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Post by christophert on Oct 23, 2021 16:05:20 GMT -6
" The 305 can take a mono input and provide a nice wide reverb field. In situations where maximum diffusion is needed mono in/mono out provides twice the diffusion because the left and right channels compliment each other.
Left and Right will always sound slightly different because when heard individually they're slightly different rooms or two different observation points in the same room. "
No wonder it sounds like a beautiful chamber to my ears!
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Post by Johnkenn on Oct 26, 2021 20:39:10 GMT -6
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Post by enlav on Oct 26, 2021 20:50:09 GMT -6
I might actually be in my hotel by time this drops. We'll see what fate has in store for us.
Good luck everyone.
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Post by Blackdawg on Oct 27, 2021 14:24:45 GMT -6
I like the sound a lot. Not sure if I love it though and not totally sure how I'd use it in the grand scheme of things for what i do. Maybe I'll try to grab one latter but probably pass for now. If I had that kind of money right now I'd grab a D3a first for sure. or a Silver bullet MKII
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Post by Guitar on Oct 27, 2021 14:39:19 GMT -6
I like the sound a lot. Not sure if I love it though and not totally sure how I'd use it in the grand scheme of things for what i do. Maybe I'll try to grab one latter but probably pass for now. If I had that kind of money right now I'd grab a D3a first for sure. or a Silver bullet MKII
There are many "other" (gasp!) spring reverbs you could consider, if the price point isn't right on this one. I got a Pioneer SR-101 for a hundred bucks or something. And a Furman RV-1 for slightly more than that, but I didn't prefer it. I'm just saying, there's a lot of them out there. Also two Audioscape reverbs equals one Bricasti M7.
I'm not knocking the Audioscape, it's just a difficult price point for some people, and there are other options kicking about. I'm sure some people don't like to hear about other realities, but this is an open forum so I'll lend a voice. I'm sure the Audioscape is lovely. But that's a lot of money. I'll just politely say, it's not for me, either.
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Post by Blackdawg on Oct 27, 2021 14:53:29 GMT -6
I like the sound a lot. Not sure if I love it though and not totally sure how I'd use it in the grand scheme of things for what i do. Maybe I'll try to grab one latter but probably pass for now. If I had that kind of money right now I'd grab a D3a first for sure. or a Silver bullet MKII
There are many "other" (gasp!) spring reverbs you could consider, if the price point isn't right on this one. I got a Pioneer SR-101 for a hundred bucks or something. And a Furman RV-1 for slightly more than that, but I didn't prefer it. I'm just saying, there's a lot of them out there. Also two Audioscape reverbs equals one Bricasti M7.
I'm not knocking the Audioscape, it's just a difficult price point for some people, and there are other options kicking about. I'm sure some people don't like to hear about other realities, but this is an open forum so I'll lend a voice. I'm sure the Audioscape is lovely. But that's a lot of money. I'll just politely say, it's not for me, either.
Idk for me springs are almost 1 trick pony's sort of. I certainly don't have enough seat time with one. But since you can really only change the tone of it and mix and not the delay time. I think it would be one of those things that wouldn't get a ton of use. Im certain when it did work for what I'd want it would be killer. But just don't know how often that would be. And I have 3 m7s at work which I love. And those do a lot of different things. But sometimes it's nice to have something simpler like this spring. Less things to "fret" over.
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Post by LazyOldSun on Oct 27, 2021 15:41:38 GMT -6
I’ve been enjoying my 12 spring BK Butler Tube Works reverb lately. Doesn’t eliminate the slight spring boing like the 305 seems to, but I’m ok with it sounding like a spring. Recently I realized i can turn the verb mix off and use it as a saturation box (with eq) which is a nice bonus.
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Post by christophert on Oct 27, 2021 15:54:09 GMT -6
I have 2 M7's, a Master Room, QuadEight and Grampion springs. From what I have heard already, and the stereo design approach & specs, none of these will do what the AudioScape does. I'm looking forward to running the xl-305 into the M7's.
When a song calls for a special reverb, I like making the reverbs out of combining various devices. Springs into stereo rooms & spaces. But I admit I am a bit of a reverb freak - I like to build my own custom spaces where applicable.
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Post by Blackdawg on Oct 27, 2021 17:53:12 GMT -6
I have 2 M7's, a Master Room, QuadEight and Grampion springs. From what I have heard already, and the stereo design approach & specs, none of these will do what the AudioScape does. I'm looking forward to running the xl-305 into the M7's. When a song calls for a special reverb, I like making the reverbs out of combining various devices. Springs into stereo rooms & spaces. But I admit I am a bit of a reverb freak - I like to build my own custom spaces where applicable. Yeah for an interesting cool reverb, this is dripping with that. Should be fun I'd imagine from a creative aspect. Would still love to hear one in person and use it.
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Post by kcatthedog on Oct 27, 2021 18:24:08 GMT -6
I have no idea what this should cost, but $2-2500 usd is like 3-4 grand plus Cdn, with exchange, duties etc..
I certainly wasn’t expecting that price point, but I am not saying it’s not worth it.
Would think buying this, depends on what your recording gear priority is and cash flow.
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Post by maldenfilms on Oct 27, 2021 18:57:37 GMT -6
Yeah this seems really nice for what it does, but is probably more of a luxury piece (at that price point) and less of an all-rounder. It's got a haunting kind of sound that could be really cool in certain scenarios, almost like a chamber but different.
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Post by EmRR on Oct 27, 2021 21:43:29 GMT -6
It’s likely the king of springs, for all the reasons described. A good option for those who can’t do the real estate of a plate. Price makes sense given the spring labor.
