TC-Helicon VoiceLive Rack Full User's Manual - Manual (Page 60)

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REVERB Tab Overview
Reverb is the arguably the most common vocal
effect. It can add a spaciousness that softens the
abrupt beginnings and endings of lyric phrases.
Many reverb types are meant to imitate the natu-
ral sound of spaces like churches, clubs and halls
but not all. Some reverb effects are recreations of
electro-mechanical effects meant to imitate real
spaces like plates and springs.
Reverbs are made up of early reflections and the
longer reverberant sounds known as the tails.
There are usually controls to control the balance
of room level and tail. Additionally, a small delay
can be added between the dry voice and the
reverb signal that adds clarity by briefly separat-
ing the dry voice from its reverb. By far the most
important control for reverb is the level. A single
reverb patch can have a different result for the
audience whether it is mixed quietly or boldly in
the mix.
f STYLE
Use the soft knob assigned to this parameter to
choose a pre-programmed reverb style you like.
f LEVEL
Sets the mix level for the Reverb effect.
f WIDTH
Sets the stereo imaging of the Reverb effect. 0% is
mono, 100% is fully stereo.
f DECAY
Sets the length of the reverb tail from 10mS
to 20 seconds. Note that, due to the complex
nature of Reverb algorithms, a decay time of 4
seconds may sound quiet different from one style
to the next, even when the rest of the settings
are identical.
f LO COLOR / HI COLOR
These are preset-frequency filters inserted into
the Reverb feedback path that tailor the low and
high frequency response and decay of the tails.
Values toward -50 will cut response in its respec-
tive band and a values toward 50 increase re-
sponse.
f HI FACTOR
This allows you to raise or lower the level of the
high band of the Reverb tail independently.
f EARLY REFLECTIONS / TAIL LEVEL
These parameters allow you to attain the right
balance between reflections you would hear
from close surfaces (EARLY REFLECTIONS) with
those from surfaces further away (TAIL LEVEL).
The settings for the early reflections in each style
are slightly different but non-editable.
f DUCKING
When DUCKING is set to ON, the Reverb
block’s output will be reduced while you are sing-
ing. At the end of a sung phrase, the effects return
to the level you set, increasing the clarity of your
vocals while still sounding very “wet”. The amount
of attenuation and attack time for ducking are set
with the DUCKING AMOUNT and DUCKING
TIME parameters further down in this menu.
f DIFFUSE
Also known as Diffusion, this is a very subtle pa-
rameter used to simulate and control the density
of the reflections inherent in real acoustic spaces.
Low DIFFUSE values (-25 to 0) are intended to
introduce more discrete echo-like motion to the
tail where high values (0 to 25) make the tail
smoother-sounding.
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