Reverb Return - TOO Quiet
Reverb Return - TOO Quiet
Having some issues with my reverb returns in Pro Tools.
I have an audio track with some audio. I have an aux-return track with a D-verb or Reverb-One plugin loaded.
I have a the audio sending to a normal mono-bus. The bus is the input on the aux-return.
I hear very little reverb... Even when I slam the fader all the way up on the aux return track. Even when I slam the send level all the way up as well.
All routing is properly done. However, if I substitute the (plugin) for an IO into my Lexicon reverb or Alesis reverb, the sound level is normal and loud.
I'm using a MAC G4 MDD | Pro Tools Mix-Plus | (2) 888-24's | Pro Tools 6.4.1.
Any idea what the problem may be?
I have an audio track with some audio. I have an aux-return track with a D-verb or Reverb-One plugin loaded.
I have a the audio sending to a normal mono-bus. The bus is the input on the aux-return.
I hear very little reverb... Even when I slam the fader all the way up on the aux return track. Even when I slam the send level all the way up as well.
All routing is properly done. However, if I substitute the (plugin) for an IO into my Lexicon reverb or Alesis reverb, the sound level is normal and loud.
I'm using a MAC G4 MDD | Pro Tools Mix-Plus | (2) 888-24's | Pro Tools 6.4.1.
Any idea what the problem may be?
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How do you have the wet/dry setup on the effects, both for the plugs and the outboard?
You've got your plugin on an insert of your aux track? And, you're sending from your audio track via a send with the send level at unity? If you remove the plugin from the aux insert, does the meter show you getting a good healthy signal to the unprocessed aux track? Also check that the output of your aux track is assigned properly.
You've got your plugin on an insert of your aux track? And, you're sending from your audio track via a send with the send level at unity? If you remove the plugin from the aux insert, does the meter show you getting a good healthy signal to the unprocessed aux track? Also check that the output of your aux track is assigned properly.
I tried the Wet/Dry mix all the way up to 100%. And yeah, the audio track is at unity (level of audio is about -16). The send level is at unity and the aux track is at unity as well. Audio is strong when I remove the plugin-insert.subatomic pieces wrote:How do you have the wet/dry setup on the effects, both for the plugs and the outboard?
You've got your plugin on an insert of your aux track? And, you're sending from your audio track via a send with the send level at unity? If you remove the plugin from the aux insert, does the meter show you getting a good healthy signal to the unprocessed aux track? Also check that the output of your aux track is assigned properly.
Weird (and totally pissing me off )
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Yeah, I hear a small amount of reverb and see the level-meters just barely moving. And again, I gotta slam all the levels up. When I switch over to an IO and route into a hardware reverb, my God - beautiful lush reverb.vorian wrote:Are you for sure you're actually hearing reverb? If not did you maybe select analog 1 instead of bus one (or whatever number bus you happen to be using)? Or is the output of the aux incorrect?
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This doesn't solve your issue at all but why not use the outboard reverb? I don't think I've heard a plugin I like more than an SPX 90 or 900, not that those are the most amazing verbs ever.bradjacob wrote:Yeah, I hear a small amount of reverb and see the level-meters just barely moving. And again, I gotta slam all the levels up. When I switch over to an IO and route into a hardware reverb, my God - beautiful lush reverb.vorian wrote:Are you for sure you're actually hearing reverb? If not did you maybe select analog 1 instead of bus one (or whatever number bus you happen to be using)? Or is the output of the aux incorrect?
Back to the PT thing.. very strange. There's not a trim automation somewhere is there?
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Re: Reverb Return - TOO Quiet
Are you using PREFADER or POST FADER send?bradjacob wrote:Having some issues with my reverb returns in Pro Tools.
I have an audio track with some audio. I have an aux-return track with a D-verb or Reverb-One plugin loaded.
I have a the audio sending to a normal mono-bus. The bus is the input on the aux-return.
I hear very little reverb... Even when I slam the fader all the way up on the aux return track. Even when I slam the send level all the way up as well.
All routing is properly done. However, if I substitute the (plugin) for an IO into my Lexicon reverb or Alesis reverb, the sound level is normal and loud.
I'm using a MAC G4 MDD | Pro Tools Mix-Plus | (2) 888-24's | Pro Tools 6.4.1.
Any idea what the problem may be?
That's where my buck is being bet...
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I'm running a TDM system with 3 cards and 3 888/24's and I just started having the same problem today. I've had my system for years and never had any problems. I use it every day too. On several tracks of a record I'm right in the middle of, I've I run the drums through an aux channel with a compressor. Suddenly today, anything I have bussed through an aux, whether it's a group or a parallel effect, is REALLY low. I have to pull up my drum mix by about 10db to get it near the right level. These are tracks that we've been working on for months, some of which are nearly mixed and everything is off now. I've never seen this before and nothing's changed with my setup. I've tried everything I can think of. Has anyone ever had issues like this? Any suggestions?
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