Description
When the first affordable digital reverbs appeared on the market in the early 80s, a digital arms race developed quickly amongst the major Japanese manufacturers. Everybody wanted a digital reverb, so Yamaha, Roland and Korg dived straight in, followed by Akai, Alesis, Digitech, Casio, Sony, etc, etc
The DRV-2000 was a substantial upgrade from the earlier DRV-1000, with real-time Midi and 24-Bit processing but, like most early reverbs, it is bandwidth-limited with a steep roll-off above 12 kHz. Don’t view this as a drawback though – it’s the restricted bandwidth and limited processing power of 80s reverbs that gives them their sound. It’s a significant part of their character & appeal
The DRV-2000 isn’t just a reverb processor – it’s capable of delays, repeats, flanger effects and, of course, the definitive sound of the 1980s – gated reverb!
Preset programs
- Reverb small hall
- Reverb large hall
- Reverb room
- Reverb garage
- Reverb vocal
- Reverb instrumental
- Gate reverb 1
- Gate reverb 2
- Stereo echo 1
- Stereo echo 2
- Stereo echo 3
- Stereo flanger
- Stereo chorus
- Space pan
- Reverb & echo
- Reverb & chorus
Early digital reverbs sound very different to modern 24-bit, high-sample rate reverbs. Generally they’re darker, grainier and more dense. They make a good contrast to plugins and newer outboard and provide another aural perspective to work with
