Mercenary Audio has something which intrigues me: the Bricasti M7 outboard reverb unit, whose price point is at the far outer end of my capabilities, and yet which seemingly promises some beautiful verb. In my opinion, no effect is more valuable than reverb.
And yet here I have in my possession an Ultra. How does its reverb rate against dedicated reverb units? I'd have to imagine its reverb wouldn't rate well, only because a unit like the Bricasti is dedicating all its processing towards reverb, whereas the Fractal also has other fish to fry. Then again, I have not had the opportunity to take a measuring stick to the Briscasti, or any other such outboard reverb.
Would someone kindly intone on the subject for me? To wit, if you're going outboard from your DAW for some reverb, would you feel that the FA offers something less than a production worthy alternative?
Asked another way, would a Fractal -> Bricasti audio chain be more desirable, than merely staying in the Fractal for reverb? Perhaps the Fractal's reverb is fine for one instrument (preferably guitar), but it is not optimized for a stem or mix?
And yet here I have in my possession an Ultra. How does its reverb rate against dedicated reverb units? I'd have to imagine its reverb wouldn't rate well, only because a unit like the Bricasti is dedicating all its processing towards reverb, whereas the Fractal also has other fish to fry. Then again, I have not had the opportunity to take a measuring stick to the Briscasti, or any other such outboard reverb.
Would someone kindly intone on the subject for me? To wit, if you're going outboard from your DAW for some reverb, would you feel that the FA offers something less than a production worthy alternative?
Asked another way, would a Fractal -> Bricasti audio chain be more desirable, than merely staying in the Fractal for reverb? Perhaps the Fractal's reverb is fine for one instrument (preferably guitar), but it is not optimized for a stem or mix?
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