From the course: Audio Foundations: Reverb
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Get in the Mix: Changing the scene by changing reverb
From the course: Audio Foundations: Reverb
Get in the Mix: Changing the scene by changing reverb
It would be a mistake to think of reverb as an effect only to be applied track by track. We've got a long list going of all the reasons we reach for reverb. But we don't make those decisions based on the snare, and then the vocal, and then the guitars. We really have to serve the song. We have to serve the artist. We have to serve the art. So a critical motivation for reverb is tied not to the tracks, but to the song itself, to the songwriting, to the story and to the structure of the song. Reverb is a very powerful way to create a change of scenery sonically. We create different but appropriate reverberant signatures for different sections of the tune. As the mix plays the sonic environment advances as the song progresses. Obvious opportunities for a reverb driven scene change are when the song moves from intro to verse, or verse to chorus, or chorus to bridge and so on. Let's see how that works and how it sounds in an actual mix using a song by the artist Iyeoka called Millionaire…
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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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