Reverb Question

[Gamma-UT]

EQ the signal before hitting reverb or/and after reverb if needed.

Yup. OP, look up the "Abbey Road trick" for a guide on where to EQ it.

Sometimes you need to scoop out a bit from the midrange as well, but this will make it sound more natural most of the time.

[jamcat]

The Quantec Room Simulator is good for small rooms. There are a few models out: Savant Audio Labs, Relab, and now Logic includes official QRS reverb with the original algorithm, after Apple bought the company.

[Sweaty Ear]

thanks for the responses. i will try these suggestions. was thinking to use them for things like gated and reverse fx as well as simple reverbs so having a cleaner sound should surely help.

[BlackOctopus_Slade]

Pre delay and eq post reverb send are tricks to help steer the reverb vibe in any direction. If the plugin doesn’t have a good eq onboard be sure to send the reverb to a send / bus instead of directly on the channel and then run an eq after so you can mold the reverbs tone or response better. Old trick for vocals is high and low cuts so it’s more focused on the mids along with sidechain to the voice being sent over. This with a tighter pre delay or non at all make for a tasty reverb.

[Scoops]

I never put a reverb at 100% wet on a drum bus. Maybe 20% max. Also look for something called diffusion on the reverb and dial that back. I

LOL, I always put a reverb 100% wet, but not on the bus, rather an aux and use the aux controls as well as the reverb controls to limit the amount of reverb. It also makes automation of the reverb a little easier

Just sayin different ways to skin the cat.

BTW, It's really to easy to overdo reverb, so you have to be really careful, not matter what approach