From: ioloandpeibyn@gmail.com   
      
   > A good singer will perform differently, depending on whether the room is   
   > reverberant or 'dry'.  The singer needs to hear the reverb in order to   
   > give a good performance.   
      
   Adrian, I used to work in record production with a famous British label, and   
   you may be interested to learn that we went to a great deal of trouble back   
   then (and I am certain it still happens) to select the best reverberative   
   chamber for the particular    
   performer or group of performers we were recording.  For example, certain   
   London halls or churches were rejected because of the kind of reverberation   
   they provided, while others were ideal.  Singers particularly were fussy about   
   the venue and usually    
   wished to rehearse in the space prior to the recording so as to accommodate   
   the reverberation of the space.  For example, a soprano might find that she   
   needed only to produce a high note in a particular way in order to produce the   
   most pleasing effect -    
   all because of the acoustics in the space.   
      
   Also, the degree of reverberation effects the singer's psychology as he or she   
   sings.  For example, a completely "dead" space (in which we would never   
   record) would give nothing back to the singer or musicians, making them feel   
   as if they were performing    
   in a vacuum - a very disheartening effect, likely to produce a recording that   
   indicates what actually happened, a battle against an ungiving space.   
      
   On the other hand, I appreciate that a space which is barely reverberative can   
   provide the performer with "honest" feedback.  This is useful in rehearsal.   
      
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