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Adding reverb to the percussion

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Adding reverb to the percussion

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Just like drums, percussion is made up of short bursts of sound with strong attacks. As a result, it's very important that the reverb parameters are tuned precisely to the song. In this video I am going to show you how to do that. So the first thing we are going to do is listen to the tambourine which is a nice hand percussion. Let's listen to it in the track. It doesn't have any reverb at all. (Music playing) Now let's solo it and have a listen to what it sounds like. (Music playing) I already have a Send in here. This goes to our shortest reverb, which is used for the drums. Let's just have a quick listen of what it sounds like. (Music playing) Sounds pretty good in space. Watch what happens when we add too much reverb. It actually changes the rhythm that the tambourine is playing. (Music playing) It all starts to melt into one instead of sounding like very distinct events. Let's bring it back to where it was before. (Music playing) And let's listen in the track. (Music playing) Now…

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