This was really magnificent. Thanks for taking the time to make this! incredibly informative, especially opening it up and taking about the history. I wish all demo/audio tests were this good. Demeter makes a reverbulator that seems to be similar to this with two tanks inside. If you still have your bandive I can drop off the Demeter sometime for you to make a comparison video.
Thanks so much. I basically make these vids as I love searching for bargains on ebay but a lot of people list this stuff like "old 80s spring reverb" and nothing else...so I often just take a punt and see. If its good I keep it. If its great I try to buy more the same . Either way I make a test video so other people can see/hear them working. I'm also always curious about their origin...who made it, where was it made, how much was it when it came out etc. This reverb definitely falls into the "great" category so I'll be keeping this one! I would love to test/compare the Demeter one. My studio is in North West London. Just search Traxploitation on Google maps. Send me an email and we'll work something out... 😆
i had that reverb and the compressor and gate..not sure if i also had the EQ....was along time back! i eventually upgraded the reverb to a yamaha sp-x90
I imagine it would create longer, lower frequency delays. 🤔 depending on the tension I guess. I had a similar unit to this where u took out the tank and put connectors on the wires with the plan being to try a few different tanks but I ended up selling it before I could get any significantly bigger tanks to try...
Hi! I ask the same question that someone else did and asking for further details since I also have a spare control unit and would like to make it usable by using replacement tanks :) Going back to your video, once you open the box I see a circuit between the spring tanks, does it works in some way to amplify the income signal (coming from the control unit) and therefore feed it to the two tanks or what else for? If not, can I then use another tank (or two to use it with stereo returns) and route the signal back to the controller so that it is functional? For the power supply I see that it uses an 18 V DC power supply, that can be found easily. Meanwhile thanks for the video!
I guess the answer is the same. If you can get power to the unit, then it's doable. Getting a suitable tank and wiring the audio is fairly simple. Power is a little trickier. Where are you based? First step would be to test the head unit still works by connecting the correct power supply and spring tank. Doesn't make sense to try and rewire it all without knowing if it works first. I'm in NW London. If ur local u can drop by and test it...
I'm not much of a tech guy, so this may be stupid question, but is it worth anything/usable without the tank? I found one for cheap at a local second hand shop, but it's missing the tank
The short answer is yes. Getting a replacement tank is fairly easy, the only tricky thing is these units use DIN leads (same as a MIDI cable) so you'd either have to wire a DIN plug onto the tank you make or rewire the DINs on the head unit to be regular audio connections (TRS or XLR) which isnt super difficult. The other, bigger, challenge is power...the power supply also uses a DIN cable and finding the old power units are hard. I managed to find one on Ebay that powers 4 units, but they don't come up often.
This was really magnificent. Thanks for taking the time to make this! incredibly informative, especially opening it up and taking about the history. I wish all demo/audio tests were this good. Demeter makes a reverbulator that seems to be similar to this with two tanks inside. If you still have your bandive I can drop off the Demeter sometime for you to make a comparison video.
Thanks so much. I basically make these vids as I love searching for bargains on ebay but a lot of people list this stuff like "old 80s spring reverb" and nothing else...so I often just take a punt and see. If its good I keep it. If its great I try to buy more the same . Either way I make a test video so other people can see/hear them working. I'm also always curious about their origin...who made it, where was it made, how much was it when it came out etc.
This reverb definitely falls into the "great" category so I'll be keeping this one!
I would love to test/compare the Demeter one. My studio is in North West London. Just search Traxploitation on Google maps. Send me an email and we'll work something out... 😆
Would love to see videos on all the others! Especially the comp
I plan to eventually do a video for every bit of gear in mu studio. These units will be high up the list for sure!
i had that reverb and the compressor and gate..not sure if i also had the EQ....was along time back!
i eventually upgraded the reverb to a yamaha sp-x90
The reverb still holds its own! The SPX90 is great but a different beast...
I wonder what it would sound like with longer springs
I imagine it would create longer, lower frequency delays. 🤔 depending on the tension I guess.
I had a similar unit to this where u took out the tank and put connectors on the wires with the plan being to try a few different tanks but I ended up selling it before I could get any significantly bigger tanks to try...
Hi! I ask the same question that someone else did and asking for further details since I also have a spare control unit and would like to make it usable by using replacement tanks :) Going back to your video, once you open the box I see a circuit between the spring tanks, does it works in some way to amplify the income signal (coming from the control unit) and therefore feed it to the two tanks or what else for? If not, can I then use another tank (or two to use it with stereo returns) and route the signal back to the controller so that it is functional? For the power supply I see that it uses an 18 V DC power supply, that can be found easily. Meanwhile thanks for the video!
I guess the answer is the same. If you can get power to the unit, then it's doable. Getting a suitable tank and wiring the audio is fairly simple. Power is a little trickier. Where are you based? First step would be to test the head unit still works by connecting the correct power supply and spring tank. Doesn't make sense to try and rewire it all without knowing if it works first. I'm in NW London. If ur local u can drop by and test it...
I'm not much of a tech guy, so this may be stupid question, but is it worth anything/usable without the tank? I found one for cheap at a local second hand shop, but it's missing the tank
The short answer is yes. Getting a replacement tank is fairly easy, the only tricky thing is these units use DIN leads (same as a MIDI cable) so you'd either have to wire a DIN plug onto the tank you make or rewire the DINs on the head unit to be regular audio connections (TRS or XLR) which isnt super difficult. The other, bigger, challenge is power...the power supply also uses a DIN cable and finding the old power units are hard. I managed to find one on Ebay that powers 4 units, but they don't come up often.
If you can’t find a suitable PSU for testing purposes the manual says you can put two 9v batteries in series giving you the necessary 18v DC supply.