Personal Experience    Tips-&-Tricks

How to make reverse reverb:

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I'll be using Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 but this trick should prove useful no matter what version of cakewalk you use. It should also work in any recording studio software that has reverb effects and let's you reverse the audio track.

Step 1:

Record a track- You may record anything you wish but I recommend experimenting first with just your voice. Keep it short so it doesn't take forever to process since we're just playing around. A nice clear whispery voice that changes volumes should do the trick. We're going for a creepy vibe in this case so keep that in mind, although if done right it really doesn't matter what you say it'll still have plenty of creepy feel to it.

After you have recorded your short track (in Cakewalk Pro Audio 9) go to:

Edit>Audio>Reverse and click reverse. Should look like this:

Step 2:

Then add your reverb to the reversed track. When you're dealing with vocals too much reverb will make it muddy and hard to understand. When dealing with music the same principle applies. Keep this in mind when deciding how much verb to put on the tracks.

In Pro Audio 9 - Edit>Audio Effects>Cakewalk>FX Reverb (Stereo) Like this:

Step 3:

Then the last step simply repeat Step 1 and listen.

Here's Some Audio Examples of what I came up with:

• Listen to the original track without reverse reverb Sounds very cheesy in this track
• Listen to track with reverse reverb - but not quite so cheesy here.

And remember just play around with the reverb settings until you get the sound you want, there's always an undo button (usually anyway). You might even try bending the pitch if you really want to experiment and get crazy with it.

Until next time-

JM Brown - Instructor/Admin

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