Gate the plate in OPlat
I use this to liven up dull (most) snares and it works a treat. With the right EQ it will also work well for a complete kit.

You'll need the snare on its own mixer channel and it'll soak up a whole send/return :-/

It goes somthing like this:

1. setup a plate reverb on one of the send channels. apply about 50% of the snare to that send.
2. go into the master section, put an SCGate into one of the inserts for the send channel you used
3. select the snare as the sidechain input for the gate
4. set gate attack to 1.0ms, release to about 10-30ms, SClevel to -3db
5. plate reverb settings - fb67%, scale 0.8, pre-delay 10ms, wet/dry 50%
6. turn the volume down low on the return to keep it subtle, use the mute to A/B and hear if things are improved... or not :)

Of course these settings are just my personal taste, although I think you need at least some pre-delay. You can gate a whole kit like this - just roll off the low end with the return channels EQ - great with the 70's rock kit. For drums this technique only seems to sound good with the plate reverb, IMO the simple and ultra verbs just plain suck by comparison.

I haven't tried gating reverb on any vocal tracks or synth lines yet. And remember - keep it subtle.

col.

yeah but how do I put this serial number into the program?

compressor sounds pony btw :)

That is a pretty cool effect you got there. only had a little play with the settings u gave but already i can hear a big difference on a couple of weak snare i tried it on. up for experimenting a bit more with this, maybe adding a compressor in there too...

tha does sound pretty cool

Very nice! Thanks for the tip!

Makes for some pretty cool ambient effects... can make subtle basslines if used properly as well.