That realization moment was powerful and the part about algorithms cracked me up. Your content never disappoints. Always informative with a touch of fun!
I just bought this and right out of the gate … I said… “wow… whoa… this is so rich and gorgeous “. I had it on edge of break up guitar. This is going to inspire over and over again.
I unfairly dismissed this plugin without looking past the interface which i initially thought was gimmicky, but after this demo you've sold me on it LOL some really cool features in here
I got this plugin a couple weeks ago and it has seriously changed my workflow. It strikes a perfect balance of creative simplicity and technical control. It’s good to know I made a good purchase, and I am not just childishly excited about a new plug-in
Baby Audio really hit a homerun with this one. Sounds great, looks great and so easy to dial in. Been using it for everything THE last few weeks (except when I need some plate reverb).
I truly love the way Crystaline sounds as well as the user experience of operating it. It is very rare that I find a plugin fun to operate and Crystaline takes the cake. It's fun to use, the sound quality is fantastic, and I can get what I want from it. Win - win - win. My goto reverb by a long shot and I have a metric ton of them.
I've been watching their teasers and ads because I genuinely love that these guys make unique stuff that sounds excellent, and their marketing for this has been TERRIBLE compared to how freaking cool the product is. One ad is literally like... a single marimba hit. What am I supposed to know from a single marimba hit lol. Thank you for this!!!
I saw in a baby audio stream that they leave the discounts on the newest product until the next new plugin is released. I bought this one right away and I love it!
@@spencerw6773 delay IS a (simulated) reflection, yo 'Early Reflections' (plural) = more than one delay propagating within ~100ms of the initial transient
I just found this video, looking around for reverb plug-ins. I’m sorry you damaged your desk but dude, you are funny and smart as hell. Really enjoy your point of view. Subscribing now. 👍🏾
Your so right about the importance of UI. Knobs can be ok too but the most important thing is how the layout is prioritized. For example in Valhalla Vintage verb, every single thing is something I often tweak, and lowpass and high pass are so handy right there. Fabfilter is the king of EQ, but the same philosophy doesn’t add so much to Pro-R. Endless graph possibilities won’t matter if I just dial things faster with valhalla. Crystalline looks great! Cool little innovations
wow man, i've played a bit with this verb plugin and had fun, but wasnt sure if i felt it was gimmicky. obviously a lot of plug-ins push their 'cool' UI's but how they affect the sound is the actual end goal so that should really be ignored. but hearing you talk about those features really reassured me that this, and kind of by extension, a few other BabyAudio plugins are actually really worth it.
I have Valhalla Room. Right off the top of my head this would be better for instant gratification and the great tempo synced start/end, whereas Valhalla gives me more granularity especially the verb EQ multipliers which is really a unique feature that this one does not seem to have, and a very convenient way to remove some wishy-washy without changing all the setup
I really love Spaced Out, which I think is also Baby Audio, since it has a very similar intuitive UI. Generate from Newfangled Audio is my favorite modular synth plugin atm, as it also has very nice visuals alongside its sleak UI, helping me understand the waveforms created.
nope, if you mean to tell people like me spending 3 years soley on a plugin, working hard, then dont tell people like me what we have to do for you. i disagree with commanding around. aslong as you keep it an oppinion, ok.. to tell people f...k your algorythm is not nice at all. People arent whiteseas workers, they work on their plugins, and thats about it.. People like whitesea can then test it out, as most plugins have a testversion, so they can easily find out if they like it or not. there is nothing wrong with giving people a goodsounding plugin with in his oppinion "bad interface". nothing.. Cause i worked on my own effect, and its not like very easy.. im telling you its not.. and often once you really managed to create a better sound than others, and then youre tired.. you dont wanna spend time on interface stuff.. its not like super easy.. its just that youre tired then, so :; i disagree with whitesea telling f--k my algorith, because i care about sound.. and only about sound. Cause im audiphile,
Bitching about UI is really important as we look to you as to how useable this stuff is. I really like their stuff and even bought this before trying it. 😂 So of course now I’m near to learn more about cool applications. 😊
Wow! I have to admit that I've already watched a few demos about this plugin and honestly I thought it was just another bloody reverb. But your demonstration of the timing sync convinced me. I'm in!
