The Sound of My Bloody Valentine (Reverse Reverb Shootout)

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@joekimberlin264 4 жыл бұрын

one summer i worked at the factory assembling Midiverbs II's in the late 80's, it was a tedious boring job, but fun coworkers, anyway, for fun we used to write little messages inside the units, so check it out, lemme know ;) nice demo BTW!

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@kaiserbrett9266 2 жыл бұрын

@Darren Sean Glad I could help :D

@babyblue7731 Жыл бұрын

that’s actually so cool and wholesome

@seeaaaannnnnnnn 7 жыл бұрын

Bloom mode on the midiverb is soooooooooooooooooo heavenly

@Hauteclaire16 7 жыл бұрын

Another great video from you. Worth waiting for so long. Thanks!

@masontomlinson4646 7 жыл бұрын

I love your videos man, thank you so much for sharing all this info!

@KrunkCobain 4 жыл бұрын

I searched and scoured for the RV-7 and Finally got one. Thanks for the video,it must have stuck in my subconscious

@wlouisharris 4 жыл бұрын

Great demonstration of reverse reverb. I was trying to figure out what Shields was talking about when describing it. All sounds great with a Fender amp.

@berlinshoegazer 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, it's been a challenge for me as well to figure it all out. And yeah, Fender is still my amp to go. What amp do you use?

@donmackie6086 4 жыл бұрын

Lol. Back in the early 90s, I used to use parallel 4th power chords with a tremelo arm to try to replicate Shield's sound. I met Billy Corgan in August of 2000 and he was saying he used a lot of reverb. Funny.

@berlinshoegazer 5 жыл бұрын

Hey guys, I recently released a new song with my project Unkenny Valleys. Feel free to check out my Spotify releases: open.spotify.com/artist/0gfD45qUc1GosaEOy5pT6R?si=ttEzO6KUTa6bHUwoWH43oQ

@kylewarner7817 2 жыл бұрын

It’s kind of ironic that the very effect that made the staple sound of the genre… isn’t a pedal at all…

@ydok5253 6 жыл бұрын

Sounds a lot like mild high club. You start to get that Dan electro feel with this effect. Never even knew reverse reverb existed until a few minutes ago, but it's really cool.

@joeswansonanator 7 жыл бұрын

I own a fx500 and it sound fucking amazing. If you find one on ebay or reverb or something like that and your a massive shoegaze fan, buy it

@chewiebaby 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video, I actually have a Cathedral and a Midiverb II, will definitely be experimenting today!

@MHItaliansDoItBetter 7 жыл бұрын

Love how you customized your guitar, that feather 💙

@bpm9295 3 жыл бұрын

I love your videos buddy, I remember watching this one over and over before ordering my first reverb pedal years ago now. One aspect of the Cathedral demo that should be mentioned is that you never actually turned the pre-delay off, as far as I can tell. Now, if the pre-delay knob is set to something above zero when you turn the pedal on, I think it might actually stay disengaged until you wiggle the knob (I'm having trouble remembering) - but it actually did sound like yours was enabled right from the get-go. When the knob is in the 7 or 8 o' clock (10-30% ish) range, the pre-delay is very very short, such that your eyeballs or camera might not actually pick up the delay light flashing cause it's flashing too rapidly. You will most *definitely* hear the difference in your signal though, as you're overlapping a few dozen reverberations rather than just one, for a much more dramatic effect - fatter and more washed out. A very rapid, modulated delay fed into a distortion (or vice versa, to taste) is actually a great way to achieve some beautiful soundwalls without using reverb at all - or, acoustic purists might argue that a wash of short delays doesn't just approximate a reverb, it literally *is* an emulation of reverberation like you'd hear in a cave or cathedral, as it were....

@28_gauge 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your videos. They are very informative!!!

@berlinshoegazer 7 жыл бұрын

So happy I can help.

@wojciechpiorecki1542 7 жыл бұрын

your dry tone is amaizing, man

@mastertimb 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Kenneth!

