[sdiy] Reverb opinions, please

[Tim Ressel]

Waga-waga-waga!

It looks like there is a consensus about having at
least one spring reverb in one's kitbag. Lucky for me
I acquired a tank at the last PNW DIY meet. Jim
Patchell, I think, was the one to bless me with the
thing. Guess I'm adding it to my list!!

--tr

--- Steve Ridley <spr at spridley.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> Tim
>  
> > I am in the market for a reverb unit for the
> synth.
> 
> There's something magical about playing a synth
> through spring reverbs.  Ever wondered why they 
> still make spring reverb tanks 20 years after the
> Midiverb should have killed them stone dead?
> 
> Sure, they don't sound much like a room, and the 
> results with drums are laughable, but on analogue 
> synths and guitars, they do something very special. 
> 
> Ask anyone with a Moog 905 (me!) or an 
> EMS Synthi A or VCS3.
> 
> Maybe not a good choice as your first reverb and
> definitely not to be applied to the whole mix, but 
> build yourself one (this is synth DIY after all) and
> enjoy the magic...
> 
> 
> Steve (at least six spring reverbs but not obsessive
> really) Ridley
> 
> 
> 



	
		
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