Topic: good reverb plugin for Audacity

[cybergaloot]

I normally wouldn't use any effects with my recordings but I've pulled a couple of matrix recordings where the vocals are awfully dry and could use a bit of reverb. What's a good plugin to Audacity for reverb, something a dummy like me can use without having to take a week long course.

[intpseeker]

Have you tried any of the reverbs that you can download from this page?

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows

[cybergaloot]

All I had installed was Gverb which was way too much. If I was going for those Joe Meek space sounds it would be cool but nothing I tried with it was natural sounding. I was hoping somebody would have experience with some of the plugins available and point me towards one that was a bit more user friendly and natural sounding. All I want to do is put some life into some dry vocals just a tad.

[sidneycarton]

Yes Gverb is terrible.  What you want is Ambience:

http://magnus.smartelectronix.com/#Ambience

You just drop the .dll file into the Audacity/Plug-ins/ folder, and you'll see under the Effects menu in Audacity the next time you start it up.

For good vocals, I recommend leaving on default settings and setting Dry to 1.0db and Wet to -18.5db.

[runonce]

In Audacity - one thing I like to do is create a duplicate trackset, and apply the effect to that - and then mix that with the master source.

Using the second track set will give much better control over the final mix - and I think you might be less concerned with any particular plug in.

GVerb seems fine for this purpose.

[page]

In Audacity - one thing I like to do is create a duplicate trackset, and apply the effect to that - and then mix that with the master source.

Using the second track set will give much better control over the final mix - and I think you might be less concerned with any particular plug in.

This.

I never found the wet control in Audacity to be steller, so I resorted to doing the same thing. Dupe a track, then apply a plug, mix with the original track, and then adjust the level of the original track in the mix. You can skip the interim mix if you want to adjust the levels of both, thats an option too.

[cybergaloot]

Thanks all. I've moved on from basic matrix recordings for the most part and use my own Allen & Heath ZED 22fx for mixing. I use it's "plate" reverb on some vocals as needed. But occasionally I do  drop back to the basic matrix so this info is handy.