With so many excellent presets included and an architecture that enables truly microscopic editing, not to mention the dynamics section, the Attitude control and that great-sounding global limiter, 2CAudio have come up with something that really is very, er, spatial. Whether you're using it for music production or sound design, B2 delivers anything you could ask of it. Lose yourself in the endless library of presets (accessed via a slick, filterable browser) and it doesn't take long to realise that this is a spectacular plug-in capable of producing an incredibly broad range of effects, from subtle mastering ambiences to zany distorted echoes, via sumptuous large halls and everything in between. A further category reverses the stereo channels of one engine, for a discrete, four-channel reverb capable of generating amazingly wide stereo effects.Īs you'd expect from the makers of Aether and Breeze, B2 sounds fantastic. Visit 2CAudio for more information and audio demos.
A demo version is available for download from the product page. Some, like Aether, use one engine for early reflections and the other for the longer reverb tail some deploy totally different reverb effects in each engine, arranged in parallel others use both engines in series. Aether is available as an effect plug-in for Windows and Mac (VST/AU) and has an introductory price of 249.95 USD through Ap(regular price is 349.95 USD).
Strolling through the Dual Engine presets demonstrates some practical applications of this system. While Aether takes a more 'traditional' approach to reverb, in B2 you can enable or disable individual components as required, a structure that not only allows great sonic control, but also maximises CPU efficiency. "In B2 you can disable individual components as required, which allows for great sonic control and CPU efficiency"ī2's modular, dual-engine architecture facilitates the creation of complex combination effects within a single instance of the plug-in.