I like to crank the reverb wet/dry all the way up to hear this, while listening specifically to the decay of the reverb tail. on the grid) to give a rough overall decay time.Īnother way to do this is to use your ears. You can also measure the milliseconds based on the tempo of the track (selecting 1/8, 1/16 note, etc. In Pro Tools, just selecting the measured space will show the time in milliseconds in the Transport window. One is you can measure the time between the transients of two words in milliseconds to get a precise measurement of the decay time. If the artist is speaking fast, I’ll usually put a shorter reverb with the decay of the reverb's tail stopping before the next word so that it pulses in rhythm with the tempo of the rap.
Once you understand the fundamentals of how to make reverb and delay work naturally in a mix, you'll be able to match the quality heard in so many radio hits-and then, if you wish, you can push your mix further into a more experimental sound.Ī tail set to 269 milliseconds in Logic's Space Designer reverb plugin. (Later, we'll discuss how to use these effects on background vocals.) For the sake of discussion, I will mainly be referring to a type of natural vocal sound you may hear on a lead vocal on the radio. It can be a tricky subject to discuss when an effect is too much, as it's very subjective: Some people want a very heavily effected vocal sound, while some want it more natural. Professionals who have been mixing for a long time have learned how to really dial in effects like reverb and delay so that they create a pleasing effect without being overbearing or stepping on any other part of the mix. While everyone knows about reverb, not everyone knows how to tastefully set it to make it work in the mix, as it’s not always just a case of "set and go." Delay, another common effect used on vocals, can also be similarly hard to get right. You ever hear a song on the radio with a drastic reverb on the artist's lead vocals that sounds really amazing ( Post Malone for example), then, when you try to replicate that reverb at home, it just sounds washy and kind of amateurish?
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