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markrt1234
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September 21, 2024
Question

Reverb remnant when restarting playback from new position?

  • September 21, 2024
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Hello,

In multitrack mode, I have some instrument tracks, and I am sending some to a separate reverb bus, all of which goes to the main mix. My issue is when I'm jumping around with the cursor, the new playback includes the remnant reverb tail from the previous playback stop point. Details:

I play a section with music. I hit stop, all sound cuts off, including reverb tails. Then, i move the cursor anywhere else, and specifically, let's say a section without sound like the very beginning or end. When I press play again, I hear the rest of the reverb tail playout from the previous section I was playing. It doesn't matter how long i stop the playback for, when i restart it plays out the rest of the reverb. If i quickly stop, and then start again, the reverb will continued to play out. Is this normal? If I scrub in an empty area of the mutlitrack edit, I hear the reberb sound scrubbing until it dissipates. If I mute the reverb bus at any point, it doesn't happen. 

 

It's happened for a long time, but it's particulatly annoying on the project I'm working on now. Anyone else have this? 

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SteveG_AudioMasters_
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 21, 2024

It does sound as though the reverb tail is getting stuck in the playback buffer for some reason, although it's not clear why. The only thing I can suggest (and I really don't know whether this will affect it or not) is to make sure that there is no check in Edit>Preferences>Effects>Retain partially processed effects data on cancel. IOW, if there is one, remove it!

markrt1234
Participant
September 22, 2024

Thanks for the suggestion, I have tried toggling that both ways and it doesn't make a difference unfortunately. It happens across different computers, so it's kind of odd.