M32/X32 LIVE Reverb Ducking / sidechain + SECRET Bonus Trick (live sound tutorial)

In this video i show you a reverb ducking trick for live vocals on the M32 console and a secret reverb special effect that you can do live. When the vocalist is singing the reverb ducks under the voice so it stays clear and doesn't get covered up with the reverb. This technique is great because it allows you to have a lot of reverb without sacrificing the clarity of the voice.
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0:00 Intro
0:40 Reverb Ducking trick
2:32 Side Chain reverb
2:58 Bonus Trick
4:09 Outro
#livesound #m32 #reverb

[@basilmathai4006]

This smart guy deserves 100 times more views and subscribers... I am literally a fan of him. Go on creating such authoritative and 'smart' videos. Love from Kochi, India

[@danielkharrat]

Thanks, you're very kind :)

[@NareshM-ww5li]

I learned new thing 😅

[@andrem.musiek]

I've learned SO MUCH from you in the last two days, applying these techniques on my XR18, thank you!

[@pranavjohn2571]

Really smart, I've never heard of something like compressing a reverb thank you!

[@williamgraham8337]

I just got my first FOH/PM gig on a tour and your videos have been helping me so much to prepare. Mainly your AES50 videos. This one had lots of cool tips as well! Thanks for having such great content man!

[@alfredooi5462]

Great video and really helpful! I couldn't get a grasp on how the setuper works but it's all clear now.

[@majagesina]

Nice tricks - Thanks!

[@muzikgardenztv7827]

Great work Daniel. I'm Newman from Ghana. You have enlightened me a lot

[@masirotechnical]

Simple and clear my brother" thumbs up!

[@lifesoundmixing6119]

Great one bro

[@chad1302]

Super bro thanks

[@robertrickman3531]

Excellent Idea with Comp'g the Reverb...

[@paulvenkman]

Thanks for the info!

[@danielkharrat]

You're welcome :)

[@macinglis17]

yes! yes! yes!

[@b3nnyb3nny]

If you have multiple vocals though this would probably be more difficult because you would have to do individual reverbs for each vocalist. You could send to bus but then if someone is still singing when one person stops, the reverb will still be compressed

[@akhimieemmanuel4427]

Amazing 😉 please can you do more videos in effect..

[@danielkharrat]

Yes

[@djsikchyld]

Great vid. Thanks for the tip but you said when you are EQ-ing the highs out of the reverb for the s's and t's, that you should go to the "returns", but I think u meant to say the " reverb sends" channel

[@danielkharrat]

No, what i meant and what i showed in the video are the returns that come back from the effect into the mix. The send is the bus that goes into the effect. You can eq the sends bus, but i prefer doing it on the returns

[@Frenzy.Filming]

😁👍👍

[@andrem.musiek]

I had to sacrifice another open channel on my XR18 to do this, the XR18's FX bus does not have compression option as with the input channels 😭. Is it worth ducking delay in the similar way? That would mean sacrificing a third channel.

[@danielkharrat]

You don't need to do it. This is just something extra. You can still dial in the effects without any ducking and you'll be just fine

[@udaykumarmacan6371]

Hey I have Midas m32 but I need raw track to practice do you have ?

[@danielkharrat]

You can search on KZbin for the "produce like a pro" channel. Just search something like "produce like a pro free multitracks" and you'll find a ton. Now these are studio recordings not live gigs but they are still very useful to practice mixing

[@synthuaxed]

Would it make sense to select a vocal bus or individual vocal channel as the source to trigger the reverb compressor?

[@danielkharrat]

Do you want only one channel to trigger the compressor or do you want any channel in the vocal bus to trigger that compressor? It depends on what you want to achieve

[@user-vf7bl4uy2c]

@@danielkharrat I think he mean every channel on the vocal bus.

[@diogoludovice7162]

Great stuff, whats the name of the acapella?

[@danielkharrat]

It's from Joe Gilder's EP "AMEN" the song is called "fearfully and wonderfully made" if you search for it on KZbin I'm sure you can find a link to download the multitracks

[@diogoludovice7162]

@@danielkharrat Thanks Daniel Unfortunately the link no longer exists, can you upload a link, I really liked the sound your're mixing with the reverbs on x32, those vocals, seem to be a good basis for configuring the effects in a live mix

[@danielkharrat]

Hmm... although it was free I'm not sure if I'm allowed to distribute it but here's a link to a bunch of free multitracks from the channel Produce Like A Pro producelikeapro.com/blog/happy-new-year-2022-2/

[@willeifler8892]

Are you ducking the reverb send bus? The reverb return on the X32 doesn't allow for compression.

[@danielkharrat]

Yes I'm ducking the send bus. You can think of the FX Returns as a special kind of channel that has limited functionality but it's not a bus it's a channel that has only a virtual input

[@willeifler8892]

@Daniel Kharrat hmm that did not sound the same for me. I set it up today running the FX back thru another stereo bus, and compressing that. I used the original send bus as the key. That sounded like authentic reverb ducking - very nice.

[@danielkharrat]

Yes of course it sounds different

[@EliteEnemyYT]

Well i just subbed since ur quitting☹

[@DorijanSetina]

This is not real ducking because you compress send to reverb. You must compress reverb return for real ducking. Problem is that returns donot have compresors. For real ducking effect you must: 1. send vocal to FX bus 2. remove fx bus from LR 3. send FX return tu stereo bus 4. remove FX return from LR 5. compress FX on stereo bus channel 6. set vocal channel as triger for compressor 7. turn on LR on bus. For multiple vocals must use multiple FX and buses. Every vocal must have separate FX and stereo bus.

[@kevinjones159]

❤@joe gilder