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Hi,
I've been using Cool Edit Pro for some time now, but I can't seem to find any reasonable reverb effect. I'm new to this, and maybe I'm picky or I don't totally understand reverb, but all the presets set in there seem too...extreme for any of my purposes. I wanted a lite reverb similar to that of the drums in aerosmith's "walk this way" in the beginning, which gives the drums presence but doesnt draw attention unless you listen for it. All I see in CEP is "Church", "Last Row Seats", "Shower", etc. Is there anyone who uses CEP/Audition and has any good suggestions for reverb settings? Thanks.

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AudioGaff Sun, 05/09/2004 - 22:13

I wanted a lite reverb similar to that of the drums in aerosmith's "walk this way" in the beginning, which gives the drums presence but doesnt draw attention unless you listen for it.

Your not likely anytime soon going to get the same type or quality of reverb that runs on a DAW as you you will with a very high quality outboard reverb like those that have used on hundreds of recordings and best selling #1 hits from the past.

Ellegaard Sun, 05/09/2004 - 23:28

Check out the free reverbs dmfrench posted. It's good stuff, probably much better than the Cool Edit reverb.

For best results with reverb, it's my experience that one should start out with a reverb time somewhere between 0.2 and 1 second. If longer than one second, it easily becomes unnatural. Also, I like keeping the dry/wet mix quite low; depending on the reverb time, maybe somewhere between 10 and 30 percent wet mix. That may be a good start, and from that you could start experimenting.

Most of the presets, like you mention, "Church", "Last Row Seats", "Shower", etc, aren't really useful for anything. Reverb should be used very carefully.

anonymous Tue, 05/11/2004 - 06:29

use other software

i think you should just work with a different software,
like protools. for example the D-verb in protools is much better than your cool-edid effects! get the protools free version with d-verb included from digidesign.com. try to get "altiverb", also a very nice hall plug in.
or simply buy a pcm70

Ellegaard Sat, 05/15/2004 - 16:45

huub wrote: the waves trueverb and Rverb are supersweet...
theyre free cracked on kazaa...
oh boy, i'll propably be totally attacked for suggesting this.....

Yes, stay away from giving out those suggestions. We're paying thousands of dollars worth softare; promonting piracy is like shitting on every each one of us legally buying the official soft- and hardware. Buy the real stuff, get rid of all the bugs and be sure your version is legally authenticated. Once you've gotten that far you're goin' the right way.

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I have bought many CRAPPY plug-ins thinking that they'd sound like the companies said they would. Another $50, $100, etc. down the toilet. One example is the Cakewalk FX1 and FX2 bundle. Total crap for everyday use. Pissed me off.

I think that CRACKED software has its purpose, and in some cases may benefit the companies because people like me will buy it if it is a great piece of software: Case in point, I had a "Pirated" version of cakewalk 8. Loved it.....I bought Cakewalk 9, Sonar 1, and Sonar 3. That worked out well in their favor I'd say.

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