The Reverb on the R09 are available only on the playback if you are the kind of person that finds the recording of "reality" bland and uninteresting, I used my R09 extensively at this years Getaway and the unedited recordings sound really good. Mostly I just put the recorder on the table or other flat surface in the vicinity and let it run, where it is too quiet for comfort I may need to Normalize after I download to my editing software, but so far it is excellent.