Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:38 pm
Hello Joel,
You have it in the insert path. That means the amount of reverb has to be controlled from the Virtualizer itself. However, if you first press the button to take the effect "out" you should hear just the original signal from the computer, without any reverb added, passing straight through, dry, and without any change in volume. It should sound exactly as it would if you were to connect your computer's output direct to the amplifier without the Virtualizer in between. If, with the Virtualizer connected in series, you then set the Virtualizer's own volume to zero then put the effect "in" you should initially hear no change whatever in the sound. Adjusting the Virtualizer's own volume up from zero should then gradually add reverb to the end result.
Using a mixer is particularly helpful if you have more than one sound source passing through the audio amplifier, as I do. I have the same audio system which I use for Hauptwerk also amplifiying a number of other audio devices at other times. I can thus use the mixer to put reverb only onto the organ channels but not onto the other inputs. That would be the main advantage of a mixer. However, if you do have a mixer you can try to isolate the volume problem by connecting your Hauptwerk sound source through a pair of stereo channels and then linking the Virtualizer into the FX loop on the mixer. There is a diagram in the Virtualizer manual showing how. The Virtualizer's volume should then be set to maximum, and the amount of reverb added to the signal is then controlled by adjusting the FX knobs on the mixer for the channels in question. This way you should be able to set the organ volume first, dry, then add reverb to it with the FX controls.
Andrew