Audio Production Basics: Reverb

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@RudyAyoub 5 лет назад

Every vocalist vs sound guy ever

@filip.v 5 лет назад

How I usually go about it: If you hear it, it's too much. Put just enough, so that you miss it when you bypass it. That's the sweet spot usually. Unless you are doing 80s stuff :P

@marcorodriguez7694 5 лет назад

I guess I'm one of the few that love the sound of reverb, especially in metal records. Slayer Hell Awaits, Bathory The Return....., Venom Black Metal, Protector Protector of Death demo, Dark Angel Darkness Descends ect were all records that had a dark sound to them and reverb is a big reason for it. That's the sound I'm looking for really.

@TheBlackRam666 5 лет назад

Dry mixes are one of the many things I don't like about modern metal records, right up there with autotune, fake drums, and amp sims.

@ShawnJonesHellion 5 лет назад

reverb kills your ability to play technical/fast. I have not added anything cept distortion to my music since i stopped being a noob tho i mess with other peoples tones sometimes these days. I used to use chorus to mask how untalented/boring i was when i was a noob which i think is why bands do that generally . Like he says in a dense mix its your enemy. just fucks up technical shifts and fast playying. for nirvana and most pop music it would be really shitty and boring without a bunch of production effects

@marcorodriguez7694 5 лет назад

Niklas Antichrist What is a "dry" mix exactly? Sorry I'm new to this.

@marcorodriguez7694 5 лет назад

Shawn Jones I think it depends. Add reverb to an album from bands like Decrepit Birth or Cannibal Corpse it defeats the purpose of that particular subgenres of death metal. Add reverb to albums from Merciless Death, Sodom and early Morbid Angel it adds darkness to the album which is what I like.

@ElMamuco 5 лет назад

@@marcorodriguez7694 I feel the same way. I love the old school reverb sound of Slayer and Sodom. Btw a dry mix is no fx/minimal fx on a mix.

@Vanes-NL 5 лет назад

I needed this, for i am in the middle of mixing right now. Guess i'm gonna replace my vocal reverb with a delay now...

@66645100 5 лет назад

Glenn thank you for these great videos. I’m just starting out in audio production and your videos have motivated me to keep working hard even though my mixes still need a lot of work, keep up the good work!

@SalemSick 5 лет назад

Great video, as usual. Thanks Glenn!!! The tail timing thing is a great peice of info. Never thought of it that way.

@TaliosLintry 5 лет назад

Always love watching some basics tutorials. You can always learn something new

@JoseRodriguez-cl7be 5 лет назад

This is why I'm subscribed to this channel, great content. I've been producing music for sometime now and there are things that are so basic and at the same time are very overlooked because of that, I think reverb is one of those things. I'm hoping to see more of this type of videos.

@GScott50 5 лет назад

That was a very worthwhile reverb lesson, thanks for posting.

@KaoswareMetal 5 лет назад

Thanks Glenn! I'm in the middle of mixing vocals for the first time for one of my project so that's super useful!

@mikehericks244 5 лет назад

Great video as always. Biggest beginner mistake made is over doing reverbs. Loved how you explained the whys.. and showed the differences and how much better it sounds when done correctly. Thanks for what you do!

@falconismbot9370 5 лет назад

This is a killer video. Great examples of tasteful reverb. This channel has been so helpful since I started getting into the production side of things and I've hoped you would do some basic videos like this. Thanks for the great content Glenn!

@Citizen_J 5 лет назад

Mix tutorial Wednesdays are great Glenn. Keep em coming!

@maxonmendel5757 5 лет назад

Woohoo! Audio basics :) so excited, thanks so much for starting this series.

@ndzick718 5 лет назад

I've been loving that Derek Hess poster in the background for a while now. I grew up just outside of Cleveland, OH, and have been a fan of his work for years. Also, thanks for another great video!

@SpectreSoundStudios 5 лет назад

Yeah, it's the only real piece of art I own :)

@jordanshreds747 5 лет назад

Glenn! Thank you so much! Even though I'm not new to mixing, it's always nice to see that the techniques and tricks I've learned are implemented by really experienced engineers. As always, I learned some things too! I appreciate what you do, and keep being angry! Love it!

