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@James Freeman I have to be honest, for that modulated washy hall sound, I also prefer the Golden over the Fractal reverbs!
Exactly!Yeah, the whole this versus that, either/or, divisive, must be one or the other, nature of the human mind is a bad fucking habit we'd all do well to kick. Before it kicks our collective ass right out the door!
I can't even compute those kinds of questions most days. It's like asking "Do you prefer your left leg or your right?"![]()
All good thoughts on the matter! When it comes to effects that are designed to emulate a natural environment (reverb, e.g.), my thinking is, if that environment already exists, it doesn't make much sense to add that particular artificial effect to your sound.Life has made me such a contextualist.Trying to find what works best for each unique
situation, rather than imposing assumptions and beliefs onto reality just seems to be wiser to me.
For instance, reverb live --- especially inside/indoors --- can be tricky. It's reverb on reverb. For that
I find a low mix delay with minimal repeats/feedback works better.
But recording or playing direct at home and I want some added sense of space and
dimensionality you just can't get without Reverb.
I've also come to value digital delay live (not as smeary!) over analog. But I love
analog more at home and recording than digital.
I feel like everything has its place and purpose in life. The environment and the style of
music matter to me more than my own preferences.
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All good thoughts on the matter! When it comes to effects that are designed to emulate a natural environment (reverb, e.g.), my thinking is, if that environment already exists, it doesn't make much sense to add that particular artificial effect to your sound.
If I'm out on my back porch, blasting my amp and cabs at the woods, and I hear the sound coming back at me, bouncing off the trees,I don't need much of anything else.
If I have 100 people standing out in the yard wearing coats, that's a different story. (And only gonna happen in my dreams!)