M-Audio WizooVerb W2 [43/132] Directivity

Early Reﬂections

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Directivity

Though a tail’s initial milliseconds provide important information that the

listener needs to localize the sound source in the room, they frequently

add an uncomely color to the tone.

Directivity lets you attenuate this coloring and achieve a more open sound-

scape by gating the tail’s ﬁrst milliseconds.

The Directivity parameter is unavailable when Render ER is activated!

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.

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