Pro Tools Mixing Tips: Inserts & Sends : Pro Tools Inserts: Adding Reverb Incorrectly

[Althrash]

"affecting the original sound is not going to help add to your sound" .....

[musician1971a]

To anyone saying there's no wrong way: You're right! However, if you want to use a lot of plugins then the send-method is way better because you spare a lot of cpu power for other plugins. The way it was shown here was a bit weird, because most (if not all) reverb plugins have a dry/wet setting to mix the original with the reverb signal. I never tested how that might influence the sound though. Maybe some plugins do that, I don't know.

[spacemanvector32]

There is no "wrong" way...just different ways to achieve different effects/fit the application. To preserve the original you can use the mix level of the effect...or indeed, create a buss track (as you are saying). This is the "right" way in quite a few situations, to spread room ambience across multiple tracks to give space to your mix, etc. But why not show folks actually how to create a reverb/effect buss track in protools, not hard, but sort of the point...no?

[shumo4]

hey bro... wats up? listen i need ur help plz,i just install pro tools 8.o.5 in my mac n when i try to open it,its say unable to locate avid hardware, n i dont know wats that? plz help me thanks

[musician1971a]

@shumo4 Ehmm... do you have a legal copy...? Because when you buy Pro Tools it comes with hardware. It can be a DIGI002, DIGI003, MBox or HD hardware. And Pro Tools only works with that hardware. With Pro Tools 9 you can use all ASIO audio cards, but then you need an iLock. So anyway you look at it, you need hardware.

[Dozerbeatz]

Some reverbs have a "thru" mode, such as Waves TrueVerb. Which, if you wanted to take advantage of the "Distance" parameter functionality, you would have to put it directly on the track. Though most reverb is used in a "send" fashion, which allows you to use the same reverb on different elements of a mix, at different amounts.

[LeviathanAU]

I couldn't concentrate on the vid because of the way he pronounces his L's as W's.

[MrOllie86]

most reverbs have a 'dry level' or mix control so inserting it on a track and using this controls is in effect the same as using it on an aux, the only real disadvantages to inserting a reverb is that you can only use it on the channel on which it is inserted and you cannot eq the reverb only so easily unless it has full parametric built in to the plug-in. its good to use fx on auxes so you have precise control of the return and can subsequently eq the return to sit right in the mix.

[djmixalus]

wtf where is the demo - bottom line if it sounds good its good stay creative my friend

[djmixalus]

wtf where is the demo - bottom line if it sounds good its good

[applestarstudio]

honestly to bus reverb is GARBAGE dont listen to people when they say its good if you lower your instrumental level you can still hear your reverb in the master volume

and it clouds the track its better to add reverb for each instrument and then render it to audio when youre comfortable with the sound

[BlockBillionaireTV]

no help!

[SOULKITCHENMUZICK]

so do you mix down tracks for individuals??i need some work done on some of my tracks to give it a professional feel!!

[santiagaomx]

by the way theres actually no wrong ways to use it, and if it's wrong why does avid make pro tools the way it is to add reverb on a track? as you said if sounds good it is right. just give you a different sound using as an insert point or using a bus.

[santiagaomx]

actually there aren't wrong ways to add a reverb, you just get a different sound using a bus or using as an insert, so it depends on your taste and song

[sambluesguy]

@santiagaomx you would only use reverb as an insert on a track if you were using it to process the sound (which most mixing engineers would not do) as it completely changes the original sound. Where as with bus you are using it as an effect to create an atmosphere around the audio, which is known as correct way to do it. However if you like the sound of using reverb as a processor then it isnt wrong as Joe Meek once said 'if it sounds good it is right'

[Welcome2DaBottom]

@sambluesguy so what is the difference between what you are saying, as opposed to adding the on each individual track.

[ThaColombianCartel]

good way to teach that technique, back in my ametuer days, i used to put reverbs on my tracks lol..did you go to school for this or you learn on your own.