Sound Studio, 7th Edition

Chapter 12

Reverberation and delay effects

 

 

 

 

This could be a very short chapter. You want reverberation? Just buy an artificial reverberation (AR) device, put it in a channel and power it up. Do you want really long reverb? Turn the knob to, say, ‘5.5 seconds’. Maybe also scan through a seemingly endless list of acoustic environments to reach ‘cathedral’. Plug it across the channel you want to reverberate – and you are in business. You are talking, walking or playing your trumpet – in a space like a cathedral. And, just like it says on the wrapper, the quality is amazingly realistic. The same goes for other ‘delay’ effects. Just plug in the ‘reverb’ device, check the instructions and off you go!

Digital AR and delay-related effects are ...