March 2010 Issue & DIY

[mr.adambeck]

Thanks for all the DIY info (transformers, reverb)!!! I love that stuff!

Can't wait to try some of this out - I was playing around with contact mics last summer but got bogged down tih too many projects. The DIY reverb article is actually going to be a lot of fun to try out on some projects I've got going on right now. AND I CAN'T WAIT to try out some transformers (gotta find some first!) and get rid of some of that dull, pro tools sterility!

THANKS!

[Wainwright]

I hope future issues will keep with the DIY theme, great stuff.

[Darlington Pair]

I haven't gotten mine yet, my partner in crime has but he's in the next state over right now, I'm so jealous.

[crookedsound]

Yes! The reverb DIY is so great!

[j_howell]

Indeed. The new issue is great, especially Nic Collins' DIY reverb article! Keep more of that kinda thing coming please!

[TheGreatOne]

I have a question about the "slinky reverb diy". Is it important to have one of the older metal slinkys or will one of the newer plastic ones do the job?

[Wainwright]

Use the metal one.

[TheGreatOne]

Thanks...the search is on for a vintage slinky!!

[j_howell]

$3.14 at Target, in repro-vintage packaging!

[plurgid]

Hey! I built the slinky-verb this afternoon. Total expenditure: $3
it sounds, as one would expect, trashy as hell, but not in an entirely bad way. It sounds really nifty behind fat synth sounds, and gated on drum loops it adds something interesting as well.

photos of building it here

and a quick audio sample here

[j_howell]

Hey! I built the slinky-verb this afternoon. Total expenditure: $3
it sounds, as one would expect, trashy as hell, but not in an entirely bad way. It sounds really nifty behind fat synth sounds, and gated on drum loops it adds something interesting as well.

photos of building it here

and a quick audio sample here

Nice! Have all the necessary bits together myself, just need some free time...

[boot_me]

Hey! I built the slinky-verb this afternoon. Total expenditure: $3
it sounds, as one would expect, trashy as hell, but not in an entirely bad way. It sounds really nifty behind fat synth sounds, and gated on drum loops it adds something interesting as well.

photos of building it here

and a quick audio sample here

Hey that sounds cool! Thanks for the sample.

[krabdagger]

when you said it sounded trashy, i expected something pretty unusable, but that's actually really cool and vintage-ish! think i'm gonna have to build one now.