2014/12/29 14:37:55
Polly13
I've heard reference to panning reverb, but I don't know how to do it using Cakewalk.  I'm using Sonar 8 Producer Edition.  Any help would be appreciated :)
2014/12/29 18:57:13
bitflipper
What did you hear about reverb panning? Are we talking about how reverb distributes reflections across the panorama, how reverb preserves or does not preserve pan position of stereo and/or mono inputs, whether or not a reverb sums left and right before generating reflections, or using panning as a special effect or widening technique?
 
In lieu of clarification, I'll take a blind shot at the question...assume that the output of a reverb plugin is probably stereophonic, in which case "panning" has no meaning. But depending on how you want to manipulate the stereo image, inserting Channel Tools after the reverb would be the usual starting point. That will allow you to either narrow the reverb tail's image, or use M/S mode to widen the reverb by boosting the sides.
2014/12/30 12:15:19
CJaysMusic
Its simple, you can use the the reverb pan settings, if it has it, the sends left and/or right settings, the bus pan settings and your track pan settings and automation.Use what ever you can use.
 
CJ
2014/12/30 14:44:02
Sacalait
another way I've done it is create two aux sends and insert two disparate reverb plugins.  On the track you want to effect- create two sends- one for each reverb.  Pan the output of each hard right and left.  It works best when the settings are 'similar' like a Breverb Hall and a Lexicon Hall. 
2014/12/30 14:52:25
Jeff Evans
Another option  (and I sometimes do this)  is to let a reverb create a stereo output but use Channel Tools on the output of the reverb.  Narrow the stereo image right down and then place the reverb at say 2 O'Clock and the mono source signal at say 10 O Clock.  That can be very effective sometimes.  You don't always have to have the reverb outputs in full stereo right across the stereo pan field either.  ie actually position the reverb in the stereo field.  In a complex dense mix that will stand out more than the usual stereo return concept.
2014/12/30 14:58:49
Polly13
Thanks for the responses, guys.
 
In answer to bitflipper's question about what I heard.... I read here and there about it, without really knowing what it meant. I've since heard an effect on recordings which I assume the term refers to.  An example of the effect is one I heard recently, where a vocal was panned straight down the middle and it had reverb added, but the reverberations just went off to one side, rather than all around.
 
 
2014/12/30 18:42:30
sharke
Don't forget you can make a reverb mono as well. In fact that's often exactly what you want, especially if a stereo reverb is taking up too much space. I will sometimes pan an instrument to one side and pan its mono reverb to the other.
2014/12/30 19:02:27
Jeff Evans
sharke you actually should read some previous posts.  I have covered that concept already. Then you can save yourself some time repeating what has already been said.
2014/12/31 10:53:58
Polly13
sharke
Don't forget you can make a reverb mono as well. In fact that's often exactly what you want, especially if a stereo reverb is taking up too much space. I will sometimes pan an instrument to one side and pan its mono reverb to the other.

Yes, that's exactly what I want to do. I was just struggling with the means of achieving it!
2014/12/31 10:57:42
Polly13
Jeff Evans
Another option  (and I sometimes do this)  is to let a reverb create a stereo output but use Channel Tools on the output of the reverb.  Narrow the stereo image right down and then place the reverb at say 2 O'Clock and the mono source signal at say 10 O Clock.  That can be very effective sometimes.  You don't always have to have the reverb outputs in full stereo right across the stereo pan field either.  ie actually position the reverb in the stereo field.  In a complex dense mix that will stand out more than the usual stereo return concept.


I don't even know where to start here, Jeff. What is Channel Tools?
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