Specifications

Chapter 31: ReVibe 179
ReVibe Reverb Section Controls
The Reverb section has controls for the various
reverb tail elements, including type, level, time,
size, spread, attack time, attack shape, rear
shape, diffusion, and pre-delay. These determine
the overall character of the reverb tail.
Type Menu
Type is a pop-up menu that sets the type of re-
verb tail. There are nine basic reverb types, plus
the Automatic type. Selecting the Automatic re-
verb type will select the type of reverb tail that is
stored with the currently selected room type.
The reverb types are:
• Automatic selects the reverb tail type
stored with the room type.
• Natural is an average reverb tail type with
no extreme characteristics.
• Smooth is optimized for large rooms.
• Fast Attack can be useful for plate reverbs.
• Dense is similar to smooth, and can also be
good for a plate reverb.
• Tight is good for small to medium rooms.
• Sparse 1 produces sparse early reflections
with a high diffusion buildup.
• Sparse 2 can be useful for a spring reverb.
• Wide is a generic large reverb.
• Small is optimized for small rooms.
Level Control
Level controls the output level of the reverb tail.
When set to –INF (minus infinity) no reverb tail
is heard, and the reverb effect consists entirely
of the early reflections (if enabled). The range of
this control is from –INF to 6.0 dB.
Time Control
Time controls how long the reverberation con-
tinues after the original source signal stops. The
range of this control is from 100.0 ms to Inf (in-
finity). Setting Time to its maximum value will
produce infinite reverberation.
Pre-Delay Control
The Pre-Delay control in the Reverb section sets
the amount of time that elapses between signal
input and the onset of the reverb tail.
Under natural conditions, the amount of pre-de-
lay depends on the size and construction of the
acoustic space and the relative position of the
sound source and the listener. Pre-delay at-
tempts to duplicate this phenomenon and is
used to create a sense of distance and volume
within an acoustic space. Extremely long pre-
delay settings produce effects that are unnatural
but sonically interesting.
The range of this control is from 0.0 ms to
300.0 ms.
Diffusion Control
Diffusion controls the rate that the sound den-
sity of the reverb tail increases over time. The
control ranges between –50% and 50%. At 0%,
diffusion is set to an optimal preset value. Posi-
tive Diffusion settings create a longer initial
buildup of echo density. At negative settings,
the buildup of echo density is slower than at the
optimal preset value.
Reverb Controls