Get Arturia Rev LX-24 1.2.1-6567 for Mac

Producers chasing that unmistakable late-70s ambient tail will recognize the inspiration immediately. The Arturia Rev LX-24 is built around the eight classic algorithms that made the original hardware a studio staple, from the small, bright rooms to the vast, modulating concert halls. Decay and Damping knobs sit front and center, letting you stretch reflections from a tight ambience into a wash that hangs in the air for seconds. The Pre-Delay control gives a vocal or snare just enough space to speak before the reverb blooms, while Dry/Wet blends the result without touching your DAW's send routing.

The dynamic effects section is where the LX-24 steps away from a straight tribute. A Gate control lets you chop off the reverb tail for that 80s non-linear punch, Ducking pulls the wet signal down while the dry source plays to keep things clear, and the Tremolo modulates the tail for a textured, pulsing decay. Switching the converter mode to Modern cleans up the signal path noticeably, trading a bit of vintage grit for a wider, more polished stereo image. Across the 100 included presets, you'll find everything from short slap verbs to long, evolving spaces that sit behind a lead without swallowing it.

Verify DAW Format Support

One of the first things people ask is whether this plugin will play nicely with their DAW. The LX-24 ships as VST, AAX, Audio Unit, and NKS — so if you're in Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Cubase, or any 64-bit host on macOS 11.0 or later, you're covered. Both Intel and Apple Silicon machines are supported natively, which means no Rosetta juggling on an M-series Mac. The installer handles the architecture detection on its own.

Another common concern is whether a modeled vintage reverb will overload a session if you drop it on multiple tracks. In practice, the LX-24 is lighter on the CPU than many convolution reverbs. You can comfortably run it on a send, but it's also lean enough to sit as an insert on three or four channels without your buffer size throwing a tantrum. The Modern converter mode uses a touch more processing than the original emulation, but the difference is marginal on anything built in the last few years.

People also wonder about the ducking behavior — specifically whether it's jumpy when a loud transient hits. The detection circuit reads the incoming signal's level and character smoothly, pulling the wet level down without obvious pumping unless you dial the threshold aggressively. For dense mixes where a pad and a vocal are fighting for the same space, it's a cleaner solution than automating the send level by hand.

A Tracking Engineer's First Half Hour

Imagine a tracking session where the vocalist wants a lush, long-tail reverb for the monitor mix but the producer needs the control room to hear articulation clearly. The engineer drops the LX-24 on an aux track, pulls up a large hall preset, and nudges the Ducking knob until the tail dips by about six decibels whenever the vocal is active. Between phrases, the reverb blooms naturally. No one asks for less reverb — the singer stays inspired, and the producer catches every consonant. Later, the same engineer patched the plugin across a snare close mic for a quick rough mix, switched the converter to Vintage mode, set the Gate to tighten the decay, and had a punchy 80s snare sound before the second chorus.

The latest Rev LX-24 release is a small maintenance update for Mac users.

• macOS build updated to version 1.2.1.6567.

• macOS 11.0 or later
• Intel or Apple Silicon processor
• 64-bit DAW supporting VST, AAX, or Audio Unit formats