Academy Of Tone 291: The Evolution of Reverb

Special guest: Manuel Bastian

00:00 Intro: Shine On You Crazy Diamond 12:46 Welcome: Reverb Special 13:48 Introduction to the Hotone Verbera 14:45 The Human Perception of Space and 3D Hearing 16:00 The Fascination with Caves and Concert Halls 17:14 Exploring Vast and Long Reverb Settings 19:31 Reverb in the 1930s and Early Recording 20:31 The Era of Echo Chambers and Controlled Reflections 21:59 Spiritual Experiences: The Magic of Church Acoustics 24:37 Evolution of Spring Reverb 25:29 The Classic Accutronics Spring Reverb Tank 27:35 Surf Music and Spaghetti Western Sounds 30:26 How Spring Reverb Works 32:42 The German EMT Plate Reverb Revolution 34:40 Thomas’ Personal History with his EMT 140 Plate 38:25 Reverb on Classic Records 39:45 Lexicon 224 and PCM-70 42:58 Gated Reverb and "Plastic Fantastic" Sounds 44:20 Lexicon 480L & Roland SRV 2000 47:54 Transition to DAWs and Plugin Collections 49:46 Convolution and Impulse Responses 52:14 Capturing the EMT 140 Plate at Rinkowski Suite 54:46 Real Plate vs. Digital Capture 59:06 The Logistics of Transporting a Real Reverb Plate 1:04:54 Stereo Demonstration of the Captured Plate 1:16:47 Exploring the AKG BX20 Mechanical Reverb 1:19:48 Visiting Andy’s Analog Studio 1:33:54 How to Clone Reverb with the Verbera 1:50:26 Michael Nielsen’s Reverb IR Packs 2:01:28 The Electric Mistress and Blues Breaker 2:15:17 Closing Words