I sometimes hear a bit of plate on guitars, even in dense metal mixes. What are your thoughts on this - yeah or nay?
Reverb on rhythm guitars?
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koalamo
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StefTD
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Andy used a bit of Reverb on parts of the new Accept afaik, but in 99% no Reverb!
But if it's more sludgy or you want to record some stonerrock or doom you can get
great sounds with reverbs.
If you're recording with a mic you're always getting a little part of the room sound,
but that's no actual reverb and due to the fact that most modern metal productions
are close miced (ofter just one mic) it won't be alot room you're going to hear.
But if it's more sludgy or you want to record some stonerrock or doom you can get
great sounds with reverbs.
If you're recording with a mic you're always getting a little part of the room sound,
but that's no actual reverb and due to the fact that most modern metal productions
are close miced (ofter just one mic) it won't be alot room you're going to hear.
ForHerDeadEyes
Señor Member
You could always gate/sidechain/automate a reverb to just open up when you stop playing, but closes as soon as you start playing..
RedDog
Humanoid typhoon
Or you could mic your cab a bit further off the grille and catch some room. Completely circumstance dependent.
aramism
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everyone is saying "NOOOOOO" but there have been some metal productions and hard rock productions where you hear a teeeeny bit of reverb on tails of playing. lamb of god machine productions come to mind both on ashes of the wake and listening to stems of sarcament. you can hear a veruy litle bit that when both guitars come to "full stops" you hear a little bit for air around it to give it a sense to life so to speak.
Chris_P_Critter
Freeze Tag Assassin
I personally like reverb on rhythm guitars, and in some cases maybe a bit of delay. Of course, it depends on the tune though.
i've experimented with sending the guitars to a reverb bus with a nice sounding room IR, blended in just slightly. sort of mimics the effect of blending in a mic that's setup in the recording room, to give the guitars more space and a "live" feel.
be careful not to overdo it though. it doesn't work on every mix either. some mixes need the guitars as in your face as possible, with others you're creating an image of a band playing in a certain ambience environment (drum reverb, vocal reverb etc), and having the guitars completely dry sometimes just isn't right.
i'll do it on 2 out of 10 mixes, approximately.
be careful not to overdo it though. it doesn't work on every mix either. some mixes need the guitars as in your face as possible, with others you're creating an image of a band playing in a certain ambience environment (drum reverb, vocal reverb etc), and having the guitars completely dry sometimes just isn't right.
i'll do it on 2 out of 10 mixes, approximately.
Jevil
Pro Evolution Fucker
I use very tiny and unnoticeable reverb. Probably is a mental sugestion, but I think it fits better in the mix.
462studio
462 Studio
Depends on the part and the song. If you try it and it works, great. If not, don't use it.
It would certainly be something I'd automate. I wouldn't just put it on and leave it, that's for sure.
It would certainly be something I'd automate. I wouldn't just put it on and leave it, that's for sure.
Flat Fifth Fury
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If we are talking about modern metal, especially anything with fast or technical playing, then I'd say no way Jose. If it's more ambient or groove metal then yeah that could work. YMMV.
Excellent, excellent point. Like one of the poster above, I noticed that some isolated tracks do have reverb on them and wanted to comment on that. But since they are just yanked from a complete mix, that makes your post all the more important.
I was fiddling around the other day and got a really nice by routing a little bit of my guitars into the drum folder's reverb bus - just enough to be audible in the back of the mix. Granted, it was just a cover of "Orion", so not a very fast track, but if you sidechained a compressor from the guitars onto the reverb send you could probably keep things pretty clean.
theforgotten
Member
Any of you guys using reverb in your mastering chain?If you're using what kind of reverb is and what are typical settings.Thanks!
Mago
Austrian Blech Machine
Cyanide_Anima
yooveesevenbeekay
I always use verb on rhythm gats! Three instances actually, a IR verb first, then SilverVerb, then Ozone's Verb, all blended in just slightly. It totally gives sim'd gats more of a 3d and 'real' feel to them.
P-E
Munchkin
A little bit of slight reverb on rhythm guitar can work great. POD Farm's cavernous reverb works well for that, some rooms in the Bricasti M7 impulses sound great too IIRC.
I always like putting room verb on the opposite side of the track, sometimes center and side so a little spills over to the "dry" side too.
So...
Dry Guitar <LEFT>
Room Verb R <RIGHT>
Room Verb L <CENTER>
It makes guitars sound bigger and it's something I have heard on many of my favorite metal recordings. You don't have to go overboard with the room reverb, just a little does a lot.
So...
Dry Guitar <LEFT>
Room Verb R <RIGHT>
Room Verb L <CENTER>
It makes guitars sound bigger and it's something I have heard on many of my favorite metal recordings. You don't have to go overboard with the room reverb, just a little does a lot.
