"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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Very well designed and subtle reverb can make things sound better as we
are used to hearing normal acoustics in rooms. The dry sound tends to
make one listen for mechanical noises from instruments and other things.
However some very naff sounding reverbs can be used that sound like they
are just one single short term echo effect rather than the 'room' effect
which is needed.

Brian


Good points well made, Brian. The consensus appears to be a little
tasteful reverb is preferable to the dry original in many, if not most
instances.

Added to which a little tasteful reverb is timeless,
unlike the other fashionable effects such as
delay/reverb/gate combinations which go *out*
of fashion very quickly, and as Brian points out,
soon start to sound naff in the extreme.

Iain