Reverb influences our perception of depth and distance, allowing us to create quasi-3D stereo images
There are four different ways in which reverb is created in the studio. The first to be invented, the echo chamber, isn’t a simulation but rather a room in its own right. The concept is simple: place a speaker in a lively acoustic space, play a signal through it, and collect the resulting reverberations with a microphone. Despite creating actual reverb, echo chambers are impractical – fun if you get the opportunity, but artificial solutions make life easier…
Lexicon’s reputation for reverb excellence started with its original digital algorithmic reverbs, many of which are now immortalised as plugins