From the course: Audio Foundations: Reverb
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Creating contrasting sounds for your tracks
From the course: Audio Foundations: Reverb
Creating contrasting sounds for your tracks
Mixes get crowded. It's really difficult to fit 50 or more tracks into a recording and have them make sense coming out of only a couple of loudspeakers. Well, Reverb is an essential tool for overcoming that challenge. We use contrasting reverbs track by track to make it easier for the listener to enjoy different elements of a multitrack mix. Listen to this tune in which the lead vocal, the background vocals, the snare, and the guitars are each treated to a different kind of reverb. (music playing) Of particular interest are the vocals, and the potential conflict between the lead vocal and the background vocals. This tune includes the typical challenge that there are several background singers, but just the single lead vocalist, so the background vocals risk drowning out the lead vocal. This problem is compounded by the fact that some of the background vocal tracks are overdubs sung by lead singer himself. With such similar tone, it can be hard to distinguish the lead vocal part from…
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Choosing the right reverb for each of your tracks2m 17s
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Simulating space with reverb5m 42s
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Hearing space in the mix6m 33s
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Timbre and texture3m 36s
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Shaping tone and timbre with reverb5m 49s
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Creating contrasting sounds for your tracks4m 43s
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Using nonlinear reverb to help a track cut through4m 25s
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Emphasizing the reverb using predelay3m 23s
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Strategically blurring and obscuring tracks1m 46s
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Get in the Mix: Changing the scene by changing reverb7m 37s
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Get in the Mix: Gating reverb to emphasize any track in your production5m 52s
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Reversing reverb to highlight musical moments9m 36s
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Synthesizing new sounds through reverb6m 42s
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Get in the Mix: Supporting a track with regenerative reverb6m 31s
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Getting the most out of room tracks17m 39s
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