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Topic: Roland Cube Reverb |
Brian Brgant
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Vermont, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2014 9:36 am |
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Hey Y'all,
Newby here. I have been hovering and using the search engine like crazy since I got my PSG in mid November and wholly $hit! What an animal. I have always been in love with "that sound", and have a very long road ahead of me! I guess a HOWDY is in order first.
So:
HOWDY
I have been trying to avoid the obvious newby questions. But like all of you, at one time or another, this is all new to me. SOOOOOOOoo this is just the beginning!(of questions I mean)
Just picked a Roland Cube 80X on ebay. I am trying to decide if it is not working right. Is it just me, or is the spring reverb kinda of a joke. When it is full on(I know it is not the setting to use)it sounds really boinky?? Really cheesy percussive slap. Not musical at all. Kinda like a large stone being dropped in a well. It has a loud percussive back slap, then it decays almost immediately. The plate is much smoother, but I was hoping to get a more vintage sound? And while I'm here, what are a few of you cube owners favorite settings?
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Richard Smelker
From:
Winters.Texas, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2014 10:33 am
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I'm using a Roland 80XL with my Sho-Bud Professional. I have it set: Clean channel, Plate reverb - about 1/4, Delay about 1/4 and I like the sound. I stopped using the spring reverb because of the "boingy" sound of it. Didn't sound right to me.
I play in a church so I don't need to much effect. I am still experimenting with the tone settings. I like a full warm sound on the steel. I am also using a Goodrich Super Sustain box ( I think that's what it is called) on the steel.
I like the amp because it is light and easy to move (unlike my Professional)
Just my 2 cents 
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Richard Smelker
assorted 6 & 12 string guitars, a Pedalmaster D10 8+5 to play on, a Roland Cube 80Xl, a Peavey 130, Digitech digital Delay, distortion pedal, Melotron pedal, Keyboards and a MOYO pedal.
A new DAW system that I'm using to create a Christian music CD of original songs. Ordained Minister, Riding for the Brand of Jesus Christ. |
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Brian Brgant
From:
Vermont, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2014 12:39 pm
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| Thanks For your input Richard. I guess you didn't care for the "spring" reverb either. I will try your settings later. |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2014 2:02 pm
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Straight from the Roland website:
"COSM: Composite Object Sound Modeling
Once a musical instrument generates sound vibrations, it reaches the human ear through various mediating, objects, each of which significantly affects the sound. The material and configuration of the instrument, the electric/magnetic amplifying system, the air and the reverberation of the room all affect the final sound. Sound modeling, the latest DSP technology, "virtually" reconstructs these objects. Roland's breakthrough Composite Object Sound Modeling (COSM) uses the advantages of multiple modeling methods and succeeds in accurately emulating existing sounds, as well as producing sounds that have never before been created."
So, in a nutshell, it's digital smoke and mirrors. The best way to get a spring reverb effect is with a real spring reverb.
That's not always practical, however. I have both BOSS RV-5 and Hardwire RV-7 digital reverb pedals, and they both do a passable job of emulating the classic spring reverb. But, as Marvin Gaye once said, "ain't nothin' like the real thing, baby." |
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