Production tips for up-front/dry sounding tracks

[merges]

I like the "dry" sound in a lot of techno and house music; where things like finger snaps, hats, and even often lead synth lines sound close and … well, "natural" in that there isn't a lot of detectable delay or verb. This sound isn't actually dry though. Any tips for thoughtful use of delays, verbs, and other techniques to get a non-dry dry sound?

[Warwolt]

I think you need to use reverbs and delays JUST enough to give it a sense of space and room, but not enough to actually start being audible.

[Serra]

also use efx sends for this, so you get the full body of the sound in the channel and you are able to choose which frequencies your reverb/delay works best for what you want by eqing the send channel. I think this will get you there

http://youtu.be/YKyR_enFuis