Reverb

Reverb adds reverberation (rapid, modified repetitions blended with the original sound that gives an impression of ambience). The Reverb effect is based on the original "freeverb" algorithm. Adding reverberation is sometimes desirable for concert halls that are too small or contain so many people that the hall's natural reverberance is diminished. Applying a small amount of stereo reverb to an untreated mono signal duplicated into a two-channel stereo track will usually make it sound more natural.


 * Accessed by: Effect > Reverb...
 * [[image:Reverb-r12300.png|Reverb dialog]]

Settings

 * Room Size (%): Sets the size of the simulated room. 0% is like a closet, 100% is like a huge cathedral or large auditorium. A high value will simulate the reverberation effect of a large room and a low value will simulate the effect of a small room.


 * Pre-delay (ms): Delays the onset of the reverberation for the set time after the start of the original input. This also delays the onset of the reverb tail. The maximum pre-delay is 200 milliseconds. Careful adjustment of this parameter can improve the clarity of the result.


 * Reverberance (%): Sets the length of the reverberation tail. This determines how long the reverberation continues for after the original sound being reverbed comes to an end, and so simulates the "liveliness" of the room acoustics. For any given reverberance value, the tail will be greater for larger room sizes.


 * Damping (%): Increasing the damping produces a more "muted" effect. The reverberation does not build up as much, and the high frequencies decay faster than the low frequencies. Simulates the absorption of high frequencies in the reverberation.


 * Tone Low (%): Setting this control below 100% reduces the low frequency components of the reverberation, creating a less "boomy" effect.


 * Tone High (%): Setting this control below 100% reduces the high frequency components of the reverberation, creating a less "bright" effect.


 * Wet Gain (dB): Applies volume adjustment to the reverberation ("wet") component in the mix. Increasing this value relative to the "Dry Gain" (below) increases the strength of the reverb.


 * Dry Gain (dB): Applies volume adjustment to the original ("dry") audio in the mix. Increasing this value relative to the "Wet Gain" (above) reduces the strength of the reverb. If the Wet Gain and Dry Gain values are the same, then the mix of wet effect and dry audio to be output to the track will be made louder or softer by exactly this value (assuming "Wet Only" below is not checked).


 * Stereo Width (%): Sets the apparent "width" of the Reverb effect for stereo tracks only. Increasing this value applies more variation between left and right channels, creating a more "spacious" effect. When set at zero, the effect is applied independently to left and right channels.


 * Wet Only: When this control is checked, only the wet signal (added reverberation) will be in the resulting output, and the original audio will be removed. This can be useful when previewing the effect, but in most cases you should uncheck this when applying the effect. Wet Only may be used however to create a "reverb only" track that you can then mix in greater or lesser proportion with the original track. See Examples below for complete steps.

Presets
Selecting the preset then clicking loads the settings for that preset into the effect. 
 * Load: Click this button to load one of nine fixed presets:
 * Vocal I
 * Vocal II
 * Bathroom
 * Small Room Bright
 * Small Room Dark
 * Medium Room
 * Large Room
 * Church Hall
 * Cathedral

User Settings

 * Load: Click this button to choose a user-specified parameters setting. Selecting the named setting then clicking button loads those settings into the effect.


 * Save: Click this button to save the current effect parameters as one of the settings in the list. Selecting the named setting then clicking the saves your parameters under that name. If you want to save as a name not in the list, click "Rename" (below) instead.


 * Rename: Click this button to rename a selected setting. In the "Reverb Settings" dialog, select a setting then click the button to open a dialog to change that setting's name. Type the required name then click the  button to change the setting's name.

Previews

 * Preview: Exactly like "Preview" in other effects (previews what the effect would sound like if applied at its current settings).
 * Dry Preview: Previews the original audio selection entirely unprocessed (ignoring all the effect settings including "Wet Only"), just like playing that selection in the main window. Listening to "Dry Preview" then "Preview" thus gives you a quick "before" and "after" comparison of the effect.

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