How To Add Reverb In Bandlab

Tutorials / 29 August 2018

Learn about effects: Reverb

Learning theory might sound wearisome, especially when you could be spending that time playing effectually with loops and instruments. We love that part also! Merely when it comes to product, noesis is power, people. Taking a little chip of time each week to larn one or two things and putting them into practice will really aid you to develop as a producer and take your music to the adjacent level.

Understanding why we use different plug-ins and techniques is oftentimes only as important as how, so nosotros are going to focus on the whys and the hows of effects. Starting with reverb.

What is reverb?

If you sing in the shower or you sing in a church building, you'll find that the sound reflections are different. This is reverb.

Reverb is used in music to create a perception of different spaces and atmospheres. When producing music, imagine the ideal physical space you would like your music to exist played in and replicate it with the reverb issue. If your music is audio-visual and yous'll be playing in a small room, use less reverb to create a warmer more intimate audio. If you envision yourself playing in a stadium, become that signature epic sound with a lot more reverb.

Using reverb

Reverb effect presets on mobile

On mobile, there's a bunch of reverb presets for you to use in the Mix Editor. Hit the Fx push and choose from a range of presets, each has a different reverb sound and intensity. We specifically designed each preset for the instrument you're recording – for case, the Ambient Lead preset for guitar is a combination of a smoothen overdrive with an ethereal, spacious reverb. When recording vocals, mutual reverb types similar Big Hall, Classic Sleeping room and Brilliant Room are available.

Fine-tuning your reverb

Access settings panel on web Mix Editor

In the Mix Editor on your web browser, you tin as well tweak the parameters of each preset, or build a concatenation of effects from scratch to truly make your own sound. To do this, cull a preset issue and click the fader button to open upwardly your settings console.

To start from scratch, make certain your Fx selection is set up at None, then click the fader push. From the drop-downwardly menu, you lot have 3 options for reverb – Reverb, Spring Reverb and Spacemaker.

For a less complicated selection, simply choose Reverb. Here, yous have a range of different presets and you tin can choose how much to apply with the mix knob. To get the nigh intense reverb, turn the mix knob fully clockwise. Turning it left will minimise the intensity of the reverb. Play around to find a happy medium, where y'all can hear the reverb'south presence, without overwhelming your sound. Clicking this green button on and off volition aid you to examination and compare the sound earlier the effect and after the effect.

Spring reverb is a cool reverb effect to try out on vocals, guitars, and electronic organs – less so on percussive elements. Named subsequently the spring that was within the reverb tanks of early organs and guitar amplifiers, it adds a twangy metallic texture and adds an actress dimension to your music. There'south only one knob to control this, and then it's super simple. In that location's even a new Spring Reverb Pro setting which offers a totally dissimilar texture, and so cheque it out.

Space Maker is designed for the tinkerers – information technology gives you more parameters to play around with. Nosotros use Space Maker for nearly of our reverb presets, similar Archetype Bedchamber and Large Hall. Here's what each knob does:

Mix allows you to command the intensity of the reverb overall.
Minimum width keeps the sound centred, simply maximum increases the width as far away from the centre as possible – sometimes referred to as hard left and hard right.
Minimum room size is like a small-scale studio, maximum: a huge factory.
When adjusting dampening you'll notice you lot can meet the frequency level, measured in Hz. Adjusting this will focus the reverb on that frequency – more to the right will focus on higher frequencies, with low-stop frequencies to the left.
Finally, the last drop-down menu at the lesser allows you to change the character of the reverb – from the huge ambient of Church to the natural sparkle of Room.

Come back in the coming weeks and months as we share a crash course in all the effects you'll demand to create winning productions.

Until then, comprehend reverb and make infinite!