I don't know if I'd call it depth. It's similar to the difference between playing my guitar into a Deluxe Memory Man and hearing it through my DAW compared to going straight into the DAW and using Echoboy. There's a difference in how everything fits together, how the guitar signal interacts with the DMM compared to how it interacts with the DAW and plugin. I freely admit that sounds incredibly pretentious but I can't think of a more intelligent way of putting itdo_androids_dream wrote:While we DO have excellent reverbs itb - there's still that 'thing' that also afflicts the latest, greatest synth emus - something 'missing' that one can't put ones finger on. I hear a depth in a lot of hardware verbs that I just never experience from itb.
With some of the older reverb units, it's the same feeling. In the end I decided to stop getting so hung up about it and revel instead in the knowledge that I have access to some fabulous old rack units going at cheap prices and some amazing reverb plugs that are similar bargains.