PSP SpringBox

I just watched the video - sounds very nice and I was tempted - then  I thought about it for a minute - do I really NEED another reverb no matter how nice - would anyone REALLY notice if I used this as opposed to some other reverb - very doubtful so I passed for the time being -  think I have Plug in Fatigue!! The Plug in manufacturers need to think what they need to produce next to tempt us users - personally I feel I have enough eq / compressor / reverb type plug ins and recreations of vintage stuff has been done to death.
Perhaps sound processors - unique effects sort of thing like some recent stuff from Xils lab and FX Expansion????.

I want it, and I need it! I have an old MicMix spring reverb in the rack that I still use... if this plugin sounds that good I'll be buying it tonight (already downloaded the demo!)

Very cool, I've been wishing for a really good spring reverb plugin for a while!

cclarry

Did you try either the Softube Spring Reverb or the Overloud SpringAge in the Cake store for $49? 

Just curious...

I tried both, the Softube, is very flexible, but I never managed to get it to sound like my Spring Reverb. The Overloud was pretty cool, closer to what I was after, but still not quite "it". I am going to download the latest demo from them and compare the PSP to the Overloud to see what's what.


And thanks for the pointer - I missed that CW had it on sale in their store!


Bill

...- sounds very nice and I was tempted - then  I thought about it for a minute - do I really NEED another reverb no matter how nice -...


+1.

I picked up the SpringAge one from Overloud when I bought the whole bundle of 5 pieces. 

I too have more than enough plugs.

Maybe I should actually get to recording something so that I can use them now, huh???  

First night's impressions...

I only had time to install and compare the Overloud SpringAge and the PSP, I'll install the Softube later this week.

So I really like the PSP SpringBox. I like all their delays and effects, so I guess I'm not terribly surprised. Well actually I am, I had the original PSP Spring Reverb, which was distributed through CM magazine, and then EasyVerb, which I picked up mostly for the spring reverb, but neither of these ever replaced my MicMix. SpringBox just might.

But in listening to SpringAge again I find that I like it more than I remember. I think that SpringBox sounds more like my spring reverb, but I really like some of the sounds I was able to create with SpringAge.

This is really awful! I don't want to buy two new plug-ins, but I might do it anyway. (Is this a reason to NOT demo the Softtube?)

SpringAge and SpringBox could not sound more different, but dang, they do both sound cool. If the bank account says I have to pick one it won't be easy.

The general discount for having other PSP products doesn't apply for the special intro offer but JRRShop has it for $41.65.
Edit: an additional general discount also applies to those who have previously purchased any PSP EffectPack plugins.

carl


The general discount for having other PSP products doesn't apply for the special intro offer but JRRShop has it for $41.65.

If you own any of the PSP Effects plugins, then you do qualify for a PSP discount. I picked up the SpringBox for $25. At that price, it wasn't a hard decision. It really does sound great on guitars.
 
Regards,
Dan
 

dlesaux


PSP SpringBox on the other hand, is a glorified version of the same. Very rich and analog sounding. You can set up a very wide but subtle patch that becomes part of the guitar sound (SpringAge sounded somewhat detached). 

<snippity>

Definitely worth a demo! 

Well said!


Yeah, I spent some more time with both last night, and I repeatedly came back to the PSP SpringBox. 


Neither of them sounds exactly like my MicMix, and ironically, I think it is probably easier to get close with SpringAge. But I still preferred the PSP SpringBox. I guess it sounds like my hardware, without all the warts - in much the same way the UAD tape emulations sound a lot like tape, but without the noise and wow and flutter...


I want to spend a little more time listening, but as of sleep time last night the PSP had the slight edge...


and yes, this is one person's opinion, YMMV.

You know back in the early 80's I built a stereo spring reverb unit based around those nice long springs found in Fender guitar amps. I designed the transducer drive electronics and receiving transducer preamps for the best possible sound. I even worked out a way to control the spring movement to shorten the reverb times and had a 10 band EQ on the output. 

But despite all that I could still never get away from the fact that it sounded like a spring reverb! Now Bill why would you want one!! LOL! 

No I get it, different reverb sounds and that is not a bad thing. Actually Mike Stavrou wrote a great article recently in Audio Technology magazine saying that lesser quality reverbs are actually a good thing. It is good to have them quite grainy too and not smooth. You cannot really have 10 lush reverbs in your mix, it does not work so well. He was saying that the lesser quality reverbs can stand out in a mix much better and also the brain has a tendency to fill in the gaps and create the rest of the reverb sound for you. ie Your imagination can make a lesser reverb sound a little better. It is a bit like our eyes and brain thinking that 24 frames per second is movement.

Spring reverbs can be just the ticket on vocals sometimes and guitars of course. They were made for them. Because they stand out you can use less of them being returned to your mix. Maximum illusion minimum voltage.