Have you ever attempted to separate the ingredients of a baked and finished cake back into the eggs, flour, sugar, vanilla, and oil? Removing reverb or any effect from a wave is just about that easy.

Not trying to be funny with that above, but once the effect is applied and printed to the wave file, that's the reality of it.

You said it was a "New Age" and that genre is noted for it's reverbed music and sounds.

I googled the Irish Acts Infinity synth and yep... the sounds are drenched in reverb. If they are sampled audio, it's very likely that they were sampled with the reverb and are therefore "wet" samples and are impossible to get a dry signal. I don't know what player you are trying to use... if it's Kontakt or something else... but have you checked in the DAW to be sure you don't have reverb applied and turned on? Some synths do have reverb in them. I believe TTS is one of those. Kontakt is not.

You didn't provide much in the way of explanation of the software you are using and details on the sounds and the players involved. So all of this is just a guess as to what's happening.


I have Kontakt as well as some of the other synths by NI.... and yes, many of the sounds are loaded with reverb. Especially the new age stuff and pads. Since you're trying to be an "aspiring new age artist" I would suggest embracing the reverb and going with it. In the meantime, use it, but if you really want control, search for some dry sounds and buy them when you find them.

Last edited by Guitarhacker; 03/23/17 02:49 AM.
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