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CREATING A FEELING OF SPACE
basic effects
spatial effects
  pitch and time
  harmonics
  envelope
 
Seating arrangements

In a performance, do all the musicians sit on the same chair at the same time?
So, should all the sounds come from the same direction?

Panning

Create a feeling of movement by panning from left to right speakers
Look at this screen recording to see how it's done.
 
Reverberation
 
This is a sort of delay. Add a reverb to a sound to give a sense of space. Listen to a 'dry' oboe signal compared to one with reverberation added. Adjust the settings and preview each result until you are satisfied.
 
 
adding reverb to a dry sound
 




 
 
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Echo and Delay are very useful effects

This is the paper file and here it is with a delay added: paperdelay. Open the paper file (sources - sounds) and experiment with the different types of echo and delay.

Some sounds react more dramatically than others. Try to find out what they have in common.
   
   
Then you can move on to