I think every video should have a "what does it sound like in a mix" section-something that's severely lacking in most gear videos. Well done as always! You have such a way of getting the most out of these units. I hope these don't go up too crazy in price...
I think that’s because most TH-camrs don’t really make music outside of jamming for videos. Hainbach actually has real music you can listen to outside of TH-cam and it’s stellar.
ah yes, the time i have waited for. i have been scalping all the used quadraverbs i could get my hands on for 20 years and now i will put them up for purchase at inflated prices, my plan is working out perfectly
Love mine, I use it on everything with almost exactly the same settings as you do (Plate 2, decay, diffusion and density maxed out) and back into a stereo channel in my mixer where the magic happens: I send a TINY bit of the signal back into itself right at the edge of feedback, picking up a lot of harmonics and beautiful stuff in the process. Great video!
9:49 - That sound is epic. Always been a fan of Rhodes pianos for it's smooth tones but your reverb technique takes it to another place.. There's fury, grit and rage in that signal!!
Some folk out there comment on why anyone would ever use two Quads - Hainbach, you demonstrate perfectly why! - You can also throw in A Digitech TSR12 or 24 through the effects loop or through a separate channel in the mixer to refine reverbs and also the different eqs. I have a few spare Quads, GTs, TSR12 & 24s, if anyone's interested ?
I still own my Quadraverb and Quadraverb IV. I never wanted to get rid of them despite a lot of effects now being “built in” to the recorders. Now I’m re-inspired to pull this gear out and run my keyboards through them. I love getting validation that my love for my older gear isn’t completely foolish. :-)
You did a video on my Quadraverb! The very first (and one of my very favorite) effects units I have ever purchased. You might be surprised to hear that many have called me crazy for loving this verb so much. I've had it for over a decade and have always been content with just the one, what have you done!!!?? Love you man.
Many stereo units allow for "reprocessing". That is, one can take the output of channel A and use it as the input to channel B, where the signal gets processed once more. What often makes it even more interesting is that many such devices assume they will often be receiving a mono input, but feeding it as a stereo out. So, you may be plugged into only channel A, but a somewhat different version of the processed signal comes out of both A and B. What makes this even more interesting is that if one engages in reprocessing, some of what A did is gong to be included in the output of B, and some of what B did/does is also going to form a part of the A output that you are now feeding into B. Naturally, this can make reverbs sound huge and have long decays. Inserting some additional processing between the A output and B input can spice things up. Try it. It's fun and it's free. Just be aware that sometimes there can be oscillation so keep the volume down until you know things are safe.
@@Hainbach Glad it interests you. One thing to keep in mind is that, unlike your dual-Quadraverb method, it is usually not possible to set the two channels up differently in a stereo pedal or rack-unit. But within those constraints, one can often get some interesting products. I built myself a barebones FV-1-based unit last week. The chip provides for dual paths, and offers up several default effects. I found that feeding channel A into B resulted in not only more protracted reverb, but more resonant flanging, pleasingly "choppier" tremolo, and "boingier" chorus. If you want super-deluxe, try selecting reverse-delay. I have done this with several pedals of mine. Keep in mind that when reverse-delay is reprocessed, backwards now becomes forward again, though slightly modified via the several layers of signal conversion. But what makes it even more interesting is the characteristic I noted earlier, in which a mono input shows up in both A and B's outputs. So, A will be reversed, and a bit of A's reversed signal will also show up at B's output. But B's re-reversed output will also show up at A's final output, in addition to its own. This yields a fascinating melange of forward and backward delays constantly overlapping each other at the final output. Simply mesmerizing. Kudos for having a Korg X-911!
Hello Hainbach I found your channel because I bought a bunch of Alesis IRs from past to future reverbs and was searching - AND THEN I FOUND THIS great channel - love the ping videos and all the crazy stuff you do :-) SUBSCRIBED!
Wow, what great video. Gorgeous reverb and still not too expensive. Such an expansive world of sound in that magic 80s box. The jam around 12:00 reminds me of the stuff Cabaret Voltaire were doing mid- late 80s.
It was my live keyboard rig reverb for many years. Indeed underrated. These days I don't have one, but, I do use 2 REV500 Yamahas and a Lexicom MPX500 v2.x. I have used, and still do, some very nice modern plugins, some UAD ones and some others. The REV500s and the MPX do something that is just them, just like my old Alesis :). Good on you for showing them off.
thanks for this, I bought a Quadraverb a year ago and was struggling to find inspiration with it, this video pushed me in the right direction. I've gone from thinking I should get rid of it to thinking I need another!
Thank you @Hainbach, that was a great video!!! I remember going to a professional studio on 2010 to mix and master the one and only EP my then duo Mass Movement put out. The engineer had a Quadraverb in his rack and despite having been in a few studios I'd never heard of it. He used it on all the tracks but we first noticed it when added it to the brerakdown of one and it just transformed it and the transition out of it into beautifully distorted swirling sound. I didn't realise they were so cheap, I hope they stay that way as I would definitely like two in my studio when I'm healthy enough to make music again.
