Cinematic Rooms is a very high-class algorithmic surround reverb, and although some of its features are designed with post-production users in mind, it works extremely well in music mixing and in stereo too.
Sam Inglis – Sound On Sound

The ability to apply scaling to nearly every parameter in every plane is eyeopening in terms of sound design and creating immersive sound. Whilst variations of some of these approaches have been around in other multichannel reverb plug-ins (Exponential Audio’s excellent Phoenix springs to mind), they don’t come close to the scale and flexibility on offer here. You’d still have to prise Altiverb out of my cold dead hands for some things — but Cinematic Rooms might well be the only other reverb you will ever need for some years to come.
Jon Thornton – Resolution Magazine (Autumn 2020)

At a price of $399 for the professional version, it is a must-have for anyone working in post sound, especially if you are mixing in Atmos. The quality is on-par or better than its competitors, but hands down wins for being able to quickly and intuitively dial in a space.
Korey Pereira – Pro Tools Expert

The first reflections are very important to define an environment and in Cinematic Rooms these are incredibly musical; for this reason the plug in excels in the production of environments and short reverberations. Where other plug ins become unnatural and tinny, Cinematic Rooms stays natural adding only a delicate air and richness to the sound. Obviously, this does not mean that Cinematic Rooms is not suitable for creating large spaces, on the contrary!
Leonardo Curiale – Audiofader

Cinematic Rooms shines as a reverb effect with crystal-clear and detailed sound, which shows its strengths especially in film, game and production music, but also in Ambient and similar genres. The audio quality meets the highest demands. It is amazing how natural and nuanced an algorithmic reverb effect can sound. With a manageable number of parameters, excellent sounding simulations of chambers, as well as small and very large rooms such as halls and cathedrals can be created. (Rating 5.5/6)
Beat Magazine (Issue 186 / July 2021)

The UI for Cinematic Rooms is very user-friendly and incredibly easy to navigate. It takes mere seconds to create anything from a small closet-style reverb, all the way to a 3.2s hall verb. Cranking up the decay time past the 6s mark was very useful for sound design, and I found myself throwing low pass filtered kick drums through the long reverb to create subsonic booms that shook my studio. LiquidSonics have managed to create a versatile reverb processor that’s easy to use and so detailed and realistic that it has quickly become my go-to effect on every session. … If you’re working with audio in post, I’ll go as far as to say you need this reverb. If you’re a composer, producer, mixer, etc., it will make your mixes come to life!
Matthew Wang – Sonic Scoop

Cinematic Rooms sounds gorgeous. It’s rich, lush and dense from the outset but, as should be clear from our tour of the parameters, its true genius lies in just how controllable each stage of the space-designing process is. You can load a preset and get a great sound immediately or dive in as deeply as you like and tweak until your heart’s content. LiquidSonics’ new plug-in perhaps represents a new standard in media-friendly reverb design.
Jono Buchanan – MusicTech

Cinematic Rooms is a game changer. It’s that simple. It’s different to anything else on the market. It’s better than all the other reverbs put together, and for the money it’s an absolute no-brainer.
Guy Michelmore – ThinkSpace Education

Using both standard and pro edition. Gorgeous spaces, especially on orchestral works. Lives up to its name, very easy to use and tailor cinematic sounding room spaces.
KVR

“At heart, Tai Chi is a pulsing ensemble reverb, giving the means to amass spaces coated in chorus, and bringing fatter, multi-voiced sounds to your mix. Tai Chi provides seemingly limitless spatial control, ensemble generation and all manner of twisting and warping abilities. From our initial tests, it’s abundantly clear that Tai Chi is a richly rewarding route to making some space.”
Andy Price – Computer Music (December 2022)

“Importantly, the subjective quality of the reverb is extremely classy and flattering, balancing smoothness with texture and subtle modulation. There’s a real sense of space around the sound, without the reverb ever sounding ‘glued on’, and if you’re into long ambient reverbs there’s a lot to explore here. If you need more conventional mix reverbs or small room ambiences, though, those too sound both convincing and musical. This really is a reverb plug-in that can do it all!”
Paul White – Sound On Sound

“There’s something for every application in Tai Chi. For me, a killer feature is the dynamic ducking. If you’re working on atmospheric music or SFX developing ‘unique soundscapes’ then the chorusing and modulation effects will be invaluable. Verdict – a tuneable reverb that will sit well in a mix.”
Nigel Jopson – Resolution Magazine (Autumn 2022 – 22.3)

“Tai Chi has proven to me to be more than a reverb plug-in by way of its imaginative design and extensive, deep parameter control. Brilliant ideas and products like this don’t come around that often, and I think Tai Chi should be standard kit in any plug-in folder and/or session template. Highly recommended!”
Barry Rudolph – MIX

