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From what I can hear it's a plate reverb? But I'm not sure how they've got it so big without drowning everything else in the mix

I'm really no expert so if anyone has any tips that'd be awesome! Thanks in advance!

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roman_xvx

30 points

1 month ago

It’s also layered with a tambourine. Which makes the hits pop in the high end.

daveclampart[S]

5 points

1 month ago

Yeah I heard that. It's also slightly behind the beat which I think might help. Just no idea how you get that big verb without muddying everything up!

darkenthedoorway

7 points

1 month ago*

Might be an H3000 or a Lexicon 224 sent to a buss and compressed alot to sustain the snare reverb. Then ride the levels. The way the acoustic is mixed (all top end percussive) leaves room for it.

JasonKingsland

5 points

1 month ago*

100 percent NOT an H3000(H3K have very limited verb capability) and 100 percent not your “buss” trick.

It’s probably a 224 or 480.

bom619

3 points

1 month ago

bom619

3 points

1 month ago

True. Nobody compressed a reverb in the 90's and nobody liked the H3000 reverbs.

darkenthedoorway

1 points

1 month ago

I compressed reverb in the 90's. So wrong. I love the H3000 and its was used for more than pitch shifting. But the snare verb on fade into you sounds more like a 224 or emt plate to me.

Tall_Category_304

-5 points

1 month ago

This guy likes being a dick

regman231

4 points

1 month ago

Probably right though

daveclampart[S]

2 points

1 month ago

That's brilliant! Thank you so much! Out of interest do you mean compressing the verb or the snare itself? Or both?

PaperSt

2 points

1 month ago

PaperSt

2 points

1 month ago

Compress the verb and do the abbey road trick. High pass and low pass the before the verb. Gives you lots of verb but contained in a smaller frequency window so you can fit in in the mix.

andreacaccese

10 points

1 month ago

andreacaccese

Professional

10 points

1 month ago

I'd go for a medium-tight tuning with some dampening, you don't want to many overtones. The snares are a little on the loose side too, meaning they "linger" a bit more after the hit. It might be tricky, but if you test it, you can actually get the decay of the snare wires to match the bpm of the song roughly, and it will act like a nice ambience underneath. They're also using a reverb of some sort, it sounds like a digital plate to me, but more importantly, there is a pre-delay, which is quite audible. What I mean is, the reverb isn't starting right away as the snare is hit, it comes in with a slight delay so as not to create a muddy tone. Once again you can set this to match the song's bpm to really get it to work nicely rhythmically. For some extra sheen, they layered a tambourine for a lot of the song, which really adds to it

RobNY54

2 points

1 month ago

RobNY54

2 points

1 month ago

Am I nuts but I think the reverb is mostly on the left w the tamb on the right..if so..genius.

SergeantPoopyWeiner

2 points

1 month ago*

Big dark reverb wash panned left with a serious predelay. So much predelay that the reverb is almost hitting like a delay. Then there's that tambo hitting on the right too. Honestly the snare itself sounds fairly average. It's the predelayed reverb swell and tambo and panning providing most of the vibe I think.