Trying A Weird Vintage Spring Speaker Reverb that i've never seen before.

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  • @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
    @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER  5 років тому +184

    Thanks ben! check out his youtube :- ua-cam.com/channels/KwC0E0fHLn-56QoIuHUoWg.html
    samples and loops of this and much more available here www.patreon.com/lookmumnocomputer

    • @CausticCatastrophe
      @CausticCatastrophe 5 років тому +2

      Thanks for sharing Ben! That art is cool too!

    • @Peron1-MC
      @Peron1-MC 5 років тому

      i wonder if it wouldnt rattle as much if it was put horizontally so that the springs mostly go in and out and not run into eachother :)

    • @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
      @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER  5 років тому +18

      @@Peron1-MC a lot of people commenting about avoiding the rattling. the simple answer is to turn it down. i just turned it up cus i like the rattles

    • @Darco626
      @Darco626 5 років тому

      please give us an answer what is the rhythm you played on guitar synth controller :D

    • @dtlssm
      @dtlssm 5 років тому +2

      your channel is fantastic!have u ever tried this technology? www.audiotechnologies.gr/index_files/Page35234.htm

  • @S3thc0n
    @S3thc0n 5 років тому +2647

    I could not imagine a better tool for making scifi sound tracks.

    • @TheLambLive
      @TheLambLive 5 років тому +52

      Reminds me of the sci-fi sounds that used to come from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

    • @TheChadPad
      @TheChadPad 5 років тому +3

      I know, that sounds amazing

    • @MrHack4never
      @MrHack4never 5 років тому +9

      This sounds too much like an stadium PA system, i would probably use a theremin instead unless you're working on a dystopian setting

    • @min_nari
      @min_nari 5 років тому +9

      muse should got this for their next killer track

    • @jaredf6205
      @jaredf6205 5 років тому +20

      They use this exact sound in Forbidden Planet.

  • @geoelectro
    @geoelectro 3 роки тому +42

    Years ago I was working on an organ in the back room of a music store. I kept hearing reverb every time I made a sound yet no reverb was on the organ. I finally realized that an upright piano right behind the organ had its action removed. This left all the strings un-damped. They were resonating from the organ sound. Thing is there was a string for every note in the organ all tuned perfectly to each note. It was an amazing effect.

    • @WoodysAR
      @WoodysAR 2 роки тому +3

      That's just about the coolest thing I ever heard! :)

  • @Wacholder
    @Wacholder 5 років тому +1337

    ...might be suited for heating the room as well

    • @sed8me69
      @sed8me69 5 років тому +6

      Re: Active mods yes please.

    • @user-gh8wt2zi2n
      @user-gh8wt2zi2n 5 років тому +13

      it does look like a space heater

    • @hunzhurte
      @hunzhurte 5 років тому

      German?

    • @Rainbow__cookie
      @Rainbow__cookie 5 років тому

      Yeah true or some sort of light
      Like fluorescent tubes

    • @MattF1982
      @MattF1982 5 років тому +1

      Until the speaker drys out and catches fire.

  • @williamcozart9166
    @williamcozart9166 5 років тому +561

    Ha, the clipping is literally just the wires smacking together.

    • @rickc2102
      @rickc2102 5 років тому +67

      Their waves are physically being clipped, that's nuts.

    • @Ferrichrome
      @Ferrichrome 5 років тому +33

      Sounds even worse, but also better, than actual clipping.

    • @sirgallant5000
      @sirgallant5000 4 роки тому +3

      @@rickc2102 shit you're right

    • @vincentlajoie1664
      @vincentlajoie1664 4 роки тому +1

      @@Ferrichrome Clippings really hurt... dare touch it

  • @lord_kinbote3920
    @lord_kinbote3920 5 років тому +318

    I bet the sound designer for a horror movie would love that thing.

    • @TonyLambregts
      @TonyLambregts 5 років тому +6

      Totally agree.

    • @Ferrichrome
      @Ferrichrome 5 років тому +3

      I could see this being used in Star Wars easily lol

    • @SternLX
      @SternLX 3 роки тому +10

      A Spring Reverb Speaker like this was actually used to create the Transporter sound in the Original Star Trek back in the late 60's. I have a book around here somewhere that discusses all the backstage production stuff of the series. Has all kinds of cool little tid bits in it. Like how the Tribble's "Purr" is actually just a Cricket pitch shifted down and slowed.

    • @goodun2974
      @goodun2974 3 роки тому +1

      It sounds like the music from every episode of Doctor Who ---- being played all at once!

  • @leobattle5055
    @leobattle5055 5 років тому +349

    The wind-like noise generated by the springs immediately creates a post-apocalyptic-like ambience, and I love it

    • @tacocat9916
      @tacocat9916 5 років тому +18

      I think the dilapidated and aged state of the speaker itself really adds to the apocalyptic sound.

