Released in 2003, the Eventide Reverb 2016 was a dedicated digital reverb processor created to recreate the reverb algorithms of the original Eventide SP2016. The Reverb 2016 included Stereo Room, Room Reverb and High Density Plate, with every aspect of the original effects duplicated, including the full set of user parameters.
The Eventide Reverb 2016 was built specifically for reverb rather than as a multi-effects processor. Its design was based on the idea that reverb is used almost continuously in studio and live production, and therefore warrants a dedicated processor with direct access to its controls. The front panel was designed around a fast top-level user interface, with dedicated controls for the effect parameters and a one-knob, one-job approach intended for studio and live performance.
Although the Eventide Reverb 2016 recreated the original SP2016 algorithms, its hardware implementation was updated around a high-performance 24-bit DSP, 24-bit analogue audio I/O, digital I/O and MIDI. This allowed the original reverb structures to be presented in a modern rackmount unit with analogue and digital connections, preset storage, MIDI interface and dedicated performance controls.
The Eventide Reverb 2016 included six reverb effects in total. Three of these were recreations of the original SP2016 reverb effects: Stereo Room, Room Reverb and High Density Plate. The remaining three were new enhanced versions of the original reverbs. These new versions retained the same basic structure as the original algorithms but added more complex early reflections, higher density and finer control of the parameters.
The enhanced reverbs represented a continuation of the original SP2016 development work, using the later Reverb 2016 hardware to extend ideas that had reached the limits of the SP2016’s array processing power. This gave the Eventide Reverb 2016 both the original reverb set and revised versions of those same core designs.
The Eventide Reverb 2016 could store up to 99 user-defined presets. It also included S/PDIF digital input and output, MIDI in and out, an input kill switch, relay bypass switch and dual-function footswitch input. The rear panel provided professional analogue connections using XLR and 6.35mm TRS jack connectors, with balanced or unbalanced input selection available from a rear-panel push button switch.
The audio specification included 24-bit A/D and D/A conversion, a 40kHz sample rate, greater than 90dB dynamic range, less than 2ms throughput delay, and frequency response of 20Hz to 20kHz dry or 20Hz to 16kHz wet. The internal universal power supply allowed the Eventide Reverb 2016 to operate across different mains voltage regions.
Features
- Dedicated digital reverb processor
- Recreates three original SP2016 reverb effects
- Stereo Room algorithm
- Room Reverb algorithm
- High Density Plate algorithm
- Three enhanced versions of the original reverbs
- Six reverb effects in total
- High-performance 24-bit DSP
- 24-bit analogue audio I/O
- Digital S/PDIF input and output
- MIDI in and out
- Fast top-level user interface
- Dedicated controls for each effect parameter
- Optimised for studio and live performance
- Stores up to 99 user-defined presets
- Input kill switch
- Relay bypass switch
- Dual-function footswitch input
- Balanced and unbalanced input selection via rear-panel push button switch
- Universal internal power supply