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Thanks bill! I will definitley start my journey at your page. I've still got a week on the road..... Can't wait to play with my toys again. And Ty per for the tip. I've always been enthralled by your verbage. Cheers > Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:33:30 +0100 > Subject: Freeze-verb (Re: Tip on a great free reverb plugin (for lappy loopers) PSP Pianoverb) > From: perboysen@gmail.com > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > > On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 2:59 PM, everybody wrote: > > resonator > > > It's funny how discussions on this list evolves. I like that! But I > think I need to better explain why I like the PSP Pianoverb plug-in so > much. I actually like it because it can be set to NOT sound like a > resonators system. I also like that it occupies less CPU power then a > convolution reverb. > > Another "reverb" I like is actually a software simulation of a tape > delay, EchoBoy from SoundToys. I set it up as a super short tape loop > with almost infinite feedback and a little frequency cut off at high > and low bands. This is the "reverb" I use when playing live. I also > use it as a playable "freeze-verb" by assigning an expression pedal > and a sustain pedal (over MIDI) to the EchoBoy's feedback parameter. > People talk about "scapes" when hearing it but it really is as simple > as this tape delay sim plugin with a control pedal for the feedback. > What is cool is that it doesn't freeze totally - like for example Eos > does - and thanks to this and the small cutoffs the sound cloud > "rotates" slowly when you freeze a note. > > The first good "freeze reverb" I heard was an Eventide box used by the > French keyboard player that toured with Jon Hassell in the eighties. I > have forgotten his name but he has been on this list (dude, are you > here?). Very cool sounding! Then I discovered that the built-in reverb > of Ableton Live sounded similar. But I don't want to use Live so I > unsuccessfully looked around a lot more until I finally found this > EchoBoy plugin. > > Greetings from Sweden > > Per Boysen > www.boysen.se > www.perboysen.com > www.looproom.com internet music hub > |