Thanks to this video I picked one of these up for $130, and got it into an aux on my mixer. I’m loving that input distortion on stereo tape mixes! Thanks for the amazing content and heads up on this ambient sleeper!
Ah my old Quadraverb Plus from the mid 1990s brought me so much joy, both in the studio and on stage. It wasn't the cleanest sounding processor even back then but boy oh boy did it ooze character! I also had a Midiverb 4 and Wedge which both sounded technically better than the Quadraverb Plus but what they gained in audio quality, they lacked in character. I traded in the Quadraverb Plus and Midiverb 4 in for a Yamaha 03D with ADAT card but kept the Wedge for a while longer. Great video by the way and keep up the great work!
Same here. Mine got the QC-sticker (handwritten!) from 1989. I got it used for 50,- and I instantly fell in love. I tried to take impulse responses of the reverbs but eventually gave up as the possibilities are so overwhelming. I love my plugin reverbs but there is something about the Quadraverb that can't get replicated. It gives so much depth and 3D. They knew how to make great reverbs back then.
I have the Quadraverb GT (basically same unit with some guitar overdrive effects) but doesn’t have the Taj Mahal setting stored. Could someone please share the factory settings for that preset? I believe it has some chorusing on the plate 2?
Literally got my hands on one of these last night. Sat with the mother-32 to test it. Test turned into an adventure into a sonic wonderland. Cant wait to spend more time with it.
I recently got one too and have been loving it. I think mine has a dead battery which sometimes causes it to glitch out upon flipping through presets at start, but simply holding BYPASS and PROG while turning it on alleviates this. Honestly for me it's a nice added feature!
When you make music it is really good and knowing that you made it somehow makes it even better. I request to see you make music more with that fascinating equipment you have. Watching you use your talent is what I like seeing the most. Also, I could listen to you talk forever and never get tired of it.
Ahhh yes, the Alesis SumTingVERB series... some of the presets on a MIDIVerb2, and still today unmatched in those sounds. Yamaha SPX Sum#... Always a reason to get the Gemini power conditioner the PL-01, the one with the lights that pull out and shine lights on your rack modules!! Never was satisfied with the actual ability of it to condition power, so I’ve learned to make ‘em way better. Save a ton of cash too and so use the leftover space inside for a few DIs and special signal transformers to match impedances, so it’s a great EMI handling and power conditioner custom job that settles all the hums and grounding issues. Gotta have the lights! Thanks for sharing all you do, you’ve been doing this since 1996?! That’s the year I learned to use my mothers Tascam porta 7 4 track!! Thanks so much again!
I inherited one from my dads live FOH Setup and I'm amazed how juicy and lush the sound is. The Chorus Reverb Preset is my go-to. I put it on everything, but especially on Snare, Toms and Piano it's very nice (I'm a bit 80s addicted)! It doesn't pushes your instruments in the back of a mix, but it makes them richer
I use a Vermona Retroverb, Quadraverb & Oto BAM - all recommended. Would love an old URSA Major, lexicon 224 or 480 but the initial outlay and maintenance costs are pretty steep. Not a fan of Strymon Big/Blue sky for the reasons Hainbach stated - sounding too detached from the source and too much like an effect. Great video as always Mr Hainbach - always informative and inspirational! Thank you for the hard work.
Still Gold, Alesis’s number one product imo. Absolutely love those warm effects and chaining inside the Quadraverb 2, don’t confuse it with anything else this unit is easily producing quality in $2500 efx’s.
You're banging my drum! Bang for bang arguably the best FX unit ever made. I sold one and then had to buy another because I just couldn't beat that sound. It's hard to pinpoint, it just sounds wonderful! 😎
@Pete Testube sadly, I didn’t have a Midiverb II to compare. I’ll have a root around the internet to see if I can find anything on how that programme is comprised, as I’m interested to know myself.
My first reverb was a Quadraverb GT. This brings back memories. My first explorations into ambient recording were guitar into Marshall JMP-1 into Quadraverb GT recorded direct using the cab sim on the Marshall, and then when I mixed I'd send to a Lexicon Reverb, which was a great way to add a bit of extra shine to it all. It's often hard to get two reverbs to work well together, but that setup was really nice. My JMP-1/GT was more or less my "real" sound/tone, and the Lexicon was what placed it into the same space with the Drums, Sax, Keys, or whatever else I was recording with back in those days.
Here is a fun trick.... Find an old cheap 1970s delay (or?) that has a lot of "hiss" because the psu filter caps are going bad. Don't plug anything in... just amplify the hiss noise, and send it through other reverb and delays.
Was just gonna say the title is a bit misleading. Great video but the alesis verbs are probably the most well known for ambient/the warp guys used it/ shoegazers used it. The guy that made Valhalla plugin said he modeled it after the alesis boxes. Love the detail you go into and great examples.
Wow. I have one of those in a box in my garage. I think I will dig it out. These things take an AC power supply as I remember, because I kept losing it and they were expensive to replace.
