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Delay vs Reverb ID

Space from repeats, or space from a tail?

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Delay vs Reverb ID

Space from repeats, or space from a tail?

6 rounds, about two minutes. Headphones help. Nothing is saved until you choose to.

What you are training

Delay and reverb both add space, and modern mixes use far more delay than beginners expect, because a synced delay adds depth without the wash that pushes a vocal backwards. The skill is hearing which one is on a track: a delay is discrete repeats, even when they are quiet and filtered; a reverb is a continuous decay. A slap delay of 80 to 120 milliseconds is easy to mistake for a small room, and a long diffused delay is easy to mistake for a hall, which is exactly why this drill exists. It plays a processed phrase and asks you to name the effect. Six rounds are enough to hear the difference between a repeat and a tail, and to notice how much of what you thought was reverb on your favourite records is actually delay.

After this drill, the plan: The daily plan drills delay-then-reverb routing next, the send structure that gives a vocal depth while keeping it in front.

The concepts behind this drill

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