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6.3.4.4. Reverb
Reverb (or reverberation ) is the sound of a space – a recording studio, a concert hall, a
stairwell, a tiled bathroom, the inside of an empty oil tanker, you name it. Reverb is often
considered the most essential effect for the CS-80, and so there's an easy-to-use one as our
first choice for CS-80 V.
SIZE is the overall size of the space, a general sense of how open it is. (0.100 to
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1.50)
PREDELAY is how long it takes for the first reflected sound to come back to our
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ears. Longer predelays imply a larger space. (0.00 to 0.20 seconds)
DECAY is how long the reverb takes to decay to silence. It interacts with Size to
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define the shape of the ambience. (0.00 to 0.925)
DAMPING is how quickly high-frequency sounds roll off before low-frequency
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sounds in the space. More damping implies a space full of objects or materials
that absorb highs first: carpets, ornate wood, even people. Less damping implies
a more 'ringy' space with concrete or tile walls. (0.00 to 1.00)
STEREO WIDTH is just what it sounds like: how wide the reverberant image is. It
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may seem strange to want anything less than full stereo, but remember that old
spring and plate reverbs were all mono, as were the earliest 'echo chambers' in
studios. Sometimes less width means more depth. (0.00 to 0.500)
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