Hey Dave
I usually set up 4 reverbs. 3 for blending (vox, drums, instruments) and the fourth is applied universally for ambiance
vox : medium studio, pre-delay 15.6ms, 1.50s tail, 100%wet, 50/50 early/late
drums: medium club, pre-delay 15.6ms, 900ms tail, 100%wet, 50/50 early/late
instruments:plate pre-delay 15.6ms, 1.8s tail, 100%wet, 50/50 early/late
universal: convolution medium room pre-delay 62.4ms, 2.0s tail, 20%wet, 100% late
At 15.6ms these pre-delays are as short as I go - I like my pre-delays in a range of 15-30ms. I'll use the same basic set-up in each song but I'll vary all the pre-delays depending on song tempo plus I'll change the universal decay rate. This one is actually quite short as well at 2.0s - it can go as high as 3.5s - all depends on tempo. I usually keep decays of blending reverbs about the same.
All reverbs are set up as send/returns and as such are stereo and panned centrally. Each return has EQ set-up with both HP(400-600) and LP (4-10K) filters.
Once I'm happy with the basic set-up, I'll control degree of effect either through send levels or return faders, and automate accordingly - so i may reduce during quiet sections and push it harder in choruses. I'll also use a couple of haas delays, panned away from source, to fix instruments if they don't sit comfortably - usually on guitars and keys.
The bloat you refer to could maybe be the toms/kick and bass clashing.....there's a nasty bit of resonance going on at around 120hz...
i did push the organ up during solo...and brought it down again afterwards....maybe i should have hit mute....i'd already muted the wurly for most of the track so it wouldn't clash too much with organ
I usually set up 4 reverbs. 3 for blending (vox, drums, instruments) and the fourth is applied universally for ambiance
vox : medium studio, pre-delay 15.6ms, 1.50s tail, 100%wet, 50/50 early/late
drums: medium club, pre-delay 15.6ms, 900ms tail, 100%wet, 50/50 early/late
instruments:plate pre-delay 15.6ms, 1.8s tail, 100%wet, 50/50 early/late
universal: convolution medium room pre-delay 62.4ms, 2.0s tail, 20%wet, 100% late
At 15.6ms these pre-delays are as short as I go - I like my pre-delays in a range of 15-30ms. I'll use the same basic set-up in each song but I'll vary all the pre-delays depending on song tempo plus I'll change the universal decay rate. This one is actually quite short as well at 2.0s - it can go as high as 3.5s - all depends on tempo. I usually keep decays of blending reverbs about the same.
All reverbs are set up as send/returns and as such are stereo and panned centrally. Each return has EQ set-up with both HP(400-600) and LP (4-10K) filters.
Once I'm happy with the basic set-up, I'll control degree of effect either through send levels or return faders, and automate accordingly - so i may reduce during quiet sections and push it harder in choruses. I'll also use a couple of haas delays, panned away from source, to fix instruments if they don't sit comfortably - usually on guitars and keys.
The bloat you refer to could maybe be the toms/kick and bass clashing.....there's a nasty bit of resonance going on at around 120hz...
i did push the organ up during solo...and brought it down again afterwards....maybe i should have hit mute....i'd already muted the wurly for most of the track so it wouldn't clash too much with organ