Editing Effects And Effects Presets; Reverb And Its Parameters - PRESONUS Studio 192 Owner's Manual

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4.4 Adding Effects

4.4.1 Editing Effects and Effects Presets

4.4.2 Reverb and its Parameters

To access the effects library for each processor and make adjustments to effects
parameters, click on the Edit button above the Flex fader for your effects mix.
You will see the effects editor in the Fat Channel area above the mix. From
here you can change the effects type, adjust parameters, and load presets.
Effects Presets. UC Surface contains a library of 50 custom reverb and delay
presets designed by PreSonus. In addition to these presets, you can create your
own custom effects library. Every factory preset can be altered, renamed, and
overwritten. You can create a custom preset using a factory preset as a starting
point or design a preset from scratch using an effects type of your choosing.
Click on the Presets button from the Effects Editor to open the Presets Manager.
Add Preset (+). Click on this button to create a new preset from the current effects
settings in the Effects Editor.
Load. Click on this button to load a preset that you've chosen from the Preset List.
Audition. By engaging the Audition button, each preset will nondestructively load.
This lets you try out a preset before loading it and overwriting the current settings.
You can make changes to this preset in real time. To load the settings you've
auditioned, click the Load button.
Close. Click on this button to close the Preset Manager and return to the Mixer view.
Reverberation—or reverb, as it is more commonly known—is perhaps the most
widely used effect. Natural reverb is created by sound waves reflecting off of a surface
or many surfaces. For example, when you walk across the wooden stage in a large
hall, thousands of reflections are generated almost instantaneously as the sound
waves bounce off the floor, walls, and ceilings. These are known as early reflections,
and their pattern provides psycho-acoustic indications as to the nature of the space
that you are in, even if you can't see it. As each reflection is then reflected off of more
surfaces, the complexity of the sound increases, while the reverb slowly decays.
The reason for the widespread use of reverb in audio recording is fairly self-evident:
Human beings don't live in a vacuum. Because our brains receive cues about the
nature of the space around us based partially on audio reflections, a sense of space
makes an audio recording sound more natural and, therefore, more pleasing.
Note: Reverb types and presets can only be loaded on FXA.
The following parameters are available for the nine reverb
types the Studio 192 and Studio 192 Mobile offers:
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