I was just wondering if anyone had any tips for getting a cleaner mix when you use a lot of reverb and delay in your music.

It's part of my style and I don't want to have to compromise it all that much by cutting down the reverb/delay tails or making the sounds more dry, but then a lot of people tend to say that if you use to much reverb the mix will start to get muddy and I see what they mean.

Any advice?

I agree with Joseph honestly; I don't think an app is a priority at all. I feel like there are better ways the sight developers could spend their time imo. But yeah that's just my opinion obviously it's not down to me

I've plugged it on the forum before, but I genuinely believe it deserves its own topic...

It's a book called "The Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron.

The book at first seems pretty outlandish; it's quite spiritual and honestly I could have given up reading after the first chapter. It talks of a "God," however not in the religious sense, but in the sense of a creative flow of energy which flows through us all.

I know, I was sceptical at first, but I read through it, tried to put a few of it's tips into practise, and it's worked wonders for me. I feel so much more motivated and so much more creative

I was inspired by watching Skrillex's touring videos and thinking "I want to do that!" Skrillex in South America I remember very clearly was the one which inspired me most

I'll start with some art that recently inspired my music:

DUDE the picture of the mountains with the polygons... I just get that so much

I'd give a shout to Icarus by Madeon, remembering at the time he was around 18 and it sounded like nothing else out there. Maybe there's a little bias since I love the song

Honestly, I found my style by accident, but when you find your sound, you'll know.

Keep in mind before this story, I was - just like you - frustrated in not having my "own sound..."

I was p*ssing about with a mate; he makes YouTube videos and needed some background music. He was basically telling me what he wanted the music to sound like and I was doing it for him, nothing special. We had this guitar riff going with an Ableton sample; it sounded decent but we both knew it needed something else. So as a joke, I completely ramped up the reverb and delay to almost max. I was preparing myself to laugh when we both stopped and went, "actually, that sounds kinda good..."

From then on i've just been experimenting basically with drenching sounds in reverb and delay, as well as a bunch of other things I like to incorporate in "my sound."

The fact of the matter is, if I told you how to make "your sound" then it wouldn't be your sound anymore. You just have to keep experimenting. Do things which break the rules if you have to - I did and now i'm very much satisfied

And like I said, if you find something you like, and you listen back a week later and you still like it, and then a month later and you still like it, then you'll know it's your sound