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>>.....or Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins). Their pianos and guitars are often drenched in a very long and dense reverb that would put the Taj Mahal to shame - this reverb has a depth, richness, and aliveness that is lovely to listen to, it is not the linear, cold, and boring reverb....<< a lot depends on the vintage of the robin guthrie/cocteaus material, but I could probably find out from a former engineer of theirs.... chances are, though, that it's an AMS or an early lexicon. robin was rather fond of his effects.... on one visit to the studio (which is now occupied by pete townshend again), I was shown a cupboard full of stomp-boxes, many of them labelled with the names of songs by the cocteaus. sometimes there were three or four of the same pedal, with different settings & song-titles labelled on them. I'm pretty sure that the AMS unit could either do (out of the box) or be modified to do the frozen-reverb effect. a trick I've used to imitate this with my trusty microverb on it's "#16" (canyon) setting, is to put it /upstream/ of a long tape delay, & so that only the wet signal goes to the delay. feed the output (again, only the wet, or you'll get howlround) back into the reverb. it won't go on for ever without getting messy/unstable, but it will last long enough for most musical purposes! the best technique with this effect is to avoid sending transients into the system, & use a volume pedal in y'r main send. I prefer not to add chorus to this effect, letting the stereo tape-delay take care of this on it's own. if you can, incorporate a high-pass filter or otherwise somehow roll off the bass going into the system. this will make it sound more airy & ethereal. nowadays, I either use the microverb or my great-british-spring (stereo in/out), & a line6 echo-pro. duncan. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail (and any attached files) is confidential and protected by copyright (and other intellectual property rights). If you are not the intended recipient please e-mail the sender and then delete the email and any attached files immediately. Any further use or dissemination is prohibited. While MTV Networks Europe has taken steps to ensure that this email and any attachments are virus free, it is your responsibility to ensure that this message and any attachments are virus free and do not affect your systems / data. Communicating by email is not 100% secure and carries risks such as delay, data corruption, non-delivery, wrongful interception and unauthorised amendment. If you communicate with us by e-mail, you acknowledge and assume these risks, and you agree to take appropriate measures to minimise these risks when e-mailing us. MTV Networks International, MTV Networks UK & Ireland, Greenhouse, Nickelodeon Viacom Consumer Products, VBSi, Viacom Brand Solutions International and Comedy Central are all trading names of MTV Networks Europe. MTV Networks Europe is a partnership between MTV Networks Europe Inc. and Viacom Networks Europe Inc. Address for service in Great Britain is UK House, 180 Oxford Street, London W1D 1DS, UK.