@souvannarathtristin7458 7 жыл бұрын

Got a Jay Turser Mustang copy and a Digiverb coming in the mail. I'm so ready to start 'gazing! Currently I only have a DOD Metal Distortion from the 80's, but it has tons of low-end; perfect for songs like Sometimes.

@_lowcountry 7 жыл бұрын

If you dig the cathedral but don't want all the other features or don't have room for it, the holy grail max has a reverse setting as well. I actually got rid of my digiverb for it.

@occult1390 5 жыл бұрын

despite the volume-drop, i think the Digiverb is the most musical sounding of the 3 pedals... comparing the depth and modulation of the 100% wet signal

@tommyconancoates7097 4 жыл бұрын

I think it sounded the best also

@mercurialmagictrees 5 жыл бұрын

14:13 yeah that's astounding

@wearetemporary 5 жыл бұрын

mercurialmagictrees seconded

@violindalola 3 жыл бұрын

I love your videos Kenneth!

@berlinshoegazer 3 жыл бұрын

🙏❤

@darkforest3333 Жыл бұрын

i used ONLY a Midiverb IV (and an SD-1 with an e-bow) on all the ‘England in 1819’ albums to create most of my ethereal long-throw sounds. It is totally programmable, just takes time to edit then save. Insanely versatile PROGRAMMABLE reverses.

@that0nemuffin 6 жыл бұрын

Love this channel! Keep up the great work 😁❤

@berlinshoegazer 6 жыл бұрын

THAAANK YOOUU!

@aamado1013 6 жыл бұрын

I find such strange inspiration from this channel. I primarily mess around with high gain intricate riffage, but I jumped on the chance to buy a Cathedral off an old friend recently and have been 'gazing. Cool to see the inclusion of its analog sound contrast and especial kudos for being so honest in your assessment.

@JCBigCat 4 жыл бұрын

aamado1013 IT IS NOT ANALOG!

@finney6830 6 жыл бұрын

The most genuine one, shoegaze-wise, is de Midiverb II, of course. The one Kevin Shields used.

@Iodine74 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for putting this together. Just got a Digiverb based on this and your other clips to put at the front of my chain and am loving it so far (minus the volume drop). Finding it has a musicality that the reverse and gates in the CD-R-70 don't have, nor the Big Sky.

@berlinshoegazer 7 жыл бұрын

Hey - nice to hear that. Yeah the volume drop was making me crazy sometimes. But it is still a high quality pedal with a unique sound. Good choice!

@occult1390 5 жыл бұрын

to fix the volume drop, chain it with a volume pedal and hit both at once

@JustASnack 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this demo ☺️

@berlinshoegazer 3 жыл бұрын

Happy you like it. :)

@hoppercanty 7 жыл бұрын

super cool vid! You got da best vids

@berlinshoegazer 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you man!!!

@Evan95. 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks

@bloxsy_ 5 жыл бұрын

Have you used the Marshall Reflector RF-1? Would you recommend it?

@occult1390 5 жыл бұрын

can't do full wet reverse

@mattgilbert7347 5 жыл бұрын

Gonna look into that Polara. It is reasonably priced.

@seldonlives19 7 жыл бұрын

very nice...dig you man

@occult1390 5 жыл бұрын

Yes dude, Digiverb all the way

@maskof 6 жыл бұрын

14:05 Shimmer and Delay sounds like something that Robin Guthrie liked using a lot. Listen to "Pink Orange Red" by Cocteau Twins, (reverse reverb on Liz Fraser's voice at first vocal entrance too).

@Starr90377 6 жыл бұрын

maskof good observation!! I love that song

@gazeunderthesunmusic 7 жыл бұрын

the yamaha fx500 is amazing to have and the reverse is amazing

@berlinshoegazer 7 жыл бұрын

It's so great!

