Ambience reverb

Turn reverb on or off so that you can easily hear loaded instruments with either no reverb or with the current reverb settings.

1. Click the Effects button. The Effects view appears.
   
   
2. Under Ambience, click the power button to turn reverb on or off .

   This button works exactly like the bypass option commonly available to audio plug-ins.

1. Click the Effects button. The Effects view appears.
   
   
2. Turn Ambience reverb on .
3. If desired, click the Preset menu and choose a preset from the popup menu that appears.
   
   

   If you have saved a custom ensemble, a user menu appears from which you can load the custom ensemble.

   You can also choose to load an external impulse response by clicking load aria preset and navigating to the location of the ARIAP file.

4. Adjust the control knobs until you achieve the desired reverb sound.
   
   
   • The Decay knob controls the time it takes for the reverb reflections to fade away into silence. Along with Size and Predelay, this is one of the most important controls.
   • The Diffusion knob controls the reflecting surface’s ability to spread the reverb out. This control has a subtle effect on the sound and is especially noticeable with small room sizes.
   • The Size knob controls the size of the room. Note that long reverb time (decay) and small room size do not mix well. For natural sounds, the room size should correspond with the length of the reverb time. Along with Decay and Predelay, this is one of the most important controls.
   • The Predelay knob controls the amount of time between the instrument sound and the first of the reverb reflections, defining the perception of the size of the space. Along with Decay and Size, this is one of the most important controls.
   • The Width knob controls the stereo spread from mono (0%) all the way to a wide stereo (100%). It is recommended that the width be set close to 100%.
   • The Quality knob controls the render quality of the reverb effect. High quality equates to high CPU usage. If there is too much CPU demand on your machine while running ARIA, try turning down the quality. You can also produce interesting effects if you set this control very low.
   • The four Equalizer knobs provide a two-band EQ to control the overall timbre of the reverb. They can be useful for cutting away bass that can otherwise make the reverb sound muddy. They can also help to simulate the roll-off in response at high frequencies that is characteristic of most concert halls.
   • The Damping knob controls how the character of the reverb develops over time as it decays. Similar to the 3-band EQ control, use this to control the decay time of bass and treble independently.
   • The Level knob operates like a return level, determining the volume of the reverb.
5. Click the Mixer button. The Mixer view appears.
   
   
6. Adjust the Send knob for each instrument to which you want to apply Convolution reverb.
   
   

   This knob functions as your wet/dry control, determining how much of the instrument signal to send to the reverb.

1. Make sure that you have set the appropriate Send knob(s) in the Mixer view and turned on the Ambience reverb in the Effects view.
2. If desired, click the Preset menu and choose a preset from the popup menu to serve as a basis for your custom preset.
3. Adjust the control knobs as needed to shape the reverb sound.
4. Click the Preset list and choose save.
5. In the save ariap dialog box, name the preset and click Save.

   If you want, you can navigate to a different location to save your custom preset. We recommend using the default folder so that your custom preset appears in the user menu.