15 REVERB TIPS Rather than trying to make everything in the mix in the same acoustic environment, why not

use a coup e o! rea y "iverse rever#s to a"" some strange "epth to your tunes$ % rea y "ry, up!ront voca works nice y a ongsi"e a rea y &"rowne"& string section or a sma #right room setting on the "rums' %utomate Try automating return eve s i! you have a "igita mixer so that the rever# comes an" goes in "i!!erent sections o! the song' By tweaking the aux sen" eve s, manua y, "uring the mix you can a"" sp ashes o! rever# on the ! y to a"" interest to snares or voca parts' Take your time Spen" some time choosing or trying out "i!!erent &ver#s' (i!!erent songs en" themse ves towar"s "i!!erent types an" soun"s' (on&t )ust sett e with what soun"s goo" in so o''' Sen" that E* Remem#er you can a ways E* the sen"' +ost arge conso es o!!er you a choice o! high an" ow E* on the aux sen"s' ,n sma "esks, route the instrument-voice to another channe via a group or aux sen", ! oat this !rom the mix an" sen" this to the rever# e!!ect' .ow you can a"" E* to the sen" an" even automate it as it&s now on a !a"er' This is common y use" !or those "e ays an" rever#s that you want to move easi y "uring the mix, such as wetter voca in the chorus' , " tricks Reverse rever# is an o " trick, where you can hear a voca #e!ore a singer comes in, or a snare #e!ore it p ays, easi y using tape as you simp y turn the tape over an" recor" it #ackwar"s' /ou can "o it using a computer, #ut you wi have to move the au"io to the right p ace a!ter recor"ing it' 0se com#inations % com#ination o! rever#s on things can #e goo"' % short setting !or the snap soun" with a onger #right p ate can turn a #iscuit1soun"ing snare into a more ive soun"' , " schoo p ate In the o " "ays it use" to #e ca e" "e ay to p ate' /ou sent the signa to a oop o! tape then sent that to the rever#' The spee" o! the tape wou " a")ust the "e ay as the time it took to get !rom the recor" hea" to the p ay#ack hea"' This gives, say, a voice a "ry soun" #e!ore the rever# comes in, giving a more up!ront soun" whi e keeping the wetness, which wou " usua y take it to the #ack o! a ha somewhere2 Some peop e sti use the tape metho" to"ay !or that o " schoo soun"' Simp e "rum one Ear y re! ections on "rums can a so give more o! a tai or "ecay' Experiment % nice gate" ver# on guitars to o " spring ver#s on snares or even the mighty space echo can soun" uni3ue when #a ance" in the mix' That wi give you more "istance an" room !or p acing things in a mix, whi e a""ing that extra spark e to the soun"' +ore reverse Reverse your samp e, a"" rever#, then reverse your samp e comp ete with rever# #ack aroun" the right way again' This way, the rever# trai ea"s up into the samp e, instea" o! trai ing away !rom it' %n" again2 4or a "i!!erent ang e on the same reverse" rever# theme, have the rever# trai panne" e!t on a separate track, then the origina samp e centre1stage 5ie' mono6, !o owe" #y a regu ar rever# trai on another track panne" right' The resu t is a rever# that ea"s up into the samp e an" trai s away a!terwar"s, whi e panning across the stage, e!t to right' Rever# over your mix Pick out key instruments or soun"s an" high ight them with rever# whi e using rever# sparing y, i! not at a , on the remaining mix' /ou may have to a")ust rever# sen" eve s as the track progresses so you&re not e!t with the track soun"ing "ry where the rever#e" soun"s are no onger p aying' Rever# an" #ass 0sua y, #ass an" rever# "on&t mix too we , un ess you&re speci!ica y a!ter a warehouse soun"' 0n!ortunate y, this e!!ect resu ts in a oss o! "e!inition among the #ass regions' Run your rever# returns into a coup e o! spare channe s in your mixer an" #ack o!! the #ass E*, or a"" a high1pass p ug1in E*' 7o mono2 (on&t !orget using mono rever#s at times as we ' These won&t con! ict with your rich stereo rever#s' Pre "e ay This "etermines time taken !or the initia re! ections to return #ack !rom room wa s' 0se a ca cu ator !rom www'hits3ua"'com-smm to get a pre "e ay va ue matche" to your tempo' % common techni3ue is to set the pre"e ay to eighth1notes an" a"" the rever# to a straight 3uarter note kick "rum pattern to create an o!!1#eat #ouncy !ee ' 4+