Most important Reverb Parameters for Depth and Space

General

• Shape (or Attack and Size), Pre Delay and Size

• Notice that “Delay Time” is Not Important but Rather a Taste if You Like Long Reverbs or Short Reverbs

• Use Damping and Bass Multiplier etc. to Your Benefit to e.g. Adapt Voice Reverb Bass to a Acoustic Bass Line or Keep Bass Away in the Voice Reverb, Same Goes for Damping and High Frequency Reverb Options, Remember that Damping Affects the Decay / Reverb Time of the Reverb while the EQ Only Applies Equalization to the Input and / or Output Part of the Reverb

• Development of the Reverb (i.e. Quasi Envelope Shape)

Shape

• Shape Parameter in a Reverb is Very (Probably Most) Important

• Shape = What Happens with the Attack After a Signal Comes in the Reverb, Does the Reverb Come Right Away or Does the Reverb Fade In / Builds Up Slowly?

• Shape Setting also Emphasizes the Effect of the Pre Delay

• e.g. Short Attack will Make the Reverb Appear Immediately and Make the Voice Further Away Whereas a Longer Attack Lets the Original Initial Transients Through and Fades the Reverb into the Voice

Pre Delay

• Onset of Reverberation, i.e. a Gap Between the Dry Signal and the Reverb

• Works Together with the Shape, i.e. Shape and Pre Delay are the Keypoint to Set the Distance between Objects or to have Something Close while Still have Long Reverbs

– Dettwiler Refers High Pre Delays to Keep Original Signal Clear (50ms to 80ms or Higher)

Size

• you can have a Toilet Reverb or a Church Reverb

• Small Size Parameters Mimic a Small Sized Room / Close Walls

• Large Sized Rooms Makes Sounds more Generous / Gorgeous

• Bricasti the “Size” Parameter Does Not Change Too Much 

• Lexicon Mimics More the In-Between Reflections, e.g. the Bigger the Room the More Reflections Build up on Each Other (Lexicon Size = Shape Parameter and Contour = Size Parameter)

ER / Diffusion

• In the Old Days No CPU Could Manage the xxx Early Reflections Appear in Nature, so they Simulated it with ER Parameter that can Add Some Reflections

• e.g. Lets Produce 20 Real Reflections to Mimic Distance of a Stage that Come Before the Actual Reverb

• Today you can Shape the ER / Diffusion and Use it to Make the Reverb Sound Clearer by Adjusting the Early and Late Reflections