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What does reverb generally suggest psychoacoustically? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/musicproduction
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My understanding is it sort of relates to a simulated acoustical physical space the music is intended to seem as if it is reverberating throughout

Is it correlated with the intimacy or closeness of the music, what else does it evoke? What is its relationship with artificiality and nature respectively?

What is its evolutionary purpose in terms of why we can parse and interpret it?

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[–] CrustyCrinkles 2 points 2 days ago

Just spitballing here. First and foremost on the listening side, if used subtly, reverb is a great tool to make the music feel more organic. Theres an uncanny quality to very dry sounds, since we are subconsciously used to some level of reverb. Then, on the playing side of things, reverb is a great way to hide mistakes, muffled noted, and every other happy little accidents.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's simulating an echo. I don't really think it's deeper than that. It's use could be to envoke the idea of a large space, or just because it sounds cool.

[–] pebbles 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think it just informs us about the physical space we are in. That can be used in a lot of ways emotionally. A small space can feel intimate or claustrophobic. A large space can feel freeing or uncanny.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What does uncanny mean in this context?

[–] pebbles 2 points 2 days ago

Like strangely large. You ever look into a deep pool and get spooked by how deep it is? I was once on a small boat in a cave and Jesus the water was so deep. You could see so far down and it gave me the creeps.

[–] allo 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

i view it as 'epicness' lol and notoriously use lots of reverb

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Isn't that usually paired with swelling volume and that bandstop type EQ curve? Like reverse parametric curve that emphasizes the outer frequencies