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Understanding the Haas effect

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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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