Finish: tone and space
Module 14 of 14 · Tone EQ and Space
- One Move knobFinish
- Latency0 ms
- CPU, iPad Air M31.2 % (before Space)
- Default position14 of 14, last
Finish is the last touch: a gentle tone EQ that brings back body and air after the compressors, and Space, a short plate reverb and doubler that put the voice in a room. Both add no latency.
Hear it
Space: plate and doubler
Finish with Space off, then a large plate, then the wide doubler. The dry voice is never delayed. Before and after are set to the same loudness, so you hear the change, not a level jump.
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The One Move: Finish
At the middle of the knob Finish draws a small "vocal lead" smile:
| band | frequency | at the middle of the knob |
|---|---|---|
| Low shelf | 100 Hz | +2 dB |
| Mid | 800 Hz | −1 dB |
| Presence | 3.2 kHz | +1.5 dB |
| High shelf | 10 kHz | +3 dB |
Turning the knob scales the curve from flat (0) to twice as strong (top).
Space: plate and doubler
Space is a short plate reverb (pre-delay, four diffusers and an eight-line feedback network with damping and light modulation) and a doubler (two slowly drifting copies at 12 and 19 ms, one on each side). The plate ducks by up to 6 dB under the singing, so it fills the gaps instead of clouding the words.
| control | range |
|---|---|
| Space | the reverb level |
| Decay | 0.3–4 s |
| Pre-delay | 0–120 ms |
| Double | the doubler level |
| Tone | darker or brighter reverb |
On a sung vocal, Space at 30 % sits about 17 dB under the voice and 100 % about 7 dB under; Double at 45 % sits about 11 dB under. Most chain presets switch Space on (the default, Natural Vocal, at 24 %). The speech, transparent and loop-record presets stay dry.
Expert
| control | range |
|---|---|
| Four bands: frequency | 30 Hz – 18 kHz |
| Four bands: gain | ±12 dB |
| Four bands: Q | 0.3–10 |
| Space controls | as above |
Specs
| Latency | 0 ms: the dry voice passes untouched, only delayed copies are added |
| CPU, iPad Air M3, only Finish on | 1.2 % of one core, measured before Space was added |
| Space CPU | about 0.3–0.4 % of one core on our development Mac; not yet measured on iPad |
FAQ
Do I still need a separate reverb plug-in?
For a short vocal plate or a doubled lead, no: Space does that with zero latency. For long halls, special effects or a reverb shared by several tracks, use a send to a dedicated reverb.
Can I switch Space off?
Yes. Set Space and Double to 0. The tone EQ keeps working.