How Much Ambience

[♔Chello]

How much ?
Always a little less than you think.

The effect will work very differently on tracks other than drums and perc.
Each instrument has a different presence range, which requires a change in LEQ/HEQ, and the ER Time/Pre Delay is different for e.g. a guitar than drums; it is closer to the listener.

My setup makes the effect theoretically unsuitable for other sounds, because I have set ER Time/Pre Delay to minimum, while other sounds should actually have even lower values, because these are closer to the listener than the drums.

The effect has much less impact on sounds other than drums/perc, especially if these have been given increased ambience with the Drum Editor.

There is no way to change the ambience for other sounds (that I know of), but EQ will always have a decisive impact on the effect.

The effect is very effective for drums/perc, because the ambience here is genuine.

Different instruments have different amounts of genuine ambience added, and those with a lot will work better than those with little.

I isolate each track and increase the volume in the MFX Send while trying to find the best value, always choosing one slightly lower than the one I want, because all the tracks together give a higher value.


Working with effects is much like calculating crossovers for speakers:
The filter's component values depend on the impedance of each unit; halving the impedance is equivalent to doubling the component values.

So EQ settings for effects are a bit like the impedance of the units.