From the course: Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools

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Mixing with reverb

Mixing with reverb

So as a big sounding rock tune with a crunchy open chorus, Take Me Down incorporates reverb to help define its size and place elements in the mix. One thing I think people find surprising about mixing with reverb is how a little can go a long way or how a lot of reverb on a single element is all that's necessary to create a big sound in the mix. So if we look at the reverbs here and how we're using them, again, I have three main reverbs, I have a Room Verb, a Plate, and a Drum Room. Now, if we look at my drums, the one thing that really defines the sound of the drum kit or I should say the size of the overall kit and the space that it lives in is going to be this Snare Reverb. So the kind of reverb you're using on the Snare is really going to define the overall size of the kit. So if we take a look here or I should take a listen, going to bring up my Sends F-J. I've got on the Snare, the Mike Snare a little bit of Big Plate, and even more on the Snare Sample. So when the Snare Sample…

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