@gazeunderthesunmusic 7 жыл бұрын

anyway thank you for uploading the video

@randyhollandsworth626 2 жыл бұрын

Hi again :-) Do you remember what Elliot of Ringo Deathstarr had his Alesis's effects number set to? 40-49 Was it the same on both or were there two different effects (like 42 on one and 47 on the second). I just got my second Alesis MIDIVERB II. Thanks for all your help in the past and keep up the great work!!

@deaftone 7 жыл бұрын

Great comparison video man. Thanks. one small note: Cathedral is not analog but all digital reverb like the others. Actually there is no such thing as analog reverb pedal except those big ones which feature a real spring inside. Cheers :)

@berlinshoegazer 7 жыл бұрын

So good that you tell me that. thank you. I was also a bit sceptical. Once someone said to me all gear by EHX would be analog. Now that I think about it... makes absolutely no sense. :D I will write that in the discription.

@ThePedals 5 жыл бұрын

Digiverb is great pedal! Good price and quality (and weight 😃 )

@TheTurkey79 4 жыл бұрын

For punters on a budget check out the Marshall RF-1 Reflector, they are pretty cheep and also have a reverse mode :D

@manualofalternativemusic 4 жыл бұрын

TheeTurkey79 Yeah! If you guys are looking for cheaper options Of gated reverb, check out the Boss RV-5 or even the Behringer DR600 - witch is a clone of the Rv-5. The Rv-5 came out on the same time as the hardwire Rv 7 and has awesome reverb sounds! The hof also has a stunning Gated reverb, both v1 and v2, and it’s customizable, bit pricey, but wonderful quality

@MrDaigoRiki 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the vid, I was about to sell my Cathedral 😌

@whitekony1006 9 ай бұрын

Im running a danelectro backtalk into a midiverb 2,sounds really fn cool,playing a dano/coral sitar and a squier bass vi. Ive been using a homemade pedal thats just 2 rehoused behringers combined,hm2/fz6 clones made blendable with single inputs and outputs. And plenty of other pedals at other times lol. Im looking forward to my shields blender preorder to come,that thing sounds so nasty.

@MartyFisket 2 жыл бұрын

somethings telling me scott cortez definitely used 45 on the midiverb ii

@shanedkar 7 жыл бұрын

Tried them all as well as the Yamaha spx90 besides the Cathedral. Obviously the Yamaha's are awesome but crazy expensive. Midi verb II blows everything else out of the water IMO. They are probably the cheapest one to buy as well. Spend the extra to buy the midi verb II if you are thinking about purchasing the digitech digiverb - it's well worth it.

@cartercasteel3686 6 жыл бұрын

I love love love your channel! I have the same guitar and love Shoegaze. But I have to ask-where did you get those shoes?? I'm trying to find some like that and I can't!

@patrickrainey305 4 жыл бұрын

Please don’t ever delete

@robertbodle2354 7 жыл бұрын

f'ing interesting clean signal!

@MoooseBlood 6 жыл бұрын

Robert Bodle Right it's modulating

@eatingicepops 2 жыл бұрын

If I stack the Gated Reverb of the Digiverb with the reverse of the Rv-7 do you think I'd be able to emulate the sound of the Bloom setting on the Alesis?

@berlinshoegazer 2 жыл бұрын

No. Because the Bloom setting has a very long decay time and none of the other two reverbs (gates and reverse) have a long decay time. But if you would add some delay in the end of the chain it could get very close.

@DougMayer 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome demo :-)

@berlinshoegazer 6 жыл бұрын

thank you Doug!

@dukeofyorkshire355 2 жыл бұрын

Love your demos/videos over the years, so please keep doing them. I'm on Apple Music, so what should Iisten to first by your band?

@berlinshoegazer 2 жыл бұрын

If you like check out Downhill Willows "Machines" and "Trauma" or the whole Downhill Willows EP. At the moment I'm making music under the name Unkenny Valleys. "She Saves Me Again" and " Happy Happy" could be a good starter. :)

@shoegazer93 7 жыл бұрын

Brilliant comaparison! I use an EHX Cathedral. Subscribed!

