k2k audio Parameters
| Parameter | Range | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Decay | 0.0 – 0.99 | 0.7 |
| Damping | 100.0 – 18000.0 | 10000.0 |
| Size | 0.05 – 1.0 | 0.75 |
| Dry/Wet | 0.0 – 1.0 | 1.0 |
Decay — Reverb decay amount, 0–0.99. Controls the feedback inside the Dattorro topology — higher values produce longer tails. 0.7 = medium hall (~2-3 s tail); 0.9+ = long, ambient (5+ s); 0.99 approaches infinite sustain. The relationship to perceived tail time is non-linear — small changes near the top end of the range produce dramatic differences.
Damping — Lowpass cutoff (in Hz) inside the reverb feedback path, 100–18000. Lower values produce darker, more “absorbed” tails (highs decay faster than lows — physically natural for large spaces with soft materials). Higher values keep the tail bright and shimmery (closer to a metallic plate reverb feel). 8000–12000 Hz is balanced for most use cases.
Size — Internal delay-line scaling, 0.05–1.0. Effectively sets the perceived “size” of the simulated space by scaling all the internal delays. Small values (0.05–0.3) create dense small-room characters with quick echo density; large values (0.7–1.0) feel like spacious halls with slower modulation. Different from decay — size sets space character, decay sets tail length.
Dry/Wet — Equal-power blend between dry (0) and reverb tail (1). The Dattorro processor outputs 100% wet internally; this mixes dry against the tail at the node output.
About Dattorro Plate Reverb
The Dattorro plate reverb (designed by Jon Dattorro and published in his classic 1997 paper) is one of the most musical algorithmic reverbs ever designed. Its topology — a network of delay lines, allpass filters, and modulation — produces a smooth, dense, plate-like character with minimal pumping or metallic ringing. Use it as the K2K go-to for sustained pad-style ambience, vocal reverbs that need to feel professional out of the box, and anywhere a “transparently-musical” reverb is required. Compare with: NativeReverb (the workhorse Freeverb-based reverb with more parameters), Spring (vintage spring-tank character), Shimmer (octave-up pitch-shifted reverb), Convolution (recorded IRs of real spaces). Dattorro is distinguished by its smoothness and topology-driven musicality.
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