Jim Feeley Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 This looks fun. Anyone have any suggestions on how to modify a plate for over-the-shoulder work? --Jim How To Build Your Own Plate Reverb: A Concise Step By Step Process Back by popular demand, here's a discussion of the plate reverb, as well as precise instructions on building a plate reverb unit. Oct. 11, 2011, by Bob Buontempo As Larry Crane, editor of Tape Op magazine, noted, “Plate Reverb. Many people ask me about this and I usually tell them to listen to some records from the ‘70s and ‘80s and look for reverb with a thick, pillowy sound that doesn’t obscure the vocal yet doesn’t quite sound like an actual room.” In 1983, I was the owner of a 16-track studio. One of the things that really separated the sounds of the recordings we could get from the sounds of the recordings made in major facilities was the quality of the reverb. Spring reverb was the only affordable system for small studios at that time, since EMT plate reverbs ran almost $9,000! EMT’s patent was about to expire, and when it did, competitors came out with similar products. While they were cheaper, they still averaged $2,500! So an engineer who worked with me, Joe Errico, and I researched plate reverbs and came up with an affordable way to build one. The whole article: http://www.prosoundw...late_reverb/P1/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vesterskov Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 What need for modification? I'm sure the prospecting indie producer will happily agree to let you bring a plate reverb, as they probably have no idea what it is. They might be slightly surprised when you show up with a small semi truck carrying the actual unit. Almost worth a try.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stacysound Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 Very cool. Brings back memories. The recording studio I used to work in back in the 70's had one of these. Sounded great, unless someone bumped it. Sounded like the world coming to an end... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 Same here. I was thrilled as a teenager to discover how plate reverbs worked. In fact, I was amazed to discover if you bumped the reverb in just the right way, it created the kind of sound used on Beach Boys' records like "Diamond Head" (from their 1968 Friends album). Fascinating devices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_bollard Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 Great accessory, no extra charge of course, when recording host pieces. Not sure if I can fit it in the Petrol bag with the 788/CL8, eight 411 receivers, zaxcom hop, couple of IFB feeds and the video monitor. Maybe I need to get a bigger bag. Anyone know if you can power it off 12 volt, hirose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Reineke Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 Yep, Plate reverbs bring back memories of yesteryear, like the splicing block post. I still recall using an Echoplate and an AKG BX10 (spring) the first pro studio I worked for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrd456 Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 Denecke and I worked at Wally Heider studio,San Francisco in the early 70's and used the EMT's quite a bit. We had only 2 echo chambers and the EMT's sounded best for a lot of stuff. J.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Rose Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 While we're talking springs... anybody else do the hack of putting a cheap dbx variable compress/expand box on the output of a spring, to simulate RT60 control? (Also... anybody know how to insert width and height commands along with a picture's URL on this board, so it doesn't display so big? ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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