well to keep things from muddying up your mixes, make use of the hipass/lowcut settings in your reverb plugin on the send you are using or place a hipass/lowcut filter after the reverb...

you can do funky things to kicks by putting a reverb on them (send) and playing with the 'predelay'-setting in the verb, you can make the send return fall inbetween your real kicks.

another thing worth trying is putting a gate behind a reverb, to cut it's tail off. some plugs have an integrated gate for this....

often used on kicks/snares and is called a 'gated reverb'.

if you place a delay on your main mix, it will start running, if used at small amounts this can be a nice thing to try.


i would like to know how many tech-producers actually use delays on their master-out? i suppose the affect i hear is achieved mainly by putting a delay on your percs, having them interact with the straight kicks, but
i'm not sure about that