October 3rd
Photo: that's me singing in Ystad while waiting for a bus. Lol!
This book is the first of two volumes about indie music making and my progress from beginning to learn editing and mixing my songs (on the Change My Mind album) to getting them up on streaming services. It's getting too long so I'm going to start a new volume. (Upload times are too long.) I'm still learning and will always be!
Today I want to get some clarity on the difference between reverb and delay.
Reverb vs. Delay
Basically, when you add reverb you are placing the vocal/instrument in a space - a big concert hall, a warped cave, a dense room etc. That makes the vocal "bounce" off of the walls and come back to you later. It takes a whole lot of CPU to translate you audio into reverb and the mix can easily get way too muddy because of foldovers (i.e., when something you sang a millisecond ago is echoed onto the following word creating "mud").
When you add delay you are repeating the signal later on. You are creating spatial separation - separating the vocal from some other element.
You may ping pong delay to create an echo. But you aren't placing the vocal directly in a specific place or space.
The first video that was really clear on this was the following.
Links: https://youtu.be/Vmk_7DHF6Co
Difference between reverb and delay: https://youtu.be/3ShZWd95aJs
This is the last chapter in Volume 1.
I hope you've enjoyed this book. More coming soon.
Until next time.
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