You can eliminate some of that guesswork by learning how reverbs work and what happens when you adjust their parameters. With so many reverb plug-ins and effects at your disposal, it’s easy to go down a wormhole, hunting and pecking your way through presets to dial in that perfect sound. Reverb can be incorporated naturally, by capturing performers in a reverberant space (such as an orchestra in a concert hall, a choir in a church-or, as Led Zeppelin made famous on “When the Levee Breaks,” a drummer in a stairwell) or artificially, by applying reverb processors during recording and mixing. Reverb is a powerful recording enhancer, used to create a sense of space, add musically flattering effects and build width, depth and cohesiveness in a mix.
These days, artists and engineers in home studios have endless tools for shaping recordings to both natural and creative effect. We’re going to let you in on a little secret: Recordings are illusions, audio sleights of hand, capturing fleeting moments in time, re-creating and reshaping them so they can be enjoyed again and again.
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