cathedral.
8.2 s tail.
Long stone tail, slow attack, the Brain is loud — every transient becomes a swell.
character.
Cathedral is the largest natural space Arna ships. The early reflections are sparse and stone-bright; the late tail rolls in as a sustained wash that is closer in feel to an organ pedal than to a typical reverb tail. Decay clocks in around 8 seconds at the anchor.
Use it on long-held vocals, pads, and string sections that need scale. The Brain modulates bloom intensity in real time — sustained notes blossom; staccato attacks stay tight.
Pairs with: Crown for runaway ambient territory, or step it down to Hall when the source needs to sit in a mix.
Best for
- Lead vocals (sustained)
- String sections
- Pads
- Long ambient gestures
Exposed in Full mode (preset browser). The free 1snob edition has no preset list — but turn the knob to k ≈ 0.85and you arrive at this preset's territory on the journey.
related sounds.
hall
Concert hall — warm, defined, decay around 2 to 3 seconds. Default for orchestra.
— Naturalschamber
Small wood-and-plaster chamber. The size that disappears into a pop arrangement.
— Platesplate
Bright, dense, modulated. Sounds like an EMT 140 that has been kept clean.
— Platesspring
Twangy and bright with the characteristic spring “boing” on transients.