TC M2000

[ghance]

I really like the M2000 for its subtle / natural / clean reverb... but when I need something more in-your-face / artificial / taj mahal, I reach for the Lexicon... but the other day I was already using the lex on something else, and I ended up playing around with the TC for way too long trying to get a thicker / richer reverb from the TC. anyone got any suggestions? cheers! spike

[paulears]

Despite all the modern things I have, I still use a Yamaha DSP-1 - a very early example of acoustic modelling - plenty of nice sampled 'venues' and multiple outputs (front l/r and rear l+r x 2=6!) The main snag - you need the remote, there are no controls on the unit - and therefore mine is stuck on a single programme. I wish I could get a new remote. Dates back to the mid eighties and was meant for home systems, not music use - but it is really great.

[Ben Lawrance]

A few years ago, I was given an old Alesis Midiverb 2.

 

I have used it ever since (100+ jobs) I can't fault it at all. The technology may well be very old, but it's built like a tank, and never let me down.

[Chris Hinds]

I've never been much of a fan of the Lexicon units, and I love the m2000 and m3000. The Yamaha SPX990 has always stood me well for a more artificial reverb. I like the SPX for things like drums while I use the tc on vocals.

 

I've never played with the tc enough to seriously try and make a thicker reverb, but I expect with enough playing and perhaps some EQ on the return you should be able to achieve something workable in a pinch... try boosting the low mids?

 

Regards

 

Chris

[jayselway]

My reverbs are as follows

 

(Yamaha)

SPX990

SPX90

REV7

REV100

 

Others: Midiverb 2, TC M-ONE XL, Korg Reverb.

 

There are some old delays in the rack too.

 

Jay :blink:

[jamesperrett]

I really like the M2000 for its subtle / natural / clean reverb... but when I need something more in-your-face / artificial / taj mahal, I reach for the Lexicon... but the other day I was already using the lex on something else, and I ended up playing around with the TC for way too long trying to get a thicker / richer reverb from the TC. anyone got any suggestions? cheers! spike

 

I love the sound of my old Ibanez SDR1000. It was actually designed by Sony and later sold by them under their own name at a higher price. Unfortunately it has got progressively noisier so it doesn't get much use now. It has plenty of buttons on it so editing is easy and you can choose 10 different presets with just a single button press so I've even gone as far as setting up a preset for just one note in a song and another preset for the rest of the song and switching live at the appropriate point.

 

For live now use I'll go for the Eventide H3000 which, again, is really fast to use live due to the generous number of knobs and buttons on the front panel.

 

Cheers

 

James.

[ghance]

cheers guys!

 

chris - yeah.. thats about where I got too.. lots of playing and a bit of eq.. I'm surprised by your lex comment. I find them hard too fault on rich/thick/warm reverbs.

 

ben - you must have the only alesis without a 0dB SNR. whats the secret?

 

guys - so anyone here played around the an M2000 reverb to make it thicker / richer / warmer? (eg. reflections, x-overs, diffusion etc)

 

ta mucho

[Chris Hinds]

chris - yeah.. thats about where I got too.. lots of playing and a bit of eq.. I'm surprised by your lex comment. I find them hard too fault on rich/thick/warm reverbs.

I find the Reverb itself very compatible. I find me and the User Interface very incompatible.

 

Regards

 

Chris