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Post by thecolourfulway on Oct 27, 2021 22:01:50 GMT -6
I only use a spring in my studio, for years, it’s part of my signature sound as if I had a chamber nobody else has, I love that…it’s a custom job and sounds really nice, more like a plate, as I suspect this AS verb does. If being fully analog is your goal, the other nice sounding reverb options are much more expensive. My reverb setup necessarily includes an eq and saturation on the front end, and nice preamps on the return. The AS gives you all that in one go…so I think it’s a fair price considering. I don’t think it’s a one trick pony any more than Motown’s attic was a one trick pony.
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Post by deaconblues on Oct 27, 2021 22:18:40 GMT -6
As a spring junkie, I hate to pass on this one, but similarly felt the price came in too high...$400 north of the Benson Tall Bird rack - which I similarly couldn’t open the wallet for. I totally understand why with the labor involved on the XL305, but can’t justify the spend vs the features. I do look forward to hearing a different flavor of reverb popping up in people’s mixes! I then found out about this amazing stuff and want to sell my soul for all of it: www.tube-electronics.co.uk/tube-spring-reverb-eq-distortion
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Post by m03 on Oct 28, 2021 1:15:48 GMT -6
Seems reasonable to me. Cheaper than most serviced and fully functioning AKG spring units in the current market, less of a potential maintenance headache, and takes up less space. Certainly takes up far less space than any plate.
Hopefully there are some units available in the springtime (ha).
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Post by Guitar on Oct 28, 2021 6:58:58 GMT -6
As a spring junkie, I hate to pass on this one, but similarly felt the price came in too high...$400 north of the Benson Tall Bird rack - which I similarly couldn’t open the wallet for. I totally understand why with the labor involved on the XL305, but can’t justify the spend vs the features. I do look forward to hearing a different flavor of reverb popping up in people’s mixes! I then found out about this amazing stuff and want to sell my soul for all of it: www.tube-electronics.co.uk/tube-spring-reverb-eq-distortion !! That AAE preamp & reverb caught my attention! Never heard of them before, really unique.
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Post by deaconblues on Oct 28, 2021 7:44:10 GMT -6
As a spring junkie, I hate to pass on this one, but similarly felt the price came in too high...$400 north of the Benson Tall Bird rack - which I similarly couldn’t open the wallet for. I totally understand why with the labor involved on the XL305, but can’t justify the spend vs the features. I do look forward to hearing a different flavor of reverb popping up in people’s mixes! I then found out about this amazing stuff and want to sell my soul for all of it: www.tube-electronics.co.uk/tube-spring-reverb-eq-distortion !! That AAE preamp & reverb caught my attention! Never heard of them before, really unique. Yeah man, it’s an instrument! I spoke with Theo over email and he seems like a great guy. Fingers crossed for a pot of gold to appear in my backyard so I can avoid the whole soul-selling thing.
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Post by Ward on Oct 28, 2021 16:10:01 GMT -6
I have no idea what this should cost, but $2-2500 usd is like 3-4 grand plus Cdn, with exchange, duties etc.. I certainly wasn’t expecting that price point, but I am not saying it’s not worth it. Would think buying this, depends on what your recording gear priority is and cash flow. $2468.01 according to www.xe.com $50 USD or $61.73CAD shipping $2529.74 total sale $ 370.20 15% Sales tax $2889.94 CAD. all in on Sunday evening. Projected price for next batch is $2500US, $3086.24 CAD, $3314.70AUD, €2140.22 EUR, £1812.15GBP but $200 less for RGO peeps. Hey, they're not going to stay on sale at introductory prices for long!
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Post by kcatthedog on Oct 28, 2021 17:10:03 GMT -6
You forgot duties, brokerage fees, hidden brokerage admin fees and inflated exchange rates, as the 3rd party suppliers and insurance PayPal , credit cards, etc., do not charge bank rate.
My typical experience is easily a 25-30%, increase or price differential.
So, a $2500 usd item well more likely total out landed out at $3250 or so.
Anyway, I didn’t say it isn’t worth it:, just too rich for me.
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Post by Ward on Oct 28, 2021 17:18:26 GMT -6
You forgot duties, brokerage fees, hidden brokerage admin fees and inflated exchange rates, as the 3rd party suppliers and insurance PayPal , credit cards, etc., do not charge bank rate. My typical experience is easily a 25-30%, increase or price differential. So, a $2500 usd item well more likely total out landed out at $3250 or so. Anyway, I didn’t say it isn’t worth it:, just too rich for me. I feel you! The whole point of free trade deals was to stop the madness. Clearly, it didn't.
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Post by kcatthedog on Oct 28, 2021 17:47:31 GMT -6
There is free trade where the powers that be wanted it, not where they didn’t care.
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Post by drsax on Oct 31, 2021 14:59:25 GMT -6
Ready… set… go!!! How long til they sell out? I say 35 seconds or 3m05s Edit: under 2 minutes for 20 units… that was impressive!
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Post by kcatthedog on Oct 31, 2021 15:22:55 GMT -6
Nice !
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Post by enlav on Oct 31, 2021 16:58:41 GMT -6
Just got unpacked at the hotel. Had to check the site before I came here.
Congrats Audioscape!
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Post by Ward on Oct 31, 2021 18:22:08 GMT -6
Ready… set… go!!! How long til they sell out? I say 35 seconds or 3m05s Edit: under 2 minutes for 20 units… that was impressive! It was almost instantaneous!! Chris has a new cat-o-nine-tails and is furiously whipping the prisoners, er I mean, staff to make more!!
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