The 'Abbey Road' reverb technique

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« on: October 20, 2016, 09:14:09 AM »
Just saw this and thought I'd share it with you - looks like one that's definitely worth trying on your next track


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« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2016, 04:34:10 PM »
Like that one Tone.

Like anything concerned with Abbey Road TBH ....

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« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2016, 06:27:33 PM »
Makes sense. I went and got waves Abbey Road reverb and not really got on with it yet. Maybe this is the eureaka moment!
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« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2016, 10:41:50 PM »
I think I need better ears.... :-\

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« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2016, 09:18:45 AM »
Superb - I will try this and thanks for sharing.

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« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2016, 10:04:35 AM »
I never heard this referred to as "the abbey road reverb technique" - but using an EQ on reverb (and delays) is a very common technique to stop them muddying up a mix

I would actually experiment with putting the EQ AFTER the reverb on your reverb send bus - this means you can simply send all your tracks to the bus and then "sculpt" the overall reverb sound with EQ

Many reverbs actually include high pass filters within the plugins so you can achieve the same thing when using them as an insert a effect
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« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2016, 06:08:25 PM »
Hi Guys - yes I think there's definitely something to this - you don't have to do the Abbey Road thing but for my vocals at least it definitely helps to think about what frequencies you are adding the reverb to - too much in the lows and I often get mud on mud and too much in the highs and it can emphasise any tinniness.

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« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2017, 11:01:54 PM »
Had a look at this a while back. Must admit I couldn't hear much difference in the video tutorial. Had a go on one of my tracks but again didn't make a lot of difference. I use the Lexicon VST plugin which (if I remember rightly)  includes a LPF anyway...