Why not let the mix engineer add the reverb at mix?? If you hand them mono tracks with printed verb they will have no control over the level of verb you choose. If you put the reverb for all the instrements in one stereo pair you still will not have any control over the individual reverb balance.
If you love your verbs sound then give him a mono source track and a stereo verb track for each instrument. Then there is complete control during mix but still using your verb sound.

I was thinking of making separate reverb tracks for each instrument, but that would be a lot of real-time bouncing time, plus I'm not really sure how to make a separate verb track, cause it's all in sends to one verb unit.

rasputin7095 wrote: ... but the problem is, they all go through the same reverb.

:shock:
so ??

there was a time when all you have in the studio was one reverb.

AND

some of us old-timers wish we had just one decent reverb in the box as a plug
I still don't think there is a plug that sounds as good as the old dedicated boxes

perhaps having stereo reverb track for each instrument is the problem
too many accoustic spaces for the one song

just a thought

the songs are already done and they sound good; my main issue is having it all sound the same when I bounce it to wave files. Someone told me that all tracks going through a reverb is not the same as every track going through a separate similar reverb.

Unless you used something really exotic, there's no way the mixer is going to use your reverb. I wouldn't even bother to print it. Just send the mono tracks, and if you feel like it 1 track of the whole reverb bus so the mixer can get the idea of what you're after.

well, the reverbs I use aren't just for space; most of the music is electronic, so there are a lot of special effects associated with the reverb. I won't let him use any other reverb.

If you have lots of special effects, then send him a stereo wave of the reverb. Just take the actual drums off of the mix bus and bounce it. if you want individual verb tracks for each instrument, well then schedule yourself an open day, get some disk space and go to town.

If you really think the reverb is part of the sound to that degree.. I'd jump in with both feet and just bounce each sound WITH its reverb to a .wav file and he's stuck with it.

but I am a bit confused... if you are only using ONE reverb, then really you're not tailoring it to each individual sound..
why can't you simply describe the parameters to him and let him recreate it again as one overall reverb on his mix?
Can't you make really good notes as to what you used and how you used it as a suggestion as to what he should try?

If you SO don't trust him, why is he mixing your record? And why aren't you?

actually, plans changed, I persuaded the artist to let me use a different mixer, so everything's cool now. This guy has pro tools, so that makes things easier

if your not using the reverbs to paint "panaramic space" and the reverb is just part of the dry sound then keep it mono becuase thats the root sound on that track your are recording. let the mix engineer paint the stereo field to your taste , if you want it dry then you can leave it mono dry, if you want it to be in a "room" and in a certain panaramic spot within that room , let the mix engineer handle that. obivously your recording was done in mono with one mic probably in a "dead" room, so if your going to add reverb it's going to be synthetic. The mix engineer should have the best equipment for that job.