Name: Dual Springs- Depth Xpander & JVC
SKU: 4413
Price: 7.00 USD
Availability: InStock

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Two tube-driven spring reverb units were extensively sampled for this library. The first has a degree of notoriety (I’m calling it “Depth Xpander”) and was marketed for use in home stereo systems, and people even had them in their cars, to apply some reverb to the music they played on their system. It’s mono and is said to have been used by King Tubby in his dub mixes. The unit itself is really just a tube amp for driving a spring tank. The second unit (a JVC Nivico) was aimed at the same market, but actually contains the springs inside the case, with the tube amp. This one is stereo.

The Depth Xpander has the main reverb, and 4 ‘bionic’ reverbs, which were made using a sampling technique I’ve been using for years now- playing/recording the sampling tones at faster and slower, which results in shorter or longer reverbs, with their frequency responses shifted up or down. The JVC has 3 very similar versions of its main reverb, and 5 bionic ones. I also sampled it in combination (running into) with some eurorack synthesizer modules, including lots of interesting filters (filter banks, formant filters, low passes, etc) and some other modules. There were 8 modular patches, which produced 8 more reverbs. Some of the JVC bionic and +modular reverbs are actually in mono- that’s how they were sampled.

There’s a lot of variety in the classic spring reverb sound here, yet every reverb effect has that dusty tone and huge, faraway sound, enhanced by the tube amps. Classic, instant dub sound, but useful in many genres. 21 different reverbs to choose from altogether, with 3 being very similar (JVC main), and the rest being fairly different, but all still having that classic spring sound.

This library is available in four sample rates (you get all four upon purchasing): 44.1khz, 48khz, 88.2khz, and 96khz.

Max has also done a great skin for this release, which can be used to select all of the different programs by clicking buttons on the skin. This works with both N3 and N4. He also made this video demo of the product and his skin:

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Check out the manual for more info about what all is in the set.

Bassy synth. First you hear it dry, then the main Depth Xpander reverb, then the 4 bionic Depth Xpander springs (going from lowest to highest), then one of the main JVC springs (there are 3 but they are very similar so I'm only demoing one of them here), then the 5 JVC bionic springs (again, low to high), and last is the 8 JVC + modular synth springs.

An acoustic guitar. Uses the same sequencing as the bassy synth above uses.

Some drums, again using the same sequence.

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All products include 44.1 and 96khz versions. Some have 48 and 88.2khz also.

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