So i just got a neumann tlm102 and love it. Im wondering how to get a nice soft sounding reverb tho. Ive tried adjusting ther wet and dry settings and can only get that metalic echo sounding reverb. I can adjust it so it doest echo but then i can barely norice the reverb at all. Im looking for that soft floating sound. If that makes sense. Is reverb how i get this? If so how shld i adjust the settings. If not how do i achieve this soft vocal sound, any plugins ect? Help
Which of the Audition reverbs are you trying? Each has a different character. Too my ear, the "Full Reverb" gives the nicest tone but at the expense of being able to use it in real time.
Alternatively, there are quite a few third party reverb plugins out there. One I particularly like is the DA Glaceverb which has the advantage of being free--but it's worth trying a bunch until you find one that has a sound you like.
Unfortunately, it's nearly impossible to give you instructions on what to adjust to get the sound you want because all the controls interact. However, it's fair to say that the ones I adjust most often are the early reflections, the overall reverb time and the HF cut--which might be the control you're looking for to tame the metallic quality.
Valhalla Room is the best cheapish algorithmic reverb I have used http://www.valhalladsp.com/valhallaroom
An alternative is to use the convolution reverb that comes with Audition. There are lots of free impulse responses around on the net (although noisevault seems to have gone and it was probably the biggest/most cited)
donellbard wrote:
Im wondering how to get a nice soft sounding reverb tho. Ive tried adjusting ther wet and dry settings and can only get that metalic echo sounding reverb. I can adjust it so it doest echo but then i can barely norice the reverb at all. Im looking for that soft floating sound. If that makes sense. Is reverb how i get this? If so how shld i adjust the settings. If not how do i achieve this soft vocal sound, any plugins ect?
I don't think that this is about additional plugins or anything like that - it sounds to me like you need to get to grips with some of the other settings in a decent reverb. If you use Audtion's Full Reverb, you will notice that it has a control for adjusting the level of early reflections. It's these that generally give a reverb 'character' - they're the bit you hear first. But if you want just a soft floating reverberation, generally what you need to do is reduce the amount of early reflections, and compensate by turning up the overall reverb level slightly. What you end up with is more of the later diffuse reverberation, which invariably sounds softer, and less of the harder, character-forming stuff.
Some decent suggestions here but the truth is you just need to experiment and use your ears, read a little tutorial on reverb settings and then just experiment, because for different musical instrumentals and different voices and types of singing or speaking, each application requires different reverb settins much of the time. You may develop a favorite for certain situations, but never use the same settings all the time. Also, sometimes no reverb sounds betters, or substitute an mbc or some delay etc..
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