A few more years and we get synths and gear with touch controlled oled buttons just like these. Not sure if I would want it but its the direction we're heading for sure.
I have been using for some time now. My favourite reverb now. Can be very cpu consuming though. I wish you could lock the ducker settings just like you can do with dry/wet.
That "Start" fader really do make those drums groove didnt saw that in any plugin really and yes i know what a pre delay is but this sounds so different than a simple pre delay
I love your style and Yes, I own this plugin and love the simple, intuative interface. It's 49 us dollars well spent and might just be my new, go to algorithmic reverb. Ok maybe tied with Evantide's Black Hole.
4:03 the analog equivalent to this type of control would be a capacitive sensor (or capsense). These pick up the location of your finger through your finger's capacitance. Only issue with this though is that they're typically used to interface digital signals, so a capsense device would require a digital interface to control the analog signals. Could be very possible though!
My only nit-pick with this plugin was the naming/categorizing of the presets. You need to scroll through a bunch of first and last names of people I've never heard of to find their creations (presets). It would be much more useful to have the presets listed as maybe... • Gutar • Vocal • Drums • Percussion... ...then just tag the user after the name. This current setup adds extra confusion to a reverb plugin that (in a lot of ways) has removed most other reverb confusions.
Tails by Unfiltered Audio was another one like this that just came out, would be interesting to see what you think of it as well. It's definitely not perfect as I'm pretty sure there are some bugs but personally still preferred it to Crystaline. Crystaline definitely does certain things a lot better though.
It looks simple enough to use. Mostly I use Roomworks SE that only has some knobs with some numbers. I always audition a few presets and stick with the one I like the best. Baby Audio’s design looks quite nifty and different.
I got Tails (Unfiltered Audio's & Brian Transeau's (BT's )reverb that has similar uses - but this has the most comprehensive and transparent-to-user interface on a reverb that I have seen. I'm unfortunately going to spend money on it because apparently I can't get enough of certain types of plugins. Tails is cool. I don't know if you saw it. For me it is producing unpredictable artifacts on certain types of input (wide spectrum sounds like acoustic piano), despite my tries to find workarounds. Plugin Alliance denies it :D It does work fine on more narrow spectral content,. You can tilt the response away from the low mids and that seems to avoid them (the artifacts, which are essentially like sputtering reverberation, rather than smoothly decaying reverb). Anyway, you could do a review of tails and see if you also hear those artifacts. Maybe then Unfiltered Audio/Plugin Alliance Support will address it... I will momentarily hit "purchase" on Crystalline on Plugin Boutique, plus the free item in my cart.
My "Go To" is generally Valhalla verbs for quick good results. I would like to hear an A/B between Crystalline and Seventh Heaven (The Bricasti M7 emulation, you know, only like one of the best hardware reverb units ever made).
I don't understand the excitement about the "fader" potentiometer, because all potentiometers, even those that look like a turning knob, actually "turn" by raising and lowering the cursor, just like a fader. :)
good looking UI, but imo it doesn't sound good at all. The reflections sound really muddy/dirty and weird, i keep messing around with settings and i can't get it to sound nice and smooth. I do see myself maybe using it on some pads or some effects but that's about it, there are a lot better options tbh.
I tend to avoid buying new plugins when i already have really good ones. but i bought this one anyway after checking out some more videos on it. at the current price its a steal.
@@levondarratt787 already used it in a project. its really cool. and the features to clean up the reverb works wonders. i find this to be best where you want a short warm and intimate sounding reverb.
