Best Reverb to blend with a Delay?

[Achilles]

When blending the two, which type of reverb algorithm fits best with a delay in your opinion?

 

[itchyfingers]

Man, I'd think its pretty subjective to the player and type of music being played. For me I guess it's spring, but juuuuuust a touch if using with delay. Ideally from an old Fender reverb unit with a Roland Space Echo, for maximum authenticity.

 

[FuzzyAce]

I don't think there is a best. Depends on the context, I feel like they all can be tweaked to sound good. I do think a short slap back with spring verb is a cool combo though.

 

[laxu]

I'm a fan of plates and halls regardless of the usecase.

I do think the spring reverb in the Volante is a good thing to blend with the delay sounds though, adds a bit of smoothness to it.

 

[Devin]

Totally depends on the context but the ones I use most are spring and plate

 

[dk_ace]

What kind of delay sound and how prominent is the reverb in question? What kind of music and how much gain are you typically using?

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[Aelred]

EQD Afterneath for all sorts of fun with just about anything

Most of my time = whatever is in the Yamaha THR10

Other configurations I use:

Strymon Volante - Spring
Fender Reflecting Pool Delay/Reverb – mostly Plate
EQD Dispatch Master – I’m unsure what other than Digital
EQD Avalanche Run Delay/Reverb – see above
Full Ambient knob twiddling = Meris Mercury 7 and Polymoon

Strymon Timeline and Cloudburst – I need some more time with them
Digitech Polara and Alexander History Lesson – see above

 

[paisleywookiee]

Plates/halls/rooms. Springs are fun, but are too much their own thing.

 

[the swede]

Taste thing definitely…

I’ll mostly run a longer darker plate with delay. And in that case the delay would be max 3 repeats where the last can be made inaudible with playing style. Ambient/post-rock is my thing and usually there’s no typical way of things at all.

 

[spawnofthesith]

Spring and plate at the same time

 

[EOengineer]

Too subjective to vote without some contextual guardrails. There are 2 scenarios where I use reverb with delay:
1. Shimmer verbs when I want to be fabulous - almost always with tape or space echo.
2. The spring reverb on the space echo - it’s just part of the thing, though the RE-202 adding other reverb types in a firmware update was pretty clutch.

In almost all other cases it’s verb is just getting in the way for a lot of the stuff I play.