JP Gerard wrote:

Has anyone seriously A/B'd the REV-5 and 7...?



Yes, but it was back when the REV5 first came out 15 or 20 years ago,
and I don't think I've heard the two side by side since then...so take
any of my conclusions with a big grain of salt. A really big grain.

IIRC, the REV5 had smoother tails, less grainy & metallic with a
slightly better sense of depth. But it was still unmistakably a Yamaha,
which to me has always meant slightly grainy and slightly metallic
without an extremely convincing sense of depth. IOW, it was a more
polished turd.

Now, for the right price I wouldn't turn my nose up at any Yamaha
'verb. It's a distinctive sound that I've found lots of uses for,
especially on drumkits. But I can't imagine getting too excited about
any of them, especially one as old as a REV5 or a REV7. So to me the
notion of an "upgrade" for the REV7 involves trading it in for a
different box!

"JP Gerard" wrote in message ...

Has anyone seriously A/B'd the REV-5 and 7, or has anyone upgraded the =
REV-7 to a "better" software or whatever?

Freeverb sounds just fine to me...

JP Gerard wrote:
Hey everyone -

OK, so, now I have a Yamaha REV-7 here (I went through: Digitech Quad
II, Yama REV500, Lex MPX100, LXP15II, played with a Lex 70 and 300 too,
don't like any of the TC units, and I've actually been very happy with
the Roland SRV330 most of the time which I'm keeping).
And I have to say, it's 80% "there"...
I love the front panel...
Love the ER/1, the plates are perfectly usable, the Halls are very
"Yamaha" indeed (but I never use Halls so no prob).
I could do with a bit more "zing" though, smoother tails wouldn't
hurt either.

From the specs, looks like the REV-5 would do the trick - a Goolge
search seems to confirm this.
The 5's front panel is not as "reverb oriented" as the 7 though.
Still much better than a Lex pcm70...

But my REV-7 is a V 1.00 and I wonder if upgrades were ever
available.

The Rev 7 was the first decent reverb I used in Productions, I
still like it. I do have a Rev 7 and have used the Rev 5, the Rev 5
sounds better and has some new chained/new effects presets that are
good improvements/updates, like a couple of the gated reverb presets.
All things being equal I'd say buy the Rev 5, but I still like both
units better than Yamaha SPX90/SPX90II's of the same vintage, which
tend to be hissy IMO.

Will Miho
NY Music & TV Audio Guy
Staff Audio / Fox News / M-AES
"The large print giveth and the small print taketh away..." Tom Waits

JP Gerard wrote:
Hey everyone -

OK, so, now I have a Yamaha REV-7 here (I went through: Digitech Quad
II, Yama REV500, Lex MPX100, LXP15II, played with a Lex 70 and 300 too,
don't like any of the TC units, and I've actually been very happy with
the Roland SRV330 most of the time which I'm keeping).
And I have to say, it's 80% "there"...
I love the front panel...
Love the ER/1, the plates are perfectly usable, the Halls are very
"Yamaha" indeed (but I never use Halls so no prob).
I could do with a bit more "zing" though, smoother tails wouldn't
hurt either.

From the specs, looks like the REV-5 would do the trick - a Goolge
search seems to confirm this.
The 5's front panel is not as "reverb oriented" as the 7 though.
Still much better than a Lex pcm70...

But my REV-7 is a V 1.00 and I wonder if upgrades were ever
available.

I tried to Email Jim Williams about possible upgrades but I get a
"failure notice" message back...

Has anyone seriously A/B'd the REV-5 and 7, or has anyone upgraded
the REV-7 to a "better" software or whatever?

Thanks in advance;

JP


If you like the 330..you may like a used R-880 very much. I had one for
a year and the verbs sounded extremely "real"..meaning familiar and
consistent with what I have heard on recordings that I really like.