lofi diy slinky spring reverb experiment - with shs-10 and Noise Hero

Sorry for the volume fluctuations and distortion in this video, i did my best to even them out a little.

I had a play around with this after finding this article on how to build it:
http://www.nicolascollins.com/texts/TapeOpReverb.pdf
From here:
http://www.nicolascollins.com/

The video show the dry output of the keytar and Noise Hero then wet through the diy reverb , which is basically just a slinky taped to a speaker with a contact mic mounted on it but it can make some pretty cool noises which remind me of the reverb in old dub records. Sounds pretty good with drums going through it which i forgot to do here. I found i got the best results with the mic near the speaker as quite a lot of the dry sound makes it to the contact mic and mixes with the reverb. Also i found it best to gather enough of the slinky at the top to allow space between the coil at the bottom to prevent any resonant rattling. It can make some very star wars like sound effects when manipulating the spring by hand too.

For more info on the Noise Hero, go here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd9QBBueroA

Category:

Music

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• lofi
• diy
• spring
• reverb
• experiment
• yamaha
• shs-10
• shs10
• Noise
• Hero
• yt:stretch=16:9
• music

[jawdust3]

I see you plugged the speaker into the back of your amp- How did you do that?

[ChrisLody]

@jawdust3 My amp is one of those cheapo ones with a big hole in the back that you can see the speaker through. I just pulled off the crimped speaker wires and extended them with crocodile clips onto the external speaker. Hope that helps.

[wrbonfield]

this just blew my mind. best channel on youtube. buying a noise hero

[ChrisLody]

@wrbonfield Thanks very much! There aren't any Noise Hero's listed yet as i sold out in the run up to xmas, also the last posting date from the UK to USA was the 10th. They'll be available after xmas again though. Cheers.

[satellitegm]

very nice AND thank you!

[jawdust3]

@ChrisLody Thanks for getting back to me. I'm not sure exactly what you mean though- Could you possibly send me a close up picture of it please? What do you think it would be like if you used two springs, one large(the slinky) and a smaller one you could fit inside the slinky? Would it make a lot of difference?

[GerjanChannel]

@kezadrone hmmm sounds to me more like a fart XD

nevermind I actually havent heard experimental jazz so I wouldnt know XD

[ChrisLody]

@ChrisLody Its something i never would have done when my mK was fully working, but i thought fuck it. I took the bottom off and bolted straight through with nice big washers and lock nuts on the inside so its pretty strong. But i'd never want to gig with one like that, not that i gig anywhere yet!

[tekkentool]

@ChrisLody i dunno if i'd do it to mine, i don't think there's enough meat on each side of the MK to put some decent buttons or strap locks on them.

[ChrisLody]

@tekkentool Heh heh, didn't know about the curse of herb, but i do now! I found a good method a while back where someone added proper bought guitar lug things to an mK, i did that but with spout bolts and washers i had knocking about. Well cheap!