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UAD Powered Plug-Ins Manual - 267 - Chapter 31: DreamVerb
The DreamVerb user interface (Figure 94 on page 266) is similarly organized.
Reflected energy equalization is controlled with the Resonance panel. The
pattern of early reflections (their relative timing and amplitudes) is determined
by the room shapes in the Shape panel (Figure 98 on page 269). Early reflec-
tion pre-delay, slope, timing, and amplitude are specified in the Reflections
panel (Figure 100 on page 274). The Materials panel (Figure 99 on
page 271) is used to select relative late-field decay rates as a function of fre-
quency. The late-field predelay, decay rate, room diffusion, slope, and level
is specified in the Reverberation panel (Figure 101 on page 275). Finally, the
Positioning panel (Figure 102 on page 277) contains controls for the place-
ment of the source, early reflections, and late-field reverberation.
Resonance (Equalization) Panel
The Resonance panel (Figure 96 on page 268) is a five-band equalizer that
can control the overall frequency response of the reverb, effecting its per-
ceived brilliance and warmth. By adjusting its Amplitude and band Edge con-
trols, the equalizer can be configured as shelving or parametric EQs, as well
as hybrids between the two.
The EQ curve effects the signal feeding both the early reflections and the late
field reverberations, but not the direct path.
Bands 1 and 5 are configured as shelving bands. Bands 2, 3, and 4 also
have an Edge control for adjusting its bandwidth.
Generally speaking, a lot of high-frequency energy results in a brilliant rever-
beration, whereas a good amount of low-frequency content gives a warm re-
verberation.
Note: The values for the EQ parameters are displayed in the text fields at the
bottom of the Resonance panel. The values can also be entered directly using
the text entry method.