Ableton Reverb - Pre Delay and Stereo Width

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5 жыл бұрын

Here we take a look at how we can use Ableton's reverb to create depth but from a the perspective of time and space. Time being pre delay and space meaning the stereo field. Instruments that are full wide, taking up all the stereo width dont play with reverb nicely if their frequency content is the same as the verb so reducing the width of the instrument and leaving the reverb wide is a great way to add depth to your mix. Add some pre delay to your reverb to isolate the initial transient for clarity and separation. Using arrangement view you can figure out the millisecond time divisions of the BPM you're working with and apply that to your pre delay.
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@Genahzo 5 жыл бұрын

This video filled in a lot of missing pieces for me when it comes to reverb settings and stereo placement. Great stuff, thank you Anthony!

@noisynerdman Жыл бұрын

"what i have is this groove" (opens eyes and blinks that was awesome)

@KnotLõ-ADSR 2 жыл бұрын

U literally just fixed all my clipping issues!!! Thank you!!!!!!!

@rebertaschb3736 3 жыл бұрын

Genius ! ! that Ms trick on the Arrangement view ..flashGordon adjustments. NO more Calculator apps THANKS ! ! !

@leonard.c 3 жыл бұрын

you are really doing the best tutorials and plug in dive in‘s man! I would love to see a modular synth tutorial with vcv rack from you ;)

@workoutsontwitch1687 3 жыл бұрын

I am so glad I found your channel you have no idea

@alanrudge3282 4 жыл бұрын

Your explanations and demonstrations are super clear - thanks - always learn something from your ableton tutorials

@jakobmurray3115 4 ай бұрын

4:53 blew my mind

@dougefunk7005 5 жыл бұрын

Holy smokes, blooming reverb! Thanks, Anthony!

@larrydickman1094 2 жыл бұрын

Great tips. I am going to have fun experimenting with this information. Thanks!

@jl9205 4 жыл бұрын

This is amazing! This is exactly what I've been looking for but didn't even know it!

@RickySweum 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another awesome Ableton tutorial! I always learn so much from you. All the best :)

@flyoverfredusa 4 жыл бұрын

brilliant video man !! best reverb tutorial I've seen in the last 10 years

@BigWorldofToys 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love your videos, been watching them all day 👍🏻

@spacek0nsta101 4 жыл бұрын

I've been watching for a while, and you have just become my current favourite! You go much deeper than most of the stuff Iv'e seen. GREAT!!!!!

@Albatrass1992 5 жыл бұрын

Dude, you're such a wizard. Thank you for all these nuggets of wisdom. Subscribed for life.

@stephenratcliffe5131 4 жыл бұрын

Nice tut dude!!! Real food for thought. Well presented too 🤘

@charlexguitar 3 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial as always. Muchas gracias!

@jackskeleton733 4 жыл бұрын

DUDE thank you so much, we appreciate your attention to detail!

@Alex.FilipDUB 2 жыл бұрын

thanks man! its so ridiculous simple when youre explaining it :D

@NextGenAnimation 3 жыл бұрын

Love your videos!

@ncshuriken 2 жыл бұрын

Its a nice reverb unit for sure. I have 'FabFilter Pro-R' from the Fab bundle (Fabfilter VST's are beauties!) but for reverb I usually still use Abletons. Its the Comp & EQ I'm in love with. The rest, I haven't delved very deeply into. IIRC Pro-R has 'space/size' linked with 'decay time' whereas I prefer all parameters to be individually controllable. Can't create "long decay & predelay + small size" reverb (something like plate reverb maybe) if size is linked to decay. Maybe theres a way to unlink them but until I play around with it enough to find out, I'll be keeping Ableton "stock Reverb" close by as always. It does more or less everything I think I need! Just a shame you can't get a "spring reverb" sound from it though, which sounds great in EG Dub & Reggae.

@tubadude0 5 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!! Finally some solid explanation helping to demystify ableton's reverb for me! That lil snippet about timeline selections showing the millisecond amount was super helpful as well, no more need for those clunky BPM to ms charts!! preciate youuuuu!!

@madastrota 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah the timeline selection revealing duration tip is one of those deep knowledge things I really watch for in these videos.

@AlexProkDrums 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, awesome stuff, learned a lot!

@twinkandbob 3 жыл бұрын

very informative, thanks man!

@Zirkumflox 5 жыл бұрын

At first i thought it may be a sloppy Video with lots of talking and small information, but it was quite the opposite! Really good insight in those reverb settings and Perfect presentation with ur prepared Project, i'm a fan now :D

@niveous5392 4 жыл бұрын

Learned a lot, thank you

@GuyTallo 5 жыл бұрын

Nice tricks, Thank you!

