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That leads to another really good question. Isn't reverb reverb and EQ EQ? When I boost 1.6k by 3db, does it matter which EQ plug in I use? Isn't 3db the same in every EQ? Is .03ms reverb different in different plugins? Why do you need up to 8 different plug in packages?



You're assuming EQ is EQ and reverb is reverb?? I thought you knew better than that. Anything you insert into the signal path colors the sound. Do you think the spring reverb in your basic old school Fender Reverb amp is the same reverb in a hardware Lexicon unit that costs thousands? You are kidding, right? Why do think this Eventide unit is $1,995? Just because it's pretty?

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Eventide-Rev...amp;cagpspn=pla

Why is this AL AUdio 16 channel console 10K when you can buy a pretty good Mackie or Yamaha for $900? It's the EQ.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/411331-REG/TL_Audio_23_71006_M_4_Tube_Console.html

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MACKIE-1604-VLZ3...T-/170892263106

That Mackie looks pretty good to me in my bedroom but for a full blown recording studio? No way.

All these different reverb and EQ plugins are specifically designed to emulate the real ones that are parked in pro studios all over the world and some do a very good job of it. That's why T-Racks, Ozone and others cost what they do. I've seen pictures of studio racks consisting of reverbs, EQ's, compressor/limiters that cost tens of thousands of dollars. They're not spending that kind of cash for giggles. The engineer thinks they help the sound. Otherwise they would just use my Behringer mixer that cost me $129 5 years ago. It's got EQ and a DSP chip in it with about 50 different reverbs. Gee, wouldn't that work for Travis's next album?

Didn't you say you were going to take some recording courses?

Bob

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