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Hall · 2.6 s · 40 msThe channel across the top, the send and the return beneath it, each part judged for the job.
Level
Play runs the source round its loop, with room after it for the tail. Hold: dry mutes the reverb while you hold it, so you can hear what the space is adding. The space bar plays and stops.
Source
Each is a phrase and then silence, so the tail is heard on its own. The vocal is the part most reverb tasks are set on; the guitar is the spring's; the snare is the plate's and the gate's.
TypeHall
first reflections: 6 from 15 ms
A type is the shape of the answer: where its first reflections fall, how dense it starts and how it ends. These six are the spec's own list, in the spec's own order. The presets choose a part for each type; to compare types on one part, use these chips.
Pre-delay
40ms
The gap before the answer. Make it long enough and the word is heard clear before the space replies.
Time
2.6 s
RT60: how long the tail takes to fall by 60 decibels. A vocal reverb of 1.5 to 4 seconds is the usual band. On the stage this is the tail's end, and you can drag it.
Wet
25%
How much of the answer reaches the mix. On a verse vocal, 10 to 30 per cent is a safe range. Too much is the usual fault.
What you should hear
2.6 sto fall 60 dB
40 msbefore the answer
25 %wet in the mix
6 from 15 msfirst reflections
stereoon a send
clearly audibleagainst 100 % dry
every number here comes from the dials
Every number here comes from the dials, and the same numbers make the tail on the stage and the answer in the convolver. These are the four things an exam answer about reverb is built from.