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Original Message Date: 18-Dec-02 @ 09:30 AM - Reverb pre delay

Steve Webster

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How do you guys treat pre delay on reverb? I find that once I put a bit of ambience and room over my drums, I have to reduce the pre delay right down to 0 (or its lowest setting). I find that if I increase the pre delay anymore, it makes things "too wet" and sloppy. Kinda makes the drums feel like they are dragging. Do you guys use pre delay alot?

And what size do you make your room verbs? I kinda stick at around 10 meters.

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Message 11/17 18-Dec-02 @ 10:33 AM - RE: Reverb pre delay

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yah... just checked it out and the DT chart is in seconds. multiply its answer by 1000 and you get my ms answer. Fun with math, eh?

psy

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Message 12/17 18-Dec-02 @ 11:36 AM - RE: Reverb pre delay

Steve Webster

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This has helped my tracks loads. THANK YOU psy. Sounding much tighter now!

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Message 13/17 18-Dec-02 @ 01:28 PM - RE: Reverb pre delay

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there's a java delay calc' too which gives ms times

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Message 14/17 18-Dec-02 @ 01:42 PM - RE: Reverb pre delay

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Where's that then K?

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Message 15/17 18-Dec-02 @ 02:28 PM - RE: Reverb pre delay

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It's just a proportion. Pay attention to the units for eatch quantity, and this'll make more sense:

bpm = beats per minute
1 beat = 1 quarter note (assuming 4/4)

130 beats per minute = 120beats/60sec
Invert the fraction: 60sec/120beats
Reduce (divide by 60): 1sec/2beats
solve for one beat: .5sec/beat

So there is .5 seconds PER BEAT. A quarter-note delay at 120 BPM is .5 seconds. A sixteenth note delay is then 5/4 sec or .125 seconds.

The generic formula for finding quarter-note delays is 1/(bpm * 60)

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Message 16/17 18-Dec-02 @ 02:30 PM - RE: Reverb pre delay

99devils

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Oh, and your number for the 16th note delay at 130bpm is right, it's just got the wrong units. .1154 seconds, not ms. In ms that's 115.4 ms

-Craig

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Message 17/17 19-Dec-02 @ 12:50 AM - RE: Reverb pre delay

GPC

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Analogx do a cool free delay calculator
just type in your tempo

http://www.analogx.com/files/delayci.exe

about 200k

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