    • @avrahamvidal4255
      @avrahamvidal4255 5 років тому +1

      Léo Battle Me Too I Love It

    • @eyeballpapercut4400
      @eyeballpapercut4400 5 років тому

      S.T.A.L.K.E.R./Metro-esque

  • @masonnack2657
    @masonnack2657 5 років тому +1253

    Everybody gangsta till the reverb speaker starts walkin

    • @reedy_9619
      @reedy_9619 5 років тому +18

      Pussy
      My washingmachine s been walking for years

    • @rikospostmodernlife
      @rikospostmodernlife 5 років тому +3

      @@reedy_9619 how many km?

    • @David-bc4rh
      @David-bc4rh 5 років тому +6

      But is your refrigerator running?

    • @anondeilvers91
      @anondeilvers91 5 років тому +1

      @@David-bc4rh yes, it is...

    • @neutronenstern.
      @neutronenstern. 5 років тому +1

      @@rikospostmodernlife Of course 42

  • @philurbaniak1811
    @philurbaniak1811 5 років тому +337

    This is hands down the coolest thing I've seen in a Long Time

    • @Erudotic
      @Erudotic 5 років тому +3

      I second that wholeheartedly Sir! And out LMNC Boy definitely gave it the exact right and perfect treatment!

    • @userPrehistoricman
      @userPrehistoricman 5 років тому +4

      This is the coolest thing of Long Time

    • @JUST2y
      @JUST2y 5 років тому +3

      what is a Long Time?

    • @patrickbodine6010
      @patrickbodine6010 5 років тому +1

      Ya know, it doesn't take much to entertain some people!
      Hey, I resemble that remark!😁

    • @philurbaniak1811
      @philurbaniak1811 5 років тому

      @@JUST2y longer than a Short Time? Like... Ages! 😁

  • @DillonStrichman
    @DillonStrichman 4 роки тому +9

    normal clipping in audio gives me some sort of low-stakes anxiety, but the springs buzzing against each other and their enclosure is a whole new level

  • @habichiblah7534
    @habichiblah7534 3 роки тому +12

    That frequency sweep you did has so so many sweet spots. The drum loop sounds fucking cool too, especially the claps.

    • @TehButterflyEffect
      @TehButterflyEffect 3 роки тому +1

      There were at least two dead spots in that speaker as well. Pretty good considering modern speakers have more dead spots than that.

  • @OMGitzEDD
    @OMGitzEDD 5 років тому +1614

    good thing my granddad couldn't hear that first tone sweep you did the poor guy would have probably thought the Germans were invading again

    • @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
      @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER  5 років тому +144

      hahahahahaha

    • @bacicinvatteneaca
      @bacicinvatteneaca 5 років тому +49

      @Bob Wilson oh shut up, German workers are also oppressed and Greek 0.1%ers are also oppressors.

    • @stocchinet
      @stocchinet 5 років тому +21

      Dive bombers incoming!

    • @low_rise5030
      @low_rise5030 5 років тому +28

      @Bob Wilson So you are the one xenophobic subscriber of LMNC? Good to know.
      @Thingaloo thank you!

    • @Krmpfpks
      @Krmpfpks 5 років тому +53

      I am German and I can tell you our military is even more incompetent than yours, we wouldn’t even make it across the channel. So your safe for now.

  • @applejinx7172
    @applejinx7172 5 років тому +200

    The way the thing is jumping around on the bass notes is SO your aesthetic. What a nice gift :)

  • @echodelta9
    @echodelta9 5 років тому +433

    Cool as it got back then. This looks 60's though I am on States side of the pond. It is important to note the springs are driven in the center by a direct physical connection to the speaker. Hence the springs sound couples back to the speaker and is heard. I have never seen anything like it.
    Caution! That speaker is rated for no more than 20 watts, and that kind of bass will damage it. It's brittle paper and phenolic held together with crisp glue. It's no ordinary speaker.

    • @mindbreak666
      @mindbreak666 5 років тому +24

      inb4 someone handcrafts a new version with aramide cones

    • @MyOldNameWasTaken
      @MyOldNameWasTaken 5 років тому +25

      @@mindbreak666 brb gonna frankenstein one of my Focal car speakers

    • @mindbreak666
      @mindbreak666 5 років тому +14

      @@MyOldNameWasTaken upload method and results ploxx

    • @JustAlanIsCool
      @JustAlanIsCool 5 років тому +6

      I wonder how much fun I could have with one ten or twenty times more powerful hahaha

    • @autumnlesco3032
      @autumnlesco3032 5 років тому +2

      interesting insight

  • @mikeyjohnson5888
    @mikeyjohnson5888 3 роки тому +19

    When I was a kid, my friends dad was cleaning out stuff from their grandfathers attic and he pulled out something like the one in the video and said we could play with it. Well kids being kids we essentially destroyed it, throwing it around and kick it in listening to the pained cries of the springs. Lot of fun but boy do I feel like a shithead destroying such an interesting piece of audio history. Glad some made it :D

  • @mudhutproductions
    @mudhutproductions 5 років тому +71

    Anyone who has ever knocked into an old Peavey combo amp from the 80's knows that calamitous garage door spring breaking sound all too well.

