Eventide Audio has released its new ShimmerVerb plug-in, combining a massively lustrous reverb with parallel pitch shifters to add ethereal layers, making any signal “shimmer.”
This production technique was popularised by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno on U2's ‘The Unforgettable Fire’ - and producer and engineers would previously have achieved this effect by using Eventide pitch-shifting hardware such as the H910, H949, or H3000 or other rack-mount units in combination with a reverb.
Now, this iconic sound has been refined and extended with a modern, unified interface, great for adding ambience to guitars, keys, synths, samples and vocals.
In typical Eventide fashion, features have been added such as the ability to infinitely feedback the signal, resulting in cascading reverbs. Feedback can be further fine-tuned by specifying which frequencies are fed back through the low/mid/high cross-over network.
ShimmerVerb for Mac and PC supports VST, AAX, and AU plug-in to work with all DAWs and is available at an introductory price of $39 until September 8th, 2020 before it reverts to the normal price of $99.
The iOS version of ShimmerVerb, which works as a standalone app, AudioUnit v3 plug-in, or Inter-App Audio effect, is priced at $14.99, with a special intro price of $9.99 until September 10th, 2020.
Learn more about ShimmerVerb over at Eventides website.