Members johngalt Posted October 20, 2006 Members Share Posted October 20, 2006 I'd like to make a cool reverb chamber that I can take on tour...something that sounds huge and awesome and looks cool. Anybody have any experience with this or can point me in the right direction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Carati Posted October 20, 2006 Members Share Posted October 20, 2006 Maybe put a steel drum (5 gallon) inside a long rectangular box with the speaker at one end and your mic at the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Purple Bottle Posted October 21, 2006 Members Share Posted October 21, 2006 This guy did it with a beer keg (I'd assume in the same way as mentioned above): http://guitargeek.com/rigview/630/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Carati Posted October 21, 2006 Members Share Posted October 21, 2006 The ROUNDNESS of the chamber is problably essential...doubt it would work with a square shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sempri_fi Posted October 21, 2006 Members Share Posted October 21, 2006 it will work with any shape, basicly take a metal shape, problably a beer keg because they are easy to work with, and take metal springs and put them into the keg longways so they go from speaker end to mic end, it will give you a really nice reverb sound and sound way bigger than it actually is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John S. Shinal Posted October 23, 2006 Members Share Posted October 23, 2006 I friend and I built a giant plate reverb one time, but it was a tremendous bunch of work for very little result. Not recommended, at least not a plate-type unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members johngalt Posted October 23, 2006 Author Members Share Posted October 23, 2006 Originally posted by sempri_fi it will work with any shape, basicly take a metal shape, problably a beer keg because they are easy to work with, and take metal springs and put them into the keg longways so they go from speaker end to mic end, it will give you a really nice reverb sound and sound way bigger than it actually is. Are you talking about springs like this? http://www.paia.com/hotsprgs.htm Thanks for all the replies so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members highpressur Posted October 24, 2006 Members Share Posted October 24, 2006 Wow that project kit sounds interesting. I would like to hear from someone who built one. Can you insert the kit into the amp after the pre amp or do you put it into the input of the amp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sempri_fi Posted October 24, 2006 Members Share Posted October 24, 2006 not just small springs though, just any spring, long, short whatever, the purpose is basicly just to be a battery of sorts to store the sound energy and let it out slowly. the speaker viberates the springs which the microphone picks up and the sound not only from the speaker but the springs too. its the same idea as the little plasic reverb microphones you might of played with as a kid on a large scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members larrymroy Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 Back in the Olden Days there was the Cooper Time Cube which was a coiled copper tube with shure mic capsule at each end. One used as a transmitter (speaker) and one used as a receiver (mic). You'll have to do search to find details. This system is very compact and rugged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TimmyP Posted March 1, 2008 Members Share Posted March 1, 2008 Tis said that the reverbs in the old Hammond Tone Cabinets is a cut above, and they look kinda cool. However why reinvent a less well performing wheel, when there are so many good digital reverbs available, some of which are very affordable, especially used. Try a TC M1 one the low $ side, or a Kurzweil Rumour for medium bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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