Effect processors - Reverb & Delay
Also playing a role throughout all of this are the concepts of reverberation and delay. Reverberation and delay are two distinct and separate signal processes that are oftentimes erroneously assumed to be synonymous and interchangeable. This is due to the fact that they are closely related concepts but, in the end, also incredibly different.
Delay is most commonly comparable to the concept of an echo. A delay is one or more distinct sound images and is the first sound you hear back after initially creating a noise. For example, if you should the word ‘hello’ into a cave, the first hello you hear back will be the delay. Delay is primarily used in regards to the placement of speakers and guitar effects. When …show more content…
Using the previous example of an individual shouting the word ‘hello’ into a cave, while the first ‘hello’ received back would be the echo or delay, this quickly and subsequently will turn into a series of hellos as the sounds continue to bounce of the walls and the ceiling. This sounds come together to form a chorus of sorts which is what the reverb is. Where the first hello is a delay, the third, fourth, and fifth hellos are part of reverberation. Reverb is most commonly used to help fill out a voice or instrumentalist thereby helping to mask offending …show more content…
This is so that each monitor’s mix can be individually tailored to each of the performer’s needs in its range. Speakers facing the audiences are called FOH speakers (FOH being an abbreviation for ‘front of house’) and are connected to the main outputs of a mixing console. Proper placement of speakers is imperative to make sure that your sound is being transmitted in the best possible quality to the audience. The next things you’ll need to place are your monitors which are also referred to as foldback monitors. These, as a general rule of thumb to avoid feedback, should be placed relative to the microphones. That is to say, the mics should be pointed away from the monitors. You also will need to optimize the volume of the monitors so that the artist will be able to hear what they need to while at the same time there is no interference with the sounds that the audience is meant to
Also playing a role throughout all of this are the concepts of reverberation and delay. Reverberation and delay are two distinct and separate signal processes that are oftentimes erroneously assumed to be synonymous and interchangeable. This is due to the fact that they are closely related concepts but, in the end, also incredibly different.
Delay is most commonly comparable to the concept of an echo. A delay is one or more distinct sound images and is the first sound you hear back after initially creating a noise. For example, if you should the word ‘hello’ into a cave, the first hello you hear back will be the delay. Delay is primarily used in regards to the placement of speakers and guitar effects. When …show more content…
Using the previous example of an individual shouting the word ‘hello’ into a cave, while the first ‘hello’ received back would be the echo or delay, this quickly and subsequently will turn into a series of hellos as the sounds continue to bounce of the walls and the ceiling. This sounds come together to form a chorus of sorts which is what the reverb is. Where the first hello is a delay, the third, fourth, and fifth hellos are part of reverberation. Reverb is most commonly used to help fill out a voice or instrumentalist thereby helping to mask offending …show more content…
This is so that each monitor’s mix can be individually tailored to each of the performer’s needs in its range. Speakers facing the audiences are called FOH speakers (FOH being an abbreviation for ‘front of house’) and are connected to the main outputs of a mixing console. Proper placement of speakers is imperative to make sure that your sound is being transmitted in the best possible quality to the audience. The next things you’ll need to place are your monitors which are also referred to as foldback monitors. These, as a general rule of thumb to avoid feedback, should be placed relative to the microphones. That is to say, the mics should be pointed away from the monitors. You also will need to optimize the volume of the monitors so that the artist will be able to hear what they need to while at the same time there is no interference with the sounds that the audience is meant to