Hi all,

I applied reverb to a vocal track and through the headphones it was perfect. (My mistake, I should have mixed through the speakers, but I'm a newbie) I unfortunately saved the project, and now when I mix to speakers I don't like it at all. Is there any way to "undo" and remove the reverb so I can start over? I really like the vocal take and would hope to be able to save it. Thanks for any suggestions.

Nope. Re-do. Next time, clone the track before you destructively edit it.

One trick that works when you applied the reverb to the track (destructive editing): Use a stereo widener fx and set the "wide" control to a low value (mono). You will note that the more "mono" the signal, the less reverb is perceived. HTH...John

A nice trick, but I'll agree with Dave up there- redo if possible. Also, why did you *apply* the 'verb? I generally set up a reverb bus and insert a send on whatever tracks need it, and I always use it sparingly...

It's almost as easy as putting toothpaste back in the tube.

You can try playing with a gate and adjusting the threashold... that might reduce it some and make it less pronounced, but it won't get it all out.

ORIGINAL: bmogo

Hi all,

I applied reverb to a vocal track and through the headphones it was perfect. (My mistake, I should have mixed through the speakers, but I'm a newbie) I unfortunately saved the project, and now when I mix to speakers I don't like it at all. Is there any way to "undo" and remove the reverb so I can start over? I really like the vocal take and would hope to be able to save it. Thanks for any suggestions.

Define "applied" reverb. What did you do ? You can't "apply" reverb to a recording in Sonar or any other plugin for that matter. Did you use a hardware reverb during recording ? Did you bounce with reverb and then delete the take ?

I agree with davidchristopher's reply. Redo and in future set up a reverb bus to apply reverb. Don't ever destructively edit any track if you can avoid it.

ORIGINAL: mlockett

It's almost as easy as putting toothpaste back in the tube.

You can try playing with a gate and adjusting the threashold... that might reduce it some and make it less pronounced, but it won't get it all out.

This little trick works better if you reverse the audio first, so the gate is opening after the reverb tail. Then reverse the audio again. Voila! No reverb tail! But, both of these suggestions leave reverb in the middle of the words (or whatever).

Regards,
David

BTW, I have used this to help partially remove echo from spoken word recordings done in terrible environments.

This little trick works better if you reverse the audio first, so the gate is opening after the reverb tail. Then reverse the audio again. Voila! No reverb tail! But, both of these suggestions leave reverb in the middle of the words (or whatever).

Excellent tip. I don't know if it will work but the theory looks like it will.

What doe it mean  to destructively edit. I've got the same issue as described in the the original post. Not knowing any better, I  added ProChannel's reverb to a vocal solo track thinking that when I turned ProChannel off it would be gonzo! However, it appears that whenever one Bounces to Clip or Bounces to Track track earlier versions of the "take"  are forever gone! Is that right?  It is certainly destructive!!!  Is that considered destructive editing?