We can’t all own (or even try) some of the coveted classic vintage audio gear….as a result, some studio equipment develop a legendary magical reputation…that simply using it will make your mix 10 times better. My studio partner calls it “Unicorn Dust”.
Even more common, perhaps driven by nostalgia….we search for cheap hidden gems, usually in the form of vintage consumer grade audio components (tape cassettes, consumer grade mixers, old spring reverb units, even Radio Shack brand Synthesizers)…hoping that they will sound better than the tools we have available to us today.
Good news is, there’s lots of room in modern music production for all types of sounds…good or bad. But…it’s easy to go broke quick spending money on things you’ll only use once in a while or even worse…repair costs for analog gear!
In this video I hope to make it easier for you to chose whether or not to track down and spend money on a Pioneer SR-202W Spring Reverb unit.
Does the Pioneer SR-202W Spring Reverb live up to the internet hype? I’m not sure…but I like it.
Index:
00:02 – Introduction
01:06 – About the Pioneer SR-202W
02:00 – Patching Wet/Dry or Full Wet
02:30 – Look at Frequency Response
06:02 – DAW setup
06:20 – Demo – Roland System 500 Modular Synth
08:44 – Demo – Snare Drum 10:10 – Gated Reverb with Pioneer SR-202W
10:55 – Demo – Drum Kit
12:15 – Drum Room Reverb Trick
15:26 – Demo – Bass
17:49 – Demo – Poly-Synth Pad
19:28 – Using an Imager on Mono FX
20:48 – Demo – Guitar
23:25 – Demo – Fender Rhodes
25:36 – Demo – Saxophone section
27:15 – Demo – Tenor Saxophone
27:51 – Outro
Gear Used:
Pioneer SR-202W Spring Reverb Amplifier
Softube Console 1
Studio One
