Specifications

SONY
DRE-S777
Sampling Digital Reverberator
The DRE-S777 is a digital reverb device
that bridges the gap between “artificial”
(synthesizer technology) and “real” to
provide a new set of creative tools based on
natural-sounding reverberation. This
provides audio professionals a totally new
approach to sound processing. The DRE-S777 is a technologically advanced digital effects processor that recreates the natural
reverberation of concert halls, theaters and sound stages with unparalleled depth, presence and richness. It achieves this
breathtaking naturalism by using highly advanced processing that allows audio signals to be combined with sampled data
taken from actual acoustic environments. Sony engineers have painstakingly collected sample data from some of the world’s
most highly regarded concert halls, studios and other acoustic environments, and also from classic analog plate reverb
units.The DRE-S777 is supplied with a standard set of sample data, with additional libraries of samples also available.
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FEATURES
◆ MIDI control
◆ In addition to stereo reverb modes, it
supports multi-channel reverberation.
Therefore it is highly suitable for a wide
range of multi-channel production tasks,
including audio-for-video, and for TV and
film post-production applications.
◆ With the optional DABK-S703 Expansion
DSP Board,the DRE-S777 provides a
mono input, four-channel output reverb
mode. Larger surround sound arrays,for
example, 5.1 channel surround, can be
provided by using two or more
DRE-S777s. The optional DASK software
includes reverberation data actually
sampled using a five-position mic array,
allowing five-channel surround sound
effects to be created.
Real-World Reverb
To achieve exceptionally natural sounding reverb,it has been necessary to capture the unique
“sound”of many different environments; concert halls, churches, studios and so on. The
gathering of this data was no mere mechanical process.Rather, it was a series of individual
recording projects, each requiring a host of creative decisions familiar to audio professionals.
Each project required loudspeakers to radiate the test signals and a microphone array to
capture the reverb signature. For each of the locations, multiple samples were recorded using
different combinations of loudspeaker and microphone positions.These samples were then
combined in the DRE-S777 to provide an extensive range of stereo and surround reverb modes.
Sony hardware engineers worked closely with experienced recording engineers to choose
microphone types, their directivity and location. Each acoustic space was sampled across a wide
range of conditions, and the data supplied on a CD-ROM for use with the DRE-S777.
◆ Reverb mode:
– Mono in Stereo out (standard)
– Stereo in Stereo out (with DABK-S703)
– Mono in 4-channel out (with DABK-S703)
– Two Mono split in 4-channel out (with
DABK-S703)
– Mono in stereo out at 2Fs (with DABK-
S703)
◆ Direct/Rev: Direct+Reverb/Reverb
◆ Var iable reverb time (0.3-5.5 s max.)
◆ Sony DSP convolutes an amazing 256,000
sampling points resulting in reverberation
that accurately recreates all of the detail of
the early reflections and the complexity of
the reverberant tails—not only a reverb
effect processor, but an ambience emulator!
◆ Optional DABK-S703 Board upgrades the
DRE-S777 for 96kHz sampling, making it
compatible with DVD video and audio.
◆ Optional DABK-S701 (A/D) and the
DABK-702 (D/A) converter boards further
extend the versatility of the DRE-S777.
◆ Mixer functions (peak hold, bypass, mix-
ture of dry/wet, muting)
◆ Four-band parametric EQ
◆ Factory-presets provided in Memory Stick,
as well as set-up data for 92 user-presets
◆ Operates via jog dial and 4 function keys
◆ Supplied sample CD-ROM contains seven
standard presets including data from two
different types of concert hall, a recording
studio and two churches, plus data from
two types of plate reverberator. The
DRE-S777 provides for adjustment of
parameters such as reverb time, effect/dry
balance, EQ and pre-delay. The optional
DASK sample discs contain a range of
acoustic environments from Europe,
America and Japan.
◆ Nine user caches for quick reverb-program
recall.
◆ The DRE-S777 is capable of a ‘self
sampling’function, enabling it to capture
any acoustic environment.This function
requires the optional DASK-704 software
module as well as a microphone and
speaker system.