Dr. Scientist Mini Reverberator
Canada's Dr. Scientist is most adept
at crafting highly unique effects that
maximize the function-to-space ratio.
Its Mini Reverberator is beloved for the
comprehensive range of pristine 24bit reverbs it offers, plenty to keep any
ambience-obsessed knob tweaker busy
creating lush virtual reverberations to bathe
their guitar in. The rotary knob at its center
lets the user easily select from nine different
reverb types, but for the purposes of this
article, we'll focus on its excellent palette of
plate tones. The Mini Reverberator offers
three dedicated plate settings, including
standard plate, warm plate, and short vintage
plate. These reproduce varying aspects of
real plate personality, and allow the player
to get anything from old-time, industry
standard EMT tones, to something murkier,
or something more modern. A toggle switch
selects between shorter and longer decay
times, and an on-board 20dB gain boost can
generate significant grime, allowing even the
most reverb-drenched tone cut through the
mix like a greased machete. There's even a
bonus rotary speaker setting. Booyah!
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