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Reverb Damping

The Equalizer section provides basic means to control the spectral balance of the reverberated signal. Sometimes this is not sufficient. In real rooms the spectral composition of the reverberated signal changes over time. This is because not all frequencies of sound get absorbed equally. As a rule of thumb, one can say that high frequencies and low frequencies get more absorbed at walls than frequencies in the middle of the audible spectrum. As far as air is concerned, air absorbs high frequencies easier than low frequencies.

To simulate this behaviour, Silverspike Reverb.it has two damping units, one for low frequencies and one for high frequencies. Each damping unit can be switched on and off independently. As a consequence, you can have one, two or three frequency bands each of which can have a different decay time. For each unit, a crossover frequency and a decay factor can be set and these settings are depicted in the Damping display (see above). Note that switching on/off the damping units changes the CPU usage of the plugin. See CPU usage page for details.

HIGH DAMPING

The high damping unit is controlled by two knobs, XOVER and DECAY. The XOVER knob sets the crossover frequency of the damping unit between 1 kHz and 15 kHz. The DECAY knob controls the decay factor for frequencies above the crossover frequency. The actual decay time for these frequencies is computed by multiplying the overall decay time (adjusted by the DECAY knob in the TIME RESPONSE section) by this decay factor (between 0.1 and 2). For example, if the overall decay time is 1400 ms and the high damping decay factor is 0.5, then decay time for the high band frequencies is only 700 ms.

LOW DAMPING

The low damping unit is controlled by the two knobs, XOVER and DECAY. The XOVER knob sets the crossover frequency of the damping unit between 100 Hz and 3000 Hz. The DECAY knob controls the decay factor for frequencies below the crossover frequency. The actual decay time for these frequencies is computed by multiplying the overall decay time (adjusted by the DECAY knob in the TIME RESPONSE section) by this decay factor (between 0.1 and 2).

 

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