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The MicroFX Shimmer Black Friday deal puts this Heavyocity reverb plugin at $39, 20% off, with the offer ending Dec 18, 2026.
MicroFX Shimmer is a shimmer reverb built for bright, modulated, retro-vintage ambience. The maker pitches it at ethereal washes on guitars, pianos, pads and strings.
The controls cover reverb size, decay, modulation and dynamics. That keeps the interface lean while leaving plenty of room to shape the tail.
It blends a pitch-shifted delay into the reverb to create the octave-up sparkle shimmer reverbs are known for. Heavyocity says it is a go-to tool for ambient, spacey soundscapes and the sound many producers reach for when they want a wash that floats above the dry signal.
Three octave modes decide how that pitch shift behaves: UP, DOWN and BOTH. BOTH stacks the two directions, which makes for denser, more complex textures from the reverb's internal pitch shifter.
The X|Y Pad handles the two parameters you will touch most:
Modulation has adjustable depth and speed. Keep it low for subtle movement in the tail, or push it for evolving, animated decay.
The XY Grid also lets you fine-tune the animation across up to 15 points, so you can shape how the effect moves over time.
Every preset is fully customizable, so you can load one as a starting point and rework decay, modulation and dynamics from there.
MicroFX Shimmer runs on the MicroFX engine, which Heavyocity describes as a set of focused effects with more depth than the small interface suggests.
On Mac you need macOS 12 or later, and both Intel and Apple Silicon machines are supported. On Windows you need Windows 10 or later.
Supported hosts are Pro Tools 2020+, Live 10+, Cubase 12+, Logic Pro X, DP10+ and Bitwig.
Yes. The MicroFX Shimmer Black Friday deal takes 20% off, bringing the plugin to $39. The offer ends Dec 18, 2026. It is Heavyocity's shimmer reverb, a single plugin with 21 presets and an XY pad for blending the octave effect.
You get 21 presets split into Static and Animated categories, octave UP, DOWN and BOTH modes, and controls for size, decay, modulation and dynamics. There is also an XY Grid with animation control across up to 15 points.
Heavyocity lists Pro Tools 2020+, Live 10+, Cubase 12+, Logic Pro X, DP10+ and Bitwig as supported hosts. It runs on macOS 12 or later, Intel and Apple Silicon, and on Windows 10 or later.
The X|Y Pad puts two parameters under one hand. X sets Shimmer Blend, which mixes in the pitch-shift delay for the octave shimmer. Y sets Tone, shaping the reverb's damping and brightness.
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