[sdiy] Reverb opinions, please

[harrybissell]

Congrats... you just invented the Cooper "Time Cube" (iirc)... ;^P

I tried a garden hose... the worst part is that if you coil the hose, and the
loops touch each other... the mechanical conduction of the sound can 'short
circuit' the airborne sound... mine did !   I'd go with a straight tube if
possible...

H^) harry

Dave Magnuson wrote:

> At 08:12 AM 5/21/04 -0500, TIm Daugard wrote:
>
> >Also in my parts pile is 40 ft of PVC pipe, a speaker and a few
> microphones. I'm
> >going to try an acoustic delay line, when I get around to it. Theory says
> that
> >maybe the bass will be attenuated less than the treble.
>
> As a kid, I remember yelling down the hose for the pool vacuum.  It was
> about 1-1/2" diameter and 50+ feet long, with a ribbed or corrugated
> texture to it.  Sounded really cool, and I imagine it would make a great
> acoustic effect.
>
> I can picture placing the coil of tube in a sealed wooden box with XLR mic
> and 1/4" speaker connection.  There would obviously be some bleed of the
> "dry" signal if the mic and speaker were close together... but I hardly
> ever use my delays at 100% wet signal anyways.  Plus if you cranked up the
> driver volume (or the mic gain) you could push it into feedback.
>
> Dave (Wonder if dad would notice if I stole his pool hose) Magnuson
>
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