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Reverbs

RvrbRvrb Time · Pre Dly · HF Damping · Room Type

A reverb is the room: reflections so many that they blur into a tail. Rvrb Time is how long the tail takes to fall 60 dB, Pre Dly how long before it starts, HF Damping how fast its highs die, Room Type and Size Scale the room's shape. The factory's reverbs sit on Aux 1, fed by the send.

SEE IT MOVE

THE EFFECT ITSELF
THE SOUND · ONE LOOP
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Computed in your browser with KINSPIRATION's effects, sample by sample, with the values the program's own controllers give its chains. The phrase going in is a simple stand-in for the program's layers.

WHAT TO KNOW

THE TIME

Rvrb Time is the time to fall 60 dB: under 1 s a room, 1.5 to 2.5 s a hall, 4 s and more a cathedral. Most factory reverbs take it from a controller, Reverb Time on CC 9 (Knob 9).

PRE DLY AND DAMPING

Pre Dly keeps the attack clear of the tail (10 to 70 ms in the factory's halls); HF Damping darkens the tail, as walls and air soak up the highs.

USE IT FOR

Depth and space: a short room holds a piano close, a long hall carries strings and pads, a plate is bright and dense for keys and voices.

WATCH OUT

A long tail at a high send blurs chords: lower the send before you shorten the time. The factory feeds its reverbs at a median of 19 %.

IN THE FACTORY PROGRAMS

1,401 programs send to a reverb on Aux 1: Hall Reverb 1 in 443, Cathedral 2 in 151, Grandiose Hall 2 in 130. At the programs' own settings the median reverb time is 2.4 s, the median send 19 %.

THE REVERBS ON AUX 1

Hall Reverb 1443
Cathedral 2151
Grandiose Hall 2130
1uAbbyHall3109
Sax Chamber87
Plate Reverb 153
SymphonyHall Aux52

THEIR TIME AT THE PROGRAMS' SETTINGS

under 1 s171
1 to 2 s388
2 to 3 s393
3 to 5 s239
5 s and up196

FIND THEM ON YOUR K2700

8 Bright Jazz 9ftAux 1 Hall Reverb 1, MiniVerb, 1.9 s, sent 10 %
1060 FM KeyboardAux 1 Cathedral 2, Chorus<>Reverb, 2.7 s, sent 10 %
1066 X-FM Rich KeysAux 1 Grandiose Hall 2, MiniVerb, 5.7 s, sent 9 %
28 Deb's Ghost PnoAux 1 1uAbbyHall3, MiniVerb, 2.0 s, sent 9 %
50 Bark EP 77Aux 1 Sax Chamber, MiniVerb, 0.5 s, sent 11 %
42 EDM PianoAux 1 Plate Reverb 1, MiniVerb, 1.2 s, sent 20 %

HOW TO ON YOUR K2700 · 1100 Callisto Pad

Callisto Pad sends to Grandiose Hall 2, a 5.3 s hall. Its Reverb Time is on Knob 9.

  1. In Program mode choose 1100 Callisto Pad (KEYPAD, 1100, ENTER).

    Program mode with 1100 Callisto Pad

  2. Press EDIT, then FX. Aux 1 is Grandiose Hall 2, fed by Send 1 at 100%, scaled by Sld9&Sw9.

    The FX page of 1100 Callisto Pad, the cursor on Send (100%)

  3. Press PARAMS. AUX1 Reverb Time is on Knob 9, at 64: a reverb time of 5.3 s.

    The PARAMS page of 1100 Callisto Pad, the cursor on AUX1 Reverb Time (64)

  4. Turn Knob 9 down, here to 20: the tail shortens to about 2 s. Turned to the top, the hall rings for 10 s.

    The PARAMS page of 1100 Callisto Pad, the cursor on AUX1 Reverb Time (20)

  5. Press EXIT and answer NO to leave the factory program as it was, or SAVE to keep your version on a USER ID.