“This reverb plug-in will definitely make your tracks sound massive and bring them to life.”
Ignacio Ponce – Integraudio

“Tai Chi is a great tool with a very wide range of sounds – sometimes far away from the classic room reverberation to the sound-enhancing reverb effect – which will appeal to many creative musicians, especially in the field of electronic music.”
Peter Kaminski – Proaudio.de

“Lustrous Plates impresses as a flexibly adaptable plate reverb simulation that not only impresses with vocals, drums and instrument sounds, but also with synthetic sounds across the board. The plug-in gives signals a very three-dimensional and lively spatial sound. Another advantage of the tool is the flexible setting options, whereby the results in terms of plate size and reverberation time always remain realistic.”
Mario Schumacher – Beat Magazine (November 2019, #167)

“This is a solid, unpretentious and realistic plate plug-in with a tasty pro sound, and well thought-out design.” 8/10
Future Music Magazine (Edition 368)

“Put the word ‘lustrous’ in your product name and you’d better ensure its sound doesn’t disappoint. Thankfully, Lustrous Plates delivers. It’s more expensive than some of its rivals but the technology at the heart of this plug-in allows you to tailor your requirements perfectly to one of the impulse-response algorithms (let your ears audition before choosing) before the synthesised-style controls further bend that choice to the demands of your mix.”
Jono Buchanan – MusicTech

“The fact that it doesn’t try to emulate a specific classic hardware plate (or plates), but instead offers so many plate-sound variations is an advantage, in a way. Rather than trying to sound like a particular piece of gear, it takes a more generic, but highly flexible approach, and gives you the control to shape the sound as you see fit for your mix. Between its smart feature set and excellent sound, Lustrous Plates has what it takes to be a significant player in the plate reverb plug-in market.“
Mike Levine – Mix Magazine

“Wow! Finally, an incredibly usable, great sounding plate reverb for surround sound production. It doesn’t get better than Lustrous Plates Surround.”
Damian Kearns – Pro Tools Expert

“I find the Lustrous Plates Surround an ideal complement to the Cinematic Rooms Professional, which also focuses on post-pro and film as a primary application. There are also not that many 3D-capable competitors and no plug-in offers so many different reverb plate simulations.”
Peter Kaminsky – proaudio.de (German)

“So, Lustrous Plates gets an enthusiastic thumbs-up from me. I always quite liked the sound of ValhallaPlate, but having compared it to Lustrous Plates … well let’s just say “There’s a new plate in town”
Sound Bytes Magazine

“A very solid entry for a plate reverb emulation.”
Green Light Sound

“The refined algorithms that combine both engines sound particularly good. HD Cart sits perfectly in a music mix.”
Paul White – Sound on Sound (June 2018)

“Lexicon reverb effects are known for their dense, lush and very musical sound character and HD Cart captures this very convincingly. The plug-in offers the same extensive setting options as the original, but is much more convenient to use than its hardware model. With the integrated dynamics effects and the very lively chorus, HD Cart is also ideal for unusual reverb effects and sound design.”
Mario Schumacher, Beat Magazine (July 2023 #210)

“I tested in AAX in Pro Tools 2018.1 and found it to be extra warm-sounding in nearly anyway I set it – it didn’t ever to get harsh or metallic sounding. I liked all the presets and especially liked tweaking the Small and Large Woodroom, Acoustisolo and BigFoot presets. I also found myself using HD-Cart as a dedicated in-line reverb on stereo tracks as it is easy to adjust with the two large knobs.”
Barry Rudolph – Music Connection (April 2018)

“When compared to other reverb plugins I use regularly, HD Cart outperformed each of them, each time demonstrating its wider, deeper, more lavish reverb tone. Aside from its impeccable sound, I have to give a virtual “high five” to Reverb Foundry for the impressive GUI. I absolutely love it. Everything is easy to read, and I like how the additional features are categorized.”
Christopher ‘Czar’ Smith – Recording Hacks (January 2018)

“All in all, Illusion is a serious reverb plug-in for those that take reverb seriously. The sounds of the reverbs are easy to place in any mix and you’ll find that subtle amounts of short room reverbs within Illusion work brilliantly at adding context and depth that, for me at least, suit my style of mixing.

If you are a stickler for quality reverbs in your mixes then you have got to consider Illusion. Like previous LiquidSonic reverbs, Illusion will not disappoint.”
Dan Cooper – Production Expert

“If you haven’t gotten the idea yet, I will say again that I simply love Liquidsonics reverbs, and Illusion is no exception…One class of user may wish to put Illusion at the top of their list: sound track audio engineers.  This is because the Synthetic Spaces category of presets has special-effect presets well-tailored to soundtrack application.

But Liquidsonics reverbs are all exceptional plug-ins and all are worth your attention.  Liquidsonics just keeps the hits on coming!”
Soundbytes