@papa_da_engineer 5 лет назад

Awesome video Glen! 🔥 I love seeing and hearing you make your mix decisions and your thought process behind mix moves, very informative 💯

@thewalrusdragon9579 5 лет назад

I like reverb on clean vocals, it's easy to overdo, but sometimes it's the secret to blending the vocal in to the rest of a track so it won't feel as though it's sitting on top of everything. Not a fan at all on screams though. One of the first producers I ever worked with as a screamer was pretty new to recording himself, and he had recently read an article about how reverb is a "must have" effect on all vocal tracks. Now, as I said, I actually sort of agree with that on clean vocals because in a lot of cases reverb can actually help those, but when you put reverb on screams, it sounds like the vocalist is on one side of a train tunnel, and the mic is on the other end.

@cHr22o7 5 лет назад

Reverb for me is one of the hardest things. As a drummer i record my own drums for my band and it's hard to let them sound big without disturbing the whole mix. Thanks for the video!

@mcsologuitar 5 лет назад

Enjoyed. Helpful vid. Thanks.

@popupproducer 5 лет назад

Always nice to hear other people’s approach with reverb. I’ll have to try some echo for a few tracks I’m mixing.

@JosueCuervo97 5 лет назад

Honestly, I’m not recording any metal but there is definitely something to take from each of your videos. Love your channel! You always hold me accountable for my bullshit lol.

@LamentHatesYou 5 лет назад

Thanks Glen this was very informative!

@LeeChavezMusic 5 лет назад

This was beyond helpful, thank you Glenn!

@reasonpluscreativity 5 лет назад

Looking forward to the rest of the series, well needed for a noob like me.

@tedgerard333 5 лет назад

Great video. I have the h-verb too, I like it. Helpful advice. Thanks

@OppressedApe 4 года назад

I needed this lesson, thanks, Glenn !

@marcelbr815 3 года назад

Love that song. Reminds me when I was growing up in the 90s

@mikesperling9878 5 лет назад

The commercial from nail the mix just made my day! XDDD

@uk7769 3 года назад

It's really helpful when you demonstrate with way too much effect vs how you'd do it in a real mix.

@crunchyfrog555 5 лет назад

To any of those doubters or people who have accused glenn of not knowing what hes talking about, listen to this video if nothing else. With this type of indie/grungy song, it would be all too easy to crank everything up, so particularly in the chorus, youd get a messy blast of noise. Yet this example demonstrates perfectly how to have everything going on with ample room to breathe. Just listen to the song, and concentrate on any particular instrument. You should have no problem picking it out. Nicely done glenn. And im loving that abbey road plugin. As an old fart who grew up with the beatles, its pure nostalgia to me.

@rskityaev 5 лет назад

Damn, that's the video i've been waiting for!

@sski 5 лет назад

Great tips Glenn. I would add one little caveat that reverb use on certain elements can be genre specific as well. Like a ballad, especially in the chorus, tends to receive more treatment to swell the intensity of delivery of the hook. Example: Open Arms by Journey or Don't Close Your Eyes by KIX.

@enigma-g5549 5 лет назад

I'm late to this series, but want more!!!

@FarragoTheFox 5 лет назад

I'll probably never mix or produce anything, but I like listening to Glenn explain stuff to me. Mmm..

@enigma-g5549 5 лет назад

Never say never bro.

@kerilop98 5 лет назад

Yeah men !! Amazing 🔥

@adam_wynne 5 лет назад

Crom's sake, that vocal melody is literally superglued into my head after watching this ;L Awesome tips though Glenn! Shall most definitely be investing in the Abbey Road Chambers at some point!

@DeeKeyLP 5 лет назад

A good reverb adds volume to your mix without adding room noise. A bad one doesn't add volume but you can definitely hear there's a reverb

@adrianallen5347 5 лет назад

Great info Glenn, I learnt the hard way.. lol

@AleArzMusic 5 лет назад

Reverb makes your mix and vocals swing between death metal and techno trance 😎

@CameronFleury 5 лет назад

I'm glad I watched this. Clearly I missed a few things. Thanks Glenn! \M/

@Trollfest23 5 лет назад

Thank you Glennnnnn.