@kaustubhgr5187 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative, thank you!!

@fakshen1973 5 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. Would be nice if/when Ableton creates a new reverb product or updates this one that they allow for note divisions of the predelay as they do when modulating an LFO. I also found that I'm more likely to use more depth when mixing on speakers rather than headphones.

@RGStorchai 4 жыл бұрын

thanks! it's so useful!

@DJSTOEK Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@thomas_rellum 5 жыл бұрын

Damn! I was always use delay calculator to find the right time thank you master!

5 жыл бұрын

Great tips! Thank u

@officialjuliao 5 жыл бұрын

great tutorial!

@Tresk009 5 жыл бұрын

Great share!!

@alekseibelousov8932 2 жыл бұрын

Till this moment I was trying to avoid pre delay as much as I can because it wasn’t really sound good. Absolutely I have to try this on sq7.

@MrSynergon 5 жыл бұрын

thank you so much! :)

@gooneybird808 5 жыл бұрын

100th like and sub. I’ve read this on gear sluts years ago and never applied it...thank you!

@sebastiantran6341 2 жыл бұрын

u are a god

@FreshnessStudio1 5 жыл бұрын

watch out for that dynamic grid, its got me over & over again. Just a heads up with love my man, Your note grid in arrangement was dynamic at time of recording e.g. when demonstrating the pre-delay for the drum part the dynamic arrangement grid settled at a note value of 1/128 (22.55ms) & not 1/16 (which is 172.42ms).. just a heads up thanks & much love bro

@SeedtoStage 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks you're right and thats correct. Its all how it sounds at the end of the day. What matters is that the divisions of time are synced in ms to the bpm. Whether that be 1/128th or 1/8th or whatever. if you want that "pushy pully" kinda sound and provided that the source material plays well with it. I think its best to experiment around.

@tillbooz176 9 ай бұрын

it is very nice expect that you did not zoom in on 1 bar, but 1 beat. So that means, when you talk about 16th notes, you actually talk about 64th notes. So should we put the pre delay longer?

@Hanzimann1 4 жыл бұрын

I would think the formula for calculating time per note is: 1/(BPM)*(60) or just 1/(BPS), then to get a partial: 1/(BPM)*(60)/(nth) where n is 8, 16 or whatever.

@MXMLN69 5 жыл бұрын

great tutorial, helped me a lot and earned you a sub BUT wouldn't it make more sense to mono the drum verb? drums sit usually in the mid of the mix and instead widen the guitar verb. in live situations each guitar player is panned hard right or left to fill the stereo field with beefy low to midrange information which could eventually cause phase problems in the mid. I could be wrong cause your mix sounds amazing anyway so I am grateful for any kind of information

@SeedtoStage 5 жыл бұрын

Hey great thanks for the feedback. I would try to avoid doing things that are "usual" and do things that sound good with what material you're mixing. Also i would try to avoid what i call "prescription" mixing tips. Such as "boost 5k in the snare drum" or "always wide pan guitars." Following these "rules" can really wreck a mix as no snare drum is the same, no mic is the same, and no tuning is the same. Sometimes guitars sound better in the center. Its better to break down why you would wide pan guitars for example. Usually it is because 2 or more guitars have a lot of similar mid range frequencies and in order to get separation, you'd pan them away from each other etc. In this mix the synth is wide so it doesnt make sense to make the guitar wide. If I was focusing on a polished mix here i likely would pan the guitar slightly to right or left just to get it to pop out a bit more, but i wanted people to listen to the verbs here.

@MXMLN69 5 жыл бұрын

@@SeedtoStage I hear ya, it's all about context and the individual needs of each sound. btw how would you check a track for said phase issues? I fell anxious about fucking up a track in the low end with several pads, drones, reverbs, convolver etc. So should I set all reverbs at the same predelay and decay time? eg 130 bpm eight notes are 230,7ms ok, I get that but predelay and decay is contextual right? how is the split up?

@StephenAndrichuk 4 жыл бұрын

Out of curiosity, why have a separate verb send for each track? Would it be any different than having a reverb on each track and play with the dry/wet?

@madastrota 3 жыл бұрын

Note that each reverb was set differently. Some had different pre-delay settings, the bass verb cut out the low end, guitar verb was mono, etc.

@madastrota 3 жыл бұрын

I killed the 420 like count.

@musemose2861 4 жыл бұрын

The one who will dislike this video are more foolish than a donkey!! Awesome explanation and demonstration... Thank god for u..:):)

@matt_nomatter 4 жыл бұрын

1:18 me thinking: "well I don't really hear it" seed to stage: "and you might be thinking - well I don't really hear it" WHAT KIND OF SORCERY IS THAT.