I'm going to assume you've heard of reverb before, and I'm going to assume you can work out what delay does. These are two effects that are used across all instruments. If you are a guitarist, you've almost definitely used both. Vocalists, I know you hate singing with no reverb. Drummers you want that kit to sound huge with some hall reverb, I see you.

But the thing is, I don't think most people truly understand the uses of reverb of delay. Not enough that they could explain all the controls and when it's best to use each model etc.

Today I hope to help fill at least some of those holes. Honestly, having an appreciation of the uses for each effect is a large part of this lesson.

REVERB places sounds in a space and gives them "Reverberation". The wonders of modern computing mean we can simulate different spaces and reverb types without having to actually go to St Pauls for our Cathedral verb.

DELAY is an effect that repeats a signal in a similar way to an echo. We control the time between delays, the amount of repetetions and a few other parameters to craft the sound and end up with a tool that can slot elements into a mix, or give us hundreds of really creative options.

The best bit about Reverb + Delay is that they are infinitely creative. You have the ability to make put your vocalist in a bathroom, or a stadium. You can have your guitar ping pong delays back and forth infinitely. It's amazingly fun to play with these effects.

In this video we look at how I approached these effects for this specific song and vocal. I talk about the layers of reverb I use, and why. I also look at the different reverb and delay models in logic. There's plenty to play with here.

FOR NEXT TIME...

This is going to be your last task! Sad times.

This lesson, I want you to play with the settings on these plugins. That's it. I want you to take a vocal and make it sound like it's in a bathroom, then in a cave, then in a hall.

I want you to take delay and stack a few different plug-ins to get some rhythmic delay patterns going.

I'd highly reccomend you go and learn about how spring reverbs, plate reverbs and how convolution reverb works. The more you understand the backend of these tools, the better you're going to be able to implement them in your own work. It's really useful to know the physical limits of a certain model, then you can push those boundaries more creatively.

Good Luck...!