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Posted by wayfinder on Apr-02-2013 16:08:

I use a single send reverb, so that is basically what glues my space together, and with a lot more control than a sum reverb. If I had different reverb settings for every instrument, and recordings from different spaces, maybe it would be a different story.

Posted by cryophonik on Apr-02-2013 16:09:

Reverb gets used in the mastering process a lot more than you might think, and not just for cheesy adult contemporary music. A little bit of reverb smears a clean mix and gives it some glue/weight.

Edit: but I'm not saying that you should all start strapping a reverb plugin over your master output.

Posted by Zak McKracken on Apr-02-2013 17:13:

this must be why my music sounds soo much more clean!

Posted by Rodri Santos on Apr-02-2013 17:33:

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Originally posted by clay
this must be why my music sounds soo much more clean!

it depends of what you want. You are making delicate minimal? Don't use this and have dynamics.

You are making club music? Compression, then another compressor, then a limiter and finally master the track to +1db, maybe +2. Loud and wall of sound. (irony just in case)

Posted by Zak McKracken on Apr-02-2013 19:20:

i make some sort of robotic trance without compression and eq

Posted by Trancelover03591 on Apr-03-2013 02:58:

I appreciate all of the ideas and will give them a try!

Posted by Excess on Apr-03-2013 04:58:

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Originally posted by cryophonik
Reverb gets used in the mastering process a lot more than you might think, and not just for cheesy adult contemporary music. A little bit of reverb smears a clean mix and gives it some glue/weight.

Edit: but I'm not saying that you should all start strapping a reverb plugin over your master output.

this. if you actually know what you're doing, reverb on the final master isn't a bad idea at all.

as far as stereo width in the mixdown aside from reverb/delay/chorus, my favorite techniques atm:

sample delay adjustment for haas effect, nugen audio offers a great plugin called LineUp for this. it's free, if you sign up for their newsletter. i find myself using more and more instances of that thing

detune plugins. i find this works really nicely for getting width in the mid/high layers of a bassline if thats what you're going for. i know, you can detune in the sound design process but i find it useful as a mixing tool as well

and finally as mentioned earlier M/S EQing

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