kWoodRoom
TL;DW: kWoodRoom is a small wooden performing space.
kWoodRoom in Airwindows Consolidated under ‘Reverb’ (CLAP, AU, VST3, LV2)
kWoodRoom.zip (604k) standalone(AU, VST2)
This concludes a series of plugin releases around Xmas and thereabouts! First there was ChimeyDeluxe, then ConsoleX2 with a bit of music to go along with it, and now the final shoe to drop is the unreleased reverb that was used to make what was seemingly a Dead show from 1972 or so!
kWoodRoom was more stumbled upon than searched for. I’m continuing to pursue reverb things, doing better and better at delivering a really convincing virtual place to be in, but kWoodRoom popped up when searching for something else, and it’s the last example of where my reverb work stood in 2025.
It’s got all the same controls as recent Airwindows reverbs, and it’s the tone that is unusual. From the first instant I heard it I went ‘oh hey a wood paneled room, that’s weird’. It didn’t seem special in any other way, didn’t max out any of the things I was aiming for, but there it was, sounding like a thing. I’ve learned to pay attention to that, especially when there’s no real explanation for it.
That’s because the reverbs I make search through hundreds of millions of possible delay time options to find optimal settings that balance many different requirements. They’re purely Householder matrixes using comb filters alone, and relying upon matrix size to produce a smooth sound… unless I’m guiding them towards a rough sound, or a sound like a series of concrete arches, or what have you. I get to seek out all kinds of different qualities in the countless hours of computer time spent running genetic algorithms and permutations of delay lines.
And then in the middle of all that, there’ll be a kWoodRoom, more recognized than created. It just had a personality. Will it be a personality you like? I don’t know, but if you give it a shot you will probably hear what it’s like right away, and then it’s up to you :)
Airwindows Consolidated Download
Most recent VCV Rack Module
download 64 Bit Windows VSTs.zip
download Signed M1/Intel Mac AUs.dmg
download Signed M1/Intel Mac VSTs.dmg
download LinuxVSTs.zip
download LinuxARMVSTs.zip for the Pi
download Retro 32 Bit Windows VSTs.zip
download Retro PPC/32/64 Mac AUs.zip
download Retro PPC/32/64 Mac VSTs.zip
Mediafire Backup of all downloads
All this is free and open source under the MIT license, brought to you by my Patreon.
This here plug in OUTSTANDING for emulating my cabin when I am away from the Ranch for my Country records. Thanks Partner, sincerely. Best plugs around bar none
Yeah! It’s a gem to take your neighbours on your side forever! “What a warm, natural room this boy was made. I wanna live just behind this wall!”, they must say.
Great for synth piano or strings!
A very useful and great sounding reverb that!
Thank you again Chris – your reverbs have gotten to be up there with the very best I’ve ever heard.
Including some real spaces I recorded in: A big cathedral, a large marble town hall with huge pipe organ, small wooden halls and countless small rooms (as we have all probably done, and not been able to change the tone much later). This kind of subtler warm sound is so much more versatile than real spaces, and in a mix I bet nearly anyone won’t be able to tell what is ‘real’ and what’s a plugin.
WoW ! ….I love the organic sound/life that coming from your reverbs! you are a creator , an artist and a gentleman who’s making wonders and share them generously with the world .. ..Merci Mr Johnson !
thank you you lovely man
hi. im getting an error with my kWoodroom linux version
[Info]: Scanning: /usr/lib/vst/airwindows/kWoodRoom.so
[Info]: Found Plugin: ‘atsk’ kWoodRoom
[Info]: Saved VST2 plugin cache to /home/mel/.cache/ardour8/vst/15696dc88be6940c42eabd77b4e59a64562a364f-x64.v2i
Ignoring plugin ‘kWoodRoom’. VST-ID conflicts with other plugin ‘kStation’ files: ‘/usr/lib/vst/airwindows/kWoodRoom.so’ vs ‘/usr/lib/vst/airwindows/kStation.so’
Ive removed kStation.so, purged and rescanned my vst plugiv=ns and am now ready to try kWoodRoom
I updated it, redownload kWoodRoom and now you can have both :)
Brother this is the most concrete sounding shit I’ve heard TWT
This literally sounds like a Ladybower Reservoir Plughole
I love it
https://youtu.be/PSnWsGbDoxE?t=489
(The reverb I am referring to)
Hello Chris, I’m having an issue where Ableton keeps loading kstation instead of kwoodroom. This is where I have saved kwoodroom as part of an fx group. Recalling the group loads kstation. I am using the vst2 version.
I hope you’re well – thanks for your excellent work as always.
You need to download the updated version of kWoodRoom to fix this :)