How It Works
Technical view
The current bloom family uses the shared diffuse reverb core, then adds a delayed feed that re-enters the same core to create a second swell behind the first tail. `space` changes both the base dimensions and the timing of that delayed re-entry, `decay` shapes the persistence of the shared core, and `tone` brightens the resulting bloom.
- Reverb & Space
- waveshaping / saturation
- delay processing
- oscillator / LFO modulation
- DC blocking
Signal Path
Compiled preview chain
Preview source: An internally generated picked-string phrase is widened to stereo with a 19-sample right-channel delay and slight left/right shelf-EQ offsets before it hits the reverb core.
- 1internal picked-string demo phrase
- 2stereo spread with a short right-channel delay
- 3four parallel damped comb stages
- 4two serial diffuser stages
- 5post-reverb high-shelf shaping
- 6delayed re-entry into the same reverb core
- 7dry / wet blend
- 8DC blocker
- 9output gain trim
- 10final tanh limiter
Preview source
An internally generated picked-string phrase is widened to stereo with a 19-sample right-channel delay and slight left/right shelf-EQ offsets before it hits the reverb core.
Effect core
Diffuse reverb with a delayed feed that re-enters the same core for a second swell.
Signal path
The static waveform and the live player both reflect this compiled signal chain.
- internal picked-string demo phrase
- stereo spread with a short right-channel delay
- four parallel damped comb stages
- two serial diffuser stages
- post-reverb high-shelf shaping
- delayed re-entry into the same reverb core
- dry / wet blend
- DC blocker
- output gain trim
- final tanh limiter
Controls that matter
These are the currently active controls detected in the FAUST source for this effect.
- mix: Blends between the dry source and the wet reverb field after the reverb core.
- output_gain_db: Applies final post-effect level trim after DC blocking and before the output limiter.
- space: Expands the base reverb dimensions and lengthens the added delayed send that re-enters the same reverb core.
- decay: Raises the feedback coefficients inside the underlying diffuse reverb core.
- tone: Raises the damping cutoffs and high-shelf brightness inside the shared reverb core.
Code-backed analysis
The generated description is tied to the active helper blocks and routing found in the current DSP.
- demo
- fx
- outputStage
- leftDemo
- rightDemo
- verbFx
- phraseMono
- previewShiftSamples
Controls
Audible controls in this DSP
Blends between the dry source and the wet reverb field after the reverb core.
Lower settings stay more direct; higher settings move the patch further into the ambient tail.
Applies final post-effect level trim after DC blocking and before the output limiter.
Matches loudness without changing the actual reverb structure.
Expands the base reverb dimensions and lengthens the added delayed send that re-enters the same reverb core.
Moves the bloom from a tighter swell toward a later, wider secondary wash.
Raises the feedback coefficients inside the underlying diffuse reverb core.
Extends the base tail that both the direct and delayed feeds excite.
Raises the damping cutoffs and high-shelf brightness inside the shared reverb core.
Makes the blooming tail darker at low settings and brighter at high settings.
Analysis
Code-derived notes
Current implementation shares the same delayed-reentry bloom core across Bloom Reverb and Particle Reverb.
Active blocks
- demo
- fx
- outputStage
- leftDemo
- rightDemo
- verbFx
- phraseMono
- previewShiftSamples
- verbWet
- pickedVoice
- verbCore
- maxDelaySamples
- fund
- pickEnv
- ampEnv
- triggerAt
- combLP
- diffuser
Inactive helpers
- synthVoice
- organVoice
- bellVoice
- softsat
- quantize
- echoOnly
Warnings
No current warnings are attached to this effect.
Source
- library/reverb-space/bloom-reverb.dsp
- Output stage: DC blocker -> output gain trim -> final tanh limiter
- Library position: 168