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| benoster |
hi frends
i have a question here,is it good adding reverb to the master chanel?:conf:
can any one help me in this |
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| migg |
| I am much for the sayings like "if it sounds good, it is good!", use your own ears :-) But anything that acts on the master channel should be done carefully. For me, I find it easy adding too much reverb to a track where a thick and full sound could be achived in another manner. |
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| Icone |
Adding reverb to the master channel will make you reverb the kick, bass and other low instruments as well. I wouldn't advise this as it is really bad for your track when played on bigger speakers (it will make it sound very 'muddy').
Then again, if your reverb has a "high shelf" setting, you can of course remove the reverb for bass instruments.
As far as my experience goes, I have never placed anything on the master channel but a volume switch and a soft limiter... |
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| tecnolover |
If you are gonna send your mix to a mastering engineer you shouldn't put any processing on the master bus. The engineer will do all global processing on the mix. Keep the mix raw with only track level processing.
If you are mastering your own material then anything on the master bus is fair game. Using a little reverb can give added depth and stereo widening to the entire mix but you must be very careful and a little bit can go a long way. It's very easy to wash a mix out if you use a bit too much and don't set your reverb correctly. If you do it, pay careful attention to cutting the reverb low freqs at least 250hz and lower. I often even go a bit higher. Use the HPF in your reverb. You will muddy your mix terribly fast with reflections happening in that region. The mids can take a larger amount without sounding bad and can warm up your mix nicely. Treat the highs similar to the low and use a LPF to cut the highs to taste. The ear is very sensitive to reflections there and it doesn't take much so be very conservative. Naturally, these principles apply to all track level work also.
good luck. |
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