Glue Your Mixes Together with this Reverb Technique

[@alexanderewing3779]

This makes more sense to me, in terms of 'glueing' elements, as opposed to 'gluey' compression, that a lot of people refer to. Nice work!"

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

Oh thank you!! I am so glad you found it helpful! And thank you very much for commenting! 😊

[@rome8180]

I did this on an early mix of mine because I didn't "know better." I used a convolution reverb preset called "rock club" or something and dialed it back to 10%. It sounded awesome. But I didn't do it again for a while because I had "learned" not to do stuff like that. And so I distrusted my ears. Lately, I've been getting back into doing it. I find that any convolution reverb modeled on a room sounds pretty good, but it's especially effective if you think about the vibe of a song. If it's a punk rock song, you might want to pick a "basement club," where if it's a jazz song you'd want to pick something more elegant.

[@DaftFader]

The reason you're "not supposed to do it" is because often there's at least a few tracks that don't do well with reverb in any given mix, and the "approved" way of doing it, is to send almost every track to reverb (or a mix of 2-3 differing lengths of) on fx sends set to 100% wet. This way you can pick and choose every track's amount of reverb, and not send the tracks that don't really want reverb on them to it. However, this takes a ton more time, and if you are ending up going to send EVERYTHING to the reverb anyway, and by roughly the same amount, and the reverb is already the shape you want it (frequency wise and dynamically), there's very little reason not to use this technique. It does however afford less overall control, like you can't EQ or compress your reverb on it's own anymore (another reason people tend to use fx sends more).

[@davidcummins3005]

Nice video

[@nicktshredz]

Working on a mix now and I did something similar; I was like "I'm not supposed to like this".

[@bigrivermedia762]

Ocean Way is a brilliant plugin and this is a great use for it. I’ve actually dropped in a tiny amount of it on masters, similar to what you’re doing here.

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

Love this! It really is such a good plugin!

[@millta]

Just what I needed, and at the right time. Thanks

[@constantinranis]

I actually tried this technique but in a lil different way, I ve set 3 room channels but with different pre delays and send the tracks kinda like it would be in a live stage , depending where the instruments would be , everything of course in parallel and you don't really hear it but when it's off something is missing , it's a good trick to make the mix sound 3D

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

I think this is incredibly cool! I bet it worked fantastically!

[@BillGraper]

Nice!

[@kohtett999]

Thank you I am a beginner mixing engineer . This Video made me very helpful

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

I am very happy it has helped you! Best of luck with all your music mixing!

[@joshuaudofia1903]

I have to come back and look for you just to say thank you. This is very intelligent and helpful, this idea costs a million dollars, thank you so much for sharing. Tried it last night on a song I’m working on and boom, everything sounds so sweet and incredible. Thank you so much, I’m going straight to your channel to check out your other videos, thank you

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

Hey man, this is so wonderful to hear!! I am so happy you have found it helpful! Let me know how the mix progresses!

[@BkuBrown]

I do the same with the Hitsville rooms

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

Honestly, Hitsville is my goto reverb these days. Its character is amazing!

[@TheMajikelOne]

This is great, I often feel the high end of cymbals can stick out and feel offensive to me. I'm hopeful techniques like this can tame what I'm hearing. Love the highlights on the cursor to show what you are doing on the DAW helps focus on where to look.

[@alainberthe1329]

That'a a pretty good idea!!! Thank you!

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

My pleasure! Thank you for watching!

[@sekritskworl-sekrit_studios]

Another SLAYER of a video, Brother! You are SO very generous!

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

Thank you so much, man! Can’t tell you how much I appreciate you watching!

[@sekritskworl-sekrit_studios]

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[@AlexWhiteComposer]

Hey, yes! More than happy to chat away from KZbin comments. I would like to stick to email, but you are very welcome to drop me a message at [e-mail]

[@sekritskworl-sekrit_studios]

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[@ronmoes42]

Usually I would put this on the Master bus, as you want to keep unity gain, It is not prefferable to automate anything on the master bus, instead I will create a mix but rout every bus and track to the mix bus and then route to mix bus to the master bus. with the mix bus you can now automate, do sends to fx busses and shape the sound of the track with anything but dynamics processor, as I do like one or two plugins on the master bus, but only dynamics processors, all the other processors should imo be happening before the master bus.

[@AVDRE]

Very interesting technique. Will experiment with this

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

I’d love to hear about how you get on with it! Thank you so much for watching!

[@Dmyra]

great vid! what did they do back in the day to achieve this effect i wonder?

[@commonbeats]

Great vid, thank you 👊

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

No, thank YOU for watching! 😊

[@theofficialjizzy]

I will try it with abbey road plugins from waves. I am doing Hip Hop / Trap Music and im mixing and mastering my songs myself! Thanks for the vid!

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

Sounds ace! Let me know how it goes!

