Mixing guide / Space / Studio Reverb
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Studio Reverb

The room your voice is singing in.

Simulates your voice bouncing around a space: a small room, a hall, a church. The more reverb a layer has, the further back it sounds.

Use it when the vocal sounds dry and pasted on top of the music.
Each word leaves a fading tail behind it, the way your voice lingers in a real room.
Your voice afterBefore / removed

Every knob, in plain words

Size

room

How big the space is.

Turn it upA big hall. Epic, dreamy, far away.
Turn it downA small room. Intimate, close, natural.

Decay

secondsif your version shows it

How long the sound lingers after you stop.

Turn it upLong, lush tail, but lyrics can get washed out.
Turn it downShort tail. Tidy and clear.

Pre-delay

msif your version shows it

A tiny wait before the reverb starts.

Turn it up20–60 ms: your voice stays clear in front, the room sits behind it.
Turn it down0 ms: voice and reverb blur together. Sounds further away.

Brightness

%

How sparkly or dark the reverb sounds.

Turn it upBright and airy, but S sounds can splash.
Turn it downDark and warm. Sits quietly behind the voice.

Mix

%

How much room you hear compared to your dry voice. The most important knob.

Turn it upSounds further away, more “in a room”.
Turn it downDrier, closer, more upfront.

Start here for vocals

  1. Room or small hall size, Brightness about 80% for the lead.
  2. Mix: mains light (10–20%), doubles about 30%, harmonies about 40%, adlibs more.
  3. Best: one reverb on a shared bus and send every vocal to it.

Too much? Listen for…

  • Lyrics become blurry or hard to understand.
  • It sounds like singing in a bathroom.
  • The lead sounds further away than the harmonies.

Try it in 2 minutes

  1. Loop one line of your mains.
  2. Turn one knob all the way, then back. Hear what changed.
  3. Settle somewhere gentle.
  4. Click the power button to compare before and after, at the same volume.

Tips

  • One reverb on a shared bus makes every layer sound like it's in the same room.

See the recipes table for per-layer settings.