Moorer Reverb Built From Scratch

What it does

Reverb built from scratch according to classic design of Moorer (ref: "About This Reverberation Business", James A. Moorer, Computer Music Journal, Volume 3, Number 2, 1979).

The essence of the algorithm is the combination of six comb filters and an allpass filter which together produce the dense reverberations. The final linear mixer is used to control the wet/dry ratio.

This DrawingBoard also demonstrates the use of the 6 input mixer and the Audio Thru (which allows you to conveniently change the input WAV file without having to re-connect to all the Moorer Combs).

Effects used

Moorer Comb ×6 Moorer Allpass Linear Mixer (2-in)Mixer (6 inputs)Audio Thru

12 blocks 17 connections

In WaveWarp, 1998

How the original documented it

Reverb built from scratch according to classic design of Moorer (ref: "About This Reverberation Business", James A. Moorer, Computer Music Journal, Volume 3, Number 2, 1979). The essence of the algorithm is the combination of six comb filters and an allpass filter which together produce the dense reverberations. The final linear mixer is used to control the wet/dry ratio. This DrawingBoard also demonstrates the use of the 6 input mixer and the Audio Thru (which allows you to conveniently change the input WAV file without having to re-connect to all the Moorer Combs).

Components used (1998)

Moorer CombMoorer CombMoorer CombMoorer CombMoorer CombMoorer CombMoorer AllpassLinear MixerOutput Single-Mono WAVE DriverInput WAV fileMixer 6 InputsAudio Thru