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2014/05/16 06:10:55
TremoJem
I am panning on a track from R to L very hard.
 
I am using reverb to add to the effect of this.
 
But of course, as soon as I pan from one side to another the trail is gone and the effect of the reverb is worthless.
 
I need to have the reverb effect trail on the L or R side, even though I have moved the audio to the opposite side.
 
I thought about adding a copied track of the audio I am panning and trying to work it that way, but that does not make any sense either.
 
I think I have to approach this from the master track and create a clip of that audio section and then apply reverb to the master on that clip.
 
Am I crazy?
 
Thanks.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2014/05/16 09:37:26
Kev999
Why not put the reverb on a bus and pan it independently from the track. Maybe automate the send too.
 
2014/05/16 09:46:45
Anderton
Yes, a send will do what you want. It has independent pan controls for the bus input and output.
2014/05/16 10:19:50
TremoJem
I am a little confused, but let me think this thru...
 
I create a buss with the reverb I wish to use. I then create a send from the track that is panning, to the reverb buss.
 
I don't do anything with the panning on that buss, as I want it to have reverb on L/R all the time. That makes sense.
 
Except I am confident I have it all wrong, as I have never done this. I just recently started creating busses and sends for parallel compression, so I am still a little or a lot new to this.
 
Thanks for your help, I will try this.
2014/05/16 10:54:13
brundlefly
Just to add, as with most Send FX, you'll want to set the reverb mix to 100% "wet", and control the level of the reverb effect by the level of the send (it will default to 0dB, and you will probably want to have it down around -18 ±3 as a starting point). That ensures all of the dry signal pans while leaving the reverb signal centered.
2014/05/16 11:36:45
TremoJem
Thanks
2014/05/17 20:49:50
soens
The options are virtually endless here.
 
You can create VOLUME and PAN envelopes for the Track AND the Track Send.
You can right-click the Send Pan and set it to "Follow Track Pan".
(In X2 I don't see or hear this actually working. Does it work?)
You can place the reverb in the Track where the Track controls will effect the reverb also.
You can place the reverb in a Bus with or without a PAN envelope and set the Track output to that Bus.
You can place the reverb in a Bus with or without a PAN envelope and set the Track output to the Master and create a Track Send to that Bus.
 
Experiment with the possibilities to get the sound you want.
2014/05/18 08:12:38
lbk3918
Also worth experimenting with multiple reverb busses, e.g. a mono reverb on one, stereo on another, and different types (plate, spring, convo etc). You can also send one buss into another to chain reverbs.
 
Kind of things I use this for are eg to get a particular reverb on the drum buss different from the overall reverb buss - any maybe chain it to add a bit of the overall to the drums in the mix.
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