I thought about that too, just gotta feed one reverb into the other and then keep feeding them back upon themselves. Only problem is the concept is way more interesting the way Lucier did it.
Alesis reverb algorithms have always been my favorite. They have so much character *especially the Quadraverb* I have one that's a bit beat up now but it sings like nothing else.
I have Quadraverb GT, Midiverb 2, Digitech DSP256, TSR-24, Lexicon LXP-15II, Roland DEP-5 and other ... Reverb in Quadraverb I like the least. You definitely need to try the neighboring cheap Reverb of the same era. Any of those that I listed has a beautiful sound for ambient... especially DEP-5, DSP256 ....But Quadraverb has amazing Rotary (Leslie) modulation preset
I worked a factory in Burbank Ca that made these and other Alesis products. I worked with Brian (Head) Weltch and James (Monkey) Schaffer from Korn. They got me the job there (we were from Bakersfield and in different bands and moved to Burbank) in 1989 . We were paid to listen for problems in the equipment because we were Musicans. I never thought of getting one of these but now I do...
Yesterday I discovered a live stream mix I did a year ago on analog gear. Not so much because I'm an analog fan, but I had this old gear sitting around as spare so I could set it up permanently for a while... turned out the reverb on the vocals was an Alesis PicoVerb... which was surprisingly fitting. It doesn't sound like a real room or something, but it just does the job. I love the way you use the QuadraVerb here. But since I sold most outboard gear, I'd be interested in recreating this using plugins.
Great content as usual Mr. Hainbach! I'm an avid collector of studio rack gear, never enough room tough... Not a big fan of how the preamps saturate on the quadraverbs, but I appreciate the creative way you are using the hardware outboards. More studio tips please! : )
The Quadraverb/Midiverb were the go-to for many of us live bands playing in the 90s because they were affordable and "good enough". Used them in guitar rigs, on PA mains, etc. These being so common back then is why I don't like the sound of them anymore. Still sounds a bit too 90s glassy-fizzy to my ears... not as bad as an SPX90, but there. Fun fact: The Kurzweil K2000 onboard FX was a quadraverb chip.
Bought a QV half a year ago. I wanted a stereo reverb that could function as a send on my mixer, and thought that an old rack module might be cheap now that everyone uses daw. I love it! Haven't tried overdriving it, looking forward to that. Thank you for another great video, I love your content:))
I used the quardaverb as a guitarrist in my rack, but unfortunately it died suddenly anyhow. But now I saw your video, and as always it a pleasure to see it. I have a korg drv 1000, it is only reverb but it is also a Geheimtipp.
This even goes for the often regarded to as lowly effects processors like the Midiverbs as well, these boxes are amazing for what they're capable of. I'd never considered stacking them personally but now I'm wanting to give it a try. I need another rack now though lol
A little history on this device, the algorithms for the Quadraverb were modified to make the algorithms used in the QuadraSynth. You can also find the Quadraverb in a different format in the Alesis Wedge, their version of the Lexicon MRC / LXP-1/LXP-5 in one box.
I could never afford a quadraverb but many years ago I saw Karina ESP and he was playing a guitar through 4 midiverbs and the amazing ambient sounds he got from taping the strings and simple things like that simply "blew my mind" and, as well as buying some of his CDs, I went out and got myself a used microverb II and a few years later I got myself a Zoom reverb too... the microverb on "infinite space" and the zoom on "millenium" was THE best live "ambientification engine" I've ever had.
Had Midiverb 3 when I was 16. My first verb and turned out to be a winner. Midi to delay time on the midi verb 3 is amazing. Worth a go :) thanks for this. Always a treat
coinkydinkily, I just dug mine out the other day. I remember when I bought it back in 1992 or something, I sat there with a stratocaster plugged into it for about three hours. mended my se70 yesterday too, but the qverb is the one that's going back in the rack, along with an s4+ module.
Hi, thank you very much for the video, the demonstration is fantastic. I have also a Alesis Quadraverb. QUESTION: What cables have to be ¿Mono jack or Balanced jack? It's connected to my recording interface. I read the instruction manual, but is not clear for me. Thanks in advance.
Yeah had one of these back in the day, really good reverb. Compared to the Lexicon 224 (which was ridiculously expensive) it stood up well and offered more variety. My main reverb in the early 90s.
My favorite vst reverb is ConvolgyXT. Its a bit CPU heavy, but VERY nice...i even dont bother to use the stock reverb in Ableton. BUT having HW beats it all i guess :) Reverb in reverb is awesome too
I have a quadraverb plus and a midiverb 2.. I notice you have a dynacord vrs23. I recently sold my drs78 as too big for what it does but I'm keeping my cls222 and srs56. My best reverbs are TC M3000 and a Big Sky plus the Eventide H3000 dsx.
