Wave Alchemy Magic7 is a free reverb plugin for macOS and Windows that emulates the legendary Bricasti M7 hardware reverb unit.
Reverbs are one of the most popular effects among musicians. They are available as hardware or software. The latter are probably the most used because they are the most affordable. The complete opposite is hardware reverb units, which cost a lot of money and are mainly conceived for big studio setups.
One of these legendary devices is the Bricasti M7, which has a new price tag of around 5000€. That’s affordable, hehe. Wave Alchemy has dropped with the Magic7, a free reverb plugin that brings the Briscanti magic in your DAW.
Wave Alchemy Magic7
Magic7 is a free reverb plugin that recreates the beloved sound of the legendary M7 digital reverb. The re-sizable user interface is simple and sleek, with few parameters, but there is a lot to explore.
Wave Alchemy ships Magic7 with 11 reverb types: Ambience, Chambers. Halls 1, Halls 2, Nonlin, Plates 1, Plates 2, Rooms 1, Rooms 2, Spaces 1, Spaces 2. That’s not all. The developers also have captured every preset of the original factory set. This means you get all 234 original M7 presets in true-stereo clarity.
The plugin has the original parameters, including input and output level control, dry/wet mix, pre-delay, and low-end. The pre-delay has a handy tempo-sync option. Thanks to its own DSP engine, it also unlocks new features.
You can work with ducking, transient smoothing, and a flux/ensemble parameter. The latter adds stereo spatialization and pitch modulation.
The 234 original M7 presets, and all others can be found in a dedicated preset browser with classic functions: searching, tags, and favorites. Further, Wave Alchemy has incorporated a random preset shuffler in the Magic7 plugin, giving you instant inspiration. Excellent, there are also undo and redo functions.
First Impression
Only a few people can afford an original Bricasti M7 hardware reverb. It’s more a thing for the big studios. The Wave Alchemy Magic8 plugin, however, gives every musician a bit of Bricasti charm for their DAW for free. It’s an excellent emulation that you should not miss.
Wave Alchemy Magic7 is available now for free download. It runs as a VST3, AU, and AAX plugin on macOS (native Apple Silicon + Intel) and Windows.
More information here: Wave Alchemy
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