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even more about plate reverbs

By felix | Published: February 21, 2010
The other day I posted a new recording which made heavy use of my home made ghetto plate reverb. The plate is now safely boxed up and mounted on the back wall of the house, and while I was outside tweaking it today I thought I’d better take some photos. (click em for bigger ones) [...]
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new recording – over

By felix | Published: February 19, 2010
Just finished mixing this song. It’s not the first recording I’ve made of it though, so some might recognise it. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 (right click and save as) The song is called “Over”. It’s here as a free download so pass it on, and it (or something very similar) [...]
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more about plate reverbs

By felix | Published: June 27, 2009
UPDATED: A few people have asked how this mixer operates and sounds so here’s a wee video: As you can see there’s a scratchy pot or two to clean and I still need to make some knobs, but so far so good. Since I posted here about my fancy new plate reverb I’ve made a [...]
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how to make a plate reverb

By felix | Published: May 20, 2009
enlarge Today it stopped raining for long enough for me to do something I’ve been wanting to do for a while – build a stereo plate reverb unit. It took a couple of hours, was made mostly from stuff I found at the tip, cost about $10 and it sounds awesome. If you want to [...]
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