MATRIXSYNTH: DIY Spring Reverb Module


Monday, May 30, 2011

DIY Spring Reverb Module


flickr By Tom.Whitwell

Details via Muff's

"I was just about to buy an A199 spring reverb when I decided to save 4hp of space and build my own.

The circuit is based on Roy Mallory's tech note and tone control, which is useful - a symmetrical cut/boost of bass and treble. The drive, recovery, tone and blend buffer take the four amps in a TL074.

The gain on the drive circuit is reduced quite a bit - R10 is 660R rather than 62R (it's R1 in Mallory's article), and the recovery circuit has a variable drive.

I put a couple of phono jacks on the back of my Doepfer case, so it's easy to plug in an external tank - a nice rich 6-spring 9EB2C1B (mainly because I built the circuit with the 8EB2C1B from a fender amp)"



3 comments:

  1. How are capacitor's polarity? (220nf, 22uf)

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  2. hi nice circuit. just to be sure. Those electrolytic are polarized so they have a plus and minus side. On the schematic, I see non-polarized symbols.

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