Reverb : Not just a reverb station

4 years ago

I was considering different options for multi reverb station for my wet/dry/wet setup and choose Empress Effects Reverb because besides studio quality reverbs it also has a true stereo looper (you have to buy/have a sd card for looper ), cab sim and output transformer. Now I can also go direct to my mixing desk/usb interface.

This might be a pricey pedal but for me it was worth it as I wanted to have a stereo looper at the end of my signal chain and now I got one without buying a separate pedal.

I gave it four stars for features because two reasons:

1) I think that pedals in this price category should come with a power adapter. It wasn't a big problem for me and the pedal doesn't need as much mA as other similar pedals, but this could be a downside to others.

2) Empress Effects has a similar pedal for delay effects called Echosystem and it has two separate delay engines you can use in series or in parallel. I wish that they gave the same option for this pedal too.

Before this I had EHX Oceans 12 and while Empress Reverb has higher quality algorithms Oceans is dual engine pedal. If you're looking for reverb station, don't need a looper and don't want to spend as much it could be an alternative. However, for my needs Empress Effects Reverb is just right and will stay on my board for years to come.

Image Empress Effects Reverb

Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Empress Effects
  • Released in 2016
  • Average price : $535
  • Dimensions (Wmm x Hmm x D): 145mm x 57mm x 95.3mm
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