Drum Reverb

[Jeroleen]

How do you set up your drum sounds, what kind of reverb do you use, what do you listen for. I ask becuase in general, I use reverb mostly on the snare, highhat and maybe a little on toms and cymbals. Don't know it this is the correct approach for standard drum sounds (I imagine that one could be more experimental and put delay and reverb and whateveer all over the place). When I put reverb on the snare, for some reason, I always seem to put too much. Seems that the proper effect is one where the reverb itself cannot be distinguished from the decay of the snare sound. Now, maybe the reverb I am using is not happening, Lexicon MPX 200, but, more likely, need to know which settings are best and at what stage to put on reverb for most contorl and best sound to acheive a more natural drum decay sound as opposed to a bang and fizzle type sound.

 

[Jack Simpson]

It depends a little on what kind of room you are recording in. In a big room, you need less reverb. In a small room, use more. I wouldn't recomend a lot of reverb on the toms, but hey, that's just my preference.

 

[Guardian]

quick trick

Don't put reverb on anything except your overheads..see how that sounds.


--Sal

 

[minusone]

How do you set up your drum sounds, what kind of reverb do you use, what do you listen for. I ask becuase in general, I use reverb mostly on the snare, highhat and maybe a little on toms and cymbals. Don't know it this is the correct approach for standard drum sounds (I imagine that one could be more experimental and put delay and reverb and whateveer all over the place). When I put reverb on the snare, for some reason, I always seem to put too much. Seems that the proper effect is one where the reverb itself cannot be distinguished from the decay of the snare sound. Now, maybe the reverb I am using is not happening, Lexicon MPX 200, but, more likely, need to know which settings are best and at what stage to put on reverb for most contorl and best sound to acheive a more natural drum decay sound as opposed to a bang and fizzle type sound.

When recording drums, I always record them dry... and when processing drums... I always start out with some verb (very little) on the snare tracks and on the overheads, but then... I end taking it all off (usually) because I generally prefer drums dry. The only verb I have heard that does a really good job at simulating natural room reverb is the Lexicon 480L (the 300 too)... but I don't exactly have $4,500 to spend on an effects unit... so I just keep the drums dry... keeping it natural.

I primarily use my Clavia ddrum4 kit, using the Kenny Aronoff signature series kits (ambient) which provide natural real room ambience and reverb.