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Adding reverb to the piano

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Adding reverb to the piano

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Since there is such a wide variety of keyboard, they each demand their own approach to adding reverb. In this video we'll look at some of the techniques for adding reverb to a grand piano track. Since a piano is so percussive, reverbs that are timed to the track usually fit better than reverbs that are not. The exception is a solo piano or a classical situation where you are more concerned about putting the piano in an environment or enhancing any ambience that's already there. So the first thing we're going to do is listen to this piano and it is a solo piano which is a special case. But that's okay because it'll give us chance to listen to what happens with the piano just on its own. Let's listen by itself. (Music playing) So I have a De-Verb, which is one of the native reverb plug-ins in Pro Tools, and I have it set to a small room and if you take notice there is the Decay of 500 milliseconds and this is a very, very small room. Have a listen to what happens when we add it. (Music…

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