5 QUICK REVERB TRICKS

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1. EQ YOUR REVERB
Insert an EQ plugin after your reverb and simply roll of a little of the high end and the low end.
In the video you can see me do this on the kick drum and it keeps the low end from sounding
muddy, while adding a little space for the drum.

2. PAN YOUR REVERBS

If you want to add width to you mix then use a mono reverb and pan it opposite of the instru-
ment that you are applying it to. This is a great trick for being able to make a left and right guitar
part sound wider. Pan the left guitars reverb to the right, and the right guitar’s reverb to the left.

3. TRIGGER YOUR SNARE REVERB FROM THE SAMPLE

This is a great trick for making your snare reverb sound more consistent from hit to hit and
sound cleaner. When you trigger the snare reverb from a sample you don’t have to worry about
adding unwanted reverb to the hi-hat or other instruments that were also picked up by you
snare mic. You can even use this tick to trigger the reverb, and keep the snare sample muted
and out of your mixing, by sending the sample to the reverb send pre-fader and muting the
sample. This is great if you want to use you live snare drum, and not blend a sample in to the
final mix!

4. USE MULTIPLE REVERBS ON VOCALS

Why have one reverb on your vocal when you can have 2, even 3! I commonly blend 2 or 3
reverbs on my vocal, and then automate the output of those reverbs to create the blend that I
want at different parts of the songs. Blending multiple reverbs can sound more interesting than
just using one, and adding automation to them can keep them from sounding static and stale
by the time you get to the end of the mix.

5. COMPRESS YOUR REVERB

This is a great trick to keep your reverb from sounding too washy while the singer is singing.
Insert a compressor after your reverb, and use the vocal in the side chain of the compressor.
When the singer is singing the compressor will turn the reverb down for you, and when the
vocalist stops, the compressor will let the reverb come up slowly. Adjusting the release time will
determine how quickly the reverb swells in after the vocalist finishes a line.

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