The fastest and easiest way to get a hold of me is to reach out via the Mainstage To Ableton Facebook group. This is slightly less common than the others but is still something that happens from time to time.Īs always, I would love to hear from each one of you personally. Reversing a whole chunk of audio, and speeding up that section creates a pretty cool rewind effect. This works much the same way the reverb cymbal swell does but tends to pull your ear more towards the voice then towards the instrumentation. Reverse Reverb Vocal FXĪ reverse reverb on a vocal right before the chorus of a song can really frame the downbeat of the chorus. In the video explanation of this concept at the top of the page, I go into detail about the reverse cymbal swell. Think about literally any transition in any pop song written in the last ten years (maybe more), you will find it there. When I think of reversed audio effects, the number one thing that comes to mind is the reverse cymbal swell. Step 2: Click the “Rev” button in the sample box in clip view.Īlright, now that we’ve got the process down, let’s do a quick chat about some of the common ways this effect is used. Step 1: Double-click the audio you wish to reverse to reveal the clip view box on the bottom of your screen. You have now created reverse audio Method 2: The Clip View Step 1: Select a piece of audio that you would like to reverse Now, it wouldn’t be much of a blog post if I just told you right in the second sentence of this post that all you need to do is select what you want to reverse and press, “R” on your keyboard, so travel with me as I stretch this out for at least 400 words.Ģ Ways To Reverse Audio Method 1: Using the R key

It can literally be done with the push of a button. It’s extremely simple to reverse audio in Ableton.

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