100% ANALOG REVERB

A NEW WAY OF CAPTURING AMBIENCE AND REVERB

A new way!

A new sound, a new way to create ambiance and reverb! The Reverbophone is a microphone that creates amazing acoustic environments in your recordings. Whether it's simulating natural rooms or creating unique soundscapes, the Reverbophone will give you the flexibility and precision you need! This is truly a powerful tool!

How does it sound?

Describing a sound in words is hard, but here's some quotes form our customers:

"It sounds just like a couple of room mics in a expensive studio, the low end is huge and defined, and the highs are so smooth!"

"They sound so real it's unreal"

"I have never heard another reverb with such clarity, depth, presence and lushness, that fits inside the mix so easily, as Reverbophone. It's a dream for every recording and mixing engineer."

"I can not imagine recording drums without them ever again"

"They blend with the dry signal like nothing else!"

"It feels like the Reverbophone sings along when I play" (playing acustic guitar)

"They are so easy to use, feels like it's impossible to make them sound bad"

But of course don't base your thoughts on what other people says, have a listen in the sound demo section (scroll down) and form your own opinion!

What are the benefits of the Reverbophone?

So what's the difference between using a plugin reverb, and using actual mics in a well balanced room or hall? The answer is: dynamics! The room/hall will always sound like the real thing. why? Simply because it is the real thing! The room mics will always give back a natural and dynamic sound that highlights the parts that actually excites the room.

The benefits of this sound will come very clear when you try to fit this sound in a song. It's a sound that is easy to hear, cuts through the mix, that contain the right stuff and don't easily over take and mask other instruments.

The Reverbophone gives you that sound! It will always sound like the real thing, because it is! It is a real, physical thing in motion. The bass register is rich and clear, all the way down. The midrange is strong and forward. The high end is present and lush, with a amazing way to handle harsh sounds. Some sounds can often be quite harsh and brittle in room mics (like cymbals), that's a problem you don't have to worry about. They will sound super clean and powerful without ripping your head of.

How does it work?

From the outside, it looks like a gobo, and it is, but there is more to it. It´s a big microphone! On the Inside, there's a sensitive reverb membrane, a large plate that vibrates in unison with what's placed in front of it. This results in a big, rich and natural reverb. A reverb that provides a lot of energy and handles low frequencies very well.

The reverb length is easily adjusted with a lever, from a short 0.1-second room to a large 5-6 -second hall. A Reverbophone has two sides: what we call the front is the side where the reverb membrane picks up vibrations, and it´s covered with a durable and robust grill fabric. On the back we find the same grill fabric, and behind it is a acoustic damping material.

We also find the control panel. There are 2 XLR outputs (left & right) for connection to a microphone preamp with 48v power. There is a stereo/mono button that combines the two channels in to one. We also see a high-pass filter that sweeps from 0-200 hz. There is also an XLR input and a volume knob, which allows you to use a Reverbophone as a traditional plate reverb. A Reverbophone is equipped with a amplifier and a transducer. Plug in an adapter that provides somewhere between 12-18v and you're good to go.

The Reverbophone is a microphone, and just like any microphone it can of course be used in many ways. For example, place 2 Reverbophones a few meters apart in front of the source for a amazing wide stereo image. Put them close to the source for much power and detail, or a few meters away for a softer smoother sound. Plug into the output on each unit, turn on 48v on your micpre, and adjust the reverb length as desired. Whatever you place in front of them, they will give back a beautiful, rich and three-dimensional reverb. You can also use just 1 Reverbophone and use the left and right outputs for stereo recording. This will still give you a big and lush sound with a wide stereo image, just not as wide as with two Reverbophones of course. Have you already recorded? Then use one or two Reverbophones as a traditional plate reverb. Plug your signal (line level) into the XLR input, adjust the volume and get a sound similar to the analogue plate reverbs we're used to hear.

The difference in sound you get when you use the Reverbophone as a microphone, or a traditional plate reverb, are wildly different! One can not replace the other.

This product is a one of a kind, highest quality, hand made unit that will last many many years. We take great pride in our work making these microphones.

Specifications:

Height: 170 cm

Width: 90 cm

Depth: 44 cm with wheels

Weight: 40 kg

Output: 2 XLR (L/R)

Input: 1 XLR

Output impedance: 440 ohm

Requirements: Micpreamp with phantom power.

