What is a wet/dry recording sound?
When a sound is produced, what a listener or microphone hears is not just the source of the sound. Rather, it is an aggregate of the source and its reflections off of surfaces around it (i.e., sound reflections or echoes). A space is considered to be wet or reverberant when sound reflections are prominent. When reflections are muted or absent, a space is considered to be dry or non-reverberant. One example of a wet sounding space is a tiled bathroom, or large cathedral. An example of a dry sounding space is a closet filled with clothes. For a Pandora Presents… episode on related recording techniques, see Recording Vocals.
