This Bitwig 6 Reverb Shouldn’t Sound This Good (Patreon)

This Bitwig 6 Reverb Shouldn’t Sound This Good

In this video, I show you how to build huge custom reverbs in Bitwig Studio using only stock devices. Instead of relying on one dedicated reverb plugin, I combine Blur, Delay+, Chorus, Convolution and a few simple tricks to create ambient tails, shimmer effects, pitch-shifted spaces and unique hybrid reverbs. The main idea is simple: great reverbs often come from combining basic techniques in clever ways. 0:00 Intro 0:07 Starting with a basic piano sound 0:27 Why the stock reverb is not enough here 0:35 Building a pitch-shift effect with Delay+ 1:40 How changing the buffer creates pitch movement 2:16 First pitch-down result 2:24 Fixing artifacts with a higher update rate 3:06 Hiding the reset click with a second curve modulator 4:05 Clean pitch-down effect with Delay+ 4:12 Extending the buffer for longer pitch movement 4:52 Turning it into a pitch-up effect 5:30 Using filtering and feedback for shimmer-like tones 6:27 Adding stereo spread 6:41 Wrapping the effect into a device chain 6:49 Adding reverb in front for more diffusion 7:32 Using chorus for pitch modulation and smoothing 8:14 Matching loudness with gain learn 8:52 Building a shimmer-style reverb layer 9:07 Adding a pitch-down / halftime style layer 9:30 Starting the actual custom reverb chain 9:46 Using Blur as stacked all-pass delays 10:02 Creating macros for mix and delay time 10:44 Spreading delay times for a smoother result 11:41 Shaping the reverb into a long ambient tail 12:09 Why chorus helps reduce metallic ringing 13:35 Adding more Blur stages for density 14:18 Why Blur is a fast alternative to Grid patching 14:54 Short vs long reverb variations 15:26 EQ shaping for airy tails 16:11 Bringing back shimmer in front 16:35 Turning it into a hybrid reverb with convolution 17:13 Adding the halftime layer again 18:05 Rebalancing levels and wet mix 19:00 Wrapping everything into one mega chain 19:38 Final custom reverb result 20:24 Sync issues with modulators and how to fix them 21:08 Ambient reverb result without external plugins 21:22 Resampling the reverb with Rolling Sampler 22:05 Turning the reverb tail into a playable texture 22:33 Endless combinations with just a few devices 23:00 Why every setup leads to different reverbs 23:16 How commercial reverbs often use the same core ideas 24:15 Final thoughts Download: https://polarity.productions/dispenser/ Video transcribed, summarized and Q&A on my Blog (no ads): -- 💕 Support me on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3PgbxZz 💰 donate via Paypal: https://bit.ly/3cae9t8 🎧 my Music: https://polarity.bandcamp.com/ 💾 my Tools: https://polarity.me/posts/articles/2024-08-04-polarity-tools/ 💻 my Gear: https://kit.co/polarity/polarity-music-kit 👉 Discord: https://discord.gg/eWwFBww 👉 Website: https://polarity.me -- 🛒 Buy/Upgrade Bitwig Studio & Support me https://bit.ly/3yQEyDU 🛒 VST/AU Plugin Deals https://bit.ly/3zcvo66