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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.

Spread

Spread lets you compress early reﬂections along the time axis. The further

you twist the knob from its neutral position (far right: 100%) to the left,

the more the reﬂections are compacted and the smaller room appears to

become.

Note that you cannot enter spread values greater than 100%, and for good reason:

Though it would be possible to stretch early reﬂections beyond their actual scope, this

would thin them out, defeating the effect’s purpose of enlarging the room. If you want

a bigger room, select an HDIR model that provides it.

ER/Tail Crossing

ER/Tail Crossing deﬁnes the point where early reﬂections end and the tail

begins. This parameter marks the working point of ER/Tail Balance and

Spread, so shifting this point has an impact on these two processing func-

tions’ effects.

When you add an AIR part using Render ER or Render Tail, the application hides ER/

Tail Crossing,AIR automatically determines the point of crossover.

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