Re: [Harp-L] Studio Reverb / which type to use?

["Tim Moyer" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> A quick question to all who records in studio. I'm gonna record 
> chromatic solo. Which type of Lexicon reverb would be the most 
> applicable: plate, vocal, hall, etc. It' s gonna be a front man 
> solo - no echo like things at backgound, but solo with a jazz 
band. 
> I'll try a couple in studio, but in ordrer to save time in studio 
> your advice would help greatly. 

I agree with Richard that if you can lay your solo down "dry" on a 
separate track you can add the reverb (and other effects) in the mix 
down and tailor it to the rest of the piece.  This also has the 
advantage of allowing you to dial in how "wet" the effect is.  When 
you play live you have to mix the wet and dry signal inside the 
effects unit, which means what you get is what you get.  If you add 
the effect later you can dial how much of it you want.  

One thing that seems to be consistently true of studio effects 
(rack) units is that they add too much of the effect to the combined 
signal when used live.  I dialed my plate reverb effect on my Alesis 
Midiverb down from about 30% default, to about 5-6% for live use.  
That's plenty!  

Good luck and have fun.

-tim