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Chambers, Springs, Plates and the Machines That Replaced Them
Why a plate sounds metallic, why a spring goes boing, and what every plugin named after a 1970s box is actually imitating.
Open any reverb plugin and you will find presets named after objects: plate, chamber, spring, hall. Several plugins are named after specific machines from the 1970s and 1980s, and cost a good deal because of it.
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