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From: kirsch@sjuvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.music,net.music.synth
Subject: Re: Digital Reverb?
Message-ID: <2934@sjuvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 21-Mar-86 13:22:42 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 21 13:22:42 1986
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Reply-To: kirsch@sjuvax.UUCP (P. Kirsch)
Organization: St. Joseph's University, Phila. PA.
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In article <2920@sjuvax.UUCP> lp102918@sjuvax.UUCP (Larry Palena) writes:
>
>       ...I know this is gonna sound like a stupid question,but hey!!!,
>       stupidity is a virtue.What is *digital* about digital delays??
>       Do they sample the delayed signal,or use microprocessors
>      to control feedback,or both??...
>
>      ...also,why has mechanical (ie. spring-controlled) reverb died??
>      Was it particularly prone to failure? I have a Fender-Twin (circa.
>      '69) with mechanical that doesn't work,but when it did I thought
>      it was *fantastic*,super-genuine!!...
>
>                                   Larry Palena
>

>      PS- ...and what exactly *was* the story behind net.music.guitar??
>

Larry, I think the big advantage to the digital reverb is the cleaner sound.
Some people don't like the extra bit of treble/tinniness that you get from
the spring reverb.  I guess it's the same as all other analog vs. digital
arguments--with the digital you can get a cleaner sound--which really gets
some people off-though others still like the analog sound.


--
"Honesty Ain't All that Hard,
 Just Put Rambo Back Inside your Pants"
                                       -Jello Biafra


                              Paul Kirsch
                              St. Joseph's University
                              Philadelphia, Pa

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