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On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 2:50 PM,   wrote:

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> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 03:31:58AM +0400, alex stone wrote:

>

>> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 3:13 AM,   wrote:

>>

>> > Mmm. Using 8 reverbs for a single orchestral mix doesn't make

>> > any sense - unless you are doing something psychedelic (*) they

>> > all play in the same space. It's easy to share a reverb for any

>> > number of channels even if the dry/wet ratio is different for

>> > each.

>>

>> Using sample libs, which can vary in the amount of "presence" that is

>> recorded with instrument/sections, means multiple verb instances can

>> bring a little more consistency across the entire orchestra. My

>> example is of the 3 complete Strings libs i have, where 1 has more

>> presence in the base samples than the other 2. So i have to be careful

>> not to add too much to 1, and a little more to the other 2.

>> (And this is also true when blending "bright" string sections with

>> those that are duller. the duller samples tend to need a bit more

>> presence, and the bright samples survive with less, but conversely,

>> also need EQ'ing a little, to not stand out so much.)

>

> None of this means you need to use more than one reverb, and if

> the target is to have more consistency you definitely should use

> just one.

>

> Reverb is a linear operation.

>

> If F1, F2, F3 are linear operations (EQ, delay, gain), then

>

>  F1 (reverb (x1)) + F2 (reverb (x2)) + F3 (reverb (x3))

>

> is the same as

>

>  reverb (F1 (x1) + F2 (x2) + F3 (x3))

>

> which uses just one reverb.

>

>

> * Set the reverb to 100% 'wet' and connect the outputs to your

>  main mixing bus.

>

> * Send controlled amounts of each channel/group/section (after

>  fader) to the reverb input. You can even equalise or delay

>  these separately.

>

> Ciao,

>

> --

> FA

>

> There are three of them, and Alleline.

>

>

I'll try this again, Fons, thanks.
Alex.
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