TC ELECTRONIC DVR250-DT Digital Reverb £179

TC Electronic’s new ‘Icons’ range looks back at classic studio technology and replicates it for the modern age. Providing tactile hardware control over an intricately crafted software emulation, TC aims to allow access to legendary and heritage gear for all. The DVR250-DT emulates the sound of the EMT 250: the first commercially available digital reverb box. The question is, does TC succeed in recreating that unique original sound and, also, do we really need it? Let’s step back a little and look at the history of this particular unit.

Way back when digital recording and audio processing had yet to escape the research lab, there were a few different ways of adding a touch of ambience or reverb to a recording.