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User's Guide Babyface Pro FS © RME
21.6 Reverb and Echo
A click on FX in the View Options - Show brings up the Output FX panel. Here all parameters
for the effects Reverb and Echo are adjusted.
The Babyface Pro uses a DSP engine within its FPGA for all the calculations of all the EQs and
Low Cuts, in parallel to the TotalMix DSP mixing engine. However, Reverb and Echo are calcu-
lated on the host CPU - the computer. On current computers, this will not cause any noticeable
CPU load.
The transmission of the stereo signal FX Send to the computer and the effects signal FX Out
back to the Babyface Pro is done by two invisible ASIO channels. The delay (latency) gener-
ated by this method is of no consequence for the offered effects reverb and echo. But it is still
taken into account for the adjustment of the Reverb PreDelay. The lowest value depends on the
currently chosen buffer size (see Settings dialog, chapter 8.1).
Reverb. Activated by the On button.
Type. Lists different reverb types for selection. Available are:
¾ Rooms Small, Medium, Large, Walls. Room simulation of rooms
in different size and behaviour.
¾ Shorty provides a short, rich and warm reverb.
¾ Attack slaps back.
¾ Swagger enriches and blows up the original sound source.
¾ Old School is just that.
¾ Echoistic has a heavy echo part within the reverb sound which
brings some nice stereo effect as well.
¾ 8plus9 is a mixture of Old School and Echoistic.
¾ Grand Wide stands for a wide and open room and space.
¾ Thicker can be used as short reverb to enrich the original signal.
¾ Space has the most sizzle and longest reverb time.
¾ Envelope. Reverb effect where the volume course (envelope) is
freely adjustable.
¾ Gated. Simpler version of the Envelope reverb for cut reverb
effects.
Please note that all these reverb types are extremely flexible due to the
available Smooth and Room Scale controls. Most of them can be used
as short and long reverb, and sound totally different with Smooth turned
to maximum or minimum.
TotalMix FX comes with factory presets and default values for all reverb types to ensure a fast
setup time and quick results. Please take the time to experiment with them with different signals
and different settings, to learn how different they can sound and can be used.