Set The Reverb Predelay; Change The Tone Of The Reverb Decay - Alesis ANDROMEDA A6 Reference Manual

The Diffusion parameter (soft knob
conjunction with the Density parameter, it can be used to approximate hundreds of
room textures. Again, use the keyboard to check if the room is getting too ripply or
too glassy.
9. Set the Diffusion (
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ET THE EVERB
Our next step is editing the Pre-delay parameters on
Bass Boost parameters once the program is structured better.)
10. Press soft button
Pre-delay was originally used to simulate the delay before hearing reverberation in a
large hall. However, in modern reverb program it is used more for effect. You can
use predelay on a bass sound to make the initial attack clearer. You can also leak
some non-predelayed reverb using the Pre-delay Mix (
program, let's try a Pre-delay Time (
reverb.
11. Turn soft knob
12. Turn soft knob
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HANGE THE ONE OF THE
The Low and High Frequency Damping parameters are controlled by soft knobs
and on this page (
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Decay time according to frequency. In a hall with no high frequency damping, the
high frequencies will "sizzle" with a long decay. With no low frequency damping,
the low frequencies will boom with a long decay, as in a large cement parking
garage. Raising the frequency of the Low damping will cut the decays below that
frequency (like adding bass traps to the hall), and lowering the frequency of the High
Damping will cut the decays above the frequency (like adding drapes and couches to
the hall).
For this room, leave Low Damping off and set High Damping for 2.14kHz as follows:
13. Turn soft knob
14. Turn soft knob
Remember that if you set the High Damping higher than the input LPF, it will do
almost nothing. Notice how the apparent decay drops off when you do this, and that
the room starts to sound more natural.
Press soft button
program. Swirl (soft knob
Set to a low value, it can add subtle movement to your reverb sound. Set high, it
adds chorusing to the room. we'll leave it off in this example. We're not looking for a
gated reverb sound, so we'll leave Gate set to zero (otherwise, it will "chop off" the
reverb sound once it reaches a certain point).
0
SWIRL DEPTH
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NDROMEDA EFERENCE
) sets how smooth the decay will be. Used in
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) to 78%.
DIFF
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REDELAY
( )
PARAM2
3
PDTIME
until the value of
PDTIME
1
( ) all the way up (100).
PDMIX
2
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EVERB
and ). The damping parameters interact with the
LDAMP HDAMP
all the way off (
LDAMP = OFF
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to set the High Frequency Damping (
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( PARAM3 ) to see the last parameters of the Large Hall Reverb
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of this page) is an effect which simulates moving walls.
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60% 0
GATE HOLD
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ANUAL
Chapter 10: Using Effects
. (We'll come back to the
PARAM2
) if you want. For this
PDMIX
) of 32ms with 100% mix for a splash of
is 32.
ECAY
).
HDAMP = 2.140
0 0
RELEAS
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