Empress Effects Reverb — MIDI Editor & CC Reference

Control the Empress Effects Reverb from your browser — full MIDI CC reference for 9 parameters, interactive editor, and AI-generated presets. Free, no install.

Nitelite gives the Reverb a full browser-based control surface: turn every knob, flip every switch, describe the tone you want to the AI Tone Terminal, and save the results — all sent to the pedal live over MIDI (default channel 3). Works free in Chrome, Edge, Opera, or Brave — no install required.

Knobs

ControlMIDI CCDescription
DECAYCC 21Controls how long the reverb tail takes to decay. Higher values produce longer, more sustained reverb tails
MIXCC 22Sets the ratio of wet (reverb) to dry (unaffected) signal. Fully counterclockwise is 100% dry, fully clockwise is 100% wet, with 50/50 at roughly 2 o'clock
OUTPUTCC 23Controls the overall output volume. 12 o'clock is unity gain
LOWCC 24Controls the low-frequency EQ/damping of the reverb tone. Adjusts the warmth and body of the reverb
HICC 25Controls the high-frequency EQ/damping of the reverb tone. Adjusts the brightness and air of the reverb
THING 1CC 26Mode-dependent parameter. Changes function per reverb type: modulation rate, pre-delay time, rattle decay, sparkle level, delay time, reverse swell time, mod rate, delay level, warble, glitch speed, and more. See mode reference for details
THING 2CC 27Mode-dependent parameter. Changes function per reverb type: early reflection level, modulation depth, rattle level, sparkle length, delay feedback, reverse modulation, diffusion, dirtiness, glitch tone, and more. See mode reference for details

Switches

SwitchMIDI CCPositions
MODECC 20Hall / Plate / Spring / Room / Sparkle / Modulation / Ambient Swell / Delay + Reverb / Reverse / Ghost / Lo-Fi / Beer
SUB-MODECC 20Sub 1 / Sub 2 / Sub 3 / Sub 4 / Sub 5

Per-Mode Parameters

Hall

ControlMIDI CCDescription
MODULATION / PRE-DELAYCC 26Concert Hall: modulation depth that adds lush movement to the tail. Modern Hall: pre-delay time before reverb onset
EARLY REFLECTIONCC 27Early reflection level -- controls the initial reflections that define the sense of space before the reverb tail

Plate

ControlMIDI CCDescription
PRE-DELAY TIMECC 26Pre-delay time before the plate reverb onset. Adds separation between the dry signal and the reverb
EARLY DECAY / REFLECTIONCC 27Classic Plate: bright early decay character. Studio Plate: early reflection level

Spring

ControlMIDI CCDescription
RATTLE / TREM RATECC 26Bright/Dark/Drip Spring: rattle decay that controls the metallic spring bounce character. Overdriven: rattle decay and level. Spring+Trem: tremolo rate
RATTLE LVL / TREM DEPTHCC 27Bright/Dark/Drip Spring: rattle level intensity. Overdriven: break-up amount for gritty surf tones. Spring+Trem: tremolo depth

Room

ControlMIDI CCDescription
PRE-DELAY TIMECC 26Pre-delay time before the room reverb onset. Helps separate the dry signal from the room ambience
EARLY REFLECTIONCC 27Early reflection level -- controls the density and prominence of initial room reflections

Sparkle

ControlMIDI CCDescription
SPARKLE LVL / OCT DOWNCC 26Sparkle: level of the shimmering octave-up harmonics. Glummer: octave-down blend amount
SPARKLE LEN / OCT UPCC 27Sparkle: length/sustain of the sparkle effect. Glummer: octave-up amount for pitch-shifted textures

Modulation

ControlMIDI CCDescription
MOD / TREM RATECC 26Modulated/Chorused/Flanged: modulation rate that controls the speed of the pitch wobble. Tremolo Reverb: tremolo rate
MOD / TREM DEPTHCC 27Modulated/Chorused/Flanged: modulation depth that controls the intensity of the movement. Tremolo Reverb: tremolo depth

Ambient Swell

ControlMIDI CCDescription
SWELL / GATE / SPEEDCC 26Triggered Swell: swell time that controls how quickly the reverb fades in. Gate Swell: gate attack time. Freezification: transition speed. Seed: diffusion amount
MOD / OCT / FROZENCC 27Triggered Swell: modulation depth. Gate Swell: octave-up volume. Freezification: frozen sound level. Seed: size of the growing reverb tail

Delay + Reverb

ControlMIDI CCDescription
DELAY TIME / BLEND / DIFFCC 26Single Tap/Filtered: delay time. Blend-able: blend ratio of reverb vs delay. Skitter: diffusion of the morphing delays
FEEDBACK / SIZECC 27Single Tap/Blend-able/Filtered: delay feedback for repeats. Skitter: size of the delay-to-reverb morph

Reverse

ControlMIDI CCDescription
SWELL / PRE-DLY / DLY LENCC 26Reverse w/ Decay: reverse swell time. Reverse and Stop: pre-delay time. Reversed Delay: reverse delay length
MOD / DIFF / REVERB AMTCC 27Reverse w/ Decay: reverse modulation depth. Reverse and Stop: diffusion amount. Reversed Delay: amount of reverb added to the reverse delay

Ghost

ControlMIDI CCDescription
MOD RATE / MODULATIONCC 26Resonant: modulation rate that affects the eerie resonant character. Casper: modulation depth for a friendlier ghost tone
RESONANCE / DIFFUSIONCC 27Resonant: resonance (spookiness) that emphasizes aggressive overtones. Casper: diffusion for a smoother, less spooky sound

Lo-Fi

ControlMIDI CCDescription
DELAY LVL / WARBLECC 2650's Radio: delay level blended into the lo-fi signal. Warble: amount of pitch wobble and instability
DIRTINESSCC 27Amount of grit, noise, and degradation applied to the signal. Higher values produce more broken, lo-fi character

Beer

ControlMIDI CCDescription
GLITCH SPD / GATE / ROBOTCC 26Glitch: speed of the random filter sweeps. Gated Reverb: gate threshold sensitivity. Destroyer Pad: robot screams intensity
GLITCH TONE / RELEASE / PITCHCC 27Glitch: tone balance between HPF and LPF. Gated Reverb: gate release time (10ms to 1sec). Destroyer Pad: pitch shift amount

Footswitches

  • SELECTbypass on CC 35
  • SCROLLbypass on CC 36
  • BYPASSbypass on CC 37

Special MIDI Functions

  • Expression — CC 10

Hardware Presets

The Reverb has 36 hardware preset slots. Nitelite can save your current settings to a slot and recall slots via MIDI program change.

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