Rev PLATE-140: Plate Reverb Plugin by Arturia Free Download

The EMT 140 was the first plate reverb and was prized for a bright, smooth tone and a lush decay. Arturia recreated the original unit and also modeled two other plate reverbs it found during its research, giving you three plate characters to choose from.

Each plate has its own resonant character. The modeled damping lets you adjust decay times while keeping the plate's tonal behavior, and the integrated vacuum tube preamp can add warmth or be pushed to add some grit when the signal needs it.

Because the plates are modeled rather than sampled, the reverb responds to the decay and damping settings you choose instead of playing back a fixed impulse.

Much of the control in Rev PLATE-140 happens before the signal reaches the plate. A high-pass filter lets you remove low frequencies from the input so the reverb does not muddy the mix, and pre-delay sets how quickly the reverb begins after the dry sound.

The mix section lets you add stereo width, collapse the reverb to mono and set the dry/wet balance. Integrated chorus can be placed before or after the reverb for a richer tail, and the 3-band post-reverb EQ lets you finish the tone inside the plugin.

The plugin window is resizable and includes integrated tutorials.