The objective of sending everything to a reverb bus to add 'glue' is really to make everything sound like it's been recorded in the same room.

I send everything at different levels to a reverb buss track, then move the overall volume of the reverb buss level up or down depending on how much overall 'room' sound I want to hear in my mix. There is an EQ after the reverb on this buss also that gets rid of the low end sound of the reverb, and some of the highs too.

It's a concept that works well for me. Just don't add too much room reverb on things like your Kick - it sounds a little weird IMO.

Perfect that's basically the information I was looking for!

It really depends on the track. Actually it's a good idea to always do it, but how much?

Start out with minimum decay and a low mix. Then bring up the mix and decay until it sounds right. If you have each type of instrument (lead, chord, bass, drums, etc) on their own busses, before they go into the master, maybe bus all those into a final two: drums and instruments. Then put separate reverbs on each. A smaller one on drums, and a slightly louder and larger reverb on the instruments.

Putting a reverb on the whole mix and leaving it wet offends every fibre of my sensibilities. However, you might see a reverb on my master for automating it in during buildups but leaving it completely dry at all other times. Otherwise reverb on the master just adds mess, especially with an already crowded mixdown. I could imagine it maybe working on a very very sparse track

Putting a reverb on the whole mix and leaving it wet offends every fibre of my sensibilities. However, you might see a reverb on my master for automating it in during buildups but leaving it completely dry at all other times. Otherwise reverb on the master just adds mess, especially with an already crowded mixdown. I could imagine it maybe working on a very very sparse track

Did you use the reverb on the master trick for the build up to your Collect My Love remix?

Quote from: Mat_Zo on January 06, 2016, 10:35:40 pm

Putting a reverb on the whole mix and leaving it wet offends every fibre of my sensibilities. However, you might see a reverb on my master for automating it in during buildups but leaving it completely dry at all other times. Otherwise reverb on the master just adds mess, especially with an already crowded mixdown. I could imagine it maybe working on a very very sparse track

Did you use the reverb on the master trick for the build up to your Collect My Love remix?

Yes

Before the days of modern electronic production, adding reverb on the entire mix was a common practice. The point was it would add a nice atmospheric effect on a subtle level. As a matter of fact, this practice is still done A LOT around non-electronic music still to this day. But because electronic music has so much leeway (well, more so than real instrumental mixes), you don't really have to... but try it out and see if you like it.