Great video! I got my mk1 Quadraverb a couple of years ago for 30e, the only thing that does not work on it is the power button, you cant turn it off. That’s never been a problem :)
When I was a kid in the early 90s, and just learning to play guitar, I always wanted a Quadraverb! My friend and I used to go into the local music store and just sit messing with one for a good hour or so at least. Never did get the chance to pick one up, but I might do after my memory being refreshed by this video. ;-) Hope you're well, Hainbach. EDIT: Just remembered, once when we were "trying out" the Quadraverb, the sales assistant tried to sell us a Zoom 9002 instead, ever tried one of those?
Fantastic use of these machines. Can I find the settings for these 2 programs somewhere? My Quadraverb came with a different Eprom, containing rather crummy emulations of tape echo sounds à la Hank /Marvin, so I'd love to restore it to original + try Mr Hainbachs excellent programs
This is exactly what I've been trying to do this mixing reverb and distortion together, looks like I'm going to buy two Quadraverbs, for some reason I overlooked this having not much luck with Alesis devices
quadraverb is familiar because of warp records. aphex, boards, autechre, etc. my bloody valentine. qverb GT has a preamp which is also very useful. love to get a sequence going and then “play” the preamp settings for variations. preamp adds a lot. broken screen is also a very simple repair. 10mins w/ screwdriver iirc. put a blue in mine. check ebay. spx90 also very cool. front 242/sisters. you can get the h3500-dfx eproms on ebay... love the front/back control in dense verb alg. “back” is great on snare drums. mult the dry synth at the patchbay, send to gate key, gate the qverbs. now you can use the gate to control the tail. this message brought to you by the 90s preservation society. quadraverb is very playable. the buttons accelerate if you press harder or reset to 0 if you press both. you will hear stepping and clicks depending on what you do. you will also hear these artifacts on aphex selected ambient works 2
I have a Korg CX3 on top of my Rhodes stage 88 MKI ,its a round top, so I made some stacking brackets that I sell along with custom fit synth/gear cases. I don't have a LESLIE yet, am slowly building one to learn it, so in the mean time with its rotary speaker patch and more the Quadra is me! By the way HB, you should go online and check out the Avion Studios RETROFLYER. Its a preamp and a whole lot more for your piano. Not expensive and worth every penny! I'm in the southern USA. If you decide to get one and are having shipping hassles, let me know. EVERY stage Rhodes should have one and I believe they can be swapped into a suitcase model, but no info on that. Thanks for helpin with my decision, but I'm gonna keep it to one, lol.
I tried Hall + Plate on the Quadraverb2 but unfortunately the DSP is Full even if it's an octal multiFX. You definitely need 2 units. You really get a unique sound! thanks for the video.
I'm just here for the sweater content.
I love how there's just a little 606 in the background running some hats like crazy.
You go little buddy
or low or high toms perhaps? ;)
I think every video should have a "what does it sound like in a mix" section-something that's severely lacking in most gear videos. Well done as always! You have such a way of getting the most out of these units. I hope these don't go up too crazy in price...
Thank you Sandy! That is too me the most important part, so I always take a day to make a track.
I think that’s because most TH-camrs don’t really make music outside of jamming for videos. Hainbach actually has real music you can listen to outside of TH-cam and it’s stellar.
I agree with that 100%.
ah yes, the time i have waited for. i have been scalping all the used quadraverbs i could get my hands on for 20 years and now i will put them up for purchase at inflated prices, my plan is working out perfectly
Love mine, I use it on everything with almost exactly the same settings as you do (Plate 2, decay, diffusion and density maxed out) and back into a stereo channel in my mixer where the magic happens: I send a TINY bit of the signal back into itself right at the edge of feedback, picking up a lot of harmonics and beautiful stuff in the process. Great video!
the desync on audio and video was just the best!
9:49 - That sound is epic. Always been a fan of Rhodes pianos for it's smooth tones but your reverb technique takes it to another place.. There's fury, grit and rage in that signal!!
00:00 - It's good to have you back too.. Nice, calming and entrancing musical tech journeys from yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Some folk out there comment on why anyone would ever use two Quads - Hainbach, you demonstrate perfectly why! - You can also throw in A Digitech TSR12 or 24 through the effects loop or through a separate channel in the mixer to refine reverbs and also the different eqs. I have a few spare Quads, GTs, TSR12 & 24s, if anyone's interested ?
I still own my Quadraverb and Quadraverb IV. I never wanted to get rid of them despite a lot of effects now being “built in” to the recorders.
Now I’m re-inspired to pull this gear out and run my keyboards through them. I love getting validation that my love for my older gear isn’t completely foolish. :-)
You did a video on my Quadraverb! The very first (and one of my very favorite) effects units I have ever purchased. You might be surprised to hear that many have called me crazy for loving this verb so much. I've had it for over a decade and have always been content with just the one, what have you done!!!?? Love you man.
I just took a quick look, these have become much harder to find. Also cost much more than the $50 I paid for mine.
