Just finished a comparison of PSP SpringBox and SpringAge. My plan was to use this on my lead guitar tracks (till now I was using a Valhalla patch that sounded very nice).
 
SpringAge sounded authentic and anyone after a realistic spring reverb emulation will be happy with SpringAge.
 
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).
 
All of the above is obviously personal opinion and subject to interpretation.

I purchased PSP SpringBox and plan to make it part of my standard lead guitar FX chain.

Definitely worth a demo!

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.

I guess it is time to break out my old furman spring verb - hardware.

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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
 

Thanks for the clarification. That is a great deal. 
I only have PSP's Processor Packs so the discount doesn't apply to my purchase.

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). 

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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.

one week later... and I'm here to admit I am now the very happy owner of PSP Springbox AND Overloud SpringAge.

They are both cool, and so different I finally gave up and decided to get both while they are discounted.

It adds quite a bit of variety to my sonic palette!

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.

Jeff Evans


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.

I'll bet many here did the same - mine used two of the long Hammond tanks, and two of the shorter tanks that PAIA used to sell. There was a matrix that allowed me to drive it stereo/mono/parallel/series/whatever, and insert equalizers or delays or both. It was a monster, and I finished it right about the time I bought my first SPX-90... oops!

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!  

Precisely because, well, it sounds like a spring<G>! It isn't the one-size-fits-all reverb sound, but it can work brilliantly in many settings. Way back when I kept it because it added some randomness to the rather sterile early digital reverb sound. (Anyone remember the random reverb in the ART DR-01A?). Over time I've kept them because sometimes they are just interesting, and until now I hadn't heard a plug-in that got close.  

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. 

Those are my top two applications for spring reverb! ESPECIALLY my voice<G>!