Reverb:

I put reverb on the guitars and vocals in the tracks....UNLESS I have multiple guitars and multiple vocals which I normally do so I place the reverb in the buss.

Nothing else in the mix gets reverb on it. Everything from the tracks level is dry as a bone in the Sahara.

So reverb goes in the sub busses for vox and guitars, and also in the master buss. In 98% of my song projects that is the set up.

I tend to use the very same reverb plug for everything. I like a dark plate or a light plate depending.... but generally a dark plate which is from the Cakewalk default Sutdioverb2 plug.

I normally set reverb by bringing it up until I can hear it, then I back it off until I can't and that's where it gets set..... of course, there are times where I do crank it up to audible levels.

I don't like the Ozone reverb so I don't use it. Studioverb2 plates are smooth sounding and work well so I use them for most things. Since the reverb from the sub buss adds to the reverb in the master buss, you have to be careful not to overload the amount of verb and ruin the mix with a huge sounding room.

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