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Use subtractive EQ. It is much more efficient to lot to talk about with choosing reverberation in this article. If you’re interested in this eBook,
cut the low mids to reveal the highs and lows parameters, but the editor had the hook around please visit www.billgibsoncourses.com. The
than it is to just boost the highs and lows. Avoid my neck about 500 words ago, but try a hall title of the eBook is You Can Stream Great-
stacking up a lot of EQ boosts across the mix. reverb with a 1–1.2 second decay time and a Sounding Audio
It’s bad for the mix level, the sound quality, and 70 ms predelay…YANK!
the translation of the mix between listening
WRAP IT UP!
devices.
Okay Mr. Editor…sorry. There’s a lot involved
REVERB with this topic but hopefully this has been
The least natural of all sounds happens one helpful and easy enough to understand.
inch from any sound source, whether that’s a
guitar, drum, or the human voice. But, that’s Since I’m on a roll, I’m going to hit the rest of
where a lot of mics pick up the sound. And the topics on my list in an eBook that I’ll make
there is nothing normal about the sound of an available later this week. Topics will include
electric pickup on most acoustic guitars. Use getting the audio connected to the stream,
reverberation to simulate the natural acoustical mic selection for small and large rooms, mic
environment. The reverb doesn’t need to be technique for small and large rooms, more on
huge but it should help the streaming audience reverb, delay effects, compression, limiting to
feel more like they’re in the sanctuary and establish the right broadcast level, some more
less like they’re sitting with an ear up next about integrating the audio and video systems,
to the singer or preacher’s mouth. There’s a and a little more depth on some of the topics
SPECIAL EDITION
Bill Gibson
Teacher at Berklee College of Music Online, content
creator for LinkedIn Learning, and author of more
than forty books and videos about live sound and
studio recording.
Most recent book releases: The Ultimate Live Sound
Operator’s Handbook, 2nd Edition (3rd edition
releasing in April), and The First 50 Recording
Techniques You Should Know to Track Music.
billgibsonmusic.com
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