@luistelleznandayapamusic7089 6 жыл бұрын

The cathedral have shimmer????

@junwei7502 4 жыл бұрын

Other than these pedals, what would you recommend for a dreampop setup? I like shoegaze but not a huge fan of the distortion part, I prefer a more dreamy, clean sound.

@JCBigCat 4 жыл бұрын

Then go with a Roland JC for amplifier!

@ForeverChillMan 7 жыл бұрын

Bloom preset on Midiverb II sounds really nice indeed. Does anyone know if the same preset is included in the MIdiverb IV? Can't find a preset list in it's manual..

@cjbcarr1 5 жыл бұрын

whoa, cool slippers

@berlinshoegazer 5 жыл бұрын

thanks :)

@Whiskel 5 жыл бұрын

I love your slippers.

@alejandrovelasquez6017 6 жыл бұрын

Hey do you think the new Polara pedal has the same reverse setting that the old hardwire reverb pedal has?? cause I want to get one but the hardwire is so much more expensive and the Polara is actually cheaper, but I just really love the sound the hardwire is making. Your videos are great thank you, please get back to me

@berlinshoegazer 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Alejandro, have a look at this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b75gh7V5tdS3qIE.htmlm44s - I would definitly say they are the same!

@vrombo 4 жыл бұрын

Digiverb & Hardwire sounds nice, Cathedral's weird with way too much reverse/reverb/delay, which ruin melody.

@isaacwilliams9919 3 жыл бұрын

Hey! We use the same amplifier. I love the Princeton 112 plus!

@berlinshoegazer 3 жыл бұрын

So cool! I love my Fender Princetone 112plus. So small and loudm Great clean sound and amazing Drive channel. Also the Spring Reverb sounds great.

@arseny3606 3 жыл бұрын

What do you think of the pedal BlackStar HT-Reverb ? How it is for a shoegaze?

@8bitDude0 7 жыл бұрын

For some reason I find the washed out sound of the Digiverb really good and now i really want to buy it haha

@user-qn8rg3sv6j 7 жыл бұрын

noise order one fam

@occult1390 5 жыл бұрын

it's super-woozy

@alyahoodii 3 жыл бұрын

Can you explain how the Alesis would be connected to an amplifier? Would it be able to go into a pedal board or rest on top of an amp while pedals are also incorporated? I use a Roland jc40.

@berlinshoegazer 3 жыл бұрын

You can use it on top of your amp or as a rack for your studio. I guess it's ment to be used like that. But it wourk exactly like a pedal. In theory you could put it on you pedalboard as well.

@alyahoodii 3 жыл бұрын

@trashja 69 how do you integrate it in your rig? Do you also use a foot switch?

@lprdiscos7551 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, anuone knows if an Alesis Midiverb 4 will work?

@ozmarichardson6524 3 жыл бұрын

You mentioned the fx500, ive been researching it since hearing about it here. I think im gonna sell my delay and chorus (boss dd3 and ehx neo clone) and get one dor my fx send

@berlinshoegazer 3 жыл бұрын

I had one once and it sounds exactly like the early slowdive records but I didn't like the overall handling of these racks so much. Single effect pedals or modern multi effects are better to dial in concrete details. But I think everyone has to try out stuff that feels exciting to her/him.

