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Re: Tip on a great free reverb plugin (for lappy loopers) PSP Pianoverb




On 14 Dec 2010, at 10:30, Clifford Novey wrote:

> One of my fav albums of all times uses this- Weather Report's first
> record- self titled from 1972. Wayne played scales on his sax into
> piano strings. Joe was giving him the scales and they edited all the
> sax out but 1 note. Incredible and I didn't know how it was done until
> much later. Joe also is doing something with the pedals you can hear
> it.
> Cheers for the tip- I will have to load that app into Reaper (plug- 
>loving it)
> Clifford
> 
> On 12/14/10, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Guys,
>> 
>> Check out the free Pianoverb from the Polish sound design programming
>> masters at PSP
>> http://www.pspaudioware.com/
>> 
>> This plugin imitates the reverb effect you get if putting a heavy
>> brick on a grand piano's sustain pedal and then record the string's
>> sympathetic resonance with the vibrations in the air. I first heard
>> this back in the late eighties on an album with solo soprano sax
>> player Steve Lacy. But I didn't understand how that deep atmosphere
>> was created until more than a century later, and then by accident as I
>> was experimenting with open piano strings as "reverb generator" in my
>> own home studio. To be honest I don't know about any other plugin that
>> will give you this reverb sound, so if you are into that it is just a
>> lovely crazy thing that the Poles give it out for free now. Guitarists
>> might be familiar with the acoustic guitar reverb sound you get when
>> not muting open strings while playing on other strings. This plugin
>> gives a bit of that ambient feel to any sound in-the-box.
>> 
>> Greetings from Sweden
>> 
>> Per Boysen
>> www.boysen.se
>> www.perboysen.com
>> www.looproom.com internet music hub
>> 
>> 
> 
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