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Old 03-21-2017, 03:36 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by DVDdoug View Post
Here's one way to think about it - Reverb is a natural effect. It's the sound of a concert hall, church, etc. (But to me, the amount of reverb that sounds awesome in the concert hall sounds unnatural coming out of a pair of stereo speakers in my living room.)

Although delay/echo can occur in nature, it doesn't happen naturally in most performance situations.

It can help "technically" to delay the reverb a bit so that the peak transients don't "stack up" as much, forcing you to turn-down the levels or use compression.
The first reflection is a pretty common noticeable delay even in reverberant places, but it never sounds like a 1:1 copy but quieter. It's a smeared, tone-coloured thing.

Boz Imperial Delay does this really well but... yeah that's an expensive plugin for delay.

I like to do delays on a separate track and smear it a bit with reverb (very sggy), EQ,
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