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Chapter 9 Reverb 11 5
In the vast majority of mixes, your best bet is to set a lower level for the low frequency
reverb signal. This enables you to turn up the level of the bass instrument—making it
sound punchier. This also helps to counter bottom-end masking effects.
The Controls view offers four additional parameters.
ER Scale allows you to scale the early reflections along the time axis, enabling the Room
Shape, Room Size and Stereo Base parameters to be influenced simultaneously. Dry and
Wet can be used to control the amounts of the original and effect signal individually,
and independently of the Mix parameter. The Diffusion slider is also available in the
GoldVerb plug-in. A detailed description of its function can be found on page 113.
EnVerb
Logic’s EnVerb is based on a rather unusual and innovative reverb algorithm. It has a
unique feature—you can adjust the envelope of the diffuse reverb tail freely. This
provides options that far exceed those of a conventional gated reverb.
The EnVerb algorithm requires a reasonable amount of computing power.
Time Parameters
With a concept as sophisticated as that of the EnVerb, you can well imagine that a
single parameter for reverb time just won’t do the trick.
Original Delay
This parameter enables you to delay the original signal. This delay is only noticeable
when the Mix parameter is set to a value other than 100%. The starting point of the
diffuse reverb tail is not influenced in any way.
A delayed original signal is particularly handy when you want to generate reverse
reverb: Set all envelope parameters to 0 with the exception of Attack and Original
Delay, which you should set to approximately the same value that you want to pre-
delay the given region or track.