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Choose your Reverb!

While there are undoubtedly tons of methods of generating reverberation for your sounds, it can be difficult to choose which type to use for the situation you're in!

Here comes primeloops to the rescue with 5 sweet suggestions of which reverbs to rely on.


Hall

A great method of making something sit further back in the mix. The hall reverb can usually emulate a small, medium or large hall, depending on how far back in the mix you want the sound to sit. This can be a great way to counterpoint a large, upfront synth sound with some big pads, for example.


Room

A more subtle reverb, this one doesn't make a massive difference to a sound alone, but when applied to a few sounds it can start to make things sound more pro (so long as it's not overdone!). It reduces that boxiness that you often find from recording in your bedroom or by using a dry synth sound.


Plate

The sound is passed through a metal plate, with a pickup used to translate the vibrations from the sheet of metal into a useable sound. This is often used on snare drums, but can be great for sharper sounds - give it a try on some glitch hop samples for example.


Spring

Similar to the plate, except this time it passes the sound through some springs, giving a slightly different tone. If you have a guitar amp with a reverb on it, chances are it'll be a spring reverb.


Chamber

Back in the dark ages, before the internet and technology in general, reverb was made in "Reverb Chambers", where the sound would be played out of a loudspeaker and then re-recorded by a microphone after the sound had bounced back from the other end of the chamber. A convoluted method (not a convolution reverb, though!) of getting the sound, but it did the trick.


All these sounds can be emulated by digital reverbs or recreated perfectly (Thanks to impulse responses) by convolution reverbs. So next time you're looking to choose where to place your instruments, choose the right reverb for the right job - your mix will thank you for it!

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