@@levondarratt787 A litle follow up. This has become my go to reverb becasue it almost always get me the result i want. and i have a bunch of reverb plugins i have collected throughout the years. There is one thing i don't like about it though. the decay time is not long enough for those cases when i want a super long reverb but still don't want to freeze the reverb.
Really interesting video, all videos I saw regarding this plugin before didn't convince too much of this plugin since my collection is already pretty refined and fitting my production and mixing style. I would be very interested what you think about Digitalis by Abberrant DSP (of whom you already reviewed two plugins), since it managed to put a big smile on my face the first time I used it myself.
That realization moment was powerful and the part about algorithms cracked me up. Your content never disappoints. Always informative with a touch of fun!
This is my favorite BabyAudio plugin! I was lucky enough to design a few presets for them (they are included in the factory presets)! 🥳
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Dad?
@@LeoDaShaman it's an inside joke on his Discord. He's our papa franku ❤️
That killer pumping sound on the drum by messing with the "start" / pre delay value @6:16 has me sold on this alone! Killer sounds
I just bought this and right out of the gate … I said… “wow… whoa… this is so rich and gorgeous “. I had it on edge of break up guitar. This is going to inspire over and over again.
I unfairly dismissed this plugin without looking past the interface which i initially thought was gimmicky, but after this demo you've sold me on it LOL some really cool features in here
im in love with this plugin, so many possibilities
I got this plugin a couple weeks ago and it has seriously changed my workflow. It strikes a perfect balance of creative simplicity and technical control. It’s good to know I made a good purchase, and I am not just childishly excited about a new plug-in
When I started watching your videos, I was like 'yeah, this guy is fun.' I've gotten to a point where I feel affection for you. What a world.
I bought it on day one. Really liking it so far. Exactly same feeling I had with the controls. Super cool.
Baby Audio really hit a homerun with this one. Sounds great, looks great and so easy to dial in. Been using it for everything THE last few weeks (except when I need some plate reverb).
What do you use for plate reverb?
Interesting that it can produce such a wide array of sounds but not a simple plate lol
I truly love the way Crystaline sounds as well as the user experience of operating it. It is very rare that I find a plugin fun to operate and Crystaline takes the cake. It's fun to use, the sound quality is fantastic, and I can get what I want from it. Win - win - win. My goto reverb by a long shot and I have a metric ton of them.
that ''Wooooh'' killed me xD 💜 ''I did just take a fader out of-'' actually the funniest youtuber im currently watching
Yes!! The UI and control layout puts this reverb above the rest!
so cool!!! loving the sync mode!!! thanks for this review
I've been watching their teasers and ads because I genuinely love that these guys make unique stuff that sounds excellent, and their marketing for this has been TERRIBLE compared to how freaking cool the product is. One ad is literally like... a single marimba hit. What am I supposed to know from a single marimba hit lol. Thank you for this!!!
I saw in a baby audio stream that they leave the discounts on the newest product until the next new plugin is released. I bought this one right away and I love it!
this is the perfect reverb for automating. the “start” fader breathes some really interesting life into the drums.
isnt the function of "start" just the same as delay?
@@arqelf9505 maybe just pre-delay in other reverbs, but through my iphone speakers it seems like early reflections were involved too
@@spencerw6773 delay IS a (simulated) reflection, yo
'Early Reflections' (plural) = more than one delay propagating within ~100ms of the initial transient
@@shaft9000 yes
great for keeping drums interesting throughout the song.
I just bought the damn plugin. I love the sound, the controls, the layout, all the features and the dark mode. Awesome plugin and affordable.
I’m a huge fan of BabyAudio and Denise Audio - I think they’re doing great work and yes, I think Crystaline is really fun to use (and sounds great).
I love how you crank everything up and then down to hear it. Makes me feel normal 😂
This IS awesome!!
First time I bought the plugin already before your video actually ended.
This is sóóóóó cool!
That may just be the coolest plugin demo i've seen so far. Btw thanks for making me chuckle XD
This is a must buy for me. That dark mode is something I need in my arsenal.
