Ideal RT60: How to Choose the Right Reverberation Time
The ideal RT60 is the reverberation time that supports a room’s main purpose without making speech unclear or music unnaturally
The ideal RT60 is the reverberation time that supports a room’s main purpose without making speech unclear or music unnaturally
An absorption coefficient describes how much incident sound a surface absorbs at a particular frequency. It is written as α
The Eyring formula estimates reverberation time by relating room volume to total surface area and average sound absorption. Its logarithmic
The Sabine formula estimates how long sound continues to decay in an enclosed room after the source stops. It connects
Reverb can make a drum kit feel larger, more cohesive and more realistic, but too much reverb quickly hides transients
Vocal reverb can place a voice in a believable space, soften a dry recording and add emotional length to phrases.
Gated reverb combines a reverb effect with a gate that cuts or reduces the reverb tail after a set time.
Shimmer reverb is a reverb effect with pitch-shifted feedback or a pitch-shifted reverb layer. The shifted signal is fed back
Algorithmic reverb creates an artificial reverberation from mathematical delay networks, filters, feedback paths and modulation. Instead of replaying a recording
Convolution reverb applies an impulse response, or IR, to an audio signal. The impulse response captures or designs how a