[LAD] Some new things to play with

[alex stone]

On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 2:50 PM,  <fons at kokkinizita.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 03:31:58AM +0400, alex stone wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 3:13 AM,  <fons at kokkinizita.net> wrote:
>>
>> > Mmm. Using 8 reverbs for a single orchestral mix doesn't make
>> > any sense - unless you are doing something psychedelic (*) they
>> > all play in the same space. It's easy to share a reverb for any
>> > number of channels even if the dry/wet ratio is different for
>> > each.
>>
>> Using sample libs, which can vary in the amount of "presence" that is
>> recorded with instrument/sections, means multiple verb instances can
>> bring a little more consistency across the entire orchestra. My
>> example is of the 3 complete Strings libs i have, where 1 has more
>> presence in the base samples than the other 2. So i have to be careful
>> not to add too much to 1, and a little more to the other 2.
>> (And this is also true when blending "bright" string sections with
>> those that are duller. the duller samples tend to need a bit more
>> presence, and the bright samples survive with less, but conversely,
>> also need EQ'ing a little, to not stand out so much.)
>
> None of this means you need to use more than one reverb, and if
> the target is to have more consistency you definitely should use
> just one.
>
> Reverb is a linear operation.
>
> If F1, F2, F3 are linear operations (EQ, delay, gain), then
>
>  F1 (reverb (x1)) + F2 (reverb (x2)) + F3 (reverb (x3))
>
> is the same as
>
>  reverb (F1 (x1) + F2 (x2) + F3 (x3))
>
> which uses just one reverb.
>
>
> * Set the reverb to 100% 'wet' and connect the outputs to your
>  main mixing bus.
>
> * Send controlled amounts of each channel/group/section (after
>  fader) to the reverb input. You can even equalise or delay
>  these separately.
>
> Ciao,
>
> --
> FA
>
> There are three of them, and Alleline.
>
>

I'll try this again, Fons, thanks.

Alex.

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