D-verb in protools

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Hey,

I am mixing my song in ProTools using D-verb, and all the different settings (hall, plate, room) make the voice sound far away. Am I using it improperly or do I need a better reverb? What are the best plugins for me to try?

Thanks
 
mscm23 said:
Hey,

I am mixing my song in ProTools using D-verb, and all the different settings (hall, plate, room) make the voice sound far away. Am I using it improperly or do I need a better reverb? What are the best plugins for me to try?

Thanks
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how are you using the plugin???

have you got it on a vocal audio track or are you bussing the voice to it??

sounds like you've got it on an audio track with the "mix" set to "wet"
 
d-verb isn't the best...
but if it's your first time using it you should stick with it for now. at least until you learn how to use a reverb plugin. You should be able to at least get a decent sound out of it.

try bussing it to an aux track with a reverb on it...and also try it ON the track itself.
mess around with mix settings as well as the reverb decay time.
 
I bus the reverb to a stereo aux track and even if I like the sound in comparison with a professional CD my song is so much further away. Should I keep working with the settings or will it always sound drastically different from a professional recording?
 
mscm23 said:
I bus the reverb to a stereo aux track and even if I like the sound in comparison with a professional CD my song is so much further away. Should I keep working with the settings or will it always sound drastically different from a professional recording?
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Not sure you're doing the right thing here, your description is a bit vague.

Use a send on your clean (ie non-verb'd) track to an aux buss. on the aux track with the correctly assigned i/p, insert the reverb.

By controlling the aux send amount and the volume of the aux track itself you should be able to control how far away the voice sounds. The reverb time will also affect this.
 
I think you also may be comparing your track alongside something that will be completely mixed & mastered up to maximum volume levels??? I might be wrong

if that is the case you have to learn how to get your peaks straightend out in order to get the track sounding "louder" (I hate that term) in order to hear it at a similar volume to your comparison...
 
slidey said:
I think you also may be comparing your track alongside something that will be completely mixed & mastered up to maximum volume levels??? I might be wrong

if that is the case you have to learn how to get your peaks straightend out in order to get the track sounding "louder" (I hate that term) in order to hear it at a similar volume to your comparison...
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Thanks for your reply. Can you tell me more about how to straighten out the peaks, or provide any links on the topic?
 
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