Why Add Reverberation?
One simple answer is to make a studio sound like an auditorium. A studio is usually constructed to be acousticall “dead”, i.e., with a very short reverberation time. The reason is that it gives a greater degree of control over the quality of the recording. You eliminate extraneous noises, and can get clearer recordings of different sections of a musical group, providing more control in the mixing process. If you can then add back a controlled amount of realistic reverberation, you can add richness and fullness to the sound after the mix. Adding reverberation is often desirable in live performances to make an amplified performance sound more natural. For example, if a soloist is close to the microphone, then the amplified sound to the auditorium is deficient in room reverberance. The microphone has intercepted the sound signal before it has significant reverberant content. The direct sound into the microphone is too dominant over the sounds coming from the surfaces of the room. The natu
