre-delay
- 60 ms
- Mix
- 15%
A long hall on a pad
Choose Hall with a long Decay for sustained pads or strings. Raise Width above 100%, then adjust Mix while checking that chord changes remain clear.
Starting point
- Space
- Hall
- Decay
- 4.5 s
- Width
- 125%
- Mix
- 30%
The controls
14 automatable parameters. Time and mix stay in view while Space and Tone give you the details.
Main dial
Decay
How long the reverb continues after the sound stops. Shorten it if tails overlap the next phrase or obscure other parts.
Start at1.6 s
Lower small dial
Mix
The balance between the dry sound and the reverb. On an insert, a little goes a long way. On an effects send, turn it all the way to wet and set the amount with the send level instead.
Start at15%
Space page
Character and diffusion
Choose Room, Plate, Hall or Chamber. Size changes reflection spacing while Decay stays independent. Diffusion controls tail density, and Modulation adds slow spatial movement.
Start atPlate
Space and Tone pages
Tone
Damping controls high-frequency absorption in the tail. Low cut and High cut shape the wet path without changing the dry signal. Early / late balances the initial reflections against the late tail.
Start at6.5 kHz damping
Space and Tone pages
Width and dynamics
Width adjusts the wet stereo image from mono to 150%. Ducking makes room for the input and lets the tail return between phrases. Output gain controls the final dry and wet level.
Start at100% width
The tail, in detail.
Switch to Tone for filtering, reflection balance and ducking. The main time and mix controls stay in place.
- Keep the low end clear
- Low cut removes bass from the wet path. The original signal keeps its body.
- Choose the reflection balance
- Early / late moves between the first reflections and the diffuse tail.
- Leave room for the words
- Ducking lowers the reverb while the input is active and lets it return in the gaps.
- Your account, in the plugin
- Use Account at the top right to see your activation status and connect Reverb to your Spark account.
Reverb tips
Check the reverb in the full mix, especially between phrases.
- Time the tail
- Loop a bar and adjust Decay so the tail fades before the next snare hit. This reduces the overlap between hits.
- Pre-delay first
- If a vocal sounds pushed to the back, add Pre‑delay before you turn Mix down. Somewhere around 40 to 80 ms, the words step forward and the space stays.
- Mute to check
- Set Mix where you’d miss the reverb if it were gone, not where you can clearly hear it. Bypass it for a moment: if the track shrinks and goes dry, it’s doing its job.
Specs
A native plugin built around an original 16-line feedback delay network. The dry path adds no latency.
Go to support- Format
- VST3 and standalone, 64-bit
- System
- Windows 10 and 11, 64-bitNo macOS version yet.
- Controls
- Pre-delay, Decay, Mix, Algorithm, Size, Diffusion, Damping, Low cut, High cut, Modulation, Width, Early / late, Ducking and OutputEight factory starting points. Resizable interface.
- Availability
- Version 0.1.730-day free trial. A verified Spark account is required. Activate from the plugin.
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