what are your fave verb settings?

[Tyrisia]

well I ask this as I've got the kit, a powercore, but still haven't mastered the art of lush verb yet, it's either too short or too mushy. what verb settings do you guys use to get that professional lushness without cluttering the mix? do you use seperate settings for percussion and synths?

[tonyc2002]

you could always try using a gate

[Tyrisia]

funnily enough I was just trying that this afternoon mate, it does help a fair bit, the only thing I worried about is maybe it is a bit of an unnatural way of treating reverb, coz verb tails don't get cut in real life. I know this is a common workaround that has been discussed here before, i will definitely experiment more..

[rhythmtech]

if you're making techno i wouldnt be too concerned about what sounds natural

[loopdon]

Highpass it if needed. The more you listen to different techno the more you are bound to realize that lots of verb-tips don't apply to this kinda music.

Tracks by big names can be bathing in verb. I would almost say that the (over)usage of reverb is one of the absolute key-factors in getting a ''pro''-techno sound. As rhythmtech said: don't worry to much about it sounding natural.

Two different reverbs on sends - one short (room or something like it) and one long one should allow you to create a nice 3-d effect. I'd just not put to much and to long a reverb on kicks and deep bass.

For lots of people 300 Hz is a value at where reverb usage starts. below that maybe not and mono if aiming at vinyl compatibility.

That's all i can add.

[Tyrisia]

cheers guys, I've just tried two different megaverbs, one with a short decay and gated and a long decay on the other no gate, cut the short at 200hz and is sounding much better, I will experiment more methinks..