Reverb

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Use the Reverb effect to add reverberation to a track.
Accessed by: Effect > Reverb...
Reverb dialog

Settings

  • Room Size (%): Sets the size of the simulated room. 0% is likea closet, 100% is like a huge cathedral or large auditorium.
  • Delay (ms): Delays the Reverb effect for the set time. This delays both the onset of the reverbion and the beginning of the its tail.
  • Reverberance (%): Sets the length of the reverbion tail.
Bill 07May13: some quick and dirty experiments to determine the RT60 times (all with damping 0%, tones at 100%, wet gain 0 db, "Wet Only")
  • Room Size 100%, Reverberance 0%: 0.2 sec
  • Room Size 100%, Reverberance 100%: 9 sec
  • Room Size 0%, Reverberance 0%: 0.13 sec
  • Room Size 0%, Reverberance 100%: 0.9 sec
Changing the Damping does not appear to affect the RT60 times, only the "character" of the reverb.
  • Damping (%): Increasing the damping produces a more "muted" effect. The reverberation does not build up as much, and the high frequencies decay faster than the low frequencies.
  • Tone Low (%): Setting this control below 100% reduces the low frequency components of the reverberation, creating a less "boomy" effect.
  • Tone High (%): Setting this control below 100% reduces the high frequency components of the reverberation, creating a less "bright" effect.
  • Wet Gain (dB): Sets the level of the reverberation effect in the mix.
  • Dry Gain (dB): Sets the level of the original audio in the mix.
  • Stereo Width (%): Sets the apparent "width" of the Reverb effect.
  • Wet Only: When this control is checked the wet signal (reverberation) only is returned to the track. See Examples, below, for how to use this to create a "reverb only" track that you can then mix with your original track.

Presets

  • Load: Click this button to open a dialog listing the standard presets. Click on a preset name in the list then click the OK button to load those settings into the effect.

User Settings

There are ten user setting "slots" available for you to save your favorite settings. They are initially named "Settings0" through "Settings9".
  • Load: Click this button to open a dialog listing the user settings. Click on a setting name in the list then click the OK button to load that settings into the effect.
  • Save: Click this button to save the current settings into a user setting. In the "Reverb Settings" dialog, click on a setting then click the OK button to save your settings under that name.
  • Rename: Click this button to rename your user settings. In the "Reverb Settings" dialog, click on a setting then click the OK button to open a dialog to change the setting name. Type your setting name then click the OK button to change the setting name.

Examples

Links

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