Many stereo units allow for "reprocessing". That is, one can take the output of channel A and use it as the input to channel B, where the signal gets processed once more. What often makes it even more interesting is that many such devices assume they will often be receiving a mono input, but feeding it as a stereo out. So, you may be plugged into only channel A, but a somewhat different version of the processed signal comes out of both A and B. What makes this even more interesting is that if one engages in reprocessing, some of what A did is gong to be included in the output of B, and some of what B did/does is also going to form a part of the A output that you are now feeding into B. Naturally, this can make reverbs sound huge and have long decays. Inserting some additional processing between the A output and B input can spice things up.
Try it. It's fun and it's free. Just be aware that sometimes there can be oscillation so keep the volume down until you know things are safe.
This is a fantastic technique, thank you for sharing!
@@Hainbach Glad it interests you. One thing to keep in mind is that, unlike your dual-Quadraverb method, it is usually not possible to set the two channels up differently in a stereo pedal or rack-unit. But within those constraints, one can often get some interesting products. I built myself a barebones FV-1-based unit last week. The chip provides for dual paths, and offers up several default effects. I found that feeding channel A into B resulted in not only more protracted reverb, but more resonant flanging, pleasingly "choppier" tremolo, and "boingier" chorus.
If you want super-deluxe, try selecting reverse-delay. I have done this with several pedals of mine. Keep in mind that when reverse-delay is reprocessed, backwards now becomes forward again, though slightly modified via the several layers of signal conversion. But what makes it even more interesting is the characteristic I noted earlier, in which a mono input shows up in both A and B's outputs. So, A will be reversed, and a bit of A's reversed signal will also show up at B's output. But B's re-reversed output will also show up at A's final output, in addition to its own. This yields a fascinating melange of forward and backward delays constantly overlapping each other at the final output. Simply mesmerizing.
Kudos for having a Korg X-911!
Not sure how one would go about it routing wise? From mixer mono out to fx then back to mixer? Or straight into the other input?
Hello Hainbach I found your channel because I bought a bunch of Alesis IRs from past to future reverbs and was searching - AND THEN I FOUND THIS great channel - love the ping videos and all the crazy stuff you do :-) SUBSCRIBED!
Wow, what great video. Gorgeous reverb and still not too expensive. Such an expansive world of sound in that magic 80s box. The jam around 12:00 reminds me of the stuff Cabaret Voltaire were doing mid- late 80s.
It was my live keyboard rig reverb for many years. Indeed underrated. These days I don't have one, but, I do use 2 REV500 Yamahas and a Lexicom MPX500 v2.x. I have used, and still do, some very nice modern plugins, some UAD ones and some others. The REV500s and the MPX do something that is just them, just like my old Alesis :). Good on you for showing them off.
thanks for this, I bought a Quadraverb a year ago and was struggling to find inspiration with it, this video pushed me in the right direction. I've gone from thinking I should get rid of it to thinking I need another!
Love this video. I've used the Alesis in pretty much every synthesis project I've done in the last 20 years. 😂👍 I'll never quit it.
I have an alesis quadraverb routed to the Q20 which was their 97’ attempt at the lexicon market.
It has an octoverb preset so I have a dodecaverb 🎉!
Thank you @Hainbach, that was a great video!!! I remember going to a professional studio on 2010 to mix and master the one and only EP my then duo Mass Movement put out. The engineer had a Quadraverb in his rack and despite having been in a few studios I'd never heard of it. He used it on all the tracks but we first noticed it when added it to the brerakdown of one and it just transformed it and the transition out of it into beautifully distorted swirling sound. I didn't realise they were so cheap, I hope they stay that way as I would definitely like two in my studio when I'm healthy enough to make music again.
Thanks to this video I picked one of these up for $130, and got it into an aux on my mixer. I’m loving that input distortion on stereo tape mixes! Thanks for the amazing content and heads up on this ambient sleeper!
Ah my old Quadraverb Plus from the mid 1990s brought me so much joy, both in the studio and on stage. It wasn't the cleanest sounding processor even back then but boy oh boy did it ooze character! I also had a Midiverb 4 and Wedge which both sounded technically better than the Quadraverb Plus but what they gained in audio quality, they lacked in character. I traded in the Quadraverb Plus and Midiverb 4 in for a Yamaha 03D with ADAT card but kept the Wedge for a while longer. Great video by the way and keep up the great work!
Holy cow! Just had a major flashback. When I first started making music, I used my older brothers 4-track and his Quadraverb. Taj Mahal was the jam!
"Holy cow" really sounds like Taj Mahal!
Same here. Mine got the QC-sticker (handwritten!) from 1989. I got it used for 50,- and I instantly fell in love. I tried to take impulse responses of the reverbs but eventually gave up as the possibilities are so overwhelming.
I love my plugin reverbs but there is something about the Quadraverb that can't get replicated. It gives so much depth and 3D. They knew how to make great reverbs back then.
I have the Quadraverb GT (basically same unit with some guitar overdrive effects) but doesn’t have the Taj Mahal setting stored. Could someone please share the factory settings for that preset? I believe it has some chorusing on the plate 2?
Literally got my hands on one of these last night. Sat with the mother-32 to test it. Test turned into an adventure into a sonic wonderland. Cant wait to spend more time with it.
