The "Gated Reverb" technique in 4 levels of complexity

Here we learn a classic sound design technique, where we add a large reverb to a sound, but only play it in short bursts. This adds the excitement of big reverb to our sound, while also staying snappy and rhythmic!
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Contents:
0:00 What even is a gated reverb?
1:17 Level 1 - the basic gate
2:59 Level 2 - sidechain triggering the gate
5:08 Level 3 - Parallel effects
6:59 Automating the parallel signal
7:55 Level 4 - Shape the reverb character
9:07 Making a quick beat to showcase the effect
10:40 What next!

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[@RADIOSUICIDIO]

Friendly reminder that, whenever adding reverb to a very percusive sound, you might want to set the pre-delay as low as possible

[@fastliveshighcrime8408]

You're one of the few producers who has the humility to just frankly explain the concept, instead of overcomplicating it and making it super abstract. Thanks.

[@GuibaoAA]

Your teaching skills are awesome! Thanks for sharing your wisdom on audio and music. This is a great video.

[@bandit7498]

I like triggering a gated pink noise sound, then put my gated reverb on the pink noise, not the snare. Sounds awesome.

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[@BrofUJu]

This is great. I believe a lot of the 80s sounds, it wasn't even always the snare being sent to the reverb, but a gated pink noise.

[@DaveFallows]

Wow. Literally the very first tutorial I followed after installing Ableton and getting used to the UX. I don’t think I could have started in a better place. Drawing in sidechain effects ‘swells’ can be used for so much more than just drums and reverb. Thanks so much.

[@benvanmassenhove]

You should have put this effect on an entire 707 or linndrum drum loop to get that instant 80s (new wave, syntpop) vibe. Would have been interesting to hear for your younger audience ;).

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[@leroy7647]

I now 100% understand gated reverb. Even though I don't produce music myself, this was the best explanation on Gated Reverb I found.

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[@Eceptes]

Put it on the closed hi hat sounds great. I also tried to make a bus to my snare, put the reverb and gate on the bus and then make the gate have a decent attack to get it bouncy

[@younyounyoun.]

I like that in fl studio's convolution reverb plugin, you just have to shape the volume automation line to gate your reverb impulse. It's so fast and precise :)

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[@waltervooys6338]

Always wondering how I can I create that sound. Now I know thanks😇

[@eleck2349]

Interesting technique

[@thepdc3372]

Spot on Oscar

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[@solomenmusik]

Well explained as usual, thank you

[@Adam-Freemer]

I've been producing for decades, long ago more so, more as a hobbyist these days and definitely have learned a bunch of new tricks for sure! This is definitely a cool one!

[@jazzmastert]

Excellent video on this topic. Sidechaining from the dry sound is so obvious now you say it! Easier than messing with hysterisis and works on gates without this function, so much better in this application.

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[@dandahlstrom2650]

Yo this was honestly the best tutorial on KZbin! So many people don't make advanced tutorials for us who have been in the game a little longer. It's awesome to see things in different complexities to get a better perspective on it. Please do more videos like these!!

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[@Jamusictv]

Gated verb reminds me of the big hair, Cocaine sniffing, TR808 rocking 80s 🤙

[@RogueFire29]

another great, clear video! Thanks Oscar

[@shenjoku]

I was literally just talking to my friend yesterday about how I need to learn how to do this kind of effect but I had no idea how to describe it. What great timing! :) Super helpful, thanks!

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[@kc9122]

ooo, perfect, I just tried this in my last tune, with a snare.

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[@Frank.Zimmermann]

Totally cool, thank you so much for the tips Oscar! 🙏😃

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[@MusicMakingEnglishMan]

Great vid, cheers for the tips! I was always doing level 2, but 3/4 really has a nice touch.

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once again thank you for all those concise and precise tips and techniques , youre a wizzard oscar :p i'm fl studio user and im really happy because the way you explain things made it easy to transpose techniques from 1 daw to another seamlessly , every vid posted here convince me a bit more each day that i should consider a schooling in brussels as i live at only 20 mins from there :p

[@themallows1908]

whole vid great and microcomp at the end a banger - thanks!

[@arivirtanen2568]

Clear explanation. Thanks

[@peterelfman]

Oscar, you have very quickly made this my favorite production tutorial channel on KZbin. This tip is tremendous, and just the thing I need for my current project; I absolutely went for the Phil Collins Snare effect; I got close, but now I know how to perfect it. Thank you for making this video and releasing it into the world.

[@kksaintz]

even the mastering for the audio in this video is superb. nicely done!

[@devizl]

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[@davidpetersonharvey]

For ultimate control or if using a DAW that cannot do this, you can print the reverb track and gate manually with the volume envelope.

[@lucasgirke2725]

Thank you!

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This is a fabulous tutorial! You're an engaging and understandable teacher!

[@turtlemouth]

Of the tutorials on gated reverb/snare I watched, this one is the most concise and even the more complex methods were easy to understand. Bravo!

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[@OscarUnderdog]

Cheers Robin :) 💙

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The best tutorials are applicable across all DAWS. I think this channel does a good job of explaining the underlying concepts.

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@@samdaleyhillary Who needs a DAW at all? I just spent a few minutes playing around with this technique in VCV Rack.

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[@kurtoppenheim4552]

You did a great job of explaining everything, and I love the levels of complexity! I've been making synthwave music for the last year, and the weak part has always been the drums because I relied on plugins or samples. Now I have much more control over the sound and can create my own 80s-sounding snare with gated reverb-- or use it however I like for other instruments! Thanks a bunch!

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love the tricks..

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Great tip..love it

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Thx again :) Those tricks are great! Goed gedaan :)

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Oscar, such cool videos. I watch these in the kitchen while cleaning up (sounds odd I know, but it works for me!). I've learnt heaps from them. I don't have much in the way of musical background, but I have some science/audio background and your videos seem to click in just right for me. My vague, ambitious plan is to design a very simple, loop track with the things you teach here. So much fun, thanks so much!!

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[@betavirus]

Ah man, I always shyed away from gated reverb because of that silly fluttering on the tails, thank you for the tip.

[@davidpetersonharvey]

You can also print the reverb to a sepate task and edit the volume envelope to hate it.

[@tothefinlandstation]

you can always use the "return" knob on the gate. from the ableton website: "Return (also known as 'hysteresis') sets the difference between the level that opens the gate and the level that closes it. Higher hysteresis values reduce 'chatter' caused by the gate rapidly opening and closing when the input signal is near the threshold level. The Return value is represented in the display as an additional horizontal orange line."

[@jaseihler1501]

Can’t wait to try using this technique and digging deeper into using gates!! Your gate tutorials have been priceless. The point about using envelopes isn’t something I’d thought to use. Have you considered doing a tutorial on multi-band effects processing using the effects rack? Seems like an invaluable tool that a lot of producers I know (myself included) only have a surface knowledge of i.e. multi-band compression ala the Waves C4. Apologies if you already have a video on this, I didn’t see it in your catalogue.

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awesome tips!!! great video :)

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Awesome tips! I was looking for such guide around a year ago and struggled to understand the concept.

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same.