@annukurios 3 года назад

Thanks Glenn, next time show us that catacumbic gutural 90s death metal sound like. It would be nice showing that in the death/black metal environtment, I would appreciate if you do that. Keep on working, I really love what you do for the music and for all the people that needs an advice. Please don't die before me.

@Winddrum 5 лет назад

I often miss the sound of older records. They utilised effects to a great extent. Many of the black metal classics had heavy reverb on lots of the tracks. As an eksample i really love the sound that Swanö did on Dissections Storm Of The Lights Bane. But it is ultimately a matter of taste and preference of course. Cheers from Denmark 🤘

@Theboyfromthecrowd 5 лет назад

I personally increase the pre delay time on the snare reverb so it doesn't affect the punch of it. You can really push the pre-delay far back and it sounds great that way.

@biotype7793 5 лет назад

That's cool, man )

@johaneriksson6066 5 лет назад

The drums sound very unnatural and over-compressed, I don't think it suits the song. The drumatom or gate on the snare is my main issue, since it's not a heavy and dense metal arrangement I wish the snare would have some space to ring out.

@johaneriksson6066 5 лет назад

I reacted to it in the mix, don't be condescending.

@crplhood 5 лет назад

Thanks Glen

@saarangnarayan123 5 лет назад

Have been using the H-verb for a while now. It's definitely my favourite reverb. The only thing it lacks is a spring reverb emulation.

@colinmcdonald7591 5 лет назад

Really great video Glen. FX like reverb and delay can make or break the overall feel of a song. If it is used artistically it can work amazingly well to project the emotion of the performance. If used incorrectly it can cause an otherwise great performance to sound fake and dull. Please loosen up the gate on your vocal naration mic. It's cutting the ends off your words and making it sound a bit choppy...just give it maybe a couple more milliseconds of time before it clamps down and the choppiness will go away. It was a bit distracting listening to the gate grabbing during this vid. It's OK to have the odd breath noise or even a tiny bit of ambient room noise coming across in your voice audio as it makes it easier to listen to rather than a gate clamping down too quickly. Your voice audio is absolutely fantastic already and so giving it a bit of "breathing room" is just fine.

@adamfox9651 5 лет назад

I typically roll off both the lows and highs going into a reverb-learned that from a Dave Pensado vid-and then after the reverb, add a compressor with the dry signal as a sidechain to duck down the verb so it's only at full volume after the dry signal gets quiet-learned that from a Warren Huart vid. (Don't worry. I've learned a bunch of stuff from watching Glenn's vids, too. Yuk fu, Glenn!)

@simongunkel7457 5 лет назад

Something woth mentioning here are grain cloud effects. Both delay and reverb have a long history in recording, but grain clouds have come up relatively recently (early 2000s was when they became usable) and as a result they are rarely discussed. But they occupy an instersting spot, where a low number of grains sounds pretty close to something you could get from a delay (say up to ~10 grains) and high numbers of grains are pretty reverb-like (maybe starting at 150 grains or so), leaving a range that doesn't leave as much of a rhythmic imprint as a delay would, while not making things quite as muddy as reverb can do. There are some free VSTs (Argotlunar, Boids), a Eurorack module (Mutable Instruments Clouds, also available for free via VCV rack) and then there is the paid VST SaltyGrain and NI Reaktor was one of the first products that could do grain clouds (and thus you get a few ensembles and instruments in the user library).

@Cmbg32 5 лет назад

I love the subtle part at 9:18 where the floor toms pan to the left.

@BjornarFrantzen 5 лет назад

When we are talking about FX. A great use for the Axe Fx that is not that much talked about is all the effects built into it and how you can use them. its use goes far beyond guitar. Use it to mix your song instead! I know a lot of people use it, but i haven't seen a video on it yet.

@jeramibanks3276 5 лет назад

I love her voice!

@nicholascowan1731 5 лет назад

Love these videos Glenn! shirt idea: quantizing is NOT the same as "tuning a guitar before a take" an engineer recently told me this... i want to send the text to stupid musician texts. it blew me away, was asking him how much he charged for tracking live drums and said part of it is cause he has to quantize the drums... for Doom stoner rock?!?!? yeah right buddy lol

@meg4201 5 лет назад

"Rose is awesome, no autotune there, she can just sing". Bursted out laughing there.

