> >>A tip for using Freeverb: It may seem a bit plain > >>and sometimes harsh > >>for vocals by itself, but you can get very good > >>sounds out of it with > >>some tricks: > >> > >>First, set the "damping" really high, that makes it > >>smoother. > >> > >>Now try adding some predelay - a simple delay plugin > >>in front of the reverb, > >>at 100% wet; try around 50 ms delay to start with - > >>that makes the > >>"room" a little bigger and more interesting. Lower > >>the delay time to make it more subtle; bump it up to > >>100 ms to make it a more obvious effect. > >> > >>Finally, try post-filtering; follow the delay/reverb > >>combo with a low > >>pass filter (the simple one-pole filter from CMT > >>will do fine); set the > >>cutoff around 5000 Hz to start with and adjust to > >>taste. Smooooth. > >> I'm shocked no one has mentioned jack_convolve, or dssi_convolve yet. A truly wonderful reverb that works well on everything with the right choice of impulse. Though i haven't tried it that much on vocals. It's by far the best sounding reverb i've ever heard and is all round wonderful ;-). It's actually not that heavy on cpu either. Loki
