Echo..echo.. (was: Boston Network Radio Affiliations: 1950's and 1960's._)

["Bill O'Neill" <billo@erols.com>]

>For brief stretches of time (just long enough to do a talk up), with
just
>one voice behind a mic, reverb sounds good.  But with a talk host
constantly
>chatting, it would get to be pretty old quick.

With new digital technology and just a practically unnoticeable "hint"
of reverb, it can give the sound fatter presence.  WRKO ran a bit of
it until (so it seemed) until the move from Kenmore Square.  I could
detect it only when a host would pause (for effect) with a hint of the
last syllable about -9 dB, before the processor could release it from
the tonsils.  If it is used, it should be on the chain, versus
selected mics.  Even the 3k telco voices seemed to benefit.  I'm _not_
a fan of hot, noticeable reverb.                     Reverb.
Reverb.

Bill O'Neill

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