{"id":17997,"date":"2014-11-10T18:04:24","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T22:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/?p=17997"},"modified":"2014-11-10T18:04:24","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T22:04:24","slug":"bigger-drum-sound-with-reverb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/2014\/11\/10\/bigger-drum-sound-with-reverb\/","title":{"rendered":"DAW Best Practices: How to get a bigger drum sound with reverb"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Biggest, Baddest Drum Reverb Sound Ever<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Originally posted as a daily tip on\u00a0the SONAR forums<\/a>\u00a0and reposted for viewers here on the blog.]<\/p>\n

by Craig Anderton<\/em><\/p>\n

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You want big-sounding drums? Want your metal drum tracks to sound like the Drums of Doom? Keep reading. This technique transposes a copy of the reverb and pans the two reverb tracks oppositely. It works best with unpitched sounds like percussion.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Insert a reverb send.<\/h3>\n

Insert a send in your drum track, then insert your reverb of choice in the Send bus.<\/p>\n

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2. Render the reverb, isolated from the drum track.<\/h3>\n

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<\/strong>Bounce the reverb sound without any dry signal so that the reverb is isolated in its own track; that way it\u2019s suitable for processing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Probably the simplest option is to solo and select the track to which you want to add reverb, choose (Track View)\u00a0Tracks > Bounce to Track(s). <\/em>In the following window select Buses<\/em> from the Source Category<\/em> drop-down menu, highlight only the bus with the reverb plug-in in the Source Buses\/Tracks box, and then click OK. You now have a new track with only the reverb sound for the track you soloed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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3. Clone the isolated reverb track.<\/h3>\n

Copy the new reverb track by selecting it and then choosing Tracks > Clone Track(s)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Pan the two reverb tracks oppositely, but this needn\u2019t be extreme\u2014for example 60% left for one track and 60% right for the other works fine (and don\u2019\u0080\u0099t forget to disable the send to the reverb from the audio track). You\u2019\u0080\u0099ll be rewarded with a bigger, wider reverb sound.<\/p>\n

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4. Transpose it.<\/h3>\n

Select the cloned reverb track and then choose\u00a0Process > Transpose<\/em>. Select -1 semitone (or more) for the Amount, make sure Transpose Audio is checked, then click OK.<\/p>\n

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But really…there\u2019s no need to stop there. Transpose one reverb track by -7 semitones and the other by -10 semitones, and to help restore a sense of reality, enable the send to the original reverb and add that to the transposed sounds.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Although I recommend this technique mostly for insane percussion reverb, it can work with some melodic parts if you transpose one reverb by -7 semitones to produce a reverb clip that\u2019\u0080\u0099s a fifth below the other reverb clip.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Biggest, Baddest Drum Reverb Sound Ever [Originally posted as a daily tip on\u00a0the SONAR forums\u00a0and reposted for viewers here on the blog.] by Craig Anderton You want big-sounding drums? Want your metal drum tracks to sound like the Drums of Doom? Keep reading. This technique transposes a copy of the reverb and pans the … <\/p>\n

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