hello it's Patrick here from the GarageBandguide.com when it comes to
stock reverb plugins in GarageBand for Mac we really are spoiled for choice if
you include the global and pedalboard options there are close to a dozen
different ways for you to add different types of reverb to your tracks for my
money though the space designer is the most interesting and usable of garage
bands stock reverb plugins here's how it works
like most of the plugins I've covered in this series garage bands space designer
as a stripped back version of the all singing and all dancing plug-in found in
Logic Pro 10 there's a lot more customization options available in the
logic version as you would expect as well as a great-looking and easy to
navigate GUI in GarageBand we don't get the pretty graphical interface or most
of the editing options the bad news here is that you won't be able to build your
design of reverb from scratch the good news though is that every single preset
from the Logic Pro version has made its way across to the GarageBand version
that includes the fantastic and processor melting HD surround reverb
presets which are admittedly slightly hamstrung without logics surround sound
panning utility yeah cheers for that Apple
so what customization options are available
well first off you'll need to select a preset and then adjust that preset
character if you will with the controls available to you if I dive right in and
select this hangar one preset from the large spaces indoor spaces menu I can
adjust the sound with these three sliders
the length slider changes the duration that the reverb effect will last for
this can result in a hard cutoff of your reverb effect if you dial it in too
short so be aware of that this slider doesn't affect the character of your
chosen reverb preset as such just how long the reverb won't last for so bear
that in mind the dry output slider dictates how much of your dry unaffected
signal will be present zero decibels as the max dry output
unmute is the lowest
with mute selected the only audio you'll hear as the affected reverb sound and
reverb output controls how much of the affected reverb signal will be held 0.0
decibels as again the highest though I'd refrain from cranking the reverb output
up to that level as it will likely cause crackling and clipping if all you want
to have outputted is the reverb then turn the dry output down and adjust the
reverb output of our volume
so here are a couple of examples of raw sound designer presets and then how they
sound ones edited a little bit with the available controls
you
so there you have it that's garage band space designer plug-in all wrapped up if
you're just getting started with garage band on Mac or just want a refresh on
the basics you can grab my Quick Start Guide absolutely free I'll put a link to
that down in the description box below which of garage bands plugins would you
like to see me cover next leave a comment below and let me know I've been
patrick from the GarageBandguide.com and I'll see you next time bye for now
you