Reverb in Adobe Audition

[OMGthatsCrAzY]

Hi,
I have a problem. When I apply a "Tight and Close" reverb on my vocals in Adobe Audition (Same thing as Cool Edit basically, just so no ones confused), my vocals come out funny and dont sound right at all...sounds like too much of an echo...because of this, I havent been applying a reverb on my vocals.

Am I doing something wrong? Should I just skip doing the reverb? Thanks.

 

[Change of POETS]

The presets are starting points, not very good ones in some instances but... regardless, each voice is different, and there's no way to make an "out of the box" perfect reverb setting. You need to use the presets, then play with the settings on them to create your own custom reverbs, specific to your voice, or the vocals of people you are recording. If there's too much echo on the preset, turn it down...etc.

 

[dobro]

"Am I doing something wrong?"

Yes, you are. That guy in your signature line with the cap - he can't possibly see anything with that thing over his eyes like that. Tell him so.

 

[OMGthatsCrAzY]

"Am I doing something wrong?"

Yes, you are. That guy in your signature line with the cap - he can't possibly see anything with that thing over his eyes like that. Tell him so.

That's Crooked I, he's the best rapper on Earth, you should check him out sometime. No lie.

Change - Ok cool thanks for the advice, I'll try that out.

 

[BRIEFCASEMANX]

The presets are starting points, not very good ones in some instances but... regardless, each voice is different, and there's no way to make an "out of the box" perfect reverb setting. You need to use the presets, then play with the settings on them to create your own custom reverbs, specific to your voice, or the vocals of people you are recording. If there's too much echo on the preset, turn it down...etc.

Also, when you have the reverb screen up and you're messing with the settings, press F1 on your keyboard, and a screen will come up explaining what each parameter does so you know what exactly you're tweaking. You can press F1 with any effect screen up and the help screen will come up and tell you all about what that effect does, and how to use the different parameters.

 

[dobro]

Screw the presets.

Reverb's a bit complicated, but here are the settings that do the most good (or damage):

* Room size: 100 m3 sounds like a pretty small room. Experiment with increasing it 100 m3 at a time to find a space you like.

* Original signal (dry): leave this at 100% for now.

* Early reflections: for now, set it in the vicinity of the wet signal setting (if things get weird, try adjusting it downward)

* Reverb (wet): this is how much verb gets applied to the signal. Start about 25% - that's pretty dry - and work up a few percent at a time till you get something you like.

* Total length: this for me is a crucial one - you can crank the other settings sometimes and if this one is short enough, you get space without stupid long tails that make it sound like you've discovered reverb for the first time. Try 580 ms. Then tweak it up and down 5 or 10 at a time and listen. When you start hearing the differences that 10 up or down makes, you'll be in a position to choose one you like.

* Attack: the longer the attack, the more upfront the sound will be. 60 ms is pretty upfront, 30 ms is more back and spacey. I often use the more upfront one for main vocals, and the spacier one for backing vocals.

 

[OMGthatsCrAzY]

Screw the presets.

Reverb's a bit complicated, but here are the settings that do the most good (or damage):

* Room size: 100 m3 sounds like a pretty small room. Experiment with increasing it 100 m3 at a time to find a space you like.

* Original signal (dry): leave this at 100% for now.

* Early reflections: for now, set it in the vicinity of the wet signal setting (if things get weird, try adjusting it downward)

* Reverb (wet): this is how much verb gets applied to the signal. Start about 25% - that's pretty dry - and work up a few percent at a time till you get something you like.

* Total length: this for me is a crucial one - you can crank the other settings sometimes and if this one is short enough, you get space without stupid long tails that make it sound like you've discovered reverb for the first time. Try 580 ms. Then tweak it up and down 5 or 10 at a time and listen. When you start hearing the differences that 10 up or down makes, you'll be in a position to choose one you like.

* Attack: the longer the attack, the more upfront the sound will be. 60 ms is pretty upfront, 30 ms is more back and spacey. I often use the more upfront one for main vocals, and the spacier one for backing vocals.

Awesome! Thanks a lot man, on my next recording I'll definately try that out.

 

[Change of POETS]

Screw the presets.

* Total length: this for me is a crucial one - you can crank the other settings sometimes and if this one is short enough, you get space without stupid long tails that make it sound like you've discovered reverb for the first time. Try 580 ms. Then tweak it up and down 5 or 10 at a time and listen. When you start hearing the differences that 10 up or down makes, you'll be in a position to choose one you like.

This made me laugh out loud.