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Reverb on the Drums

happyhappyhappy	Date: August 18, 2005 @ 6:09 PM yay or nay?
happyhappyhappy	Date: August 18, 2005 @ 6:11 PM and if yay, elaborate. Is the a program with certain echoey effects you think suit best? Are you one to keep the bass crisp and just reverb the snare?
Snoogans775	Date: August 19, 2005 @ 3:41 AM it all depeneds on how you mic the drums, like the original Black Sabbath songs have this great drum sound in them because they just shoved a condenser right in front of the drummer's face. buuut, Cool Edit has a few reverb settings called "drum plates", they are well designed.
psypig	Date: August 19, 2005 @ 4:51 AM Yay. Unless the room you're recording in has a really nice sound you'll probably want to add at least a bit of reverb. Make sure you don't go over the top though. i usually put a bit of reverb on the snare and kick - but it's really down to personal taste.
woodhead	Date: August 19, 2005 @ 10:24 AM Some what, I only use it on the snare and very little.
zedsalt	Date: August 19, 2005 @ 1:01 PM Psypig nailed it: it all depends on the room and how one mics it. One of the best drumset sounds I've ever attained was recorded with two Realistic PZMs set on mahogany table leaves (what you put the mics ON makes a HUGE difference with PZMs) at a roughly fifty-degree angle to the set, about three feet in front of it, split hard stereo. I used to have a cardboard tube, about 3/4" thick, 18" diameter, 2 1/2' long, that I'd put a close to the front of the bass drum and mic the other end with a dynamic mic. Nice sound!
zedsalt	Date: August 19, 2005 @ 1:03 PM On the digital processing side: don't ignore other plates just because they're not labelled "drum plates". Ooh, and keep it fairly dry.
mattbanx	Date: August 20, 2005 @ 12:41 AM I usually reverb my overdubs together and tweak it between 15 and 23 out of 100 on wavepad, with a dash of echo to heavy the guitar against the cymble. The sound of a snare heavies just slightly as I turn the reverb up, but yet keeps dry. A snare is dryer the heavier the sound though. If I use the verb on every instrument, it sounds too much like it was played in a sink hole. I have to be very conservative and exact if I am trying to achieve that certain "sound". Although I don't use snare too often, sometimes I like a vintage sound.

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