electronaut
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...I've seen articles on DIY plate reverbs. Not much electronics involved really but could be fun if you have a spare closet
It looks like no one noticed the ROUND plate reverb in the second pic of my workshop in the workbench thread. Unfortunately, it SOUNDS LIKE SHIT! So now, it is a weird sculpture in my apartment.
I built three different plate reverbs, and as I got better at building them, they sounded WORSE. I think I was thinking too hard. The first was a piece of scrap sheetmetal with a shitty 2 x 4 frame. Sounded amazing! The second was a better, larger frame with a thicker plate. That one sounded worse. The third one is the round one, which seemed sensible to me -- like a gong. Well, since the frame is a heavy metal pipe bent into two half circles and welded, it vibrates like mad, right along with the plate, and the hardware, etc. It sounds pretty bad. I even filled up the frame with expandable foam, which was a stupid idea -- I should have used sand or something. Anyway, now it's a sculpture.
My lesson learned -- use a VERY THIN plate!
Thanks, Trock, for posting the pics of the Avalon, and welcome to the Lab!
