Plate v1.0.10 UNLOCKED-R2R
Team R2R | 2023.11.30 | 18.6 MB
Explore the deep and rich sound of plate reverb like never before with UVI Plate, an advanced physically-modeled reverb. Plate employs realtime physical-modeling with up to 20,000 modes to achieve new levels of depth and detail, going well beyond the limitation of physical units. Take complete control over your plate’s material and dampening properties and explore a universe of reverb sounds from classics like the EMT140 and 240, and beyond.
Plate – Custom-Shop Electro-Mechanical Reverb:
Advanced physically-modeled plate reverb with stunning sound quality.
Fully-configurable mechanism goes beyond traditional hardware.
Visual decay editor and expandable UI for efficient workflow.
Our goal was not to clone a specific hardware reverb, but we wanted to replicate the sound of many hardware reverbs and allow users to experiment with their physical characteristics, even designing their own.
To reach this goal we’ve built an entire plate reverb system as a fully-parametric physical model. We approached it from the perspectives of both clinical science and musicality. Forming the models core on extensive mathematical research and then calibrating the results against detailed measurements made of an EMT140 and EMT240.
With Plate we simulate every component of the sound: dimensions, material, input/output positioning, modulation and decay sculpting while staying within the general sonic territory allowed by physics. In doing so we’re able to create a near-endless array of authentic plate reverb sound.
Start with models of your favorite units and quickly change their physical attributes; adjust the type of metal to dramatically alter the decay; adjust the plate size and manually position the i/o to effect the transient shapes from metallic ‘chirped’ sounds to full and even bodied reverbs; adjust anisotropy to detune the sound; apply tension to alter the frequency response; modify the physical dampener, mechanical friction, air radiation and octave-band decay to perfectly sculpt your reverb; boost your signal with a preamp saturation stage, add predelay, and then easily tame problem frequencies and position your sound with octave-band and lowcut filters. Adventurous users can dive straight-in and create any number of unique reverb configurations from scratch, yielding exceptional creative potential for sound designers.
Under The Hood
To better understand how to practically utilize the features of Plate let’s take a look at the components:
UVI Plate | Metal Plate
UVI Plate | Decay
UVI Plate | Controls
UVI Plate | Controls
Metal Plate
– I/0 POSITION: Both left and right inputs and outputs can be freely positioned on the metal plate. Greater distance between them results in dispersed transients akin to a spring reverb. Positioning near the edges results in a more thin, nasal sound. Positioning close to center results in a more full sound.
– MATERIAL: select Steel, Gold, Silver, Titanium or Aluminum, each type of metal has a dramatic effect on the decay, experiment with different types of source material
– AREA: from 0.3-6.0m (expressed in steel equivalent), larger values result in higher modal density
– ASPECT: from .05-20, a more square aspect creates an even sound, smaller and longer aspects result in metallic “chirped” transients similar to a spring reverb
– ANISOTROPY: from 0-1%, introduces small defects in the metal resulting in slight, variable detuning of the modes
– TENSION: simulate tension applied to the metal plate, higher values raise the frequency of lower modes
Decay
– DAMPER: from 200ms-infinity, the primary decay control simulates a rigid porous material pressed against the plate to reduce decay time
– FRICTION: multiplier, simulates thermo-elastic loss
– AIR: multiplier, simulates the decay effect of air radiation on the plate
Note: all dampening controls are fitted with sweepable cutoff frequencies allowing natural results
Additional Controls
– OCTAVE-BAND DECAY: adjust the RT60 decay time per octave-band
– OCTAVE-BAND EQ: sculpt your sound with an octave-band EQ
– LOWCUT EQ: a lowcut shelving filter, useful for taming boom and bass-heavy sounds
– PREDELAY: from 0ms-1s, delay the reverberated signal
– DRIVE: from 0-100%, applies a preamp saturation stage to the signal before hitting the plate
– MIX: from 0-100%, mix the wet/dry signal ratio
– QUALITY: allows you to adjust Plate’s performance based on the patch design and your production needs by changing the amount of modes (think of these like voices on a synth). A setting of “Medium” provides a beautiful result in most cases, while a setting of “Insane” simulates 20,000 modes for the ultimate result, but is best suited for offline rendering.
* No iLok Driver is required to run.
* Our release loads faster and uses less memory than original.
