We used Aether on a variety of material, such as real instrument mixes and synth-heavy electronic music, and found it to be a winner in all cases - it creates a clear sense of space with no clouding of the sound. It took us a little time to become familiar with Aether's control set - an 'easy mode' or tooltips would be welcome - but we were getting great results right away thanks to the superb categorised presets, which range from the ever-useful hall/room reverbs to bizarre ambient effects. This is highly effective and means you can subtly shift the 'energy' of the reverb until it sits nicely in the mix. Less common for a reverb plug-in are the Attack, Sustain and Spread controls, which enable manipulation of the overall envelope of the tail. Increasing the Shape knob gives a sound with varying echo timings (a low setting corresponds to a rectangular room, with more regular echoes). The Size control determines the virtual room size, ie, time between echoes (although these blur together in the LR stage to become a 'tail', this still greatly influences the sound). The Time panel offers predelay and overall reverb length parameters. You can also define the level of diffusion (ie, perceived smoothness) and degree of modulation applied to the tail (broadly speaking, a sort of subtle chorus-like effect).
2CAUDIO AETHER ZIPPER MANUAL
On to that LR section, and the rightmost portion offers the Freq panel, with its damping EQ section (with slightly confusing parameter names) and control over the stereo operation of the reverb (the manual goes into great detail about this). You can even increase the Size setting until the short delays that comprise the early reflections become a very usable slapback effect.
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It's worth noting that, with the LR section disabled, the ER spaces alone are ideal for thickening up or widening sounds without adding a noticeable reverb tail.