Reverbs - DigiTech RP12 Owner's Manual

RP-12 Owner's Manual

Reverbs

Module Name
BigVerb
MFX Reverb
Gated Reverb
Big Verb/MFX Reverb
Module Abbrv. Description
Big Studio-quality reverb.
MVerb Appears in multi-effects Algorithms.
GtRvb Professional gated reverb
Bigverb is the flagship reverb Module of the RP-12. It contains 14
Parameters, giving exceptional soundfield and tonal shaping control
over reverberation. Bigverb is capable of producing reverberation of
virtually any size, shape, depth, timbre or soundfield location.
MFX Reverb is a slightly trimmed version of the Bigverb, offering much
of the same flexibility and controls as Bigverb, but requires less memo-
ry space. MFX Reverb lets you achieve high-quality reverb in conjunc-
tion with other effects.
Before covering all the reverb Parameters and their definitions in detail,
however, let's discuss the benefits and theory behind reverberation
Algorithms.
Ambience, or reverberation, is produced when sound energy is reflect-
ed off room surfaces and objects. Using reverberation in recorded pro-
gram material gives the listener a sense that the material is being per-
formed in an actual room or hall. It is this similarity to actual acoustic
spaces that makes reverberation a useful tool for going direct to board.
The RP-12 uses early reflections to better emulate the natural sound of
a hall. Early reflections are short clusters of direct reflections from the
closest room walls. In an average size hall, these direct reflections
usually occur within the first 30 to 100 milliseconds, depending on the
size of the room and the placement of the sound source within the
room. Adding these early reflections to the reverberation increases the
perceived reverberation time and the apparent size of the reverberant
space, but adding more than small amounts tends, to make the reverb
sound unnatural.
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Section 4 - Effects and Parameters