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Posted by Andy28 on Apr-25-2011 09:43:

Panning reverbs?

Just been watching some sonic academy vids and one of them was about panning your reverbs to create more room in the mix..

I don't agree with some of the guys methods from these videos but this did seem to improve his mix.. ie pan slightly left the short verb for percs and a little to the right for his main verb.

Do any of you do this?? I've always just left them bang in the middle and filtered accordingly.


Posted by Zak McKracken on Apr-25-2011 09:46:

i usually use stereo delay yes. depends on the source though. a wide source sound could have mono delay to avoid interaction and oposite, a mono source could have stereo delay. depends really on what i wont but i try to keep as few stuff as possible in wide stereo lately. makes the mixdown easier and the few elements that actually is stereo will then sound more interesting. i do however usually have hihats on both L and R.


Posted by Andy28 on Apr-25-2011 10:02:

I mean like your reverbs on return tracks that you send your individual tracks to (forget about deleys), panning the whole reverb channel to one side slightly.


Posted by Zak McKracken on Apr-25-2011 10:08:

then i would need two reverbs, one for left and one for right, otherwise the master will be unbalanced. its my only rule, have just as much total "sound" on both channels. measured (both master levels should be the same) and experienced through listening. its a fucked up advice panning the reverb. i believe its out of context somehow. it could make sense if the source instrument is on right, and the reverb on left but i wouldnt use auxes for that as it is supposed to only be on that one sound.


Posted by Waza on Apr-25-2011 10:13:

I've never heard of this method but if you need space in the mix then put an eq after the verb and cut away the lows.


Posted by Zak McKracken on Apr-25-2011 10:18:

jimmy hendrix did it though. so if you want to sound like him then go for it.


Posted by Andy28 on Apr-25-2011 10:27:

quote:
Originally posted by Waza
I've never heard of this method but if you need space in the mix then put an eq after the verb and cut away the lows.


Well thats what I always do, I'd never heard of people doing this before, thats why I asked the question to see what others think or do.


Posted by rulzz on Apr-25-2011 15:08:

quote:
Originally posted by Waza
I've never heard of this method but if you need space in the mix then put an eq after the verb and cut away the lows.


and what do you do when you have multiple reverbs ?

panning reverbs is cool but don't forget to check how will it sound in mono some stuff can completely disappear. I do agree that it does create space for percussion if used in moderation


Posted by derail on Apr-25-2011 22:21:

I can't remember the last time I tried this. If it's only mild panning then it should work fine. It shouldn't be massively different to having them both centred.


Posted by Andy28 on Apr-26-2011 19:44:

quote:
Originally posted by derail
If it's only mild panning then it should work fine. It shouldn't be massively different to having them both centred.


I'll find out the night, guna give it a go


Posted by Lolo on Apr-29-2011 18:15:

it's not a bad idea when using short reverbs for a typically vintage sound on funk guitars for example.

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