17-09-2014, 12:05 AM
Another little tip comes to mind... When you're tweaking the reverb settings and you have a drum room track supplied alongside the kit, it's a good idea to model the reverb based on the early reflections on the room track.
Sometimes I'll feed a little bit of the drum room into the global reverb aux and that also helps establish a more convincing space... I don't think I did that on this mix, but it's generally a good strategy.
I think the important thing that needs the most consideration is that this song is too fast and busy for a prominent reverb tail... And reverb with any low end seems like a profoundly unwise idea. It'd kill all of the micro dynamics and detail, and you'd get none of that attitude you'd get with a buss compressor. And furthermore, I'd wager there's some really serious potential for the mix to go thin from comb filtering if the ambiance is too heavy
Sometimes I'll feed a little bit of the drum room into the global reverb aux and that also helps establish a more convincing space... I don't think I did that on this mix, but it's generally a good strategy.
I think the important thing that needs the most consideration is that this song is too fast and busy for a prominent reverb tail... And reverb with any low end seems like a profoundly unwise idea. It'd kill all of the micro dynamics and detail, and you'd get none of that attitude you'd get with a buss compressor. And furthermore, I'd wager there's some really serious potential for the mix to go thin from comb filtering if the ambiance is too heavy
I'm grateful for comments and suggestions. Thank you for listening!