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Quick effects tips: Part 3
Get more out of your productions with our series of quick-and-dirty effects tips
DYNAMIC REVERB RETURN
Heavy reverb effects with long decay times often sound amazing in isolation, but they may just be too overbearing in the mix. There are ways for you to have your cake and eat it. Imagine a vocal being processed by a very large hall effect; when the vocal is playing back, it may be swamped by the large ’verb. Insert a sidechain-capable compressor after the offending reverb and feed its key input with the vocal being mixed. The reverb will now ‘duck’ when the vocal is playing back but will breathe in-between phrases.