    • @Murgoh
      @Murgoh 3 роки тому +1

      I had a 100W Crate 2x12 combo amp I bought brand New In 2008 or thereabouts and it had a spring reverb with actual springs so at least then those were still used. It was not an expensive amp either, just a cheap transistor one.

  • @ChristopherSideris1117
    @ChristopherSideris1117 5 років тому +32

    6:40 sounded amazing. Anything that goes into the deeper sounds just gets the springs to jump around crazy making their own noises that distracts from the original sound. But this is amazing for higher to mid ranged frequencies.

    • @arnonuehm2
      @arnonuehm2 5 років тому

      Yeah, and that part reminded me very strongly of some EBM tune that I've heard very often but can't think of the name right now...

    • @arno8571
      @arno8571 4 роки тому

      @@arnonuehm2 I'd love to know the tune, its friggin awesome :'D

  • @lagduck2209
    @lagduck2209 5 років тому +46

    that byproduct ringing of springs beating against each othe, that noise - gives the sound a character

  • @keithfulkerson
    @keithfulkerson 5 років тому +118

    That could be a cool diy project, maybe testing different types and lengths of springs. It's cool how it kinda visualizes the sound, too.

    • @sapien82
      @sapien82 5 років тому +5

      id have to paint my springs with a nice range of colours

    • @sapien82
      @sapien82 5 років тому +7

      even better paint them with thermal paint so that when the springs heat up from movement they change colour

    • @KCML82
      @KCML82 5 років тому +6

      I'd use smaller diameter springs, or put them further apart, so tey don't collide, to get rid of the 'clanking' when they hit eachother.

    • @sapien82
      @sapien82 5 років тому +6

      @@KCML82 I kind of like that effect , but I get what you mean, Id also take away that central bar that sort of holds the springs and replace them with individual strengthening rods for each spring , that way any vibrations are not sent along the central support beam and then passed into the adjacent coils causing feedback. But I guess its all a part of the unique sound that box makes. You could easily experiment with different coils .

    • @kozmik_haze
      @kozmik_haze 5 років тому

      @@KCML82 Maybe not as much collision but a little can be useful

  • @paulriggs42
    @paulriggs42 4 роки тому +6

    I love that you can actually see the waveforms as the springs go into resonance....you can see the nodes and anti-nodes..... higher the frequency the more waves are visible.... good visual acoustics !

  • @marksyan2869
    @marksyan2869 5 років тому +340

    Kinda disappointed that he didn’t test the playstation 2 startup on this thing

  • @OvAeons
    @OvAeons 5 років тому +94

    that speaker can take a beating wow

    • @Rainbow__cookie
      @Rainbow__cookie 5 років тому +6

      Beat it beat it - Michael Jackson

    • @SilvaDreams
      @SilvaDreams 5 років тому +11

      YOu'd be amazed at what some older speakers can take. I had a set of 1960's era "home theater" speakers with a 12" sub, 6" mid and 1 or 2" tweeter in each upright box and those things were LOUD. They took decades of use and then some abuse from me as a teenager using it to play my electric guitar through the system... And playing my metal. It took me cranking everything to the max to pop one of the old paper and glue sub woofers (though it was more a failure of materials).... Great fun, actually kind of made it hard to breath and got me a call to the police from neighbors a mile away!

    • @OvAeons
      @OvAeons 5 років тому +3

      @@SilvaDreams I have a pair i of vintage technics, they get real loud while continuing to sound amazing but i would not dare to test them THAT hard lol

    • @21stcenturyjacktheripper
      @21stcenturyjacktheripper 5 років тому

      @@OvAeons i have a set of technics sb-6000a good bass, good highs but no mids. I guess my infinity rs 3b have spoiled me.

  • @ChristopherSibert
    @ChristopherSibert 5 років тому +31

    Awesome reverb, I love the sound, seeing the sound waves begin to "phase" and multiply at certain frequencies is great :)

  • @TBL_stevennelson
    @TBL_stevennelson 5 років тому +390

    You need to add electricity so it sparks when they touch

    • @sndrcve
      @sndrcve 5 років тому +35

      Steven Nelson and a blue light to help catch passing fly’s

    • @Rainbow__cookie
      @Rainbow__cookie 5 років тому +21

      Or add heating springs so it glows red

    • @noautoaidan
      @noautoaidan 5 років тому +10

      Emerald Blaze those could be heating springs if you ran enough current through them.

    • @peterbull3955
      @peterbull3955 5 років тому +4

      Get together with the electroboom guy!!!

