Twangström

Reverb is one of the most often used effects in music production. It has the capacity to give a bit presence and room to any instrument or vocal track, allowing you to make certain elements of your mix stand out. Of course, too much reverb can make a song sound terrible, but know that the effect can be used on almost any instrument, and it’s sometimes employed even in the mastering process.

Of course, there are many types of reverb, each of them designed to be used with different sounds and offering different results. Your digital audio workstation probably has a few of them in stock, so one of your first tasks is to try them all out until you decide that you want to use an external plugin. When you do that, take a look at Twangström.

As its name (probably) suggests, Twangström is an emulation of a spring reverb. Now, the spring reverb was first patented in 1939 and was one of the first types of analog units to be used by musicians. The unique sound was achieved by using a set of springs, and that's about all that my vast and superior technical know-how will allow me to tell you.

What I can tell you is that Twangström looks and sounds great. Analog emulation emulations are nothing new to u-He, and with this product, they succeeded in offering a digital unit that sounds and behaves like a classic reverb but comes with plenty of modern features as well.

Just by browsing through the presets you understand that the plugin is capable of adding not just various types of reverbs to your sounds, but also a few filters, tremolos, and overdrives. You can tweak the presets until you make them your own; while I won’t get into each parameter, I will mention that you’re able to shake the springs in the center of the unit with your mouse. As expected, you'll get nothing more than "boings" and "twangs" at the beginning, but a bit of modulation can lead to some weird and interesting sound effects.

It’s easy to recommend Twangström as powerful and versatile reverb plugin.