Silver Spring captures the character of 17 legendary analog spring reverb units. These units were meticulously sampled, then arranged into five families that range from classic studio staples, to adventurous, mod-soaked textures designed for spatial exploration.
Experience the Iconic Spring Reverb Sound: A True Piece of Recording History. We’ve dedicated this product to capturing the unmistakable spring reverb sound of this legendary recording unit. (Stay tuned! The tape delays from this unit will be released as a separate product soon.) Using our renowned IR capturing technique, we utilized two premium tape formulas—BASF 911 and 468—to deliver the best possible results. To make it even more special, we added an analog chorus effect (inspired by the Juno 106) to the reverb tails. You’ll have two stunning options: pure spring reverb or spring reverb with chorus.
This set includes two very different sounding spring reverbs. The ‘Raybon’ hardware actually has two separate sets of springs in it, producing a stereo reverb (and was sampled as such). The ‘Nolard’ part of this library was made from the same model I used for my previous Nolard Spring set, but a different actual unit was used. Both reverbs have EQ controls which were sampled for use here, and I don’t know of anyone else doing this in Nebula reverbs.
The meticulously sampled and reproduced damper control ensures that you will have the smooth and natural dampening effect you would have with the hardware, and lush stereo reverb for days. As with many of my reverbs, this one is more complex by design compared to typical Nebula reverb programs (having a sampled control inside a reverb instantly makes everything more complex), so you’re going to want a fairly recent CPU and decent amount of RAM to get the best out of these programs. There is also a bonus reverb which used a sampling process I came up with that I usually refer to as ‘bionic’. The sampling tones are ran through the hardware at faster and slower speeds than normal, giving higher and lower pitched frequency responses than normal, and also faster and slower reverb reactions. 3 different speeds were used to create these 3 alternate ‘what if’ reverbs and they are all contained inside one program, allowing you to select whichever one you want without having to load another program to hear the next one. Try these out if you ever want something a little different from the main program!
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Feed audio into El Capistan, and all the warm and distinctive qualities and subtle nuances of vintage tape echo instantly combine to create an unmistakable atmosphere. Everything from classic slapback echoes to psychedelic feedback explorations have stunning richness and depth, responding to each note and each turn of a knob in a musically-inspiring way. Turn up the repeats for organic delay feedback with just the right amount of grit, or dial in some spring reverb to further enhance the sense of space.
Dual Spring Reverb is an effect plugin that uses a physical model of helical spring vibration to recreate the classic sound of spring reverbs.
