M-Audio WizooVerb W5 [43/158] Pre delay

Early Reﬂections

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The further you turn down the Directivity knob, the more initial millisec-

onds are gated out—up to 20 ms at the far right position. As the knob is

cranked, the sound grows increasingly more open, and the location of the

sound source within the reverb effect becomes less distinctive, with quite

agreeable results in most instances. This is why Diffusion can also serve to

make a voice or an instrument sound “bigger.”

Pre-Delay

The time elapsing between the arrival of the direct sound and the ﬁrst re-

ﬂection is called pre-delay. In HDIR models, pre-delay is stored as it was

recorded.

The Pre-Delay knob lets you delay the reverb signal by as much as 200 mil-

liseconds beyond HDIR model’s “natural” pre-delay.

❖ For vocals, you can use pre-delay to clearly separate the tail from the di-

rect signal. This enhances vocals’ intelligibility within the mix.

❖ For drums or percussion, longer pre-delay times are not advisable for

most mixes. Lengthy pre-delay times make the reverb effect’s starting

point clearly audible, so they can conjure echoes and chatter that fre-

quently muddy the mix.

ER/Tail Balance

The ER/Tail Balance knob determines the relative levels of early reﬂections

and the tail:

❖ The further you rotate the knob from the neutral 12 o’clock position to-

ward the left, the more prominent early reﬂections become. This pro-

gressively enhances the sound’s presence, and the sound source gradu-

ally moves to the front of the mix.

❖ The further you rotate the knob from the neutral 12 o’clock position to-

ward the right, the more prominent the tail becomes. This drives the

sound source ever deeper into the room, moving it to the back of the

mix.

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