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Understanding the Haas effect - Pro Tools Tutorial
From the course: Audio Mixing Bootcamp
Understanding the Haas effect
The Haas effect is a very short delay that can be used to thicken a track. In this movie, I will show you how to set it up and let you listen to what it sounds like. The Haas Psychoacoustic theory states that a delay of 30ms or a less is not perceived as a distinct event. That means if a delay on the snare drum was set to 50ms, you would hear two separate events, the initial snare hit then the delay. If you set the delay to less than 30ms the two would blend together and you'd hear them both as a single event. Let's try that just so you can hear. Let's bring up our delay. Let's set at the 50ms. This is our snare drum. Let's solo it, have a listen. (Music playing) Okay, let's mute the delay just so you can hear. (Music playing) So you can hear two distinct events happening: the snare hit then the delay shortly after. Now let's move this down to 30ms. Now listen to it. (Music playing) It's a lot harder to hear the distinct events that are happening. If we move it down to 20ms and listen…
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Learning delay principles1m 40s
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Understanding delay parameters6m 54s
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Timing the delay to the track1m 28s
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Using delay timing variations2m 51s
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Equalizing the delay4m 23s
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Understanding the Haas effect2m 51s
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Using the three-delay setup7m 23s
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Adding delay to the vocals8m 43s
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Using delay to layer the mix9m 55s
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