How do I get a reverb to sound 'icy' ?
How do I get a reverb to sound 'icy' ?
The track is a mostly orchestral ballad, but with mimimal orchestral percussion in the verses and typical drum kit+elec bass in the chorus, the lyric is about unrequited loss. The composer wants the reverb to sound 'icy'. I am working in Digital Performer, which includes the convo reverb Proverb, and I also have an UAD EMT 140 and a Lexicon LXP Native bundle.
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- Gone To Lunch
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Re: How do I get a reverb to sound 'icy' ?
Will DP let you use the reverb as a Send Effect and eq the return? Maybe a reverb with all the bottom taken out is what he means by "icy"? You could even add some distortion as well.
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- Exalted Wombat
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You don't have to write songs. The world doesn't want you to write songs. It would probably prefer it if you didn't. So write songs if you want to. Otherwise, please don't bore us with beefing about it. Go fishing instead.
Re: How do I get a reverb to sound 'icy' ?
Sounds tricky, even if you completely achieve your idea of icy then it might not be the composer's idea of what he/she means.
There is this:
http://www.hark.com/clips/pxdhtyrxrh-sfx-whoosh-icy-reverb
and that does sound icy.
There is this:
http://www.hark.com/clips/pxdhtyrxrh-sfx-whoosh-icy-reverb
and that does sound icy.
Re: How do I get a reverb to sound 'icy' ?
Try DaSample's freeware Glaceverb. If you can still find it.
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Re: How do I get a reverb to sound 'icy' ?
- onesecondglance
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Re: How do I get a reverb to sound 'icy' ?
+ & sweep MF - HF content?
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Re: How do I get a reverb to sound 'icy' ?
Adding some Arctic "air" eq might be useful on the returns too 13kHz +
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