#30

The Empress is a fantastic pedal, if I only own one reverb it would be that.

If you haven’t checked out knobs on youtube, his demo videos are some of the best I’ve ever seen (no talking! only sounds!). He demos some other pedals that I’m going to get as soon as I’m no longer a starving grad student.

I tried out a newer reverb from Earthquaker called the Afterneath that was suuuper dark, I wouldn’t use it too often but I could see it working really well as a subtle background thing, or maybe featuring it once in a set.

I’ve heard awesome stuff from eventide, too.

But for live stuff I’ve had a ton of fun with the BEAP modules in Max, especially the Gigaverb. Freeverb is not very versatile but is fun to freak out by turning up the feedback too high.

#32

What does the beer mode do?

#33


It’s got two settings - it’s really just where they put effects that didn’t fit in other categories, so it’s a bit of a misnomer. But one mode is glitchy, and the other is a gated verb.

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#34

fx units like the ensoniq dp2 or 4 included cv/exp in…I used mine a few times with an expression pedal only (not so much cv possibilities on late 90s devices, hehe).

the ehx mel9-b4 are funny, but i think they’re more suitable for plucked/short attack instruments. tracking on some guitar notes are missed sometimes, but hey, imperfection is beauty too :slight_smile:

#35

moogerfoogers all the way for the live funs

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#36

anyone have any experience with this…

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The Reverb Thread
#37

yes, it’s great

i can dm you specifics if you have questions

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#38

mono only, right? or mono in stereo out?

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#39

I just have the alesis wedge
I haven’t had my full setup put together for a while (this being one of the pieces I’ve not been using)
but what I remember is that this pedal sounds crunchy with the cocoquantus + plumbutter combo I play with

the empress pedal is very tempting as it looks to pack a punch for the size

a real spring reverb would always be a plus too

#40

correct
it has only mono in/out

#41

I appreciate their design and decision to sustain engagement with their community of users by adding algorithms to the platform.

Are the ins and outs instrument or line level? I’m curious how it would sound on a send.

#42

Wow that looks super lovely to me. Do you have any sounds @glia made with this that you’d feel confortable to share?

#43

i sold mine but it was used on a few tapes you’ve likely heard

on orumi and qishr it was part of the fx chain (paired with bugbrand ptd)

mightve played bass thru it for hijiki konyaku dub but honestly cant remember with certainty


this whole track is moisturizer


1st minute is synth + 100% wet reverb

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#44

i feel like a big dummy and this might prove to be a topic all on its own, but for the guitar-less and pedal-less few among us: how would y’all describe the DSP behind what’s happening in the linked video (particularly that ~5 to 5:30 marker)? y’know, that warbly half reversed half pitched tape-soundin’ stuff that’s trailing the guitar input? there’s gotta be a better set of terms to describe it…

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#45

Hmm, the window you described has a few sound samples in it, but generally I’d say the reversed stuff is a “reversed” (swelling in) impulse response, the warble is likely either modulated reverb time or the guitar whammy, and the washy stuff is the late reflections coupled with a low-pass filter.

EDIT: after looking at the specs, it also has a cabinet simulator, so that could be adding to the band-limited tape-filtery sound.

Sound On Sound always has great articles, and I found this near-exhaustive post on reverb in mixing that has like, waaaay too much info:
http://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/use-reverb-pro-1

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#46

I talk big like I know, but I don’t own one of these yet. :grin:

Their site, however, says that the output impedance is either 100Ω or 600Ω with a transformer. So, both I guess.

More specs listed here:

I don’t work for them, I swear. I’ve just been admiring this pedal from afar for so long.

#47

i use the party van fx chain. it really is great, and very deep if one wants to.

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#48

Eventide space owner here - I love how it sounds, but I find the foot switch modes extremely confusing - i.e. I always end up with it in program select mode instead of tap tempo mode and can’t recall how to get it back.

#49

ah “press and hold the right footswitch for 2 seconds”

#50

this thing is gorgeous

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