Creating Space with Reverb

Learn how to use reverb to create a natural sense of space without making your mix sound overly wet. In this PureMix tutorial, Fab Dupont demonstrates a three-reverb approach on a jazz recording, using early reflections, plate reverb, and hall reverb to shape distance, depth, and perceived height.

Discover how short reflections move close-miked instruments back, how a plate adds space behind the sound, and how a hall creates a sense of openness above it. Fab explains how EQ, decay time, and send levels keep these effects subtle and prevent low-end buildup.

Hear the approach applied to drums, bass, and piano, with before-and-after comparisons in solo and in the full mix. Develop practical reverb mixing techniques for placing instruments in a cohesive, believable acoustic environment.