Mixing with Reverb and Delays

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Mixing with Reverb and Delays

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The other day I was getting towards the end of a
mix, only to realize that I had slathered reverb
and delay all over the song. After spending hours
sculpting the perfect space, it had come to
dominate the song. So, I started thinking about
the rules and guidelines for using reverb and
delay in a mix. As I searched the Internet, I
found tons of information, and no clear consensus.
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I realized that the experts are actually just
like you and me. That is to say they have
preferences and their own way of doing things.
So, if you want to be an expert, you should
probably get some experience in the field, mess
about with delays and reverbs, and then adopt an
uncompromising opinion on the rules of creating
depth with time-based effects.
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Pick your reverbs and delays so they best
compliment the sources they are effecting. For
example

• - Bright reverbs on dark sources.
• Dark reverbs on bright sources.
• Open and smooth reverbs on dense,
• harder sounds like snare drums
• - Dense, coarse reverbs on smoother sounds like
  clean guitars.

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Creating contrast and texture with reverb? Is
that a good idea? Sometimes it is. Sometimes, you
just want to keep things nice and smooth. Take
the suggestions and throw them in the blender
with the rest of the stuff we find here.
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Mixing with Reverb and Delays

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