I already have way too much plenty of reverbs... but this one is VERY special.
I just found this video, looking around for reverb plug-ins. I’m sorry you damaged your desk but dude, you are funny and smart as hell. Really enjoy your point of view. Subscribing now. 👍🏾
Best reverb i've ever dealt with in a digital workflow. Plugin is amazing, i've had it for about a week now.
Dang..u must be new...
Yes,yes,yes! Again great review! Shadowhills, compressor review, snake oil?
Whether it's sliders, knobs or little plastic squares, it's basically the same mouse movement.
that start thing is such a vibe maker
I like when you really like a plugin. this plugin is certainly smartly done!
Your so right about the importance of UI. Knobs can be ok too but the most important thing is how the layout is prioritized. For example in Valhalla Vintage verb, every single thing is something I often tweak, and lowpass and high pass are so handy right there. Fabfilter is the king of EQ, but the same philosophy doesn’t add so much to Pro-R. Endless graph possibilities won’t matter if I just dial things faster with valhalla. Crystalline looks great! Cool little innovations
I haven't even used it and this plugin brings me joy.
Yes, and their company holding your money lol
How aggressively he twists and turns the knobs of the real gear gives my heart palpitations. I keep feeling he's going to break it :P
Well he did tear out a fader ;)
First non snake oil plugin i saw on this channel, and guess what is really amazing! thanks dude 4 real your work here may not be recognize enough
I dig the dark mode in anything and everything
Been watching forever, subbed for the potentiometer reaction.
wow man, i've played a bit with this verb plugin and had fun, but wasnt sure if i felt it was gimmicky. obviously a lot of plug-ins push their 'cool' UI's but how they affect the sound is the actual end goal so that should really be ignored. but hearing you talk about those features really reassured me that this, and kind of by extension, a few other BabyAudio plugins are actually really worth it.
I have Valhalla Room. Right off the top of my head this would be better for instant gratification and the great tempo synced start/end, whereas Valhalla gives me more granularity especially the verb EQ multipliers which is really a unique feature that this one does not seem to have, and a very convenient way to remove some wishy-washy without changing all the setup
3:23 "I'm not going to unscrew a fader somewhere" and bam! He did it 😂 got me with that one
I really love Spaced Out, which I think is also Baby Audio, since it has a very similar intuitive UI.
Generate from Newfangled Audio is my favorite modular synth plugin atm, as it also has very nice visuals alongside its sleak UI, helping me understand the waveforms created.
dope. didnt know i needed another reverb :)
keep enforcing better user interfaces, force these companies to be better!
6 days ago? TIME TRAVELLER
@@looktothesunn join the Patreon!!!! Get to see everything early
everybody hide from the UI gestapo
THIS
nope, if you mean to tell people like me spending 3 years soley on a plugin, working hard, then dont tell people like me what we have to do for you. i disagree with commanding around. aslong as you keep it an oppinion, ok..
to tell people f...k your algorythm is not nice at all. People arent whiteseas workers, they work on their plugins, and thats about it.. People like whitesea can then test it out, as most plugins have a testversion, so they can easily find out if they like it or not. there is nothing wrong with giving people a goodsounding plugin with in his oppinion "bad interface". nothing.. Cause i worked on my own effect, and its not like very easy.. im telling you its not.. and often once you really managed to create a better sound than others, and then youre tired.. you dont wanna spend time on interface stuff.. its not like super easy.. its just that youre tired then, so :; i disagree with whitesea telling f--k my algorith, because i care about sound.. and only about sound. Cause im audiphile,
Bitching about UI is really important as we look to you as to how useable this stuff is. I really like their stuff and even bought this before trying it. 😂 So of course now I’m near to learn more about cool applications. 😊
Wow! I have to admit that I've already watched a few demos about this plugin and honestly I thought it was just another bloody reverb. But your demonstration of the timing sync convinced me. I'm in!
