Audio Export - There should be no need for a reverb tail

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  • Reverb tail (s): Allows you to change the duration of time added to the end of the exported audio to accommodate reverb effects.

When bouncing to disk in Digital Performer, all effects are included and the exported file sounds exactly the same as when playing it back in the DAW.

With that in mind, if a reverb is included in the audio export, then there should be no need for adding extra time for a reverb tail. Will that not alter the sound of the final chord, with regard to the effects set by the user or manufacturer of a specific library?

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Playback stops at the end of the final bar of the flow, but it’s certainly possible for the final notes to reverberate after playback stops. In order to ensure that the audio file doesn’t truncate this natural decay, you can specify how much additional time should be included in the exported audio file. It’s not adding any additional reverb: it’s just ensuring that the natural decay you hear when playback ends is included in the exported audio file.

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Thanks, Daniel!

I still don’t see why it’s needed. It shouldn’t be needed with regard to how audio export normally works. Normally to my experience anyway. Isn’t the length of the audio file calculated with all effects and reverberation lengths included? Is it calculated just from bar one to the end of the last bar? Cut off exactly at the final barline? If so I can see the need for a reverb tail.

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Dorico doesn’t “know” how long the reverb tail will be. It only knows how long the flow to be exported is. So if you want the reverb tail, you have to allow a bit of time for it.

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