Well, sends is how it was done from a real board, with a return channel (or channels). So you have levels that you send and a level on the return, which is simply about control. Now the channel/the bus sent to has the reverb device inserted on it, so that's the return channel covered; you have two places you enjoy control over. As to "good form", the reasoning is you are acting like here's this room where everybody is situated; and this is deemed a clean modus operandi. There's going to be more to worry about with extra reverbs. Now, I do some special sound design (reverse, slapback etc) that is separate from this basic room concept and I typically treat drums differently than everybody else in the mix. Drier for the most part. I have done a couple of crazy things, nothing wrong with it. So noting that single room as the target for numerous sends isn't per se dogmatic, it's 'just sayin''.pottering wrote:I may be wrong, but I've been told that the reason people always recommend to put reverbs in sends is exactly because they are well-known CPU-killers
The thread is 'verbs are killing my CPU', and there's little than can be done other than freeze, stop doing so much, or maybe think outside the box for a solution. VE Pro is going to improve this situation per se. I use VSL Hybrid Reverb, which has a fairly lite footprint; although this more elaborate FX verbs instance I isolate in order to devote more cores to.
I can't relate to an insert for every inst. that needs reverb; first of all I want a lot of control. I think this isn't enough control for a situation that, well it looks a bit dodgy to more than one of us here. If it's the same reverb, why not do sends. It's hard to feature a better flow having probably more to deal with and stuck with every instance at full level.