Excited to hear your take on reverbs! This has inspired me to go deep and far away
I recently got one too and have been loving it. I think mine has a dead battery which sometimes causes it to glitch out upon flipping through presets at start, but simply holding BYPASS and PROG while turning it on alleviates this. Honestly for me it's a nice added feature!
I just bought one. I am so excited for it to come!
I could listen to Hainbach say 'Alesis Quadraverb' all day long.
That sound at 10:27! Sounds like the Terminator soundtrack!So good!
aaaand new price rise for old alesis equipment! I was planning to get one, have to rush now
@georg walt Smart. 😏
I think equipment in general is selling for silly money these days...need to be patient and pick them up when everyone has got bored with them!
Been riding for awhile tbh. I bought mine for about €60 2 years ago. I am looking for another but prices are stupid now.
@georg walt so you're the devil. cool
When you make music it is really good and knowing that you made it somehow makes it even better. I request to see you make music more with that fascinating equipment you have. Watching you use your talent is what I like seeing the most. Also, I could listen to you talk forever and never get tired of it.
Ahhh yes, the Alesis SumTingVERB series... some of the presets on a MIDIVerb2, and still today unmatched in those sounds. Yamaha SPX Sum#... Always a reason to get the Gemini power conditioner the PL-01, the one with the lights that pull out and shine lights on your rack modules!! Never was satisfied with the actual ability of it to condition power, so I’ve learned to make ‘em way better. Save a ton of cash too and so use the leftover space inside for a few DIs and special signal transformers to match impedances, so it’s a great EMI handling and power conditioner custom job that settles all the hums and grounding issues. Gotta have the lights! Thanks for sharing all you do, you’ve been doing this since 1996?! That’s the year I learned to use my mothers Tascam porta 7 4 track!! Thanks so much again!
I inherited one from my dads live FOH Setup and I'm amazed how juicy and lush the sound is. The Chorus Reverb Preset is my go-to. I put it on everything, but especially on Snare, Toms and Piano it's very nice (I'm a bit 80s addicted)! It doesn't pushes your instruments in the back of a mix, but it makes them richer
Cool video ! I spent the late80'-90's using Alesis. I'm powering up my MidiVerb 4 today! Might bust out my Tascam 488 - 8-track cassette.
WOWWW The moment with the Juno is amazing !!!
I love my Quadraverb, I frequently pair it with the MidiVerb II to achieve similar results. Thanks for diving into this one.
omg, that little track at the end brought back some really fond memories the Artificial Intelligence albums.
all over Amber too
I use a Vermona Retroverb, Quadraverb & Oto BAM - all recommended. Would love an old URSA Major, lexicon 224 or 480 but the initial outlay and maintenance costs are pretty steep. Not a fan of Strymon Big/Blue sky for the reasons Hainbach stated - sounding too detached from the source and too much like an effect. Great video as always Mr Hainbach - always informative and inspirational! Thank you for the hard work.
Still Gold, Alesis’s number one product imo. Absolutely love those warm effects and chaining inside the Quadraverb 2, don’t confuse it with anything else this unit is easily producing quality in $2500 efx’s.
You're banging my drum! Bang for bang arguably the best FX unit ever made. I sold one and then had to buy another because I just couldn't beat that sound. It's hard to pinpoint, it just sounds wonderful! 😎
I still have both my Quadraverbs. I used the Taj Mahal preset a lot in my shoegaze band back in the early 90s.
@Pete Testube sadly, I didn’t have a Midiverb II to compare. I’ll have a root around the internet to see if I can find anything on how that programme is comprised, as I’m interested to know myself.
I hope one day Heinbach decides to teach a “learning German” class. I would be all about that.
Guten Tag! First you must turn on your Schwebungssummer und Terzsieb. The we shall make schepprige Beats mit Impulsgeneratoren
@@Hainbach Yeah, but then the vids would be three times as long. ;-)
@@Hainbach amazing xD my kind of fun with the Denglisch
My first reverb was a Quadraverb GT. This brings back memories. My first explorations into ambient recording were guitar into Marshall JMP-1 into Quadraverb GT recorded direct using the cab sim on the Marshall, and then when I mixed I'd send to a Lexicon Reverb, which was a great way to add a bit of extra shine to it all. It's often hard to get two reverbs to work well together, but that setup was really nice. My JMP-1/GT was more or less my "real" sound/tone, and the Lexicon was what placed it into the same space with the Drums, Sax, Keys, or whatever else I was recording with back in those days.
Here is a fun trick.... Find an old cheap 1970s delay (or?) that has a lot of "hiss" because the psu filter caps are going bad.
Don't plug anything in... just amplify the hiss noise, and send it through other reverb and delays.
Was just gonna say the title is a bit misleading. Great video but the alesis verbs are probably the most well known for ambient/the warp guys used it/ shoegazers used it. The guy that made Valhalla plugin said he modeled it after the alesis boxes. Love the detail you go into and great examples.
I could have listened to you exploring that groove for hours
Wow. I have one of those in a box in my garage. I think I will dig it out. These things take an AC power supply as I remember, because I kept losing it and they were expensive to replace.