    • @hyperhektor7733
      @hyperhektor7733 5 років тому +1

      yeah,
      make the springs glow red hot +
      arcs when they touch +
      ultraviolet light for the flys +
      ram some styrofoam in there while filming that madness
      HAHAH

  • @Orionrobots
    @Orionrobots 3 роки тому +11

    I'll admit - I was slightly afraid those low frequencies were going to destroy it. Awsome sounds!

  • @EzeePosseTV
    @EzeePosseTV 5 років тому +19

    When you play cool synth sounds through this, you get sprung!
    As everybody recoils in horror at the bad puns, lol

    • @ethanpoole3443
      @ethanpoole3443 5 років тому +1

      Please, spring no more upon us!

    • @EzeePosseTV
      @EzeePosseTV 5 років тому +2

      It was a miri-coil anyone saw this but you sprang outa nowhere and replied. Thanks

    • @ethanpoole3443
      @ethanpoole3443 5 років тому +2

      Ezee Posse TV Oh please, I recoil at such a bad pun, at least aim for something that resonates!

  • @NVMDSTEvil
    @NVMDSTEvil 5 років тому +272

    Should build some "new" versions of this. Give more room between the springs and have them further from the back board so they wont hit the backboard and each other as easily.

    • @n1nj4l1nk
      @n1nj4l1nk 5 років тому +10

      Spring reverb is a pretty common thing in decent guitar amps.

    • @txspeck
      @txspeck 5 років тому +32

      N1nj4L1nk pretty sure he means analog spring reverb. Not digital.

    • @n1nj4l1nk
      @n1nj4l1nk 5 років тому +21

      @@txspeck so did I. I got a Hughes and kettner amp, in 2011 with proper spring reverb. It wasn't even an expensive one (£250). Before you say, yes, I'm sure it was analogue; digital doesn't make spring noises when unplugged and knocked.

    • @NVMDSTEvil
      @NVMDSTEvil 5 років тому +1

      @@n1nj4l1nk you sure it wasnt a combo/cabinet, not an amp?

    • @n1nj4l1nk
      @n1nj4l1nk 5 років тому +7

      @@NVMDSTEvil yeah it was a combo, I've always just called them amps haha.
      Anyway, my point was that I'm confused that it's so cool to you all when it's a fairly common thing.

  • @RegebroRepairs
    @RegebroRepairs 5 років тому +264

    So, it's seems like it's the reverb speaker from a Dax-Éko RA40. It seems to be stereo speakers with two elements, one with and one without springs, presumably so you could add reverb to your music!?

  • @johnohalloran1526
    @johnohalloran1526 4 роки тому +117

    When I'm in the bed and I'm farting away I can hear my farts reverberating throughout the mattress springs.

    • @Thefreakyfreek
      @Thefreakyfreek 3 роки тому +7

      Dammm i was not ready to hear that

    • @zoned7609
      @zoned7609 3 роки тому +3

      gotta love when gross old people with fetishes just talk about it in every comment possible
      jesus christ

    • @ncage2621
      @ncage2621 3 роки тому +1

      That sounds a gas! 😆😁🤫😉🇬🇧❤️🇵🇸🍉.

    • @rb032682
      @rb032682 3 роки тому +1

      @john ohalloran - I'll wager you sleep alone very often. 😧😧😨😨🤣🤣
      Greetings from Los Angeles.

    • @itsalukas2
      @itsalukas2 3 роки тому +4

      Record it and sell it as a sample pack

  • @jeffevansmusic
    @jeffevansmusic 3 роки тому +7

    This reverb actually sounds pretty decent. The different spring thickness is to smooth out the reverb even more. (not support at all) 4 springs will also do that. A good thing to to do would be to mount a piezo pickup at one end to just isolate the reverb out. Even better thing would be a piezo pickup at each end on the support brackets. Then you would get a lovely stereo spring reverb effect without the dry signal. The Mic is going to pickup the dry signal which is not really wanted. It sounds quite long though. You could also wedge some light foam in between the springs to speed up the reverb time as well. I have done this before.

    • @noyb777333
      @noyb777333 2 роки тому +1

      I like how you think!
      I'm an old boy now, but back in 1965 I played in a garage band for two years. Back then it really was a garage band because parents would only let us play that loud in a garage. At least until you're good enough to be let into the basement. Anyway, I was the lead guitarist and had, I think it was a 100watt amp, nothin' special. But it did have tremello and reverb. And the reverb was springs mounted on a block of wood. I know, because back then I would take things apart to understand. We would rock the amp back and forth to get the reverb block to crash and do its thing... Really enjoyed this video!!!

  • @rossmacintosh5652
    @rossmacintosh5652 5 років тому +26

    Although the springs slapping the wood housing added an interesting effect you could build a new housing designed to avoid that interaction. It might be fun to add an electromechanical tremolo.

  • @jeanbonnefoy1377
    @jeanbonnefoy1377 5 років тому +8

    adding another fun fact: in physics class when in high school, our teacher once demonstrated the effect of resonance frequencies by using almost the same loudspeaker with springs enclosure coupled to a tone generator... well, exactly what you did towards the end of your video demo!

