Need help adding an EQ to Reverb...

[lttoler]

I am wanting to run all of my tracks in my song to a reverb, but I want to cut out the low frequencies so it's just mids and highs goin to the reverb. Can someone explain to me how to do this?? Thanks in advance

[DrewPeterson7]

Originally Posted by lttoler

I am wanting to run all of my tracks in my song to a reverb, but I want to cut out the low frequencies so it's just mids and highs goin to the reverb. Can someone explain to me how to do this?? Thanks in advance

You want to run ALL of your tracks to a reverb?

Anyway, what you want to do is create a new track, and open your favorite reverb plugin in it. Most reverb plugins will allow you to low-pass or high-pass the reverb on its own, but if yours doesn't, then just put a EQ plugin in line before the reverb, and use a high pass to roll off all the bass.

Then, click on I/O for every track, and add a send to your new reverb track. Don't uncheck the master send. If you want the reverb to be a little quieter on some tracks than others, reduce the volume being sent on those tracks - in general, you're probably better off reducing the levels on most to make one or two louder, than boosting anything above 0, just so nothing clips.

Then, go back to the reverb track, roll the fader all the way down to -infinity, and hit play. While listening back, start to slide up your reverb fader. When you get the reverb to a level you're happy with, you're set.

I'm still not sure why you'd want to put the same verb on everything, but whatever works...

[lttoler]

What Im wanting to do is add a reverb giving the whole mix the same "room" sound. I just dont want the kick and other low end sounds to be effected. I tried this that you described, but for some reason, it cuts the low out of the whole mix, not just the reverb...

[vasko]

If you use a DAW software, you can try a primitive aproach: set reverb to 100% wet and 0% dry and export it to a new (wav) file, filter or EQ that file and mix it with the original (dry) file. This may work...

[mattr]

I don't know how bus routing works in Reaper, but if I wanted to do this in Sonar I would have everything running to a "dry bus" which subsequently fed into the master bus, with a send to a "wet bus" (where the reverb and EQ would be inserted) also routed to the master bus.

[d.bop]

Originally Posted by lttoler

What Im wanting to do is add a reverb giving the whole mix the same "room" sound. I just dont want the kick and other low end sounds to be effected. I tried this that you described, but for some reason, it cuts the low out of the whole mix, not just the reverb...

Easy.

1.) Create a new track and insert your reverb plugin.
2.) Drag the "io" button from the tracks you want to have reverb on to your new reverb track. (creates a send)
3.) Done!


Another method is to create a folder track and insert a reverb plugin. Include the tracks that you want to have reverb, exclude the tracks you don't want to have reverb. Although, this won't allow you too adjust reverb per-track the way a send will.

[DrewPeterson7]

Originally Posted by lttoler

What Im wanting to do is add a reverb giving the whole mix the same "room" sound. I just dont want the kick and other low end sounds to be effected. I tried this that you described, but for some reason, it cuts the low out of the whole mix, not just the reverb...

When you played back the song with the reverb bus at -infinity, did you get silence or did you hear your original mix? Oh, and I may have forgot to specify - make sure your 'verb is 100% wet, so no dry signal is being included in the reverb.

Anyway, there's a better way to do what you're trying to do than to low-pass the reverb. Set up your Reverb bus in the same way, so each track is playing out through the master, but also is sending itself to your reverb channel. Then, adjust the track sends to taste. Put the kick almost inaudibly low (I wouldn't do all the way off, because the result would sound unrealistic - the kick and bass would be very up front and in your face, and everything else would sound farther away. If you're after the "live in a room" sound this won't "feel" right when you listen), the bass similarly, and then raise the send level on the rest of your tracks to taste - if you want the guitars a little wetter than the hihat, say, then just put the guitar send louder than the hihat.

Dial everything to taste, and you should have something much more natural sounding.