Hey chaps,
I'm looking for tips on reverb and settings.
Good tracks use it so well, they can get the right atmosphere with the use of it and it never sounds over done.
I listen to stuff like Sandwell District, Dvs1, Shed, Lucy etc.
Use of reverb.
Yeah thanks, but I was looking more for tips in technical terms.tone-def wrote:there are so many ways to use reverb.
use it to;
put sounds in a space
make things seem closer (dry) and far away (wet).
mix glue
ambience
I put a couple of verbs on return a short one and long one. I was wondering how to set it up and get good use of space without making it sound too 'wet'.
Last edited by eggnchips on Mon May 09, 2011 12:05 am, edited 1 time in total.
it sounds like your halfway there.
use the EQ cuts on the reverb unit. this will thin out some of the muddyness you get.
also if someone who is less than professional is mastering your track, put less reverb than you think is needed on percussion. they will normally compress your tracks in a way that brings the reverb up and ruins the mix. that's the secondd worse thing about cheap mastering, the worse being distortion.
use the EQ cuts on the reverb unit. this will thin out some of the muddyness you get.
also if someone who is less than professional is mastering your track, put less reverb than you think is needed on percussion. they will normally compress your tracks in a way that brings the reverb up and ruins the mix. that's the secondd worse thing about cheap mastering, the worse being distortion.
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try to use different short and long verbs. A short plate or room and long hall verb.. You could try it also the otherway around 
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next tip is think in width. Sometimes a reverb mono can create an enormous space! That's because you're narrowing 1 element, so the others seems even bigger that are stereo. It's all about contrast.
If you want something huge, then also think about a 'small' element.
If you want something width, then also add something mono.
The listener will experience the contrast and so are you.
!next tip is think in width. Sometimes a reverb mono can create an enormous space! That's because you're narrowing 1 element, so the others seems even bigger that are stereo. It's all about contrast.
If you want something huge, then also think about a 'small' element.
If you want something width, then also add something mono.
The listener will experience the contrast and so are you.
