famous beagle
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So I saw this cool video about creating a great-sounding spring reverb using nothing more than an Accutronics reverb tank, a headphone amp, and a direct box:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWwEnzUJ6TI
The tank costs $22.95, and he mentions that price in the video but also mentions $44 if you want to do a stereo version. I was on board and ready to order the parts, and then I started thinking: You'd just be sending a mono signal (combined instruments from the FX send) to the headphone amp, splitting that mono signal, running each through its own reverb tank, and then coming back in to the returns (via direct boxes).
So .... is this really a stereo reverb? Because it seems to me that it's actually just dual mono.
And if it's not a stereo reverb, what is a stereo reverb unit doing to the original mono signal to make it stereo anyway? Is it splitting the signal and treating each side different with regard to delays/EQ/???
Hope this makes sense.
Thanks
Edit: Now that I think about it, I suppose that the two springs would never react exactly the same to the signal since you're dealing with a physical, vibrating spring. So the reverb generated by each side would be different -- at least slightly. But it still brings me back to the question of what exactly a stereo reverb (digital, let's say) is doing to create the stereo signal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWwEnzUJ6TI
The tank costs $22.95, and he mentions that price in the video but also mentions $44 if you want to do a stereo version. I was on board and ready to order the parts, and then I started thinking: You'd just be sending a mono signal (combined instruments from the FX send) to the headphone amp, splitting that mono signal, running each through its own reverb tank, and then coming back in to the returns (via direct boxes).
So .... is this really a stereo reverb? Because it seems to me that it's actually just dual mono.
And if it's not a stereo reverb, what is a stereo reverb unit doing to the original mono signal to make it stereo anyway? Is it splitting the signal and treating each side different with regard to delays/EQ/???
Hope this makes sense.
Thanks
Edit: Now that I think about it, I suppose that the two springs would never react exactly the same to the signal since you're dealing with a physical, vibrating spring. So the reverb generated by each side would be different -- at least slightly. But it still brings me back to the question of what exactly a stereo reverb (digital, let's say) is doing to create the stereo signal.