Reverb effect
A reverb effect, or reverb, is an
There are different kinds of reverb. Plate reverb uses electromechanical
Varieties
Echo chambers
The first reverb effects, introduced in the 1930s, were created by playing recordings through loudspeakers in reverberating spaces and recording the sound.
Plate reverb
A plate reverb system uses an electromechanical transducer, similar to the driver in a loudspeaker, to create vibrations in a large plate of sheet metal. The plate's motion is picked up by one or more contact microphones whose output is an audio signal which may be added to the original "dry" signal.[3] Plate reverb was introduced in the late 1950s by Elektromesstechnik with the EMT 140.[3][2]
Spring reverb
Spring reverbs, introduced by Bell Labs, use a set of springs mounted inside a box.[1] They work similarly to plate reverb, with a transducer and pickup placed at either end of the spring.[2] They were popular in the 1960s, and were first used by the Hammond company to add reverb to Hammond organs.[1] They became popular with guitarists, including surf musicians such as Dick Dale,[1] as they could easily be built into guitar amplifiers.[1] They were also used by dub reggae musicians such as King Tubby.[1] The American engineer Laurens Hammond of the Hammond company was granted a patent on a spring reverb system in 1939.[4]
Digital reverb
Digital reverb units simulate reverb by using multiple
Gated reverb
Gated reverb combines reverb with a noise gate, creating a "large" sound with a short tail.[5] It was pioneered by the English recording engineer Hugh Padgham and the drummer Phil Collins, and became a staple of 1980s pop music.[5]
Convolution reverb
Convolution uses impulse responses to record the reverberation of physical spaces and recreate them digitally.[1][6] The first real-time convolution reverb processor, the DRE S777, was announced by Sony in 1999.[2] Convolution reverb is often used in film production, with sound engineers recording impulse responses of sets and locations so sounds can be added in post-production with realistic reverberation.[7]
Shimmer reverb
References
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- ^ Laurens Hammond, Electrical Musical Instrument, U.S. Patent 2,230,836, granted Feb. 4, 1941.
- ^ a b December 2020, Stuart Williams 31. "How Genesis's Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins stumbled upon the '80s gated-reverb drum sound". MusicRadar. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
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- ^ "What is convolution reverb and how is it created?". Mixdown Magazine. 2018-12-18. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
- ^ White, Paul (July 2020). "Creating Shimmer Reverb Effects". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 2023-01-13.