Experience the new classic, the reverb that was never invented.. until now! With Reverbophone, you can create amazing acoustic environments in your recordings. Whether it's simulating natural rooms or creating unique soundscapes, Reverbophone will give you the flexibility and precision needed to take your productions to the next level. This is truly a powerful tool!
How does it work?
From the outside, it looks like a beautiful gobo, and it is, but it doesn't stop there. It´s actually a big microphone! Inside, there's a sensitive reverb membrane in the form of a large rectangular 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 knob, from a short 0.1-second room to a large 6-7-second cathedral. A Reverbophone has two different 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. The knob for adjusting the reverb length is also located here. On the back we find the same grill fabric, and behind it is a 50 mm thick 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. We also see a high-pass filter with three steps: 30, 100 and 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 small 10W power amplifier and a transducer. Plug in an adapter that provides somewhere between 6-18v (e.g. a guitar pedal adapter) and you're good to go.
How do you use it?
Reverbophone can be used in many ways. For example, place 2 Reverbophones a few meters apart in front of the source for a wide stereo image. Plug into the left XLR output on each unit, turn on 48v, and adjust the reverb length as desired. Record drums, speaker cabinets, acoustic guitar or vocals. Whatever you place in front of them, they will give back a beautiful, rich and three-dimensional reverb with infinite analog resolution. You can also use just 1 Reverbophone and use the left and right outputs for stereo recording. The result will still be a big and rich sound with a wide stereo image. 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 hearing.
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: 50 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: 54 000 sek + vat (approx 5250$ USD)
Price for a pair: 99 000 sek +vat (approx 9640$ USD)
You are very welcome to e-mail us for questions or orders!
Manufacturing time 4-6 months.
Here you get to hear drums, mandolin, and acoustic guitar recorded separately with close-field microphones, 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.
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.
Here you get to hear an acoustic guitar in front of a singel reverbophone in stereo mode and a U47.
Just the u47.
Just the Reverbophone.
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. Check out the pictures in the slideshow from the recording.
Organ with only close mic
Organ with just Reverbophones
Organ with a mix of close mics and Reverbophone
Electric guitar with just a U47
Electric guitar with just Reverbophones
Electric guitar with a mix of U47 and Reverbophones
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