Reverb tail setup, Tail mix section, Suggested setup for the reverb tail – Sonnox Oxford Reverb User Manual
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5.2 Reverb Tail Setup
5 REALISTIC ROOM SIMULATION
panned or natural) better placement within the reverb sound field will be achieved with
higher separation settings.
5.2 Reverb Tail Setup
The major difference between the early reflection processing and the Reverb Tail is that
the latter contains no geometrically based dimensional information. Being constructed of
mutually unrelated terms, it is designed to generate almost characterless spectral
diffusion and spatial dispersion. Therefore its main purpose is to reiterate the sonic
character and spatial cues provided by the input programme and the early reflection
processing, with the minimum of disturbance throughout its decay period.
However, nuances in the way this is achieved play important roles in the resulting texture,
timbre and spatial quality we perceive in the reverberation effect. Rather than providing
the user with either a fixed model or a limited selection of algorithms, the Sonnox Oxford
Reverb offers full control over the parameters that most affect the sonic character of the
Reverb Tail. This provides the user with the maximum creative facility.
5.2.1 Tail Mix Section
The first thing is to decide what drives the Reverb Tail section. Generally there is a mixture
of two approaches to driving the Reverb Tail section we can consider. Either we want to
carry the character of the Early Reflections into the Reverb Tail. Or we want to just add
reverberation to the input signal so that the character of the input programme is carried
into the Reverb Tail.
In practice, we almost always need a mixture of both of these depending on the desired
result.
The TAIL MIX section of the ‘front panel’ controls this function by providing the ability to
mix the output of the Early Reflection processing with the input signal, and a delayed
version of the input signal. It is therefore possible to create a mixture of all three signals,
any combination, or just a single source.
The delayed input signal, controlled by the COMP DELAY function, is normally selected to
ER TRACK mode so that the input drive to the Reverb Tail largely coincides with the initial
output signals from the early reflection section.