How can I lofi-up a lush ambient reverb ?

[cyberprimate]

I love the Slö, but what would you do to make the Walrus Slö reverb tail sound more mysterious, old, cheap, grainy, 8mm Eraserhead film…, and less like the lush luxury reverb it is ? How can you make the Slö go more in the DBA Reverberation Machine territory while keeping its ambient dimension ?

 

[The Holy Drinker]

The best way to do it is to get something like a Boss LS-2, put Slö (set to full wet mix) in its loop with an overdrive of your choice, maybe add a vibrato. Set the mix with the level controls on LS-2.

You can also just try putting a drive pedal last in your chain. Maybe one with a clean blend.

 

[nic'o'caster]

Putting a tape emulator after the Slö would do the trick. Something like the Strymon Deco would tame the brightness and coldness of the digital reverb by adding imperfection, movement (wobble) and warm tape saturation to the sound !

 

[GeorgeNada]

Try putting it before delays, modulation, and/or Light OD pedals

 

[slicepaperdavid]

Running something like the Zvex Lo-Fi Junkie or Keeley 30ms on the Abbey ADT mode would add vintage warble and lo fi vibe (both in different ways)

 

[cyberprimate]

Running something like the Zvex Lo-Fi Junkie or Keeley 30ms on the Abbey ADT mode would add vintage warble and lo fi vibe (both in different ways)

I'm curious, why do you refer to the Abbey mode on the 30ms? Is it to mimic something typical of spring reverbs? like a subtle ultra short delay bounciness or something?

 

[Bady]

I also have the SLO, to get a more lo-fi sound, I'd put an overdrive or fuzz after it. That'd do the trick.

 

[slicepaperdavid]

I'm curious, why do you refer to the Abbey mode on the 30ms? Is it to mimic something typical of spring reverbs? like a subtle ultra short delay bounciness or something?

it mimics the double tracking technique used the Beatles and has this interesting, tape sounding random modulation that’s unlike anything else I’ve heard in a pedal.

 

[Baskervils]

 

[Tabor]

This is one reason I really like delays with an FX loop onboard; that way you can alter the repeats with whatever effect you want without having that effect also change your dry signal. I can’t think of a reverb pedal with this feature but you can get reverb like sounds out of many delays.

You can get there by adding a separate FX loop pedal with blend control and setting the delay wet inside that loop with whatever other effects you choose to alter the repeats like @The Holy Drinker suggested.

All of that said, my favorite pedal for altering a delay line in the way you describe is the Shallow Water.

 

[honkeyjim]

Warped Vinyl might do the trick for you. I have the black one and there is nothing hi-fi sounding about it.

 

[KingCosmonaut]

I use the organ setting on an Old Blood Black Fountain to do something like this, but I run in it before delay and reverb to “lofi” the whole signal

 

[Pope Murphy]

There's some really good suggestions in here.

How can I clean up my really heavy distortion fuzz sound? I'm looking to spend 300-599 dollars to accomplish this.

Thanks.

 

[Pope Murphy]

Something to make it less like it is...

 

[Riffa]

Put it before drive and add vibrato after it.

 

[scook]

Agree with everything others are saying but would add lowpassing/highpassing to this list to make the verb sit in the middy range. Makes everything sound more lofi.

 

[cyberprimate]

I use the organ setting on an Old Blood Black Fountain to do something like this, but I run in it before delay and reverb to “lofi” the whole signal

I have the Fountain. I'll try it with the OBNE Signal blender so that I can keep the clean signal intact and apply the organ setting on the Slö reverb alone.

 

[Tabor]

I have the Fountain. I'll try it with the OBNE Signal blender so that I can keep the clean signal intact and apply the organ setting on the Slö reverb alone.

sounds promising...

 

[splatt]

how can you lower the fi upwards? is down up, and up down?
i'm up for downing a whisky.

 

[Produktsumme]

J.Rockett has a pedal that is specifically built for your task, but maybe it might even then be to hi-fi for what you are looking for, don't know. Worth investigating though, methinks?
https://rockettpedals.com/product/ape/