reverb on drums

[digmudvayne4lif]

Just wondering what type of reverb (hall, spring, room, ect.) people usually put on drums? And also how much reverb on each section (snare, cymbols, toms, ect.)? Thanks

 

[Farview]

It really depends on the song. Anything from a hall to a chamber. Latley, people haven't been putting much reverb on anything. Just enough to slightly exagerate the room they were played in.

 

[Atterion]

Usually a "small, mellow, room" verb. That's kind of generic sounding I know, but it depends on the song mostly. I usually run my drums through Sonitus:FX Reverb, or Waves TrueVerb. Usually I go with a quick decay (1/2 second or so +/-), and adjust the damping, pre-delay, early reflections and others by ear. I generally run all the drums through the reverb equally unless something needs to be more present (i.e. snare), in which case I run less reverb for that track. Sometimes I set up, a second reverb with a slightly longer tail for the overhead or toms to give a little more body during fills.

 

[slidey]

I've been using reverb quite a bit recently from .2secs right up to the grand canyon

I spent a while looking for "the right verb" because everything I had was to clean. I finally found my "right verbs" in the shape of an alesis midiverb one, I think it was among the 1st digital reverbs with a multiple selection of bright,mellow,dark,small,large,gated & reversed verb & it's 12 bit

I love this machine to bits for drum/percussion verb especially for the gated sounds

I tend not to reverb cymbals & hats though. Toms, kick & snare to varying degrees but it all comes down to "adding to taste" I suppose

 

[Bulls Hit]

I don't use any reverb any more. The kick triggers a dry sample, and the oheads add room to the kick. A fast release compressor on snare & tom mics seems to add a 'reverby' character that sounds good to me anyway

 

[Rico 52]

Depends on the track but more dry than not these days. Sometimes a small room tiny room closet type ambience just to make the drums a little bigger. I get the drums sounding good and try to capture that sound.
I have not close mic'd the toms in years. Just 2 OH's and BD and snare.