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UAD Powered Plug-Ins Manual - 220 - Chapter 17: DreamVerb

• Try different diffusion settings for your preset (the slider on the right of the Re-

verberation panel). Diffusion radically alters the reverberation sound and is

source dependent. Higher diffusion values yield a fuller sound, good for

percussive sounds; lower diffusion values yield a less dense sound, good for

vocals, synths, etcetera.

• When monitoring your preset, try switching from Dry solo, Wet solo, and a

useful mix. Solo the reﬂections and reverberation, and disable/enable EQ.

ry different sources and mixes. Reach for the headphones every now and

then. In general just keep things moving, as ear fatigue can be particularly

deceiving with reverb sounds.

• The Positioning panel is generally only needed for automation. Ignore these

settings for preset design unless going for a panning effect or monitoring

real-world use.

• Often when you've got a really great preset designed, all it takes are a few

subtle changes to make a number of other great presets.

Tips for designing a natural environment sound:

• Make timing proportional. As the size of the simulated environment in-

creases, the length of the pre-delay for the EF, LF, and LF tail should increase

proportionally. Typically, ER and LF pre-delay should be not too far apart,

with LF starting shortly after ER.

• Place the ER timing preceding/leading into the LF

• ER amplitude naturally decays. Slope the amplitude down from left to right.

• Use ER ﬁltering, as this improves the reverb sound in almost all situations.

• Try a gradual Lf or Hf roll-off (or boost) with the EQ section. The left and

right-most EQ bands are shelf ﬁlters, which are per

fect for this job. The ad-

jacent bands can be used to shape the roll-off.

• Try natural materials and air densities before the unnatural custom or in-

verse materials and air densities.

• Try adding onset (slope) to the LF, as many environments naturally have an

LF onset.

For additional info:

• Read Chapter 48, “RealVerb Pro” (page 484) of this manual.