Settings of Reverb Processors from the Perspective of Room Acoustics

Malecki P, Sochaczewska K, Wiciak A. Settings of Reverb Processors from the Perspective of Room Acoustics. J Audio Eng Soc. 2020;68(4):292-301. doi:10.17743/jaes.2020.0005

@article{Malecki2020_20735,
  author = {Malecki, Pawel and Sochaczewska, Katarzyna and Wiciak, Andjerzy},
  title = {{Settings of Reverb Processors from the Perspective of Room Acoustics}},
  journal = {Journal of the Audio Engineering Society},
  volume = {68},
  number = {4},
  pages = {292--301},
  year = {2020},
  month = apr,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  doi = {10.17743/jaes.2020.0005},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2020.0005}
}

TY  - JOUR
TI  - Settings of Reverb Processors from the Perspective of Room Acoustics
AU  - Malecki, Pawel
AU  - Sochaczewska, Katarzyna
AU  - Wiciak, Andjerzy
T2  - Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
J2  - J. Audio Eng. Soc.
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PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/04/06
DO  - 10.17743/jaes.2020.0005
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PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - The issues of reverberation in acoustic architecture and music production share the same theoretical core; nevertheless the first one has been scientifically researched in depth while the second one remains at technical and experimental crossroads. It could be stated that the ISO 3382 parameters were proposed in the “analog” era for room acoustics (actual halls) whereasthe “digital” parameters introduced in software, artificial reverbs, are not standardized in any way but help to create desired reverberation for music or audio effects. The interest herein is to bind these two disciplines together and analyze some of the significant descriptors of room acoustics (RT, C50, C80, BR, ER, CT) applied in plug-in reverberant processors to observe how the virtual space is affected by changing the values of different parameters. Psychoacoustic ranges of JND were applied to conclude their relevance (or rather influence) and whether it is possible to perceive alteration. Five of the selected popular and commercial VST reverbs are juxtaposed with five similar settings and the results of analysis might be useful for sound mixers and automated mixing algorithms.
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