@chinmeysway 5 жыл бұрын

great chords. you wrote? i have the cathedral and the digitech

@robcerasuolo9207 6 жыл бұрын

OK, here's an idea to share. I think that very few reverse reverbs actually get a usable sound. I think that in a mix, a time gap between the original input signal and the effect can be fine, but I like how some people get the effect right on the beat. Sometimes, that's done in a DAW during mixing, but I believe there is a way to get it for a live sound as well. Some multi-effects units, if not some pedals, in the past have offered a reverse delay. From what I could tell, this was basically done digitally, by taking the first tap of the delay and reversing it before feeding it into the subsequent taps (which were not reversed, for obvious reasons). I read about one person somewhere, who took a single reverse delay tap set to slapback at super-short duration and fed that into a reverb of choice. I'm guessing that this was fully wet, and maybe parallel to a second copy of the input, cuz that's what I'd do. I'm not sure if I ever heard the results of this chain for myself, but I have heard a reverse delay alone once or twice, and it sounds like you might expect. I cannot recall who did it, but I'm pretty sure it was in a guitar magazine a decade or two ago. Anyway, I think this would probably make for a much more controllable and customizable reverse reverb effect. Some possible alterations might be to first feed the reverse delay with a very short-duration reverb tail, and then go into another reverb as before; as well as adding chorus or other modulation effects in different spots. Has anyone tried this, or have info on where to get ahold of a unit that can do reverse delay? I'm going to scour the online music shops tomorrow and see what I can come up with. I'm thinking that maybe Line 6, Zoom, or TC has it already in something.

@berlinshoegazer 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Rob, nice and interesting thoughts. Thank you for sharing those. It could work but I guess it's still not the real charm of a reversed reverb since those are gated at the effect's end - not fading out like a usual reverb sound. I'm experementing with the EHX Superego at the moment and it is (when the dry signal is turned off in 'auto mode') like an instantly attacking reverse reverb. super easy to handle. only problem is: you can not use the whammy bar as the input signal is kind of looped instead of constantly played by hand. you would need a digitech Whammy or Pitchfork with an expression pedal to fake it.

@robcerasuolo9207 6 жыл бұрын

SHOEGAZER Gotcha! I guess it's a matter of which order the delay and reverb are in, too. Each sequence will yield different results. When you said, "gated at the end," what did you mean? I wasn't too clear on that. I have experience gated reverb sounds, but most of the reverbs I've encountered don't do that. I probably wouldn't use a gated reverb, but compressing it a little bit might be cool. I have some other ideas for reverse sounds that would require a DAW, PRE, or other programming functionality to work well. I'm going to try all available ideas to see what works best for me. I'll look into that Superego pedal some more to see how they've done it. I'm probably not going to do any of the whammy bar gliding thing, myself, cuz it wouldn't work so well with how I write in most cases (putting it succintly). I think it's cool when it works, though. I'm mostly after being able to use effects to create pad-like sounds. That's how I think about a lot of this stuff. Plus, I probably suck too much at playing to do any more than that--LOL!--so I figure I could make myself useful that way and let someone else do the good stuff.

@cyoung7127 6 жыл бұрын

I use a Digitech Whammy to simulate a whammy bar and then I run that through a Hoof Fuzz and my Superego, which sounds sounds pretty good. I usually end up tweaking settings on the Superego often though, because the gliss attack is hard to reign in exactly how I want and would prefer to have a good reverse verb in front of it and use the Superego to guide it or give it more definition.

@cyoung7127 6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like this: soundcloud.com/plotholes/noir-montage

@ocelot972 5 жыл бұрын

I own the Cathedral, but the slower reverse is kinda not working for me. The reverse on my Alesis Microverb 3 comes in faster and therefore is more controlable for me while playing. How do you compare the reverse from the Polara with those two? Is it coming slower like on the Cathedral or more faster like on the Microverb?

@berlinshoegazer 5 жыл бұрын

You can set it up like you want it. I like it a bit slower so I decided myself for the Polara and RV7. But it can also be very short like the Midiverb II and III.

@ocelot972 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I might as well go with the Polara. The Oceans 11 is a solid one also, but I assume that the reverse mode is the same as on the Cathedral. Thanks!

@martingarricks6209 5 жыл бұрын

FOHTEE BACHS

@DGKKAMA 5 жыл бұрын

Hey man, I've got an RV500 but it's too big for me so I'm looking for a smaller reverb that can do reverse stuff. I've got a good budget, but I'm looking at the oceans 11 from EHX. What do you think about it? Do you have any other recommendations? Considering the Cathedral as well but it is a bit big and it hasn't got shimverb.

