A question about Reverb. Opinions please
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- KVRist
- 391 posts since 28 Apr, 2002
I was having a discussion on another forum about whether or not when you save a preset for a reverb, the dry/wet settings on the reverb itself should be saved with your patch. I would like to know what others think. Should this setting be saved with the patches you created for the reverb, or should it be disregarded when you create a patch?
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Stupid American Pig Stupid American Pig https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=4753 - KVRAF
- 7065 posts since 25 Nov, 2002 from not sure
saved...
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- KVRist
- 74 posts since 2 Feb, 2005 from Champaign, IL
God I HATE that reverbs include the DRY setting... Oh it drives me crazy.
I tend to use reverbs on both tracks and busses, so when I dial in presets I'm constantly having to either turn UP the dry or DOWN the dry. For every preset I want to audition.
A good reverb plugin should have the option to lock the dry knob in a position while going through presets.
Funny that this topic came up because this is only of those little things that drives me crazy. =)
I tend to use reverbs on both tracks and busses, so when I dial in presets I'm constantly having to either turn UP the dry or DOWN the dry. For every preset I want to audition.
A good reverb plugin should have the option to lock the dry knob in a position while going through presets.
Funny that this topic came up because this is only of those little things that drives me crazy. =)
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- KVRist
- 127 posts since 23 May, 2004 from Denmark
Good idea. Let's have the option to lock the wet/dry knob. That way we could get presets with saved ratio, but we could also load the preset at the current ratio. I guess most often that is what I want for a start. If I have chosen 7 % wet then most likely I will try out the next type of reverb at about the same level.
Yes, I know you can use sends and have the reverb at 100 % there every time, only having to adjust send volume, but sometimes you do use inserts.
Yes, I know you can use sends and have the reverb at 100 % there every time, only having to adjust send volume, but sometimes you do use inserts.
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- KVRian
- 772 posts since 6 Oct, 2003 from ezeeworld
In Tracktion you have wet and dry sliders available seperately for every plugin anyway. So you can choose to use the plugin's controls if you want it to be remembered or Tracktions if you don't. 
I'm sure other hosts offer this function. It's not quite what you're asking but it's a simple workaround.
I'm sure other hosts offer this function. It's not quite what you're asking but it's a simple workaround.
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- KVRAF
- 8705 posts since 24 May, 2002 from Tutukaka, New Zealand
Saved...if I'm going to save any preset on any type of plugin, then I want to be able to save every single parameter as I have set it. Presets, I'm not too bothered about (although it is a pain when the ratio changes from preset to preset as well). So maybe the best would be an option to save either way, I suppose. 
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- KVRist
- 487 posts since 23 Jan, 2004
Oh yeah, some sort of 'fully wet' button that you could flick on whilst browsing presets would be fantastic.mgc3003.com wrote:
A good reverb plugin should have the option to lock the dry knob in a position while going through presets.
Funny that this topic came up because this is only of those little things that drives me crazy. =)
You'd still want to be able to save wet/dry settings into the program, but also have a global control independant of the presets for using verb on send buses.
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- KVRist
- 291 posts since 25 Dec, 2003 from Bay Area, CA, USA
UA's new EMT 140 reverb has this feature. It's great! All reverbs should have something similar.adydub wrote:
Oh yeah, some sort of 'fully wet' button that you could flick on whilst browsing presets would be fantastic.
You'd still want to be able to save wet/dry settings into the program, but also have a global control independant of the presets for using verb on send buses.
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- KVRAF
- 10597 posts since 13 Jun, 2004 from Alberto Balsam
I have 5 reverb plug-ins and I have never used a preset on any of them in my life. Reverb is very strait forward. When I load reverb up on something I need, I dont have any need to rumage through presets. I just adjust it to whatever I am reverberating calls for.
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- KVRist
- 127 posts since 23 May, 2004 from Denmark
Chase, don't you ever experiment to see if you can get a new and different sound?
Remember those Led Zeppelin drums that were recorded in a hall of mansion. The drums were just placed there when they unloaded a car. Then because the drummer happened to play the kit temporarily placed in the hall, they ended up doing the drum recording in that place.
This kind of experimenting is exactly the same thing you do when running through presets of whatever sound effect you test.
Remember those Led Zeppelin drums that were recorded in a hall of mansion. The drums were just placed there when they unloaded a car. Then because the drummer happened to play the kit temporarily placed in the hall, they ended up doing the drum recording in that place.
This kind of experimenting is exactly the same thing you do when running through presets of whatever sound effect you test.
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- KVRAF
- 10597 posts since 13 Jun, 2004 from Alberto Balsam
Yea that makes sense, but like I said most reverb is strait forward. There are usually about 6 or 7 typical "modes" of reverb and when I'm looking for a reverb effect i apply a few different types. I guess presets aren't a bad thing at all actually. I'll start to keep an eye out for them.