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Reverb Attack –
This knob controls the attack of the reverb tail, or how quickly
or slowly the reverb comes on. It also controls how large or small the reverb tail is.
Mix –
This knob controls the overall mix between the wet and dry signals. When this
knob is set to 0% (full left), only the dry signal is heard. When the knob is set to 100%
(full right), only the wet signal is fed to the MPX's outputs.
The important thing to remember about the mix parameter is that dry signal should
only reach the final mix by one path. Let's say that you are using an aux send on a
channel strip to send signal to an effects bus. Your original signal is on one channel
strip and an aux channel receives signal from the aux bus. Both channels go to the
final mix bus. You load an MPX-L Plug-In onto the aux channel. In that case, your mix
should be set to 100%. Reverb level is controlled by changing the gain on the aux
track or by changing the send level. Why is that? If the mix parameter on the aux
channel is set to something less than 100%, then dry signal can arrive at the final mix
by two paths (the original channel strip and the aux channel strip). You'll find it hard
to control the balance of reverb in your mix and on some DAWs you may even get
cancellation of the dry signal. This will make your mix sound thin and weak.
On the other hand, if you load the plug-in as an insert on the channel strip (instead of
using a send), then it makes perfect sense to use the mix parameter.
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