@jsd1982 5 лет назад

Lately I've been adding reverb to double-tracked guitars but with the reverb on the opposite panning from its source track, i.e. left-panned guitar gets a reverb on the right and vice versa. I have the reverb fader spretty low around -18dB or lower. It gives the guitars some space and makes it sounds like they're in a real room instead of sounding very artificial when panned hard-left or hard-right.

@KaoswareMetal 5 лет назад

Sounds like an interesting technic! I'll give it a try!

@jsd1982 5 лет назад

Yeah, it sounds really nice and after starting using it I just can't go back to plain hard-panned guitars anymore. I think of it like adding a room mic to a close-miced amp and panning the room mic opposite of the close mics.

@sarniaguitarguy9405 5 лет назад

good to know, i'm doing a cover of maiden's journeyman, will try delay instead of reverb on vox.

@neilbarbu 5 лет назад

Great tutorial my friend, timing is everything sometimes FU and say hi to TJ and tell him to get his teeth fixed. Rockon!

@happycompy 5 лет назад

Hey Glenn, great video! Quick question: do you recommend delays for rhythm guitar? Or do you just have them dry generally?

@KevinStudent 5 лет назад

You are good Glen Fricker.

@garrettendi 5 лет назад

Hi Glenn, great video on reverb! What are your thoughts on reverb convolvers? I'm looking to get a good "drum room" reverb, using an IR. Also I'd love to try out a concert hall IR sometime. What are your thoughts?

@robertbobo5033 5 лет назад

Good looking levels!!! Mmm..

@shred_YT 2 года назад

Nice shirt!

@brandimakesmusic 5 лет назад

I use actually a couple of reverbs. One has a longer decay time which I usually use on vocals on lead guitars, whils the other has a really short decay time which I use on bass and the kick

@TorontoPopulistConservative 3 года назад

How does that reverb on the low end sound? Do you EQ out the lows before the reverb?

@brandimakesmusic 3 года назад

The lower reverb pretty much helps with adding a bit more depth and air to your kick drum but you wanna make sure that you add it last on a bus track and mix it in. If you have too much reverb it'll muddy up the rest of the mix. And putting it on the bus track allows you to mix the kick how you want with EQ and compression without worrying about whether you should put the reverb first or not

@deepsquatproductions2227 5 лет назад

I normally use reverb on big chorus/choir vocals.But lead vocals should either be dry or have a little echo just to help it sit better in the mix

@jcwdesigns82 5 лет назад

Glenn, I'm noticing you're using a lot of dial eq plug-ins in this video...do you prefer/recommend using these over the dynamic eq? Just learning how to really do the eq shit, and I get a little lost with the dynamic sometimes. Also, would love to see a video deep dive into bussing...still really confused by all that. Thanks dude, love everything from the channel!

@blakecurtis7809 5 лет назад

It seems a little can go a long ways when i am hearing isolated tracks.

@blakecurtis7809 5 лет назад

Did Lethurbitch send you files to mix the song? I know one of the guitarists and one love his playing yet there was WAY TO MUCH REVERB on the vocals. I will admit to making not so great choices in the studio thinking they were great ones. That's how you learn though. Good video mang!

@AquaHulKMUSIC 5 лет назад

Whats your opinion on big hall mod reverbs? Great vid btw.

@SerenityCougar 5 лет назад

Gojira's Shooting Star has some amazing reverb on rhythm guitar. It's possible, if you build your mix keeping this kind of element in mind and building the picture around it.

@michaelbriensorrell9379 2 года назад

Maybe it's my phone or shitty headphones but all the little tweeks I don't hear the difference. I wonder if I will be good at mixing and mastering. Thanks so much Glenn, I really am trying to get as much as possible out of these tutorial Mike

@doegywhail728 5 лет назад

Sometimes I have issues where to put reverbs in the chain or, out of the multitude of plugins/ presets which one works best. well at least when it comes to my own compositions anyway.

@davidfuller581 5 лет назад

If you want a reverb to be less "obvious" and more natural sounding, roll off a bunch of top end after the reverb. If you want it more obvious, leave the top end in place. If the reverb is stepping on the vocal too much, increase the pre-delay. I think I've seen CLA do like 150ms on vocals. What I've been doing a lot lately if I need to make space on a vocal or something is more delay than reverb! This is a nice trick that's a bit less washy than reverb.