    • @ethanpoole3443
      @ethanpoole3443 5 років тому

      It was doing a very good job at demonstrating standing waves as well.

  • @JG-nx3jg
    @JG-nx3jg 5 років тому +17

    Burial should get himself one of these, perfect for his futurist, dystopian soundscapes.

  • @MatzeAppel
    @MatzeAppel 5 років тому +30

    5:00 i really want to see you make some music with this darn thing with those 'spacey' sounds its just too glorious

    • @kitehman
      @kitehman 4 роки тому +1

      Yes, i was really hoping it was an actuall track

    • @jetaimemina
      @jetaimemina 3 роки тому

      Reminds me of Infected Mushroom somehow.

  • @maxmakesfilms69
    @maxmakesfilms69 5 років тому +30

    7:20 feels like the start of a Death Grips track to me.

  • @SavageZebra67
    @SavageZebra67 5 років тому +163

    Also how sick would those look painted under a black light

    • @theDudeOfDudes
      @theDudeOfDudes 5 років тому +15

      A strobe light would be the ticket here

    • @babydaddy4257
      @babydaddy4257 5 років тому

      Thats an excellent idea, as long as the paint doesnt interfere with the reverberation

    • @crimescene25
      @crimescene25 5 років тому +1

      calm down panama red.

    • @babydaddy4257
      @babydaddy4257 5 років тому +2

      @@crimescene25 what?

    • @SavageZebra67
      @SavageZebra67 5 років тому +1

      @@crimescene25 yah what?

  • @darrenirwin
    @darrenirwin 5 років тому +20

    ive seen antique speakers with strings like in a piano . Very scifi soundtrack.Variable spring tension would interesting, controlled by midi using servos.

  • @mattzimmerman5269
    @mattzimmerman5269 5 років тому +74

    This thing is crying out for a strobe light!

  • @Rivenworld
    @Rivenworld 3 роки тому +5

    Love this sound, whoever thought of this is a genius...

  • @matmak
    @matmak 5 років тому +176

    Finally discovered where are minecraft cave sounds comimg from.

  • @kujiko88
    @kujiko88 5 років тому +50

    Imagine walking through a foggy area and this thing starts going off.
    Oh man.
    But it'd be pretty fun.

  • @DjNikGnashers
    @DjNikGnashers 5 років тому +9

    Loving that, reminds me of Delia Derbyshire at the BBC radiophonic workshop.

  • @Sebaxtain
    @Sebaxtain 5 років тому +55

    Convolution Reverb: ,,i can make trippy reverb FX"
    Spring Speaker Reverb: ,, hold my springs"....

  • @b4tran
    @b4tran 5 років тому +2

    this is brilliant on so many levels. every frame a painting + personality

  • @jeffpurtell5676
    @jeffpurtell5676 Рік тому +1

    That is actually a very, very cool sound! It reminds me of some special effects sounds I've hears from old movies in the 1960s. And apparently a huge amount of unaccountable fun from such a simple device lol! Enjoy your vids!

  • @mlaforce
    @mlaforce 5 років тому +42

    You should be the sound composer for the next tron movie.

  • @OscillatorSink
    @OscillatorSink 5 років тому +16

    Just the thing for your upcoming dub side project I'd reckon.

    • @patkelly3966
      @patkelly3966 5 років тому +1

      Did some one say dub?? My ears always tingle whenever that word is uttered anywhere in the cosmos.

  • @BigInjun05
    @BigInjun05 5 років тому +6

    It's like a kids plastic microphone we all sang in to when we were little bit this ones for adults.

  • @aquecedoroleo
    @aquecedoroleo 3 роки тому +1

    Even when your presenting it, sometimes, we can listen a little eco/reverb comming from the speaker.
    That's stupendous.

  • @v8trauma
    @v8trauma 5 років тому +1

    A mate had an old organ with one in, the springs are usually arranged to resonate at different frequencies. The organ also a speaker with two revolving horns over it to make the sound go round the room, I replaced the speaker on that. There were several other physical tricks in there, as opposed to electronic.
    I have a stereo spring line delay, about 3 ft long, its awesom, no use for it now though. 4 xlr plugs on it, active whereas your unit is a passive reverb, its got an attenuation controll on each channel too. If you just want a lot of reverb, the output of one channel can be fed into the other. I think it was used in the theatre or a professional orchestra.

  • @charlielyttle8576
    @charlielyttle8576 4 роки тому +50

    "I've been making a membrane speaker that visualises lasers for my girlfriend"
    God I wish that were me

    • @bdavbdavbdavbdav
      @bdavbdavbdavbdav 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah I kind of wanted more of an explanation on that one!

