endserenading81
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Hey all you reverb and 80s lovers.
I am mixing an album right now, and I love reverb. My band sounds like INXS, the Cure, Billy Idol, Jesus and Mary Chain, ... and lots of POP songs out there.
I am right now adding reverb to almost every track. When I closely hear many famous 80s recordings, .... even the Bass and Kick have just a bit of reverb.... very tiny.
So I'm wondering ..... do most mixing engineers add multiple tracks to a reverb bus? Or does every track have to have their own reverb? It seems very excessive. Not to mention CPU intensive.
Of course the Snare, Main Vocal, and Lead Guitar have their own dedicated reverb for color.
But this is what I was thinking of doing> Sending all the drums to a very light reverb bus, with compression, just to add some "GLUE". Then I do the same with Guitars, Synths, and Vocals.
Is it a good idea to run similar instruments through effects like this? It just doesn't seem like a good idea to be using 10 different types of reverbs or MORE in a song. Seems like it would be a drowning mess.
Thanks!
Rob
I am mixing an album right now, and I love reverb. My band sounds like INXS, the Cure, Billy Idol, Jesus and Mary Chain, ... and lots of POP songs out there.
I am right now adding reverb to almost every track. When I closely hear many famous 80s recordings, .... even the Bass and Kick have just a bit of reverb.... very tiny.
So I'm wondering ..... do most mixing engineers add multiple tracks to a reverb bus? Or does every track have to have their own reverb? It seems very excessive. Not to mention CPU intensive.
Of course the Snare, Main Vocal, and Lead Guitar have their own dedicated reverb for color.
But this is what I was thinking of doing> Sending all the drums to a very light reverb bus, with compression, just to add some "GLUE". Then I do the same with Guitars, Synths, and Vocals.
Is it a good idea to run similar instruments through effects like this? It just doesn't seem like a good idea to be using 10 different types of reverbs or MORE in a song. Seems like it would be a drowning mess.
Thanks!
Rob