11/22/2005

Clangy spring reverb abuse on Freesound

I just bought a very cheap, old, dutch-made D&R stereo spring reverb from the 'bay. It's a bit noisy, but sounds cool. This evening I took the top off, started twanging the springs and made this small, clangy sample pack for the Freesound Project, who are now getting close to 10,000 sounds and 1 million downloads.
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13 comments:

  1. Anonymous1:26 am

    Pyoooooooing! Dubtastic! :-D

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  2. Anonymous2:38 am

    That last one sounds just like the beginning of "In The Time of Our Lives" by Iron Butterfly (from the Ball LP)

    I never though about what made that sound at the beginning of the track, but I sure know now!

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  3. Anonymous9:33 am

    Is it possible to see more snaps from your D&R spring reverb ??
    Thxs.

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  4. Tom Whitwell9:48 am

    Well, Fred, there are a few more pics in this slightly embarrasing post at Sound on Sound.

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  5. Anonymous10:38 am

    ooooh, neato :)

    I REALLY need to get that "images with samples" feature finished!! :-S


    - bram

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  6. Anonymous5:17 pm

    Makes me wanna order those tank kits from Paia while I wait for the tube amp kit.

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  7. Anonymous2:36 am

    Perhaps the reverbs would be smoother if you passed them through a convolution reverb :? :) hehe

    Everything always sounds better with a convolution reverb.

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  8. Anonymous10:50 am

    Try spring reverb in a feedback loop (use mixer aux send back into a channel with EQ then send it back on itself..) -- when its howling start using your fingers to deaden the springs -> you can then kind of move your fingers to different harmonics points and it sounds damn fine and is mighty fun to play with.
    BUGS

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  9. Anonymous3:40 am

    Can of compressed air + Spring reverb = FUN!!

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  10. Anonymous12:27 pm

    http://www.d-r.nl/dnrsite/Service%20Parts/Reverb-Spring-Service.PDF

    has the schematics

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  11. Anonymous10:09 pm

    Spring reverbs are the best! That timeless old-school-vibe!

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  12. Babby Daddy10:25 pm

    any chance a guy could get a 20-20k log sweep through that sucker added to your freesound page?

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  13. Tom Whitwell11:23 pm

    Sorry, Mr, I sold it to Steve Dub some time ago...

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