A few more years and we get synths and gear with touch controlled oled buttons just like these. Not sure if I would want it but its the direction we're heading for sure.
Once the "start" slider got move I was sold......breathing....the sync mode is great....but MS is more "flexible". but AMAZING reverb plugin!
Wow. That is an incredible UI. I am sure the verb also sounds good. I would like to hear it on vocals....etc.
Thank you for sacrificing your desk for the purposes of your demonstration
Such a cool toy
You should review Tails, the new reverb designed by BT for Plugin Alliance
I’m also interested in this!
Darude by Sandstorm is definitely going to hit the charts now!!!!!!!!
I sense a great future for that artist as well! 💪
Some of the smartest comedy on TH-cam....
Your funniest video bruh. Awesome review as always!
I have been using for some time now. My favourite reverb now. Can be very cpu consuming though. I wish you could lock the ducker settings just like you can do with dry/wet.
That "Start" fader really do make those drums groove didnt saw that in any plugin really and yes i know what a pre delay is but this sounds so different than a simple pre delay
Nice Reverb!!❤
The sound helps to find itself with the easy user interface! Dope!
he got deferential Darude version, where i can get one??? his 🐐
As a reply to 06:04 - the 7th Heaven Professional reverb from Liquid Sonics has a sync function for the pre-delay
I'm sorry about your poor desk. But for that, we might never have known what a fader looks like. Thank you for your sacrifice.
This sounds REALLY good. How is it on the cpu?
I love your style and Yes, I own this plugin and love the simple, intuative interface. It's 49 us dollars well spent and might just be my new, go to algorithmic reverb.
Ok maybe tied with Evantide's Black Hole.
Would love to hear your thoughts on the sound/UI of Aberrant DSP's plugins. Especially SketchCasette, given it's sketchiness.
Wow, this one actually could be some kind of Eric Pryze Sandstorm Club-Mix!
4:03 the analog equivalent to this type of control would be a capacitive sensor (or capsense). These pick up the location of your finger through your finger's capacitance. Only issue with this though is that they're typically used to interface digital signals, so a capsense device would require a digital interface to control the analog signals. Could be very possible though!
the only reverb that can do anything
My only nit-pick with this plugin was the naming/categorizing of the presets. You need to scroll through a bunch of first and last names of people I've never heard of to find their creations (presets).
It would be much more useful to have the presets listed as maybe...
• Gutar
• Vocal
• Drums
• Percussion...
...then just tag the user after the name.
This current setup adds extra confusion to a reverb plugin that (in a lot of ways) has removed most other reverb confusions.
Brilliant. Thanks Whytse :)
Realization ; Don't be a knob, go unscrew a fade.
Chapeau Mr.
Sorry you damaged your desk, buddy. Made me laugh and then I went, “awww…” The disappointment is relatable.
Tails by Unfiltered Audio was another one like this that just came out, would be interesting to see what you think of it as well. It's definitely not perfect as I'm pretty sure there are some bugs but personally still preferred it to Crystaline. Crystaline definitely does certain things a lot better though.
Yess would like to see that too. I hate buying new reverb plugins especially after i already got multiple valhalla ones, but this one is NICE
Can't wait until i can buy this
how can you say you're not too intersted in the sound? the 'controls' may be awesome but if the sound isnt there....
It looks simple enough to use. Mostly I use Roomworks SE that only has some knobs with some numbers. I always audition a few presets and stick with the one I like the best. Baby Audio’s design looks quite nifty and different.
Bro get the plugin, it’s definitely far more better than the Roomworks SE
the tempo sync on the start button is fuckin insane man
You missed the ducking feature, which saves time and alot of hassle :)
Thanks for your vids man!
