Audio professionals in search of a top-quality reverb will be impressed with the iZotope Exponential Audio Symphony, an algorithmic reverb that can add character and color to sound sources. This plug-in offers support up to 7.1 surround. As such, you'll find it suitable for both music and postproduction contexts.
Exponential Audio plug-ins trace their origin in the classic Lexicon units of yesteryear. This plug-in certainly expands upon that sound, adding color as well as dimension to your signals. This product is compatible with Mac and Windows platforms. It operates in AU, VST, and AAX formats. An iLok account is required for authorizing the plug-in, though an iLok key is not strictly necessary.
Key Features at a Glance
- Lush surround reverb algorithm for up to 7.1 channels
- Freeze, Chorus, and Gate modules for creative effects
- Channel-specific control over reverb gain and delay
- Advanced control of reverb tail and early reflections
- Over 1700 presets (rooms, plates, halls, chambers, and more)
- EuControl support
Comprehensive Controls
Symphony provides comprehensive controls separated into tabs.
- Early Reflections: Tailor the sound to your needs in highly specific ways.
- Tails: Discover a whole new set of controls over the late reflections.
- Input Filtering: High-, low-, and band-pass tweaking on global inputs, early reflection inputs, and tail inputs respectively.
- Warp: Add compression and overdrive while facilitating other effects, such as bit-reduction for a more vintage, digital sound.
- Chorus: Adds modulation and you can separately dictate how the modulation effects the tails or early reflections on an individual bases. Gate: Create classic, gated-reverb sounds.
- Freeze: Achieve weird, momentary effects.
- Balance: Ensures you can tweak the signal for each channel independently. This section offers controls over levels and delays on a per-channel basis. Go into this tab when you want to create compelling soundscapes for surround-sound formats.
Presets
Whether you're looking for halls, chambers, rooms, or plates, Symphony has a colorful reverb for you. Browse through them all by keyword, or click the magnifying glass in the top right of the GUI to dictate the terms of search. Over 1700 presets are provided in total, many of them for music, many of them for postproduction, and many more for both contexts.