@joebrooks3638 5 лет назад

I can see using reverb for lead guitar ie leads, solos etc. Maybe snare drum only and back up vocals to open the song up but the echo effect sounds too "empty hall" feel.

@memoraphile3623 5 лет назад

so what if you took the aux channel with reverb and threw in a compressor that's sidechained to the the signal going into it to duck it out of the way (and have it come back in the empty spaces) so you don't lose clarity

@ladyjulia4038 5 лет назад

Wow this was an awesome video! Very helpful thanks! I do have one question though. Could you explain how to do the reverse reverb on vocals? Like in soundgardens rusty cage it really grabs your attention and it's not subtle I love it and I'd love to learn how to do it.

@deanolium 5 лет назад

Reverse reverb is relatively simple, but a little labour intensive. You basically need to first reverse the track you want the reverb on. Then you bus that to a new track and add the reverb plugin to that. Next render down just that reverbed track, before reversing both that and the vocal track. This should make the vocal track forwards again, but now the reverbed track will lead into the vocals.

@ladyjulia4038 5 лет назад

@@deanolium damn I can't wait to try that. Thanks for the help!

@chrisbudde2979 5 лет назад

Julia Speer just search up reverse reverb on youtube if you need any further info. Its straight forward once you know the method to it!

@joeyowen404 5 лет назад

Quick question, is there need for a pop filter on the SM7b? (Great content btw!)

@ahjteam 5 лет назад

FYI: if you use room mics and you want to make the room sound specific amount larger, say you have a the mics 2m away and you want it to sound like they were 8m away; put a really dry room reverb on the track. Each time you double the distance (2->4->8) cut the top end by 3dB with a shelf. Adding 6 meters distance you need to put some predelay on it. The formula in is distance/speed of sound*ms per second. So in this case you would cut the top end by 6dB and use 16.3ms predelay (6/363*1000=16.3ms).

@KohuGaly 5 лет назад

or use Proximity VST www.tokyodawn.net/proximity/ It does both of those things automatically.

@SpectreSoundStudios 5 лет назад

Hi Anssi! Thanks for the tip! Very cool!

@SeleniumGlow 5 лет назад

Oh dear. People focusing more on the character of the vocals rather than what Glenn had to say about reverb. I get it. I didn't like the vocal tracks here either, but the point isn't his/her nasality or off pitch harmonies. The fact is how to cautiously use reverb on vocals. And I think the video does a good job to get that bit of message across (even though some people may have missed the said message).

@HeadacheCentral 5 лет назад

Maybe you've been asked about that, but how did you feel about the general sound, production and mix of Yngwie Malmsteen's Trilogy album? It's old, I know, but just curious since it's one of those albums with a lot of reverb that was kind of typical for the era it was produced in.

@hadleymanmusic 5 лет назад

Unless its the sound if you can hear it it might be too much.

@charliehallett7972 Год назад

Any thoughts on the raum plugin? Very interesting sound on cleans and non metal songs but no info on distorted guitars for leads

@nickstockton1259 5 лет назад

Hey Glenn, got any tips for learning bass by ear? I’ve got a gig coming up and i need to learn these songs, but I’m having difficulty doing so. Mostly because I play guitar and almost never bass, so I’m not used to learning the bass parts. Thanks man!

@anusrepairman 5 лет назад

*Post rock people* 👀

@Winterharbourmusic 4 года назад

Can relate

@legoharry100 5 лет назад

Max out my Strymon BigSky and put it on everything. Got it.

@kamikazefalcon2631 5 лет назад

Hey Glenn how loud should the bass be? Should the bass be super loud or like And Justice for All? How would you go about recording harmonies?

@MikeFoerster 5 лет назад

I know a couple of studio guys who could REALLY use this information! I worked with one guy who drowned the drums in reverb!

@mike_likes_sludge 5 лет назад

2CAudio's Breeze 2 is a killer sounding verb that won't break the bank.

@SpiralDogs 5 лет назад

Are you adding the vocal delay to each vocal channel or to a separate bus with all the vocals sent to it? Thanks. Excellent content as always. Greetings from London, UK.

@SpectreSoundStudios 5 лет назад

A bus.. always use a bus!