Baby does it again. Grabbed it day one .love it
I got Tails (Unfiltered Audio's & Brian Transeau's (BT's )reverb that has similar uses - but this has the most comprehensive and transparent-to-user interface on a reverb that I have seen. I'm unfortunately going to spend money on it because apparently I can't get enough of certain types of plugins. Tails is cool. I don't know if you saw it. For me it is producing unpredictable artifacts on certain types of input (wide spectrum sounds like acoustic piano), despite my tries to find workarounds. Plugin Alliance denies it :D It does work fine on more narrow spectral content,. You can tilt the response away from the low mids and that seems to avoid them (the artifacts, which are essentially like sputtering reverberation, rather than smoothly decaying reverb). Anyway, you could do a review of tails and see if you also hear those artifacts. Maybe then Unfiltered Audio/Plugin Alliance Support will address it... I will momentarily hit "purchase" on Crystalline on Plugin Boutique, plus the free item in my cart.
the few seconds after "darude", is the best part of the vid. haha I was expecting something else to
My "Go To" is generally Valhalla verbs for quick good results.
I would like to hear an A/B between Crystalline and Seventh Heaven (The Bricasti M7 emulation, you know, only like one of the best hardware reverb units ever made).
Seventh Heaven requires constant internet connection. I bought it only to request a refund because of it immediately after.
@@talenwaver You can get the M7 Impulse Responses and use those too, but you won't have as much control.
Great video! Innovative reverb plugin. 🙂
Is the start feature just predelay?
Ik vind je video's leuk, je geeft ons goeie tips,nou ff serieus wanneer laat je eigen vst laten maken.
Can another plugin do that? Sure. Melda. But that's not a big surprise, is it? However I do admit: The user interface of this one is VERY intuitive.
Ofcourse Melda 😅
I don't understand the excitement about the "fader" potentiometer, because all potentiometers, even those that look like a turning knob, actually "turn" by raising and lowering the cursor, just like a fader. :)
Worth buying to have alongside the Valhalla set? Will it give you anything super different?
I have alot of trouble with babyaudio plugins... They make my fl studio superrrrrr slowwwwwww. For the rest they are amazing!
Yoooo kun je reasonstudios eens als vst testen? Ondergewaardeerd en bijna nog niet gedaan man!!!!!!!!
Uvi reverbs are the best I've heard. I've tried most of them
I want this so bad lmao but I also want the Valhalla vintage verb 😅😅😅
good looking UI, but imo it doesn't sound good at all. The reflections sound really muddy/dirty and weird, i keep messing around with settings and i can't get it to sound nice and smooth. I do see myself maybe using it on some pads or some effects but that's about it, there are a lot better options tbh.
"Next-gen" UI, same old sounds.
My guess before clicking the link was that they would ask 50 bucks for it....turns out I was only off by $1.
I tend to avoid buying new plugins when i already have really good ones. but i bought this one anyway after checking out some more videos on it. at the current price its a steal.
A steal? 50 dollars...u sure ???
@@levondarratt787 already used it in a project. its really cool. and the features to clean up the reverb works wonders. i find this to be best where you want a short warm and intimate sounding reverb.
@@levondarratt787 A litle follow up. This has become my go to reverb becasue it almost always get me the result i want. and i have a bunch of reverb plugins i have collected throughout the years. There is one thing i don't like about it though. the decay time is not long enough for those cases when i want a super long reverb but still don't want to freeze the reverb.
That's what I call a user-friendly GUI! I wish more plugins had it, especially those which emulate analog gear.
Your videos are getting more and more entertaining, haha. Love it. I think the pot button is stupid though, sorry.
Really interesting video, all videos I saw regarding this plugin before didn't convince too much of this plugin since my collection is already pretty refined and fitting my production and mixing style.
I would be very interested what you think about Digitalis by Abberrant DSP (of whom you already reviewed two plugins), since it managed to put a big smile on my face the first time I used it myself.
Hi! What do you think about Rift by Minimal audio? Is it snake oil?
The ducking feature convinced me to relieve myself of cash.
I don't think you would want to use that in a song..lol...like a washing machine....
absolutely fantastic
Bought right away!
Thanks for teh review.