Janet, like you I am new to using effects. Starting with dry tracks and adding effects later gives you the capability to try many effects, or one effect many different ways, so you can determine what works best within the framework of the song.

I have found on individual tracks that if you're wanting to use reverb to fill empty space between words or notes delay may work better. If you want to bring a track more to the front, increase the apparant loudness of a track or otherwise add omph to a track then short delays (less than 30 milliseconds) are definetely your friend.

If the track is a background track, like a background vocal, adding reverb can be a very effective way to push a track back into the mix. Remember though that natural reverb cuts much of a track's high frequencies. One way to have reverb but keep the clarity of the high frequencies is to duplicate the track, run a 100% wet mix on the duplicate track and 100% dry original track then adjust the gain of both to taste. Panning each adds some seperation between the tracks.

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