I have several reverbs and delays throughout a song, but at the end I want everything to stop with the last drum beat. Some FX are on individual tracks and some are on busses. What is the best way to create a "full stop" with no FX tails or lingering sound at the end of the song without cutting actual wave clips?

I've actually gone to the trouble of printing all of the verb to a track and then fading it along with my cymbal choke but I know there has to be an easier way to do it.

Thanks Dave. I suppose a volume envelope on the master bus would be the easiest.

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Thanks Dave. I suppose a volume envelope on the master bus would be the easiest.

That.would have been my suggestion as the simplest option.

YUP! After playing around with it I put all the FX in question on their own private BUS (to make them feel special) and added an envelope with appropriately located fades. Works great!

Is there a reason you didn't just put an envelope on the overall stereo master bus? Just curious. Although I'm sure the FX liked feeling special 

An envelope on the Master would cut everything. In this case I'm only after the FX tails.... not to be confused with fox tails. I would never cut those.
 

I have used volume envelopes for this for a long time. I find that I like reverb tails while what I am using it on is going, but when it stops I like the reverb tail to be shorter at that time. IOW, more reverb size while part is playing, but size drop when part stops.

Does that make sense?

Perfect sense. It's great for fading the FX in and out or panning L to R too.

ex:  if you add an envelope for a reverb send level, on an individual track, and automate the volume on all the other tracks, to stop dead at the last beat, you should be able to extend the length of the one channel's reverb send level past the end point, for as long as the tail would last, this allows the automation to rule the length of the tail.