[@sonhabeats872]

This great tips.👍👍👍

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

Thank you!!

[@MRREAZE]

Thank you so much Alex I will be watching listening to all your videos, your so calm with the explanations and feedback. I’m making melodic techno and This technique really helps the transitions in the breakdown and has given the whole mix a little more clarity.. gonna go thru some more tracks and I’ll give it another try on a different reverb I just tried convultion reverb as a quick go to and it works a treat techno peeps ❤ This is the way

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

I am SO happy you’ve got something out of the video, thank you very much for watching! Please keep me updated on how your mixing goes! And yeah, different verbs are worth trying but I bet the convo reverb will do a fine job with the right tweaking! Have an awesome day!

[@MRREAZE]

Thank you 😊

[@thegroove2000]

And harmonic saturation.

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

Hell yeah! Love a bit of that too!

[@LearnCompositionOnline]

I put the EW Spaces I digital on master and then compress with the MV2, both a very tiny bit only. THis mix all together but without creating confusion (but for orchestral music, with long transients)

[@LearnCompositionOnline]

I showed also a tip on my channel, for mastering. I would love your evaluation

[@MrEdsaunders]

I like your videos, thank you

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

My pleasure, thank you for watching!!

[@lennyverne4948]

any ideas what other plugins would do this apart from UAD ones ? Great video and technique

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

Yes! You can use any reverb plugin that allows for a very short decay time (reverb length) and preferably isn’t something like a spring reverb which will have a very identifiable character (that spring sound). What DAW are you using? I might be able to recommend something specifically in that DAW!

[@nalaeel219]

@@AlexWhiteComposermaybe something from Ableton? I use a room snare reverb which I dial back quite a bit on my drums. I wonder if any other room reverb would work on the main

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

I will double check about Ableton Live, but yes, certain a snare room verb will work a treat! Just be really careful not to add too much. Just a tiny taste of it!

[@choosers5177]

I use studio one mix fx for this

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

I bet it sounds awesome! Studio One is excellent!

[@shawnyvibes]

It works i do it and some of my mix

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

❤️ Thank you for commenting! And yeah, it’s a proper fun technique isn’t it?

[@marshallmuze]

WHAT IS THE BEST ALTERNATIVE TO THIS PLUGIN

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

Honestly, any reverb that can have a really short decay time! They all sound a little bit different but you’re looking to use it in very small amounts! Think like between 2% - 10%, and 10% would probably be on the high side! Just listen out for it in the gaps, rather than on top of the audio itself!

[@marshallmuze]

Thank you. @@AlexWhiteComposer

[@amac868]

I would distort the hell out of that vocal.. I'd try ohmicide at first to try get rip and smoosh to the quieter bits of her voice. Thanks for vid I need to use this on my recent track to glue

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

Those sound like awesome ideas! I love a bit of distortion on vocals well! 😃 Thank you for commenting! I really appreciate it!

[@amac868]

nice one mother mother song called the sticks is a good ref@@AlexWhiteComposer

[@LoomSoundStudio]

really cool

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

Thank you! ☺️

[@DennisTaylorKnatural]

What DAW is this?

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

This is Luna by Universal Audio. 😊

[@steenwaldorf4782]

Hi Alexander, What kind of DAW is this?

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

Hey! This is Luna from Universal Audio. I really love it!

[@nocuelatio9798]

wouldn't you first mix (glue) the song properly before trying something like this?

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

No! This is very much one of those processes that you mix into! It’s the same kind of thing as mixing into a compressor! Bear in mind there are no rules, lots of folks mix very differently from each other, but setting up a selection of plugins on your mixbus as the very first stage of your mix is very common, and this is a great first process to get started!

[@DaGabbaGangsta]

Gonna mix into this myself, dunno if I want to put a reverb before a compressor, as subtle as it is, that will be last on the chain

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

Sounds cool to me! Let me know how it goes!

[@NEEDSHES]

So it would sound like all the shit out there? At least he is working with a real music

[@MRREAZE]

Gonna try it out

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

Let me know how you find it! 😊

[@MRREAZE]

Does this work in edm?? I make techno and on my master bus I shy away from it because I’m unsure of how to use it correctly

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

Yes, it absolutely does! It’s style irrelevant, because you’re not trying to use it to make “the sound of reverb”. You’re adding a “glue”… a cushioning and common element to everything in the mix - it should only be something you can hear kind of “padding out” the sounds - especially on sparser sections or breakdowns. It’ll add an almost 3D dimension to the mix that makes things sound wider and fuller, but never a sense of actual reverb. It’s all about the gaps, not the core of the sounds.

[@BigHugeYES]

Andrew Scheps uses TVerb for this.

[@AlexWhiteComposer]

Andrew Scheps is amazing!

[@bboymac84]

Pre-delay!!!