Killyp Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 God I've been wanting a nice Tape Delay or Spring reverb for ages! Not sure where all this hostility has come from - digital delays are boooooring (IMO). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Some Bloke Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Just Some Bloke, by not "quoting" your post I hoped to make my comment less personal than you may have chosen to take it. No. No personal slight taken! I was only defending my own contribution which I stand by. :biggrin: Tape delay devices were widely used and respectable in audio quality (not "rubbish")My point entirely. Spring reverbs were rubbish and tape delays weren't - that's why we used them all the time! God I've been wanting a nice Tape Delay or Spring reverb for ages! Not sure where all this hostility has come from - digital delays are boooooring (IMO).Tape delay yes, spring reverb noooooooooo! Quality pisspoor and you had to be so careful not to move anywhere near them as you were mixing because if you moved a spring by breathing too loudly near the box then it would bounce around making the most awful noise in the middle of nowhere! Yuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killyp Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Ah true I knows this from experience with guitarists not understanding gain structuring on their spring-loaded amplifiers (Master volume at full, reverb volume at full, input volume as low as it can go etc...) but spring reverbs make a great dubby sound. I'm into my dub in quite a big way and nothing beats the sound of a nasty old spring... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbsy Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Conversely, if you're NOT into "dub" then even the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard can beat the sound of a nasty old spring! Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killyp Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Point taken, and admittedly spring reverbs can now be emulated quite easily without the downfalls of a 'proper' springverb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmills Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 One thing a spring 'verb is GOOD for, doing thunder storms! Turn it over, and tap the springs directly,with just a little EQ, it is great for playing a thunderstorm live (Some directors have 'odd' ideas, I have a whole CD of thunder just ready to go, but apparently that would not do it)! Regards, Dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbuckley Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 One thing a spring 'verb is GOOD for, doing thunder storms! Way back in the dark ages I was in a band that did a cover of Rush's "The Temples of Syrinx" (I think having just googled for a track listing!), in which there is an enormous crashing rumbling noise separating two parts of the track. Our live solution for this was a spring reverb unit which got booted across the stage by the bass player... Oh yes, spring reverb units have uses, but providing a natural ambient is not one of them :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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