#617

I’ve had good results using automation in the DAW (with Valhalla’s Shimmer) to change the pitch interval throughout the piece, often moving through non-musical interval territory. Both step changes and smoother transitions yield interesting results.

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#618

Valhalla Delay using diffusion + high feedback in Pitch, RevPitch, and Ghost mode is an amazing one stop shop for this pitched reverb feedback territory IMO. Gets fine grained control over pitch, and the controls responds well to modulation + automation.

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#619

The techniques suggested here that I tried yielded some great sounding results. However, I emailed the artist to ask how it was accomplished, something that I should have done to begin with, and it turns out I was massively overthinking it. It’s a pitched up drone, run through a reverb, duplicated with the copy detuned. I haven’t gotten the exact same sound, but I’ve gotten close enough while still being able to take it somewhere unique. Thanks everyone.

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#620

There’s an Alesis Quadraverb on my local Craigslist for $100… I just bought a new euro case but $100 is pretty cheap and they seem to be neat little units.

Seems like opinions on this unit range from “dated, there are better” to “I’ll always have one because they’re great to have around”.

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#621

I have one and I don’t think I’ll ever sell it. For me it’s not so much because it nails that 90s Warp sound (although it does, and I love that sound), but because you can set the diffusion and density low and get these jagged shards of reflections that I really like. On the other hand there’s this nice foggy warble with long decays and lots of diffusion. So for me it’s kind of a 2 and a half trick pony, but I love those tricks.

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#622

If you’re curious, it’s worth picking up. That’s a decent price. Enough people know what’s up that it shouldn’t be too much trouble to part with if it’s not a unit for you. Reverbs are just one of those things you need to run your own music through to appraise.

#623

Any Alesis fans have an opinion on the reverbs in the Ineko? I like the form factor, and the specs seem good, but the parameters are limited. I may have a chance to purchase a nice condition one. Where do its reverbs sit in the lineage?

#624

i’m falling in love with my Alesis Wedge again after a long period of not using it. The Glimmer preset tweaked a little is perfect for some early 90’s Warp Records sounds. I also programmed a super long delay with a hint of ‘verb that gets really dark as the repeats fade that I use for longer drone pieces. Anyone else got love for the ol’ Wedge?

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#625

Yes! Such a nice box. Glimmer is great.

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#626

Almost all sounds and devices are dated:) Only their composition, symbiosis and arrangement can be fresh.
Most dated things are just copying modern sound of trendy things. Some old forgotten devices can provide new colours that can sound quite unique

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#627

I had a Wedge for a few years and loved it, the hands on control was amazing, the tap white noise burst feature essential, one the best reverb processors I’ve owned, I miss it!

#628

It’s August in the year 2020. How are we all feeling about BAM, as opposed to offerings from Empress, Meris, and many others? I don’t use reverb a whole lot outside the DAW, but am thinking I’d like to swap my Big Sky for something with more character.

#629

I have a BAM for about a year. It’s great as an instrument - there is a good interface that provides a lot of fun and new sounds during composing/life performance. You need some time to understand the UI but after it you will love how it works. It’s not perfect for setup and forger reverbs(Axe-Fx is a king for me here with beautiful spring/plate/room reverbs).
I’ also not a fan of Source->bim->bam because ,
After bam some panoramic stereo effect is disappeared.

Filters and drive are really music.

With the same types of verbs like room/plate bam sounds another and its good.

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#630

That’s actually really helpful, because I often use BIM to widen the image of whatever I’m working with, and would want something that could maintain the width.

#631

Matt, maybe look into Death By Audio Rooms. Very good reverb pedal that came out this year.

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#632

Great thought. I know @oora has put it to good use.

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#633

Big fan of the BAM. I got rid of both the Big Sky and Mercury7 after the BAM showed up (and picking up a mixer with more flexible sends). It’s definitely got a more pleasing character to my ears.

As for BIM + BAM, I’ve been running them in their own separate AUX sends and it’s been working for me.

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#634

Most trendy modern things are just copying the sound of dated things.

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#635

The Flint is tuned to be a lot darker than the Big Sky, and the immediacy of the 3-knob control is refreshing. By far the best spring emulation I’ve ever heard (much richer than the Big Sky’s), and 80s is one of the lushest verbs out there. It “does less” than the Big Sky but it gets you to a happy destination so much faster, and you’ll get a little cash back to put towards a Euro module or another pedal!

The BAM just plain sounds good, murkier/weirder/what I wish the Big Sky had been. I pretty much always chose it over the Bricasti and AMS RMX sitting in the studio’s rack. Out of my budget to own one myself (you’ll probably have to shell out an additional $200 or so to upgrade to it), but definitely sick.

Has anyone gotten to check out the Tiptop ZVerb? My hope is that with the fidelity turned down a little, it can get a BAM-type sound on a budget, with the bonus of living in the rack.

#636

Fantastic Galaxie 500 vibes towards the end of this video.

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