    • @2760ade
      @2760ade 3 роки тому +1

      What does that even mean?!😂

  • @fisqual
    @fisqual 5 років тому +6

    Looks like it could be out of an old organ. One of the foot pedals would control a padded (felt) lever that would touch the springs and stop or start the reverb effect. ...or possibly an early guitar amp. But the age/look of the 6x9 speaker on there definitely leans closer to like... an old Hammond organ.

  • @DrabbestGorillaYT
    @DrabbestGorillaYT 5 років тому +46

    so thats how they make cars racing in tunnel sounds

  • @poo55555
    @poo55555 5 років тому +1

    "Speakers, yeah." I am already pleased by this video and it could end right there.

  • @tonyennis1787
    @tonyennis1787 3 роки тому

    This is badass. Cheap to make, easy to understand. I could see this being a part of one's daily kit.

    • @cheesyboi6585
      @cheesyboi6585 11 місяців тому

      thank god its easy for someone to understand... is it just physically oriented in place or is it wired some way into the speaker?

  • @peevester9987
    @peevester9987 3 роки тому +5

    I haven't seen one of these things specifically before, but when I was a kid, my local science store (which still exists, American Science and Surplus) had something vaguely similar looking in one of their unsorted bins. It was a largish rectangular box with an RCA jack on both ends, and a jillion tightly stretched thin bare wires running back and forth, which I THINK were insulated on each end so that it was effectively one very long wire (no speaker though).
    The guy who I asked about it guessed it was used to create a delay, but I was like "there would have to be thousands of miles of wire to get a noticeable delay, right?" He grunted and told me to buzz off (the people who worked there then, unlike now, were super-cranky). I'm wondering if it was actually a different kind of reverb, with the wires interacting with each other magnetically and vibrating when you ran a signal through it. Wish I had bought it 40 years ago, it would be interesting to make one and see if it works.
    Edit: A little 40 year delayed googling (wish THAT existed in the 1970s, it would have made trash picking weird electronics a lot easier) has turned up a lot of devices similar to what I remember, called "reverb tanks". Most of them had springs inside where I recall the wires as straight, but otherwise, same thing with no speaker required, just a jack on the ends and weird insulating thingies on each end.

    • @benhall2235
      @benhall2235 2 роки тому +2

      Sounds just like a normal spring reverb but with wires instead of springs.

  • @davecozzi9721
    @davecozzi9721 5 років тому +7

    Used to put those in the backseats of cars. "Reverb" was a cool thing.

    • @goodun2974
      @goodun2974 3 роки тому +1

      My brother had a Pontiac convertible he was attempting to restore which had a reverb tank mounted in the trunk. He never did finish restoring it, his 1st wife made him sell it.

  • @HelamanGile
    @HelamanGile 5 років тому +8

    Sounds crazy good

  • @capnclawhammer3024
    @capnclawhammer3024 3 роки тому

    So kewl.
    I have an old spring and tuned strings reverb box homemade from a cigar box and fitted with a (now inoperable) digital mic from a headset that I used to use sometimes when I used to play my banjo over Yahoo voice chat. This vid makes me want to go the other way 'round and make it a speaker, just for the heck of it.
    Great vid!

  • @merlhemlok007
    @merlhemlok007 5 років тому

    Nature creates the most Beautifully unique sounds, the drums sound amazing through the springs

  • @MarkLoves2Fly
    @MarkLoves2Fly 5 років тому +4

    I had a couple of Sansui reverb amplifiers that used springs like these. They were early 1970's vintage, and were adjustable, via tension, and dampening. Your speaker is likely the same vintage, or perhaps late 1960's. The trouble with mechanical reverb, is that it is indiscriminate about what signals are reverberated. Solid state devices proved to be more reliable. That's a cool find.👍👍

    • @tonyennis1787
      @tonyennis1787 3 роки тому

      Would tuning individual springs, and being able to de-tension or damp them help? Of course it would not be as versatile as a digital reverb, but people who like these old things don't care about that.

    • @MarkLoves2Fly
      @MarkLoves2Fly 3 роки тому +1

      @@tonyennis1787 In my experience, that doesn't do much for the sound quality. I don't have them anymore, or I would try it.

  • @thewheelies6801
    @thewheelies6801 5 років тому +6

    That is the coolest reverb I've ever heard. The drums are incredible through that thing.

  • @sergeantseven4240
    @sergeantseven4240 5 років тому +4

    I used to have a crate guitar amp with a spring reverb in it. The kids in my guitar class used to knock it over all the time and the reverb would almost blow out the speakers.

  • @joshdale8356
    @joshdale8356 4 роки тому +2

    This has the coolest yet eeriest sound I have ever heard and I love it!
    This would be such a great asset for sound design in a video game.
    Actually...
    ...Can I borrow that for a sec? Hah

  • @LuckyGuu
    @LuckyGuu 4 роки тому

    6 minutes 43 seconds completely awesome I want that one hour of that

  • @STP_TV
    @STP_TV 5 років тому +36

    7:40 sounds like an alien invasion

    • @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
      @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER  5 років тому +15

      dear earthlings... we require all of earths springs, for our alien speakers

  • @edonslow1456
    @edonslow1456 5 років тому +7

    I was surprised at how much like a real reverb this sounds, rather than a spring. Are the springs at a different tensions? At looks like the top one (as you have it laid down) moves far less than the others. Maybe emulating early reflections.

