Reverb Server

Reverb server: main parameter page.

Reverb server: main parameter page.

The bus's reverb engine, hosted on track 5's FX2 (locked; the FX2 chooser cannot change it). An eight-line reverb with ROOM, PLATE and BIG modes, modulated taps, a shimmer, a gate and mid/side width. Every track's REV send, plus the delay's repeats through its DLY knob, feeds it; its tail comes out on track 5 under that track's dry.

Access

Track 5's FX2 page draws only DEL and REV. Every other knob is in the TEMPO window: press [TEMPO], then LEFT / RIGHT to focus the REVERB box.

Adjust the Sound

  • DEL on track 5 sends track 5's own dry into the delay; REV sends it into the reverb.
  • Tails: ROOM 0.87–3.9 s, PLATE 0.9–4.4 s, BIG 1.6–11.7 s across TIME 0–127.
  • TONE is LO and HI on one knob: 0–64 = low-pass, 64–127 = high-pass, 64 flat.
  • SHMR is the shimmer amount; SHFT its interval (-12, +5, +7, +12, +19, +24).
  • GATE: 0 off; above 0 the wet shuts 52 ms (GATE 1) to 784 ms (GATE 127) after the tank input falls quiet — the 1980s gated-reverb cut.
  • DLY is the delay's repeats into the reverb: 0 puts the two engines in parallel, up feeds more of the delay into the tail.

Parameters

Page Knob Default Function
1 DEL 0 this track's dry into the delay
1 REV 0 this track's dry into the reverb
1 SIZE 100 scales the taps within the mode
1 SHMR 0 shimmer amount; 0 off
1 SHFT +12 shimmer interval: -12 / +5 / +7 / +12 / +19 / +24
1 WET 127 wet level over the chain input
2 MODE PLATE ROOM / PLATE / BIG
2 TONE 64 0–64 = low-pass, 64–127 = high-pass; 64 flat
2 DIFF 80 diffusion (allpass smear)
2 GATE 0 gated cut after the input falls quiet: 52–784 ms; 0 off
2 DLY 127 the delay's repeats into the reverb; 0 = the two engines in parallel
2 TIME 64 tail length

Screen Reference

REVERB SERVER: effect selection and setup parameters.

REVERB SERVER: effect selection and setup parameters.

Status: on hardware: Sam's MKII.

Module facts (developers)

Eight-line FDN reverb: ROOM/PLATE/BIG, shimmer, gate, mid/side width.

Detail Value
Author sambanks
Category Effects: the bus
Kind dsp_effect
Test status on hardware: Sam's MKII
FX2 ID 0x07
Parameters DEL@0, REV@1, SIZE@2, SHMR@3, SHFT@4, WET@5, MODE@6, TONE@7, DIFF@8, GATE@9, DLY@10, TIME@11
Included in octabam-bus

On GitHub: https://github.com/sambanks/octabam/blob/main/modules/busverb/README.md

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