@berlinshoegazer 5 жыл бұрын

I would always recommend the RV7 and the Polara for the Reverse sound. It's the best in my ears. Cathedral does the job a well but I think it's to huge for a pedalboard. Unfortunitily I never got the chance to check the Oceans 11 by EHX.

@berlinshoegazer 5 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fL-Dhbd-qb69dps.html The reverse mode of the Oceans 11 sounds a bit metallic and thin. I personally wouldn't like that. But the pedals has a lot of other cool sounds instead.

@manualofalternativemusic 4 жыл бұрын

Check out the Holy Grail max if you’re into Ehx stuff. Its reverse sound is really good, it’s possible to blend the clean signal with it and have full reverse w/ maxed Mix knob. It’s better than the ehx Oceans 11 reverse in my opinion, for some reason the holy grail max sounds more natural

@tastedawaste1367 3 жыл бұрын

You should just get an alesis guitar fx pedal it's like dirt cheap if you can find it and it's actually really nice when you layer the fx and it's reverse reverb is great

@fezzian 7 жыл бұрын

You are just the cutest 💕

@ethermod307 3 жыл бұрын

The Cathedral is not an analogue reverb. A real analogue reverb doesn't really exist in pedal form. You'll need a proper spring-reverb tank or a real plate-reverb devices that are really expensive. That doesn't mean the Cathedral doesn't sound good, it sounds great!

@berlinshoegazer 3 жыл бұрын

Haha. Thank you, Thanos. Made this video some years ago and know it better, meanwhile. Didn't know that much back then.

@PantheonLincoln 7 жыл бұрын

What about the Polara? That seems to have replaced Digitech's Digiverb & Hardwire, pedals. I was wondering how they compare...

@berlinshoegazer 7 жыл бұрын

Polara is also great, slim, light and the reverse mode sounds just like the RV7. But I would miss the Gate mode using it.

@DaredemoSoloPiano 6 жыл бұрын

this,this!

@raccoonwhisperer6809 6 жыл бұрын

love your videos man. have you used Marshall Reflector reverb pedal? Looking for a pedal with good reverse, love the hardwire, but can't find it in the UK. :(

@berlinshoegazer 6 жыл бұрын

Hey man, no. I didn't use the Marchall Reflector. Do you think it's useful? If you can not find the Hardwire then try the Digitech Polara for Reverse. It's he same one!

@raccoonwhisperer6809 6 жыл бұрын

SHOEGAZER thanks for the reply dude. I didn't try the Marshall either - I was going to buy one but didn't want to buy one that I didn't really know was any good. Thanks to this video I did actually opt for the Polara, so I ordered one! Very helpful vids.

@sinewave2099 6 жыл бұрын

For anyone else looking at this, I bought a Marshall Reflector and didn't find it that useful for shoegaze. The reverse mode is very short and it plays the dry signal first, like a reverse delay - there is no way to play only the reversed sound.

@attherateofarobase 7 жыл бұрын

@SHOEGAZER does the Digiverb have a wide stereo image when run in stereo? Any chance of a video with all pedals running in stereo with 2 amps?

@Whiskeyklone 7 жыл бұрын

The Digiverb is mono....

@occult1390 5 жыл бұрын

@@berlinshoegazer Wrong - the Digiverb does have stereo outputs, mono input

@attherateofarobase 5 жыл бұрын

Yes the manual states that the second output is for stereo operation, but when both outputs are used are the reverse and gate modes actually in stereo or summed to mono?

@whatsabryan 5 жыл бұрын

Can you run the midiverb in front of the amp? I have no effects loop in my amp.