    • @themarblers4399
      @themarblers4399 5 років тому +1

      It has different wire gauges. The loose ones for the first part of the effect, the thight ones are for the decaying effect. I think these are reused piano wire.

  • @BobOgden1
    @BobOgden1 5 років тому +174

    Looks like a genetic modified chest expander exercise thing from the 60s

    • @bootnab
      @bootnab 5 років тому +1

      Ooooh ideas!

    • @sed8me69
      @sed8me69 5 років тому +1

      LoL,
      Plug that fkr in whilst
      Belt Sanding ones gunt,
      On one of those same era
      Fat Blaster.

    • @GrumpSkull
      @GrumpSkull 5 років тому +1

      A hazard to hairy chests.

  • @bassmechanic237
    @bassmechanic237 3 роки тому

    Awesome video. Thank you for playing a variety of sounds through this reverb box.

  • @r3drumg33k3
    @r3drumg33k3 5 років тому

    Im impressed with the energy that speaker is putting out to reverb the springs like that

  • @NotSoCrazyNinja
    @NotSoCrazyNinja 5 років тому +41

    Me before the video: It's just a speaker with some springs, can't be that good, but curious enough to watch.
    Me after the video: I want one, could be really good for certain genres of music.

    • @trueredlucky954
      @trueredlucky954 5 років тому +2

      If you got a speaker all you need is springs ;) you could even build a frame for the springs that attach over the speaker, making them a removable option :D

    • @adamjeffery764
      @adamjeffery764 4 роки тому +2

      You have to attach the spring holder directly to the speaker to get the proper effect. Thats the trick

  • @SPARKY_208Y
    @SPARKY_208Y 5 років тому +6

    Could make some serious techno kicks with this thing

  • @nomadautodidact
    @nomadautodidact 5 років тому +5

    When it hit that perfect resonant frequency to make it shake, it made me think how cool it would be if you actually could build a Tesla Oscillator (the earthquake machine).

    • @djstatyk1540
      @djstatyk1540 5 років тому +1

      If I'm not mistaken, all we have to do is find out the frequency of a certain object, and then match that frequency with a soundwave and put it next to it, in order to make it move.

    • @SymphonicHarmony
      @SymphonicHarmony 5 років тому

      Basicly a speaker is Nikola Tesla his earthquake machine. It is the same mechanism. Thats why resonating sound freqeuncies amplify the sound. And for bass this can be perfect. But bass can also destroy houses cos of resonating frequencies. Like a bridge in the wind once broke. Wind is actually like sound. Just a wave in the atmosphere.
      But Nikola Tesla also had a secret. So we cannot create the actual device that he was using. We can only create the mechanism that did the up and down movement.

    • @nomadautodidact
      @nomadautodidact 5 років тому

      Tesla has specific patents pertaining to the "Tesla Oscillator" and I'm fairly sure you can just outright buy a model based on his patents but yes it's very similar to a speaker just able to span a broad spectrum to cause the sympathetic vibration, just like when an opera singer breaks a wine glass. But these are the things he could explain/talk about in his video, if he were to get into this subject. I just think it would be a fun project.

    • @SymphonicHarmony
      @SymphonicHarmony 5 років тому

      @@nomadautodidact Yes you can. He had different types with steam and without etc. It's very interesting. But those devices om itself can sadly not explain an earthquake machine. Nikola Tesla had the keys. Those keys he never gave.

  • @ivanpolchenko
    @ivanpolchenko 5 років тому

    Omg so cool!
    So fascinating..high to low sounded funky, then sounded like a train leaving a subway station in eastern Europe. Where everything is tile floor to ceiling.

  • @iqi616
    @iqi616 4 роки тому

    5:35 and this is pretty cool too especially with the springs clashing. Adding this to my Musical Inspiration playlist.

  • @дебилигода
    @дебилигода 5 років тому +14

    I think cleaning the springs would help them oscillate at higher frequencies, making the reverb less muddy

  • @benb3316
    @benb3316 5 років тому +26

    At first I thought "What IS this...?"
    Now I'm "What IS this and HOW can I make the rest of my LIFE about it?"

  • @bswtsp21
    @bswtsp21 5 років тому +6

    It would work better in a radial pattern, so the springs dont collide, and theres more reverb space.

  • @vaiosmastroyiannis
    @vaiosmastroyiannis 5 років тому

    amazing i'm very glad that you review it
    personally i have a pair of headset with it's own sound card that have the ability to play in 7.1 surround sound AND i was amazed to hear that actually sound like it is true surround sound when i disable the program

  • @davidsimons1377
    @davidsimons1377 4 роки тому

    I've got one of those tube reverby thingies you mentioned with the dangly spring. Cool! Of all the places I bought it from the gift shop at Avebury stone circle, probably adding to the perceived weirdness!