Hand made in Hälsingland, Sweden

Price:

Price: 39500 sek + vat (approx 3400 euro)

You are very welcome to e-mail us for questions or orders!

Manufacturing time 2 weeks to 2 months.

APPEARENCE

Choose between four different designs

Black oak with black grill fabric

black oak with blond grill fabric

honey oak with black grill fabric

Honey oak with blond grill fabric

Sound demos

Listen to Reverbophone.

Most of the clips are snippets of the songs recorded in our youtube videos. Check them out to hear the sounds in context.

Vocal & Guitar Reverbophone MK3 Big Room

This is the Reverbophone mk3. Vocal and acustic guitar recorded with one Reverbophone in stereo mode, and a u47. Time lever is set on 4,5. First you get to hear just the Reverbophone, then a blend, then just close mic. Back and forth.

Drums Reverbophone MK3 Short room

This is the Reverbophone mk3. Drums recorded with one Reverbophone in stereo mode. Time lever on shortest length. First you get to hear a blend of close mics and Reverbophone, then just close mics, back to both, then just the Reverbophone.

Drums Reverbophone MK3 Medium Room

This is the Reverbophone mk3. Drums recorded with one Reverbophone in stereo mode. Time lever is set on 2,3 in length. First you get to hear just the Reverbophone, then a blend of close mics and Reverbophone, then just close mics, back an forth. Raw tracks, no EQ or compression.

Drums Reverbophone MK3 Big Room

This is the Reverbophone mk3. Drums recorded with one Reverbophone in stereo mode. Time lever is set on 4 in length. First you get to hear a blend of close mics (mono OH and a kick mic) and Reverbophone, then just the Reverbophone, then just close mics, back an forth. Raw tracks, no EQ or compression.

E-Bass Amp Reverbophone MK3 short room

This is the Reverbophone mk3. Electric bass recorded with one Reverbophone in stereo mode. Time lever on shortest length. First you get to hear a blend of the close mic and Reverbophone, then just the close mic, back to both, then just the Reverbophone.

E-Bass Amp Reverbophone MK3 Medium Room

This is the Reverbophone mk3. Electric Bass recorded with one Reverbophone in stereo mode. Time lever is set on 2,3 in length. First you get to hear just the Reverbophone, then a blend of the close mic and Reverbophone, then just the close mic, back and forth.

E-Guitar Reverbophone MK3 Medium Room

This is the Reverbophone mk3. Electric Guitar recorded with one Reverbophone in stereo mode. Time lever is set on 2,3 in length. First you get to hear just the Reverbophone, then a blend of the close mic and Reverbophone, then just the close mic, back and forth.

Acustic Gtr Reverbophone MK3 short room

This is the Reverbophone mk3. Acustic guitar recorded with one Reverbophone in stereo mode. Time lever on shortest length. First you get to hear a blend of the close mic and Reverbophone, then just the close mic, back to both, then just the Reverbophone.

Reverbophone Whole Band Demo

This is reverbophone MK1. Here you get to hear drums, mandolin, and acoustic guitar recorded separately with close mics, along with 2 reverbophones. In the beginning, they all play together, then each instrument individually. First, for a while with a mix of close mics and reverbophones, then only close mics, and finally only reverbophones. All clips are completely unprocessed, meaning no EQ, no compression. Everything was recorded in a small room, approximately 20 square meters. The distance between the instruments and the reverbophone microphones during recording was about 1.5 meters. The length of the reverb is set slightly differently for each instrument, according to what we felt was appropriate.

Reverbophone Drum Demo

This is reverbophone MK1. Here you get to hear only the drums. First, only reverbophone, then a mix of reverbophone and close mics, then only close mics, and finally a mix of both again. Recorded in a 20 sqm room. The clips are completely unprocessed, without EQ or compression. The reverbophone microphones are about 1.5 meters away from the drums and about 2 meters apart.

Ac Gtr Mixed Sounds

This is reverbophone MK1. Here you get to hear an acoustic guitar in front of a singel reverbophone in stereo mode and a U47.

Ac Gtr Wet

Just the Reverbophone MK1.

Organ And E-Gtr Mixed Sounds

This is reverbophone MK1. Here we have recorded organ and electric guitar with a pair of Reverbophones. The Leslie is also miked with two sm57 on the horn and a U47 on the bass. The guitar amp is miked with a U47. The clip is a mix of all these tracks.