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RDMSstudio
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More on setting up reverb
What I'm talking about with the decay is time, how long it takes to dissipate to nothing. As you raise the decay rate you willl find that it reaches a point where it starts overlapping the groove/tempo.... that's fine if you can get it to work but somewhere just short of the beat is usually best. It's a hard one to clarify but if the decay sounds like you are leading into the next beat nicely then that's a start...
The pre-delay does move the sound back but also messes with the groove you just set up. As you increase the delay you will find several points that work well but usually going past the first point puts you into a slappy sort of effect.. nice if you want it but not typical in top 40 mixes.
There is of course no hard and fast rule to using any reverb but with this method you will hear the compromise in clarity as you move from these settings to what you had in mind. More to the point, you get an idea of how to fix your reverb sound if it's buggering things up
What I'm talking about with the decay is time, how long it takes to dissipate to nothing. As you raise the decay rate you willl find that it reaches a point where it starts overlapping the groove/tempo.... that's fine if you can get it to work but somewhere just short of the beat is usually best. It's a hard one to clarify but if the decay sounds like you are leading into the next beat nicely then that's a start...
The pre-delay does move the sound back but also messes with the groove you just set up. As you increase the delay you will find several points that work well but usually going past the first point puts you into a slappy sort of effect.. nice if you want it but not typical in top 40 mixes.
There is of course no hard and fast rule to using any reverb but with this method you will hear the compromise in clarity as you move from these settings to what you had in mind. More to the point, you get an idea of how to fix your reverb sound if it's buggering things up