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Can you hear reverb before the note?

Listen for the same pluck twice. In A the tail fades after the note. In B the tail swells into it.

Make the swell

  1. Duplicate the original note and reverse the copy.
  2. Add reverb and render only the wet signal.
  3. Reverse that render, then line up its end with the start of the forward note.

Both passes use the same dry pluck. The example uses a generated room response.

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Hear what reverb pre-delay changes

Replay just the sound

Listen for the pluck in both samples. Its timing and level stay the same. The reverb moves from after the note to before it.

A. Tail after the note

B. Swell before the note

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