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Effects and Effect Mode
Effects Parameters
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combinationeffectsusedifferentvariationsonthisparameter,dependingonthecontext.The
rangeis0to100%.
Reverbs
RoomTypechangestheconfigurationoftheeffecttosimulat eawidearrayofroomtypesand
sizesincludingbooths,smallrooms,chambers,hallsandlargespaces.Becausethisparameter
changesthestructureofthereverbeffect,youneedtobecarefulwhenassigningitaMOD—
changingitinreal
timewhilesignalispassingthroughitislikelytocauseaudibleartifacts.
Roomtypesindifferenteffectswithsimilarnamesdonotnecessarilysoundthesame.
RvrbTimeistheRT
60
—thetimeittakesforthereverbtodecayto60dBbelowitsinitiallevel—
inseconds.Itisaccurateassumingthatseveralotherparameters(HFDamping,DiffScale,Size
Scale,andDensity)areattheirnominallevels.Itisadjustableupto“Inf”,whichcreatesan
infinitely‐sustainingreverb.
LateRvbTim
adjuststhebasicdecaytimeofthelateportionofthereverbafterdiffusion.
LPreDlyandRPreDly(Pre‐Delay)isthetimebetweenthestartofasoundandtheoutputof
thefirstreverbreflectionsfromthatsound.Longerpre‐delayscanhelpmakelargerspaces

soundmorerealistic.Longertimescanalsohelpimprovetheclarityofamixbyseparatingthe
reverbsignalfromthedrysignal,sothedrysignalisnotobscured.Youcansetaseparatetime
fortheleftandrightreverbsignalsusingLPreDlyandRPre
Dly.
EarRefLvladjuststhemixleveloftheearly‐reflectionportionofeffectswhichofferearly
reflections.
LateLvladjuststhemixlevelofthelate‐reverbportionofeffectswhichofferearlyreflections.
DiffScalescalesthe“diffusion“oftheearlyreflections,thatis,howspreadouttheyareas
a
groupovertime.Atverylowsettings,the earlyreflectionsstarttosoundquitediscrete,andat
highersettingstheearlyreflectionsareseamless.Itisadjustablefrom0.00to2.00,with1.00
beingnominalforthegivenRoomType.
Densitycontrolshowtightlytheearlyreflectionsarepackedin
time.LowDensitysettings
grouptheearlyreflectionsclosetogether,whilehighervaluesspreadthereflectionsfora
smootherreverb.Itisadjustablefrom0.00to4.00,with1.00 beingnominal(andusuallyoptimal)
forthegivenRoomType.
Expansecontrolstheamountoflatereverbenergybiasedtowardtheedges
ofthestereoimage.
Asettingof0%willbiasenergytowardsthecenter.Movingawayfrom0%willbiasenergy
towardsthesides.Positiveandnegativevalueswillhaveadifferentcharacter.
Buildadjuststheenvelopeofcertainportionsofthereverb.Positivevaluesspeedupthe
envelope,andnegative
valuesslowitdown.
SizeScalechangesthesizeofthecurrentroom.Alteringthisparameterwillchangethereverb
timeandalsocausesomecolorationofthe reverb.Itisadjustablefrom0.00to4.00,with1.00
beingnominal(andusuallyoptimal)forthegivenRoomType.
InfinDecay,whenturned
“On”,causesthereverbtailtodecayinfinitely.Whenit’s“Off”,the
decaytimeisdeterminedbythe“RvrbTime”or“LateRvbTim”parameters.Thisisagood
parametertocontrolwithafootswitch.
WetBal(WetBalance).Somereverbeffectsareactuallytwostereoreverbsinone,witheachone
receiving
adifferentmonosignal.Thisbalancestheoutputsofthetworeverbs—0%meansthey
arebeingmixedequally.