<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">>>><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">what do you really think of computer reverbs compared to something like the srv3030. </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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Here's an idea to consider - I have and PREFER older digital reverbs. I REALLY prefer chambers, plates, and actual spaces, but these are always limited for space/money reasons. However I think the actual things (rooms, chambers) are more musical because they are "natural" - they have the characteristics of real sound bouncing around in real space, or - on plates and springs - a mechanical action still regulated by the laws of physics. This is what we try to copy on artificial reverb devices. Why? Because our EARS like to hear sounds with "natural" shapes, overtone structures, decays, etc. Listen to the echo in a canyon, church, or staircase; not really many highs or deep lows - much stronger mids. This is the sound of real-world reverbs. Modern devices try to be HiFi and show that they pass ALL frequencies without coloration...<BR>
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So - my <I>older</I> digi-verbs have LESS high end, due to converters and sampling rates and so on. So they have a"warmer" sound, but more importantly, a more natural one. We CAN roll off the highs and lows on most <I>new</I> digi-verbs, but it is an electronic attenuation, not as "natural". Old verbs do it artificially too, but even their electronic "faults" that cut highs and lows seems more like nature. <BR>
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Experiment: try putting your reverb SEND through a channel EQ, or outboard EQ. Take off the highs above about 4k and lows below 400 Hz (any ranges near that). To me, it seems to mix much better and interfere less with the quality of the original sound. This is a trick they used on EVERYTHING done at Abbey Road - make sure the reverbs are NOT "full-fidelity"; it's not needed!<BR>
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Brian K</FONT></HTML>