I love the distorted sound.
me too, its like an ice shower
Perfect for people wanting to make "I am sitting in a room".
you don't even need the room!
I thought about that too, just gotta feed one reverb into the other and then keep feeding them back upon themselves. Only problem is the concept is way more interesting the way Lucier did it.
Been rockin’ mine since 1993!
The Dynacord VRS 23 in your Studio is a Killer Reverb too ! Glad to have two of them !
YES. Been waiting on tenterhooks to hear you explain Quadraverb into Quadraverb. 🖤
Alesis reverb algorithms have always been my favorite. They have so much character *especially the Quadraverb* I have one that's a bit beat up now but it sings like nothing else.
I have Quadraverb GT, Midiverb 2, Digitech DSP256, TSR-24, Lexicon LXP-15II, Roland DEP-5 and other ... Reverb in Quadraverb I like the least. You definitely need to try the neighboring cheap Reverb of the same era. Any of those that I listed has a beautiful sound for ambient... especially DEP-5, DSP256 ....But Quadraverb has amazing Rotary (Leslie) modulation preset
I worked a factory in Burbank Ca that made these and other Alesis products. I worked with Brian (Head) Weltch and James (Monkey) Schaffer from Korn. They got me the job there (we were from Bakersfield and in different bands and moved to Burbank) in 1989 . We were paid to listen for problems in the equipment because we were Musicans. I never thought of getting one of these but now I do...
3:16 I can get similar from my Alesis Microverb III with a bit of EQ. Like you say, it combines with the source. My Lexicon MX200 doesn't do that.
Great technique! I love bringing new life to old tech. Thanks!
Yesterday I discovered a live stream mix I did a year ago on analog gear. Not so much because I'm an analog fan, but I had this old gear sitting around as spare so I could set it up permanently for a while... turned out the reverb on the vocals was an Alesis PicoVerb... which was surprisingly fitting. It doesn't sound like a real room or something, but it just does the job. I love the way you use the QuadraVerb here. But since I sold most outboard gear, I'd be interested in recreating this using plugins.
Love my Quadraverb. Haven't used it in quite a while. Will have to change that ;)
I just found one of these and now I'm excited to play with it
Great content as usual Mr. Hainbach! I'm an avid collector of studio rack gear, never enough room tough... Not a big fan of how the preamps saturate on the quadraverbs, but I appreciate the creative way you are using the hardware outboards. More studio tips please! : )
The Quadraverb/Midiverb were the go-to for many of us live bands playing in the 90s because they were affordable and "good enough". Used them in guitar rigs, on PA mains, etc. These being so common back then is why I don't like the sound of them anymore. Still sounds a bit too 90s glassy-fizzy to my ears... not as bad as an SPX90, but there.
Fun fact: The Kurzweil K2000 onboard FX was a quadraverb chip.
Bought a QV half a year ago. I wanted a stereo reverb that could function as a send on my mixer, and thought that an old rack module might be cheap now that everyone uses daw. I love it! Haven't tried overdriving it, looking forward to that. Thank you for another great video, I love your content:))
I used the quardaverb as a guitarrist in my rack, but unfortunately it died suddenly anyhow. But now I saw your video, and as always it a pleasure to see it. I have a korg drv 1000, it is only reverb but it is also a Geheimtipp.
This even goes for the often regarded to as lowly effects processors like the Midiverbs as well, these boxes are amazing for what they're capable of. I'd never considered stacking them personally but now I'm wanting to give it a try. I need another rack now though lol
That track that comes in around the 10 minute mark is great!
A little history on this device, the algorithms for the Quadraverb were modified to make the algorithms used in the QuadraSynth. You can also find the Quadraverb in a different format in the Alesis Wedge, their version of the Lexicon MRC / LXP-1/LXP-5 in one box.
Jeff Buckley used a quadraverb as part of his live rig. It can be seen sitting on top of the Mesa boogie amp on the live in Chicago VHS/dvd.
I could never afford a quadraverb but many years ago I saw Karina ESP and he was playing a guitar through 4 midiverbs and the amazing ambient sounds he got from taping the strings and simple things like that simply "blew my mind" and, as well as buying some of his CDs, I went out and got myself a used microverb II and a few years later I got myself a Zoom reverb too... the microverb on "infinite space" and the zoom on "millenium" was THE best live "ambientification engine" I've ever had.
These are great. I had snare rev prog back in le day which was the closest I ever god to a Sony DRE-2000
We've got a pair of these - used to use live on guitars in the 90s with "this Picture' -
8:58 reminds me a lot of Autechre's bladelores, super cool stuff dude :)
Had Midiverb 3 when I was 16. My first verb and turned out to be a winner. Midi to delay time on the midi verb 3 is amazing. Worth a go :) thanks for this. Always a treat
the quadraverb is such a nice reverb especially with a touch of input gain .
