Are you still making these 5 basic reverb errors? The answer is YES and it is tearing us apart. You need to follow these simple rules if you are serious about making this marriage work.
Tighten Up Your Bottom-End
It is crucial that you cut out all those tempting, thick frequencies below 200 Hz, however delicious you think they sound. This may be hard for you to hear but I must be blunt. Your mixes are getting out of shape. Marriages are built on respect, and I simply cannot respect someone who is content with such a flabby low-end.
You’re Thinning on Top, but You Can Do Something About It
Yes, things are a little thin for you above 10,000 Hz but this happens to many men, and in 2022 you can do something about it. There is no shame in getting plug-ins as they can give you a lush, bountiful mane of sound and, I dunno, maybe bring back some of that excitement from when we first met. Please stop comb-filtering over the thin areas, it’s old-fashioned and ridiculous.
Try Something New
No wonder our relationship is stagnating when you keep reaching for the same stock reverbs every time. Oh, how I long for you to surprise me with a boutique chamber reverb or something shimmery from Valhalla. Or maybe a sexy hardware unit with an almost obscenely transparent sound. Or maybe we should have some naughty fun with sidechains. Remember: vanilla is for ice cream, not for reverb.
Know When To Insert and When To Send & Return)
Healthy relationships require give and take. Send and return if you will. Yet all you ever do is insert your reverb straight into the channel like a caveman, despite not getting any pleasurable responses back. You might think you’re being a big man by setting it at 90% wet, but with the way you’re mixing, that just leaves the whole track muddy.
I’m Moving Out, I’ll Be Staying With My Mother for a Few Weeks Until I Get Settled
This is now so much a reverb tip as much as it is a fact. And if you want me back then you need to show that you’ve changed. Here’s what I need you to do. Accurately model a convolution reverb impulse response of the boombox scene from the movie “Say Anything” and send it to me as a WAV file. Show me romance isn’t dead.