Thanks for the comment and watching. This was definitely a game-changer for me too when I learned this in my own mixes.

Thank you! Glad you found it helpful. Let me know if there are any other topics you'd like me to cover. :)

Thank you!! Also, thanks for watching.

No problem! Glad I could help out and share something worth trying. Thanks for watching!

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Thank you!! Hope that it's all helpful for you. Anything that you're interested in learning specifically?

I appreciate this feedback on the book! Glad it was helpful and I'll try firming up this section to make it more clear.

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No problem! Hope you have fun with this technique. 👍

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@@dinosaurdogstudio Cool, just to say I'm kinda new to this production lark but liking a bit of lofi I wondered how and if could make the ambience, say ocean or rain et al, sound like it was coming though a window or from the end of a corridor and that the music part of the track was playing in the room and closer, as I say I'm new to this but as an experiment just to see what you could do and come up with,, I was wondering how to create different spaces within the mix as per above and I found your video, I thought to say, thanks buddy! Have a fun day! ;D

Thank you, and thanks for watching!

No. This would not be the same effect. The "closeness" of each bus is determined by the settings of each reverb - the predelay, "distance" and early/late reflection balance.

Thanks for watching! The room reverb here is used for any element that needs some extra "reverb wash" sound. For example if you want your lead guitar to have some obvious reverb effect without making it too different from the normal song's soundscape. Mostly I use this reverb when I create additional effects like delays to add some smoothness to them and keep them from being too distracting.

Thanks! Appreciate this.

The room is just used for additional "effect". If you want something that has more verb, but doesn't impact the perceived "closeness" - then you send more signal to the room.

because this technique is so subtle - there isn't any downside in my book. Also, the logic pro stock verb is so flexible, I can get exactly what I want out of it than say the lustrous plates by slate digital - it doesn't have all the functionality that this does to really play with the reverb like I need to. I will use more "premium" reverbs for the obvious effects in the mix rather than on the front/mid/back busses. And it'll save you some processing power as well using a native plugin for your DAW on the main busses. All that said, I do generally use the "ultra" setting on the ChromaVerb to get the most from it.

@@dinosaurdogstudio Yea I noticed other verbs lack the detailed controls, plus this video provides the perfect settings for the desired effect. Good to know about the ultra setting, and thanks for the info!

The second stage of the reverb plugin is an EQ, which I do use pretty heavily. I generally don't use compression, as it can be dangerous at times in this application, but go for it if you want to experiment!

@@dinosaurdogstudio thanks for the reply. Appreciate it 😊

Great question. I will usually incorporate delays and other effects into the "room" reverb to blend them in the mix, unless I'm going for an obvious reverb sound, like an epic cathedral or something, then I'll just put 10% or so to the room and most to my reverb effect.

I use other types of reverbs in other areas of the mix. This should almost be inaudible, and I like using the same one because it provides some cohesiveness and makes everything sound more naturally "together" in the same space as if you're experiencing the song live. There are no hard and fast rules here though, so feel free to experiment.

Hey man, thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed the video! This is actually a cover song called "Springtime" originally performed by Chris Renzema. This version is not yet released, but should be in January or February in its final iteration.

"Distance" controls the early and late-reflection balance. Some reverbs don't let you adjust this directly (but really depends on the plugin). The 2 balances that are critical to making something sound close/far is "Direct sound" to "early reflection" and "Early Reflection" to "Late Reflection". The bigger the first is to the second, the closer it will feel, and vice-versa for making it feel far. (Hopefully this makes sense?)

@@dinosaurdogstudio I don't think to understand very well

FabFilter Pro-R has a distance parameter for natural balance between the amount of early to late reflections

I always do this anyway. I usually use a 1/4 decay to start. That said, this reverb is so subtle, that it isn't really that critical to time the decay to the song.

It'll be the relative volume difference between the direct sound, early reflections and late reflections. Less difference= farther, less difference = closer.

@@dinosaurdogstudio Thankyou for clearing that up, ! I'll try it out in my DAW!

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No, I do not. I will when I'm using reverb as an effect, but not for this depth exercise.

@@dinosaurdogstudio makes sense, thanks!

I wouldn't use valhalla for this application - this is what I refer to as the "utility reverb" and I would use valhalla for more stylistic effects.

@@dinosaurdogstudio my thing is the reverbs I use dont have both ER/LR knob and if they do it's just the early reflection knob they have. I mix in ableton so I'm not sure how this would translate to the native ableton reverb. What 3rd party reverb do you recommend then

@@bf2853 Here are a couple options that would work with the way I show it in the video: - H-Reverb Hybrid Reverb (waves) - FabFilter Pro-R Reverb Plug-in (Use the "distance parameter - this adjusts the ER/LR balance") - Renaissance Reverb, also from waves (has a single fader for ER/LR balance, very similar to the logic pro stock reverb as in the video)

@@dinosaurdogstudio thanks bro luckily I have 2 of these already, sorry for the questions but can you make a video detailing why and when to use a "utility reverbs" vs a "stylistic reverb" and how to differentiate between the 2? Sorry if it seems like I'm asking a lot

I would use delay independent of this matrix. The matrix is purely designed to create depth, effects can be applied as normal outside of this. Unless I'm misunderstanding your question?

I suppose the reflections are also dependent on the space you're in - long hallway will have more early reflections in a big space, than a large concert hall where it takes longer to reflect off the walls. But surely, if the question is how "close" something is, and you want to put a sound upfront, it's better to have late reflections - since the sound is further from the wall, right?

@@beetledust97 refer to this video as I explain how this works: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oNSBqZShvtyZnas.htmlsi=_XRZ4IJvVDlpwXzr

Be careful to not confuse pre-delay (time between) and volume of the early reflections. You're right that the relative volume would be louder (but late reflections would also be louder) with objects that are farther away. The pre-delay is only time, which is correct (again, see the other comment for a full explanation)

Excellent suggestion, thank you. These do have some EQ on them and damping which helps create additional separation, but feel free to have your own spin if you feel that's not enough.

Thanks for watching! A lot of this material isn't the best - I'll admit. But it's really to show these techniques, not so much the material itself - although I can recognize that this can be distracting. I use this technique on almost all my mixes because it really does work on everything.

Thanks for watching! I assume people have some knowledge before I show the actual technique that is unique. This is equally showing people that this works as much as how to do the technique itself. It's a hard balance between not boring people and still helping people.

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I agree - don't be adding a plate with a 3 second delay!! It's only early reflection reverb. It's basically inaudible in the mix. In a live setting (aka, real life) does reverb not attach to low-end instruments? It's natural for us to hear that reverb of the room. Even in a mix room, there is subtle reverb that is incredibly pleasing to the ear - yes, even on kick and bass.

I concur. Having some reverb to glue the sounds is a great thing to do. Just Early Reflections to blend the sounds.