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Radiance is a VST3, AU and AAX plugin for macOS and Windows built around seven vintage EMT-140 plates. The maker says each plate was recorded at a different studio and modelled in detail, so you get seven distinct reverbs instead of one generic plate.

What is the Radiance plate reverb plugin?

The EMT 140 appeared in 1957. It used an 8x4 foot sheet of metal in a wooden box to create a sense of space without a big room or an echo chamber.

Because each plate is an analogue object, no two sound alike. Some run darker, some brighter, some longer, some shorter. Radiance is the maker's attempt to put a spread of them in one plugin.

The seven plates

Each plate is named after its sonic character:

• Air: a bright, open reverb for vocals, strings and drums.
• Classic: a plate from a major studio, with an even, balanced tone.
• Clear: similar to Classic, with a brighter top and deeper bass.
• Crisp: a converted mono-to-stereo plate with a shortest reverb time of 400ms, aimed at slapback and gated drums.
• Dark: a deep, rich plate the maker calls the deepest it found.
• Tube: a plate from a studio used on countless 70s rock records.
• Vintage: a restored plate with a mid-forward sound.

Controls beyond a plain emulation

The maker says Radiance gives you tools that normally take several plugins and routing. Radiance also offers a pre-delay that follows your session's BPM, separate shelving for the lows and the high end, gentler attack handling, plus ducking and gating tools.

Two modulation styles, Flux and Ensemble, move the tail. A 4-band Mid/Side output EQ and dual-band stereo width controls shape the stereo image.

Three character modes change the tail. Clean keeps it clear, Vintage adds subtle warmth, and Gritty is an emulation of the SP-1200 circuitry. Modern mode extends the frequency range, and a phase-coherent mono mode is there when you need it.

The signal path also includes an analogue-modelled preamp and input saturation.

Presets and workflow

The plugin ships with 250+ presets. The browser lets you search by name, filter by tags, mark favourites and shuffle at random.

Other workflow features:

• Mix Lock
• Undo and Redo for parameter changes
• Resizable high-definition interface
• Dark and light themes

Radiance runs as a 64-bit plugin on macOS 10.12+ and Windows 10+. VST3, AU and AAX are all Apple Silicon native on macOS.