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UAD Powered Plug-Ins Manual - 271 - Chapter 31: DreamVerb
Materials Panel
The parameters in the Materials panel, in conjunction with the Shape panel
(Figure 98 on page 269) and Reverberation panel (Figure 101 on page 275)
effect the spatial characteristics of the reverb.
The material composition of an acoustical space effects how different fre-
quency components decay over time. Materials are characterized by their ab-
sorption rates as a function of frequency—the more the material absorbs a
certain frequency, the faster that frequency decays.
Note: While materials are used to control decay rates as a function of fre-
quency, the overall decay rate of the late-field reverberation is controlled from
the Reverberation panel (see Figure 101 on page 275).
24 real-world materials are provided, including such diverse materials as
brick, marble, hardwood, water surface, and audience. Also included are 24
artificial materials with predefined decay rates, and seven air densities.
Note: The parameters in the Materials panel always effect the late-field re-
verberations. However, the materials parameters effect the early reflections
ONLY if the “Filtering” parameter in the Reflections panel (Figure 100 on
page 274) is set to a non-zero value.
Figure 99. DreamVerb Materials panel
First material
selector menu
First material
display
Second material
selector menu
Second
material
display
Air Density
display
Air Density
selector menu
Solid materials
Blending Bar
Air Blending
Bar
2nd material
percentage
First material
percentage
Air percentage