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What a Room Is Actually Doing to a Sound

Early reflections, the diffuse tail, RT60, critical distance — and the violin argument, which is the best case for reverb anyone has ever made.

Topic
Mixing
Level
Intermediate
Format
Lesson
Time
15 min

Almost every mix has reverb on it, and a great many of them still sound as though the parts were recorded in separate boxes and stacked. Adding more reverb makes it worse rather than better, which is a reliable sign that the problem is not the amount.

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