Frozen Reverb Effect

You've probably heard this effect before. It sounds like an infinitely reverberant space.

You can create this effect very easily in Lumit with our Reverb unit. It has a "freeze" function, which, when enabled, sustains the level of the affected sound until you turn it off. The conventional use of this tool is as a reference to A-B's different reverb qualities. But today, I use it in a much more creative way. I made a new element in my track out of it.   1. Isolating the Reverb: You can use any source to excite the reverb. I like the way it responds to piano, so I played in a melodic phrase with some harmonies. After recording the part, the first task is picking out a good reverb setting. Keep it dry since we will combine it with a purely wet signal. Once you find the setting, create a return track and paste the reverb onto it. Bring the dry/wet of that parallel unit to 100% wet. Bring the respective send fader for that return on the track you wish to capture. You can bring it all the way up since we're just trying to capture the sound that will be mixed in later. Solo the return track. You should hear the reverberant signal now.

2. Recording the Frozen Reverb Turn on the "Freeze" function while listening to the return track. Experiment with turning it on and off throughout the performance. Find a spot for it and automate the "freeze" parameter using the "read" button on the rack module. Then, bounce the return track to a new audio track and delete the return.

3. Arrange and Edit the Wet Bounce. Trim down the wet bounce into a couple of manageable blocks. Use the audio editor to create fade-ins and fade-outs and boost the gain you need. Experiment with the pitch and stretch settings to determine where to place the sound.

4. Process the Wet Bounce. Your blocks will probably have a pretty abrupt ending at this point. Try using a delay synced to quarter or half notes to fill in the gaps. I would also recommend filtering or EQing the sound a bit. Some stereo widening may also help make it more effective.