Reverb is used to give your sound a natural feel. Reverb is a simulation of the natural reflections that sound makes in a particular room or environment. Reverb effects are used to simulate a sound in a place where it most likely was not recorded. For example, using the "Canyon" preset on a drum loop will make it sound like it was recorded in a highly reverberant space such as a canyon or tunnel. Modest amounts of reverb are generally regarded as pleasing and is almost universally applied to modern studio recordings to create a better feeling of space.
Reverberation
This parameter controls the % of reflectivity that you hear. A low reverberation setting is subtle and a high reverberation setting sounds like you’re in a cathedral. The valid settings are from 0% to 100%.
High Freq. Damping
This parameter controls the reflectivity of higher frequencies. A value of 0% allows all frequencies to reverberate. Natural reverberation, around 50%, does not include higher frequencies. The valid settings are from 0% to 100%
Stereo Width
This parameter controls the width of the reverb stereo field. The valid settings are from 0% to 100%. Setting it to 100% has more ‘presence’ and setting it to 0% has a ‘flatter’ feel.
Wet Mix
The wet mix is the new sound created by this effect. This specifies how much of the reverb that you hear. You can choose from 0% to 100%. 0% is the same as muting the effect and 100% would result in a maximum reverb.
Dry Mix
The dry mix is the original sound. This specifies how much of the original sound that you hear. You can choose from 0% to 100%. 0% would result in no original sound and 100% would result in a 100% of the original sound.
Tips
q Use for special effects such as "Foggy" or "Dripping Wet FX".
q Add a light reverb such as "Room Medium" to give it a natural feel. Be careful of ‘over-reverberating’! If you can hear the reverb, turn it down.
q Usually, you’ll want to create reverb on the Master effects chain and not on a per track basis. Creating the same reverb on each track would be a waste of CPU processing power.