Costello has achieved and maintains his manifesto, perhaps even exceeding it. Quite frankly, it is this reviewer’s opinion that Mr. My work is grounded in a deep appreciation and analysis of the analog and digital techniques of the past, and extending these foundations into new directions of awesome.” Replicating physical reality is not nearly as important to me as creating the impression of sounds that are bigger and better than the physical world. ”The most elegant math in the world doesn’t matter to me if it doesn’t sound good.
For those whom have spent any time demoing or actually working with Valhalla reverb plug-ins, GUI design arguments become diminutive, at best.īy his own admission, Sean Costello approaches reverb algorithms from a psychoacoustics perspective. Costello’s choice of ATARI-like, 2D GUI design, over the currently common trend towards vintage-looking, photo-realistic plug-in interfaces. Sean Costello the sole developer and founder of ValhallaDSP. With an ever-growing community of ardent admirers, upholding and lauding the incredulous dominating prowess of ValhallaDSP plug-ins, the founder’s name is referred to with great respect and appreciation.
