Your (reverb) techniques on drums?

[krysolite]

:beated: That wasn't me that posted that.

Thanks for all the replies fam, I appreciate your views on it. I've not been using it as much recently, or if I have it's been minimal.

LOLL. o word. my bad. hahahah i edited

 

[Cell 2Dee]

LOLL. o word. my bad. hahahah i edited

Haha it's all good.

 

[MagnaOpera]

that sounds cool. i think it's been done.

@Nnxt
and yes it does matter if major producers are using reverb to me because i'm not really using any. and if using it and adding delay most of the time will improve the sound and quality of my drums then i'm gona start doing it.
i know you were thinking who cares what the big guys r doing, do your own thing, then you shouldn't be wondering if we do it either. right?

dude seriously I'm pretty sure you should be replying to me not nnxt... lol I was the one who asked you if it mattered or not.


the hilarity of this situation is almost unbearable.

 

[7thangel]

i thought i would provide a link recently 'sticky-ed' at gearslutz instead of making a whole new post, it's free ir reverb impulse sets (donationware) of stuff like lexicon (various models), 6000, quantec, etc

here's the link http://www.rhythminmind.net/presetblog/category/samples/impulse-sets/
it should be compatible with most convolution reverbs like altiverb, space designer, waves, sir, tl space, wizoo, etc

 

[krysolite]

LMFAOOOOOOO. ya you magna

 

[DJ Excellence]

I never use reverb on my kicks, I like them dry. Most of the time I add a slight reverb to my snares with minimal wetness. I run everything (kicks , snares, hats, crashes , etc ...) through a compressor, always ...but that's just me ...you should always do what you feel is best for the overall track

 

[Cell 2Dee]

I never use reverb on my kicks, I like them dry. Most of the time I add a slight reverb to my snares with minimal wetness. I run everything (kicks , snares, hats, crashes , etc ...) through a compressor, always ...but that's just me ...you should always do what you feel is best for the overall track

What effect do you get off of the compressor? What does it do to the drums?

 

[Kontents]

What effect do you get off of the compressor? What does it do to the drums?

It’s not really any "effect" more of a way to control the output of certain dynamics in frequencies without Eq'n or adjusting the output volume. It’s a great tool as long as you use it moderately.

 

[Cell 2Dee]

It’s not really any "effect" more of a way to control the output of certain dynamics in frequencies without Eq'n or adjusting the output volume. It’s a great tool as long as you use it moderately.

I see. It's just all I've used a compressor for at this moment in time is to raise the levels of my samples when they're too quiet, so I tweak the output gain up a little.

 

[7thangel]

a compressor can soften or sharpen the particular drum part it's used on, as well as, 'lengthen' (a lack of a better term) a sound based on the parameters. besides punch there's also pumping and finally the character based on type of compressor and what's added, the components in hardware or added code in software i.e. noise. these are some of the effects a comp can be made to do other than controlling dynamics.

personally, other than a limiter, i never use comps for controlling dynamics i use them for sound and character not including a possible comp when recording highly dynamic music

using a comp in combo with reverb to control the tail or freq is widely used, others use the combo to add more character and/or so-called warmth because reverb can sometimes sound 'cold' (again with a lack of a better word) or be too metallic

 

[Cell 2Dee]

a compressor can soften or sharpen the particular drum part it's used on, as well as, 'lengthen' (a lack of a better term) a sound based on the parameters. besides punch there's also pumping and finally the character based on type of compressor and what's added, the components in hardware or added code in software i.e. noise. these are some of the effects a comp can be made to do other than controlling dynamics.

personally, other than a limiter, i never use comps for controlling dynamics i use them for sound and character not including a possible comp when recording highly dynamic music

using a comp in combo with reverb to control the tail or freq is widely used, others use the combo to add more character and/or so-called warmth because reverb can sometimes sound 'cold' (again with a lack of a better word) or be too metallic

Thanks for the explanations, appreciate it.