digital reberd in analog recording

[nate_dennis]

This may be a dumb question but here we go . . .

If I track everything dry to tape and use a rackmounted digital reverb unit durring mixdown (mixing back to tape) would the digital unit get rid of any of that nice analog warmth or would my sound quality stay pretty much unchanged (aside, obviously, from the reverb being added.) thanks again for your patience with all my newbie analog questions.

(sorry for the mispelling in the title . . . I saw that after i posted it)

 

[Farview]

Normally you run reverb on a send. The reverb is a parallel process and the only thing digital is just the reverb.

 

[nate_dennis]

so it wouldn't affect the tone of the recording adversly correct?

 

[_brian_]

so it wouldn't affect the tone of the recording adversly correct?

no, unless your name is phil spector

 

[Farview]

so it wouldn't affect the tone of the recording adversly correct?

The original recording is being played back separately. The reverb is set to 100% wet and is on it's own channel(s).

 

[iqi616]

so it wouldn't affect the tone of the recording adversly correct?

Correct. Also remember you can control the tone of the reverb. I EQ my reverb/echo sends and returns to help the reverb wrap around the source. I cut the presence frequency (often somewhere in the 2 kHz to 5 kHz range) and the bottom end on the send so the reverb doesn't compete with the presence of the source or muddy the mix.