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Pro R2 Feature Requests
I want to start by saying I'm a huge fan of all of your guy's plugins. But I wanted to ask you guys: do you have any plans of making a Pro R3? Out of all of your plugins, I feel like R2 needs the biggest update of them all.
I and many other adore the user interface itself, and the controls and everything are absolutely perfect, but the algorithm itself tends to be quite harsh and metallic sounding in the highs, on many different sources. Thankfully there is a built in EQ to help with this, but I don't have this problem with most other reverbs.
I'd love to see a version of R3 with a ton more algorithms (spring, atmospheric, hall, etc), and maybe even a reverse function. It would replace every other reverb in most people's toolkit, easily. I like how transparent it sounds now, but I could easily see a reverb plugin that could be everything. Lush like Valhalla, smooth like a Lexicon, and transparent as it is now, with no artifacting. I have hope!!!!
Thanks guys, your plugins are wonderful.
Hi Grayson,
While we have loads of ideas we can think of for a new Pro-R, but I'm afraid some other plug-ins deserve our attention first. Pro-R 2 was "only" released in 2023. Typically our major versions have a much longer lifespan before getting a new major update. Not saying we don't see any room for improvement, but I'm afraid you should not expect a Pro-R update any time soon.
The fact that you mentioned metallic and harsh sound did draw my attention though. We're not under the impression that this is a general consensus. Typically reverbs can sound more natural when they have high end rolled off, that's why we have this in our default setting as well. However, we also want to provide a full range version. Are there any specific cases where you experience this?