How Do You Do Reverb?

[Penniesfromheaven]

Chillowack, I believe I have 4.2; not sure, that machine is down for upgrades. It is AVS Audio Editor. I don't know the difference. Audacity is something I only mess with to get old records and tapes re-recorded.

PPT, Les Paul invented tape delay, and lots of cool tape effects, (like flanging), which led to the Echo-Plex, etc. I think this is a really good oportunity to get into some recording history. Anyone else agree?

[garageband]

Anyone else agree?

A little. He used these effects early. The delay thing is obvious (can happen by accident) and easy because the playback head is different place from the record head, for a little latency and delay.

I have heard about four dozen LP sides in my life an are very familiar with most. I don't recall any using a flanging effect.

Lots happened from LP using tape (he didn't start with tape, he started lathing discs) and the Echoplex, most notably the Mellotron, which probably has more of a direct link. You'd probably need to ask the Echoplex inventors what their inspiration was, though.

[chillowack]

Thanks to everyone who weighed in here, I've appreciated all the input.

Special thanks to Electriclight (and ryanoliver) for pointing me to the VST plug-in instructions and KVR Audio library.

I selected KVR's Classic Reverb, which is perfect for my needs; and in the process I also grabbed a nice chorus, which is very helpful for creating the "thick" Beatles/ELO feeling I like.

I love the fact that you can get all this great stuff for free nowadays. It's actually possible to make professional-quality recordings without spending a lot of money, which is a real boon to starving artists like myself.

[Louanton]

It's called Gverb at the bottom of the effects list. But I gotta warn you, it sucks!

[chillowack]

Originally Posted by Louanton

It's called Gverb at the bottom of the effects list. But I gotta warn you, it sucks!

Ugh! That sounds awful!

I'm not even sure that's supposed to be a reverb, it sounds like something else.

After that I need a stiff drink:

[dentldir]

Audacity has VST GUI's now? Sweet. When did that happen?

[DaVanco]

The classic reverb plug-in is a good tool. I like it too.

[Tom Engelhardt]

I'm just a beginner too but I've been reading manuals and playing around some. Reverb is covered extensively in the manual available at...
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help...tion]Audacity: Documentation
I chose to...
Download the Audacity manual in PDF format.
...and did a search for the word "reverb". I found a lot of info in it and hope this helps you.

[chillowack]

Originally Posted by Tom Engelhardt

I'm just a beginner too but I've been reading manuals and playing around some. Reverb is covered extensively in the manual available at...
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help...tion]Audacity: Documentation
I chose to...
Download the Audacity manual in PDF format.
...and did a search for the word "reverb". I found a lot of info in it and hope this helps you.

Thanks Tom, but just FYI, I tried that link and it didn't work.

I recommend the free plug-ins available at the KVR Audio site: in addition to reverb, there are all kinds of other free effects available there, including a chorus which I love so much, I now put it on most of my songs.

[MRG2U]

the audacity download site has 90 plugins in it and one of them is G-verb. I think it is a very versatile reverb plug and I use it all the time. very easy. You can also set up audacity for VST plugins, which they tell you how at the same site. I have cubase, cakewale, pro toole le, and acid and i like the audacity the best. my fellows think I am nuts cause you have to convert all the files but they sure do like my mixes.