Overview

The creators of the acclaimed Metric AB, ADPTR AUDIO have worked with Geraint Luff of Signalsmith Audio to bring you Utopia: Plugin Alliance's first ever spectral reverb. Go beyond conventional convolution reverbs and enter a realm of lush, evolving, cinematic soundscapes. Craft long, dense textures with unparalleled clarity and mystery.

Paint your sonic canvas with reverb

Utopia isn't just another reverb: it’s a powerful compositional and harmonic tool with a revolutionary spectral processing engine. Its unique algorithm meticulously tracks and transforms harmonic content in real time, offering a wealth of parameters and an unprecedented level of control.

Reverb reimagined

Sculpt focus, density, and intricate harmonic details to conjure unique, highly textured spatial effects – from ethereal choirs to dystopian sonic feverdreams. Utopia is made for ambient producers and composers looking to discover new soundscapes, and producers seeking to redefine how space is perceived. 

Unprecedented control with real-time spectral processing

Utopia's spectral approach unlocks a new dimension for reverb tail transformation. Its spectral algorithm dynamically dampens only the harmonic content that clashes, preserving clarity as new sounds enter, without sacrificing sustain. The result is dense, more sonically complex reverbs with an otherworldly sense of depth and clarity.

Powerful, innovative, harmonic tools 

Isolate, shape, and manipulate the fabric of harmonic content; Sculpt a new sense of space with Utopia's groundbreaking controls: Focus strips back your sound to its pure harmonic essence; Atmosphere subtly enhance details and grain or smoothes out transients for a lusher tone; Spectral Blocks controls harmonic resonance - longer blocks add harmonically rich sounds with slower blooms, shorter blocks give snappier more angular responses.

Made for experimentation

Utopia combines a new level of control with an intuitive interface and a whole host of presets for engaging experimentation. Use the color section to effortlessly transition from flat to colored reverb responses. This single, smooth control affects decay, spectral characteristics, and post EQ. Then mold the onset and initial decay of the reverb with the Shape section. Each shape preset offers a unique configuration for swells, fades, and sustain.

Automate and innovate

Utopia includes advanced controls for automation and synchronization to unlock the rhythmic potential of Utopia across the stereo field: There’s a Volume Shaper with Duck, Gate, and Pump modes that’s fully editable and syncable to tempo or sidechain; a Buffer Reset to instantly reset the audio buffer with BPM-synced MIDI triggers or manual control via a MIDI-automatable button, and a Weight Send Control for post-fade send automation and inserts effects.

Features

  • Revolutionary spectral reverb engine
  • Intelligent harmonic dampening for clearer more complex reverb tails
  • Intuitive visual interface for dynamic real-time harmonic transformation
  • Focus, Atmosphere and Spectral Blocks harmonic enhancement controls
  • Color tone section with curated presets of otherworldly spectral options
  • Re-engineered Detune and Shimmer
  • Volume shaper with three modes: Duck, Gate, and Pump.
  • Advanced automation and synchronization options

Industry Reviews

  • Ralf Hildenbeutel

    Ralf Hildenbeutel

    Producer / Artist / Musician

    Beautiful sounding reverb especially for those “endless” spaces. 

  • AU5

    AU5

    Monstercat / Owsla / Armada / Dim Mak

    This is an atmosphere sculpting monster though! Best shimmer I’ve ever heard by far - that alone is so powerful

  • Kai Tracid

    Kai Tracid

    DJ & Music Producer

    The ability to sync pre-delay and decay time to the track’s tempo saved me tons of time and the groove you get from pumping the reverb with the built-in sidechain is just sick.

  • Ryan Farish

    Ryan Farish

    Artist & Producer

    Utopia sounds incredible! I've found my new favorite reverb for pianos, synths and strings.

Customer Reviews

Specifications

Supported Plugin Formats
AAX Native, AU, AAX AudioSuite, VST2, VST3

Supported Plugin Formats

AAX Native, AAX Audio Suite, Audio Unit, VST3

 

Supported Operating Systems

macOS 15 down to macOS 12

Windows 11 down to Windows 10

Mac

Intel, or Apple Silicon

PC

x64-compatible CPU

 

System Requirements

Display resolution: 1440 × 900px or 1280 × 960px or higher

Memory: 2 GB RAM

Downloads

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