@berlinshoegazer 5 жыл бұрын

Sure

@Shovelglove545 5 жыл бұрын

how to i make it so you can hear the chord straight away as well as the reverse like at 2:16? Can't figure it out on my pedal's settings and it always sounds like 2:42

@gloryxkid 5 жыл бұрын

Joe Taylor just try the setting he has! He made it easy to see

@anguilliasKR 5 жыл бұрын

that should be caused by your "dry/wet" mix that's probably set to 100%, which means that only the effect is played. You should put it at 50%, so it is a mix of clean and effect. (This knob is called "level" in the pedal in the video, but it has multiple names, "blend" is also much used)

@antidepressantscale4675 3 жыл бұрын

Wtf is that clean signal it sounds so good.

@berlinshoegazer 3 жыл бұрын

It's just the Fender Princetone 112 Plus and the Squire Jaguar. I really love the combination too.

@antidepressantscale4675 3 жыл бұрын

@@berlinshoegazer thanks for the reply. Are you moving the tremolo arm during this?

@berlinshoegazer 3 жыл бұрын

@@antidepressantscale4675 You're welcome. Yeah, I used it all the time when I made videos back then. :)

@cloudshad0ws 3 жыл бұрын

@@antidepressantscale4675 Fender Princeton amps are considered some of the best clean, "blackface" style amps you can buy. I imagine it would make any guitar sound great.

@agostocobain2729 2 жыл бұрын

@@berlinshoegazer what do you think about squire guitars. Do you think they are good and they jus have been stigmatized. I’ve seen some beautiful ones

@saam6768 7 жыл бұрын

great vid like most of your videos. not to be an ass, but I am 90% sure the cathedral isn't analog. thanks for making this. lots of fun to watch/listen to.

@berlinshoegazer 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I know. I thought so while recording the video but I noticed that was wrong. Added a note to the video where I explain this. But thank you anyway.

@saam6768 7 жыл бұрын

Also you missed one of the coolest applications of the cathedral. Since the left and right inputs have separate processors, you can feed the left output into the right input and essentially double reverb your signal ☺

@fina5338 7 жыл бұрын

woah that sounds awesome, i'm gonna cop this pedal I think

@ahumanonplanetearth 7 жыл бұрын

Have you tried the Yamaha Magicstomp? It's a large unit but is in pedal format and it has both the SPX reverse modes and the 'symphonic' effect that Slowdive used.

@berlinshoegazer 7 жыл бұрын

never heard of it. will check it out. thank you.

@occult1390 5 жыл бұрын

@@berlinshoegazer did you ever?

@staticfuzzzz 4 жыл бұрын

@ahumanonplanetearth Do you have to download the reverse patch..or is it in the unit stock? If stock...what is it labeled as in the unit? Thanks!

@ahumanonplanetearth 4 жыл бұрын

static fuzz It’s pre-loaded on the unit but is easier to edit if you’ve got a computer that uses Windows XP. I’ve not used the Magicstomp for awhile but I think the effects that MBV used are Early Reflections, Gate Reverb and Reverse Gate.

@staticfuzzzz 4 жыл бұрын

@@ahumanonplanetearth Thanks for the info! Mine is older (V1) and I need to update it online.. It doesn't have some of the newer patches. Edit/update: I have since updated my Yamaha Magic Stomp with some of the new patches that V1 doesn't have. And I have to say... it is pretty magical (for lack of a better word). The "Early Reflections" would definitely be my favorite right now.. I feel it's a pretty underrated unit that should be on more boards. Especially....for us shoegazers.

@ald7248 2 жыл бұрын

@8:22 Beware. There is too much pre-delay on the Cathedral's "Reverse" mode for it to be used for Kevin Shields-style chord gliding! It is simply unsuitable for MBV-type guitar playing.

@berlinshoegazer 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't know better back then. Thank you for pointing that out.

@johnmarks466 Жыл бұрын

If you turn the pre-delay knob all the way down it should work.

@ald7248 Жыл бұрын

@@johnmarks466won't work. There's *inherent* pre-delay to the reverse setting.

@youcantno3963 6 ай бұрын

@@berlinshoegazerthe electro harmonix Memory man with Hazari will solve that 👍🏼

@Synthulhu 5 жыл бұрын

With the mix at 100% on your midiverb is there a delay when you play

@berlinshoegazer 5 жыл бұрын

yes it is. but it's still good to play with it. You will get used to it and then it's allright.