@ 7:23 omg!!!!!! Aphex Twin Turin opening. Need to test that in Bitwig. I wanted to know how this was performed. here it is. Thx Hain.
coinkydinkily, I just dug mine out the other day. I remember when I bought it back in 1992 or something, I sat there with a stratocaster plugged into it for about three hours.
mended my se70 yesterday too, but the qverb is the one that's going back in the rack, along with an s4+ module.
Hi, thank you very much for the video, the demonstration is fantastic. I have also a Alesis Quadraverb. QUESTION: What cables have to be ¿Mono jack or Balanced jack? It's connected to my recording interface. I read the instruction manual, but is not clear for me. Thanks in advance.
Yeah had one of these back in the day, really good reverb. Compared to the Lexicon 224 (which was ridiculously expensive) it stood up well and offered more variety. My main reverb in the early 90s.
My favorite vst reverb is ConvolgyXT. Its a bit CPU heavy, but VERY nice...i even dont bother to use the stock reverb in Ableton.
BUT having HW beats it all i guess :)
Reverb in reverb is awesome too
I've heard about these for years. I'd love one!
Amazing sounds. That distortion too!
I have a Midiverb III which I honestly don't use. I will definitely try to stack it with my standard reverb, tc electronic M-One XL!
Those where absolute top shelf units in early 2000, dreamed about them
I have a quadraverb plus and a midiverb 2.. I notice you have a dynacord vrs23. I recently sold my drs78 as too big for what it does but I'm keeping my cls222 and srs56. My best reverbs are TC M3000 and a Big Sky plus the Eventide H3000 dsx.
I'm gonna try this with my two LPX-15's from Lexicon or PCM-80 with 4mb ram lol! Thanks for the inspiration.
Chaining verbs in the DP4 is sick too
Great video! I got my mk1 Quadraverb a couple of years ago for 30e, the only thing that does not work on it is the power button, you cant turn it off. That’s never been a problem :)
Who would want to turn if off anyway? ;)
Wow that combination sounds beautiful and frightening simultaneously. Like a bear.
When I was a kid in the early 90s, and just learning to play guitar, I always wanted a Quadraverb! My friend and I used to go into the local music store and just sit messing with one for a good hour or so at least. Never did get the chance to pick one up, but I might do after my memory being refreshed by this video. ;-)
Hope you're well, Hainbach.
EDIT: Just remembered, once when we were "trying out" the Quadraverb, the sales assistant tried to sell us a Zoom 9002 instead, ever tried one of those?
Yeah, it was the standard in the studio, in the eighties and nineties, when I was doing it for real. They were sought after and expensive, back then.
LOVE that jam! Great job as always!
Fantastic use of these machines. Can I find the settings for these 2 programs somewhere? My Quadraverb came with a different Eprom, containing rather crummy emulations of tape echo sounds à la Hank /Marvin, so I'd love to restore it to original + try Mr Hainbachs excellent programs
Reverb + distortion (or distortion + reverb) = pure joy
This is exactly what I've been trying to do this mixing reverb and distortion together, looks like I'm going to buy two Quadraverbs, for some reason I overlooked this having not much luck with Alesis devices
Are you trolling us to bump the value of your gear man? Lol.
To be fair, you are making it sound good.
quadraverb is familiar because of warp records. aphex, boards, autechre, etc. my bloody valentine. qverb GT has a preamp which is also very useful. love to get a sequence going and then “play” the preamp settings for variations. preamp adds a lot. broken screen is also a very simple repair. 10mins w/ screwdriver iirc. put a blue in mine. check ebay. spx90 also very cool. front 242/sisters. you can get the h3500-dfx eproms on ebay... love the front/back control in dense verb alg. “back” is great on snare drums. mult the dry synth at the patchbay, send to gate key, gate the qverbs. now you can use the gate to control the tail. this message brought to you by the 90s preservation society. quadraverb is very playable. the buttons accelerate if you press harder or reset to 0 if you press both. you will hear stepping and clicks depending on what you do. you will also hear these artifacts on aphex selected ambient works 2
Rhodes ---> Verbs ......very nice setup.....very cool ideas with distorting the verbs!
There are new displays for quadraverbs on ebay for cheap. The installation is super easy and requires no soldering. Thanks for a nice video!
I have a Korg CX3 on top of my Rhodes stage 88 MKI ,its a round top, so I made some stacking brackets that I sell along with custom fit synth/gear cases. I don't have a LESLIE yet, am slowly building one to learn it, so in the mean time with its rotary speaker patch and more the Quadra is me! By the way HB, you should go online and check out the Avion Studios RETROFLYER. Its a preamp and a whole lot more for your piano. Not expensive and worth every penny! I'm in the southern USA. If you decide to get one and are having shipping hassles, let me know. EVERY stage Rhodes should have one and I believe they can be swapped into a suitcase model, but no info on that. Thanks for helpin with my decision, but I'm gonna keep it to one, lol.
I tried Hall + Plate on the Quadraverb2 but unfortunately the DSP is Full even if it's an octal multiFX. You definitely need 2 units. You really get a unique sound! thanks for the video.