TB is quality stuff in general.onerob wrote: Sat Feb 22, 2025 4:40 pm Toneboosters Reverb 4 has an excellent ducker with separate attack, hold and release control. Having a hold setting makes it more flexible.
Reverb with ducking
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- KVRist
- 97 posts since 18 Feb, 2025
- KVRist
- 136 posts since 13 Jul, 2021 from Mars
Not everything has to use ducking reverb.
But if I use ducking reverb then I will put compressor after the reverb for clarity. especially for vocals and guitar.
But if I use ducking reverb then I will put compressor after the reverb for clarity. especially for vocals and guitar.
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- KVRian
- 1380 posts since 24 Sep, 2021
Bite me wasnt rude at all. But you were quite rude and insulting with your post telling its a silly thing to duck.Benedict wrote: Sat Feb 22, 2025 8:21 amRude wot.bite_me wrote: Sat Feb 22, 2025 6:51 amCool, keep it like this the next 35+ years.Benedict wrote: Sat Feb 22, 2025 5:47 am Duk duk duk. It's just double dutch.
In 35+ years I have never cucked, sorry ducked a reverb. It is a silly thing ...
Ducking is a mixing and sounddesign choice and always worth to try.
Bitwig makes sidechaining and ducking incredibly simple, so no special reverb is necessary.
Acting like I am too silly to understand the thing. Well played.
Who says I haven't tried? Clearly, I have if you hadn't selectively (mis)quoted to suit your agenda. Again: I don't see the point as it makes things sound weird. Rooms don't duck - sounds do mask in the human mind but that is what a mix engineer uses, not this constant avoiding which in no way represents a reality anyone actually likes outside of a special effect that should not go on over and over because the music sucks so bad it can't stand without this lazy trick. Disco, Hi-NRG, House were all better before tucking cucked it up.
Oh and while I like Bitwig I can apply side chains mighty easily in Reason thank you very much for suggesting it is only because I am not using the you-approved DAW therefore it must be too hard for me.
Sheesh, we can all do better than this BS. Attacking people out of nowhere because we don't like that they don't agree. So childish. Have your say, but leave me out of it.
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- KVRian
- 898 posts since 26 Jul, 2018 from Germany
Depends on what "old days" do you mean.
No.
Instead of using the ducking feature of a reverb, I can recommend Kickstart 2 (or any other volume shaper) with midi trigger input. This is way more flexible.
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- KVRist
- 379 posts since 10 Jul, 2007 from Holland
My T-Verb Premium has this feature.


I can't even play a doorbell properly
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- KVRer
- 8 posts since 13 Jun, 2023
I will add my humble suggestion to the discussion.
You might want to take a look at Unfiltered Audio TAILS. It has ducking on steroids and much more beyond that. Like it can switch between two reverb buffers on transients, something not many reverbs can do! Great feature if - let's say - reverb tails of the pad chords are clashing with each other. You can get creative with it too, there is a lot to play with.
The other reverb with ducking that I like is Lair by Aberrant DSP. This one has much different sound palette but also offers wide range of sound design possibilities. UI quckly
You can get both during regular sales.
You might want to take a look at Unfiltered Audio TAILS. It has ducking on steroids and much more beyond that. Like it can switch between two reverb buffers on transients, something not many reverbs can do! Great feature if - let's say - reverb tails of the pad chords are clashing with each other. You can get creative with it too, there is a lot to play with.
The other reverb with ducking that I like is Lair by Aberrant DSP. This one has much different sound palette but also offers wide range of sound design possibilities. UI quckly
You can get both during regular sales.
- KVRAF
- 3821 posts since 20 Apr, 2005
Do you even mix, bro?Benedict wrote: Sat Feb 22, 2025 5:47 am In 35+ years I have never ducked a reverb. It is a silly thing as a general rule as rooms do not do this - doing so may be ok for an effect but silly as it is unsettling. Occasionally I might ever so slightly duck an echo but even then I could not at all with no real loss.
I think that this obsession with chaining the side of their sample to the other side of the other sample is just because they don't know how to mix so they are not Mix Engineers but Avoidance Engineers. They make reams of same-same noise where everything is separated from everything else and it is totally pointless as 'music as an ensemble performance' is about together (909s or violins alike).
Your opinion then is clearly adding very little to this thread if you don't use this powerful mixing technique.
Ducking reverb is great, can do great things to a vocal.
For electronic and dance music it's also a very very common tool, as is ducking any sound. No rules.
I use this often and do not see the need for it to be built in to a reverb. Id always prefer to use any ducking tool or technique with any reverb.
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- KVRist
- 148 posts since 29 Jun, 2021
KSHMR Reverb is my go to