  • @DrMurdercock
    @DrMurdercock 5 років тому +29

    Make a pick up for it, add it to cosmo. This would be cool to use live.

  • @Azzysdesignworks
    @Azzysdesignworks 5 років тому +55

    Sounds kinda like a rotary car going through a tunnel .

  • @JohnCanniff
    @JohnCanniff 5 років тому +4

    I took apart a small modern amp and it had a single spring in it similar to this.

    • @WilliamLohan
      @WilliamLohan 5 років тому

      Fender practice amps have theses

    • @doodoostickstain
      @doodoostickstain 5 років тому +1

      i'm assuming the digital age of music has made people completely forget what non-digital (like guitar) instruments use and do. this is standard guitar amp fare.

  • @FrancisMaxino
    @FrancisMaxino 3 роки тому

    Spring reverb is common in guitar and bass amps. One of my 100W Amps has spring reverb and when I'm using it can kick the amp to make thunder noises as effects, the spring is part of the wiring somehow and the reverb effect happens electronically rather than acoustically. You are overdriving the spring unit so they bang together which is how I get the thunder sound with mine.

  • @adamweston4152
    @adamweston4152 5 років тому

    Came across your channel by accident and now I'm subbing, this is the most incredible thing I've seen in ages and it helps that I'm into speakers and sound.thank you!

  • @FluttershyVapes
    @FluttershyVapes 5 років тому +30

    If this was April fools I would have thought this bloke just put a space heater into Sony Vegas.

  • @Discrimination_is_not_a_right
    @Discrimination_is_not_a_right 3 роки тому +4

    I think I'd use it for single sounds, sparingly. Playing many at once probably dulls the effect.

  • @mrdovie47
    @mrdovie47 3 роки тому +7

    I used to install reverbs on cars in the late 1960s. Very loud when you go over a railroad track. Yours reminds me of Forbidden Planet's sound track.

  • @patrickscahill254
    @patrickscahill254 5 років тому +1

    That is so cool, reminds me of early 70's Chrysler car radios that had what I recall them being called, a "Reverb amplifier".

  • @MrClingclong
    @MrClingclong 5 років тому +1

    A disturbing noise,.... I love it!

  • @woah4848
    @woah4848 5 років тому +5

    4:12 during that little sound check bit I don’t think that’s a speaker I think that’s a early 40s-50s radial engine or early jet engine plane

    • @SalocinDotTEN
      @SalocinDotTEN 5 років тому

      Yeah. Same here. Sounded like that video of an afterburner test.

  • @Uncleharkinian
    @Uncleharkinian 5 років тому +15

    My Hammond organ has a spring reverb unit in the back

  • @brettcameratraveler
    @brettcameratraveler 5 років тому +5

    Scale this way up. The way it would move air might make for a unique sonic-haptic experience.

  • @zf1615
    @zf1615 2 роки тому

    Mad how a set of springs over a speaker in a box can have so much character! Got me inspired! Thanks Sam! Sounded like cars on the sweep!

    • @ferrumignis
      @ferrumignis Рік тому

      The springs are physically connected to the speaker via two wire rods, so the energy in the springs gets coupled right back into the diaphragm.

  • @colinedmunds2238
    @colinedmunds2238 5 років тому +1

    Nothing beats a spring reverb

  • @fordman7479
    @fordman7479 5 років тому +3

    5:00 what song is that from?
    Also 5:16

  • @hunterscars01
    @hunterscars01 5 років тому +3

    that would sound amazing with some 80's synth style music like eurythmics and such.

    • @lordofrims
      @lordofrims 5 років тому

      So you mean like synthwave, vapor wave, new retro wave and such?

  • @timitimit
    @timitimit 5 років тому +11

    AUDAX was a French loudspeaker manufacturer founded in 1931.
    "The company will use state-of-the-art techniques to develop its range using Bextrene, Ferrofluid or Aerogel. Many of these products are known for their acoustic qualities.
    In 1987, upon the death of its founder, the company was sold to the Harman group.
    In September 2007, the Harman group sold the brand and manufacture of Audax loudspeakers to AAC (Composite Acoustic Applications)."
    fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audax_(entreprise)
    Audax website in 1996: web.archive.org/web/19961029133341/www.audax.com/
    Audax website in 2018 (AAC): web.archive.org/web/20180630144533/www.audax.com/index.php

  • @KNHSynths
    @KNHSynths 3 роки тому

    I never saw this kind of spring reverb working like a resonator... Incredible! Thanks for showcasing this strange thing with a very interesting sound!

  • @StuntcatTV
    @StuntcatTV 4 роки тому

    Brother, that thing is incredible. I'm glad it found you, you're THE guy to have something like this. :D