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Chapter 19: EMT 140 Plate Reverb
CHAPTER 19
EMT 140 Plate Reverb
Overview
EMT’s founder Wilhelm Franz made a breakthrough in 1957 with the release
of the EMT 140, which utilized a resonating metal plate to create ambience.
Nothing is quite like the wonderfully lush and distinctive tone of plate reverb
that still endures as part of the fabric of modern music. However, plate reverb
systems are large, expensive, require maintenance, and need to be isolated
from external vibration; therefore plates are usually found only in commercial
studios.
Universal Audio’s uncanny representation of that unmistakable sound can be
found in the EMT 140 plug-in. Measured and analyzed by UA’s DSP circuit
modeling experts and then tuned by ear over a four month period, the EMT
140 replicates the sonic signature of three uniquely different EMT 140s for-
merly installed at the Plant Studios in Sausalito, CA. That’s nearly two thou-
sand pounds of sound in one plug-in! Impractical or impossible for most be-
fore, Universal Audio brings this classic mix tool within the reach of everyone.
Licensed and endorsed by EMT Studiotechnik GmbH as the world’s only au-
thentic plate reverb emulation.
We thoughtfully combined the look of various elements from the EMT 140 sys-
tem into one convenient panel, replicating the original damper controls for
decay, and adding additional controls for the convenience of the modern
DAW user.
EMT 140 Screenshot
Figure 82. The UAD EMT 140 plug-in window
