reverb

Question 1

what does close miking do for reverb

Answer 1

this recording technique aims to minimise natural reverb in order to have control of the amount in the final mix

Question 2

what is RT60

Answer 2

the body is the amount of time taken for the amplitude of reflections to reduce by 60dB

Question 3

what are early reflections

Answer 3

those that reflect back to the pick-up (ear or microphone) within 30ms of the source and tend to be nearly exact copies of the source signal

Question 4

what is the decay tail

Answer 4

amount of time after the body taken for the sound to return to silence

Question 5

what is natural room reverb

Answer 5

acoustic reverb that’s printed onto tape with recording so can’t be edited

Question 6

what is chamber reverb

Answer 6

acoustic reverb that’s a separate signal but the RT60 or characteristics can’t be changed

Question 7

what is spring reverb

Answer 7

mechanical reverb that doesn’t sound like a real room

Question 8

what is plate reverb

Answer 8

mechanical reverb that sounds more realistic but takes up a lot of space and is expensive

Question 9

what is digital reverb

Answer 9

digital reverb on a DAW that creates reverb that can be altered but doesn’t sound natural

Question 10

what is convolution reverb

Answer 10

digital reverb that emulates a specific space

Question 11

name an example of digital reverb

Answer 11

chromaverb