@auraessa 7 жыл бұрын

your intro is so good

@Wheel333 5 жыл бұрын

Very useful thanks 🙏 Do you know any effects used on MBV bass tracks ?

@user-cm5eg6vv1v 4 жыл бұрын

Modified vox tonebender

@berlinshoegazer 4 жыл бұрын

MXR M80 Bass DI should sound exactly like the MBV bass on "Isn't Anything".

@9uidin9li9ht2 4 жыл бұрын

Does the Keeley Loomer have enough variation in it's reverse mode to truly approximate the Alesis Midiverb II in your opinion Kenneth? I have the Alesis just looking for a pedal board friendly approximation for reverse. Thanks!

@manualofalternativemusic 4 жыл бұрын

Yes! He said so on his video reviewing the loomer. The loomer is a beautiful pedal, an art piece for me personally, it definitely shoegazes

@purrsnickety8269 5 жыл бұрын

Kevin used the Bloom presets (45/49) lots on pre Loveless recordings.

@TheTurtleneck64 5 жыл бұрын

It sounds a bit off from the recording, and I think they might have recorded it at one pitch/speed then played the tape back at a different speed. I don't know for certain.

@purrsnickety8269 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheTurtleneck64 what do you mean?

@TheTurtleneck64 5 жыл бұрын

@@purrsnickety8269 The sound of the reverb on certain tracks sounds longer than the actual presets are. So, my guess is, that they recorded the guitar at a faster tempo and in a higher key, then slowed down the recording so that the actual reverse reverb effect was longer. I have no proof for this and it was just a thought.

@purrsnickety8269 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheTurtleneck64 I gotcha. The presets sound different in person and depending on the way you play guitar/how loud the amp is also. And the Yamaha spx90 used on Loveless is different also

@michaelbunnell4492 5 жыл бұрын

Ever tried the Yamaha REX-50? Kevin told me he used that on Slow

@berlinshoegazer 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing. I never got the chance to check it so far.

@marcmistermarc 4 жыл бұрын

Yes I bought one a while ago. They are rather noisy (hiss). The digital distortion preset is quite cool. They are very cheap though. I think the devices in the video sound better than the Rex.

@0v3rgr0wn 7 жыл бұрын

I recently bought the Digiverb on Amazon! I'm impatiently waiting for it to come in. You should do this type of video with fuzz/dirt pedals! What do you think about the Proco Rat 2?

@0v3rgr0wn 7 жыл бұрын

45 sounded fucking awesome!

@0v3rgr0wn 7 жыл бұрын

And 49. Wow.

@occult1390 5 жыл бұрын

prrfect

@moskva-kassiopeya 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the vid! As for me Midiverb II is much cleaner and more pleasing to the ears.

@berlinshoegazer 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@qloppy4404 4 жыл бұрын

3:01 😫

@tomicompuu 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing! You should check some delays.

@deutscherjoel 7 жыл бұрын

What fuzz are you using in that intro song? It sounds monstrous!

@berlinshoegazer 7 жыл бұрын

Devi Ever Rocket Fuzz.

@gazeunderthesunmusic 7 жыл бұрын

I recently got myself a alesis guitar fx for £15.00 and the reverse reverb until is amazing :)

@marceloBAdARI 7 жыл бұрын

matt catling nice purchase, man! I've got one as well

@Spiritprison 7 жыл бұрын

You should look into the Polara reverb.

@berlinshoegazer 7 жыл бұрын

I did. It's perfect.

@russellcarne291 2 жыл бұрын

you should try the Roland R880 and the Yam REV1 contenders for the throne of the coveted Lexicon 480 they have series reverse verbs also one you should checkout is the Ibanez SDR 1000 was developed for Ibanez, by Sony a

@berlinshoegazer 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Russel, for all these nice recommendations.