pedal for reverse reverb?

[williamh]

I'm looking for a pedal that will give me reverse reverb. I want something true bypass and I don't want a digitech digiverb. Does it exist?

[theanalogfuture]

Marshall Regenerator. Can be modded for TB...was at the GC the other day and was gonna get it but it was out of stock!


Loveless fan, are you?

[williamh]

very much so my friend. Very much so.

[williamh]

so is there anything that's not currently in production that I might find on ebay to keep a look out for as well?

[theanalogfuture]

pedal? Umm, probably not. Rack stuff? Most definitely. I think some boutique builder should develop a Reverb pedal for people like us. Shoegazers that is...*sigh* if only I had electronic abilities....

[williamh]

I'm debating getting the digiverb and finding someone to rehouse it with true bypass.

[fuzzinator]

I'm debating getting the digiverb and finding someone to rehouse it with true bypass.

Don't go Digitech. The volume drop on the Reverse Reverb setting renders it unusable. If you go past 2:00, the volume drops considerably. Most of the fun with Reverse Reverb is in using it 100% wet.

Hunt down an Alesis Midiverb II on Ebay. They go for well under $100.

[williamh]

the problem is I don't want to get into rack gear. I'm just looking for a pedal.

[fuzzinator]

the problem is I don't want to get into rack gear. I'm just looking for a pedal.

Fair enough. I haven't found a pedal yet that does the job. The Digitech PDS3000 comes close, but they are hard to find, and quite noisy.

[andrewnielson]

the DD-20 does reverse very well!

[Joshua]

I think that's reverse delay, he's looking for reverse reverb.

[markom89]

pardon me, but, wtf does reverse reverb sound like???

[williamh]

http://www.digitech.com/products/digiverb.htm

click the demo button, then play the reverse reverb sample

[Witek]

Alesis Midiverb does this. I use it all the time. Kicks all arse

[williamh]

so, if nothing else i may try one of the midiverbs...anyways, my question is, which model of the midiverb would be the best to acquire, and would I be able to run a footswitch of some sort to my pedalboard to engage and disengage it?

[Witek]

so, if nothing else i may try one of the midiverbs...anyways, my question is, which model of the midiverb would be the best to acquire, and would I be able to run a footswitch of some sort to my pedalboard to engage and disengage it?

All of them really, but what you need is a midi controller so you can dial up a particular patch. You can get yourself a midimouse and have it take up minimal space on your pedalboard. Or you can just use a patch switcher and have the thing always set on your preffered reverb patch. All you would need to do is just switch it in and out of your loop via your patchbox.

I use a full midi controller and patch it through my marshall preamp, thatway I dial up a particular patch on my marshall and my marshall controls the midiverb and tells it which reverb I want with that particular patch on the marshall. (this of course is all pre-determined and set up by the user)

[adelphi710]

i thought the regenerator is a modulation pedal, not a reverb pedal?

Marshall Regenerator. Can be modded for TB...was at the GC the other day and was gonna get it but it was out of stock!


Loveless fan, are you?

[golgonooza]

I think he means the Reflector, rather than the Regenerator...

[pedalhead]

+1 on the reflector - great pedal, great price!

[theanalogfuture]

Yeah my bad, Reflector. Another I'm trying to get to hear is the Holier Grail, it has "reverse gate" which no one has been able to tell me if it sounds MBV-esque.

[theanalogfuture]

I think some boutique builder should develop a Reverb pedal for people like us. Shoegazers that is...*sigh* if only I had electronic abilities....

I might have answered my own question.

New TC Electronic Reverb:

http://www.tcelectronic.com/media/Nova_Reverb_front.jpg

[williamh]

I might have answered my own question.

New TC Electronic Reverb:

http://www.tcelectronic.com/media/Nova_Reverb_front.jpg


Yeah, I was looking at this a few minutes ago too. I just wish I knew if one of those settings would do reverse reverb.

[Hiwatt Bob]

a true reverse reverb pedal would be amazing...though i'm guessing it'd be impossible to make.

[mcknigs]

a true reverse reverb pedal would be amazing...though i'm guessing it'd be impossible to make.

I read something recently where top physicists said that building a time machine would be impossible, so, yes I think a true reverse reverb would be impossible. :)

-Scott

[Austinrocks]

The EHX holier grail has a reverse gate, which may be a reverse reverb, have not played one to see how it sounds, here is the manual. The reverse reverb on the digitech sounds cool. I find I like the EHX effects generally. I have a black finger compressor and Memory Man Deluxe.

http://www.ehx.com/instructions/HOLIER_GRAIL_INSTRUCTIONS.pdf

[Austinrocks]

don't see a reverse reverb on the tc electronics nova reverb pedal

http://www.tcelectronic.com/NovaReverb.asp

[cestlamort]

the tc doesn't have it labeled, so I guess there isn't a reverse reverb.

A reverse gate will sound funny, unless the gate is set just right (really low).

What we refer to as reverse reverb is usually the early reflections played backwards.

In production:
digitech digiverb (yes, there's a volume drop at more than 50% reverb)

not in production:
yamaha magicstomp (pick up any model -- all can be changed to latest firmware)
yamaha fx500 (it's only a half rack, so almost pedal sized)

[theanalogfuture]

No, it may not be true reverse, but listen to this:The NR-1 Nova Reverb also has a unique new feature called DynaMix™. DynaMix™ acts as a dynamic ducking effect that turns down the reverb while you’re playing and turns it back up again when you’re not playing. This prevents the sound from getting muddy – especially when using large hall reverb types – but will still give you that huge live venue effect while the notes decay.
The DynaMix™ effect can also be reversed, so the reverb is turned up while playing and gated when the input signal falls below a certain level, producing a truly unique and out-of-this-world effect.

Wait for clips, I will. Wait to hear. Then judge...yes.

[aaronweits]

EHX Cathedral has it.

But I wish it didn't have so many other useless features. Like 'flurb'

[bassinface]

EHX Cathedral has it.

But I wish it didn't have so many other useless features. Like 'flurb'

get the cathedral.
Do NOT get the hardwire.

[dk126113]

get the cathedral.
Do NOT get the hardwire.

why?

[dk126113]

nevermind. i get it. sorry.

[GTBJ]

Yeah my bad, Reflector. Another I'm trying to get to hear is the Holier Grail, it has "reverse gate" which no one has been able to tell me if it sounds MBV-esque.

Reverse Gate on the Holier Grail has nothing whatsoever to do with reverse reverb. It's simply a gated reverb that lets you flip whether the gate opens or closes when the input volume crosses the set threshold level.

ie. normal gate:
playing softly - no reverb
playing loud - reverb

reverse gate:
playing softly - reverb
playing loud - no reverb

I own a Holier Grail, and although I *do* love it, it definitely has it's shortcomings. I'd love the long settings to be longer. Oddly enough, for an EHX pedal it really is lacking when it comes to extreme settings.

I have recently acquired an old Alesis Microverb I, and so far it is leaving the HG in the dust. I may end up putting it on my board with a TB loop pedal beside it... and it will probably STILL take up less pedalboard real estate than the HG.

The Microverb does have reverse reverb, and although it's not really a sound that I have found a use for yet - I have to say that I'm liking it. The long hall setting on the Microverb is hypnotic. So hard to stop playing once I get started on that.

You might want to consider one of the smaller non-pedal units like a Microverb and just hook it up to a little TB loop pedal. It's one rack space high and a little less than 1/3 rack space wide. You could pick one of these in good used condition and a TB loop pedal for way less than you'd be paying for a reverb pedal that sounded as good imo.