From the course: Ableton Live 9: Programming Beats
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Adding reverb - Ableton Live Tutorial
From the course: Ableton Live 9: Programming Beats
Adding reverb
Male 1: Adding a sense of space to our drums is very important. After we covered the stereo field with panning, we can now move on to the depth field by using reverbs. In this example, I took the drum and bass beat we've made and adjusted volumes and pannings, and added EQs as well as various effects. In this beat, we are using audio loops on two separate audio tracks. To apply effects on all the three tracks together, we'll have to group them. To do that, I'm gonna select one, hold Shift and select the last one, then I'm gonna right-click and choose Group Tracks. Or you could also use the keyboard short cut, Cmd or Ctrl+G. By grouping all these tracks together, I can place an audio effect on the group that will affect all the tracks in the group. Let's call this group, I'm gonna right-click, and I'm gonna rename it. Let's call it DnB for drum and bass. Reverb is an audio effect which gives the sound a sense of depth and space. Using reverbs, we can push our drum elements to the…
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