We can't all own (or even try) some of the coveted classic vintage audio gear....as a result, some studio equipment develop a legendary magical reputation...that simply using it will make your mix 10 times better. My studio partner calls it "Unicorn Dust".

Even more common, perhaps driven by nostalgia....we search for cheap hidden gems, usually in the form of vintage consumer grade audio components (tape cassettes, consumer grade mixers, old spring reverb units, even Radio Shack brand Synthesizers)...hoping that they will sound better than the tools we have available to us today.

Good news is, there's lots of room in modern music production for all types of sounds...good or bad. But...it's easy to go broke quick spending money on things you'll only use once in a while or even worse...repair costs for analog gear!

In this video I hope to make it easier for you to chose whether or not to track down and spend money on a Pioneer SR202W Spring Reverb unit.

Does the Pioneer SR202W Spring Reverb live up to the internet hype?
I'm not sure...but I like it. Demo with a bunch of different instruments.

Index:

00:02 Introduction
01:06 About the Pioneer SR202W
02:00 Patching Wet/Dry or Full Wet
02:30 Look at Frequency Response
06:02 DAW setup
06:20 Demo Roland System 500 Modular Synth
08:44 Demo Snare Drum
10:10 Gated Reverb with Pioneer SR202W
10:55 Demo Drum Kit
12:15 Drum Room Reverb Trick
15:26 Demo Bass
17:49 Demo PolySynth Pad
19:28 Using an Imager on Mono FX
20:48 Demo Guitar
23:25 Demo Fender Rhodes
25:36 Demo Saxophone section
27:15 Demo Tenor Saxophone
27:51 Outro

Gear:
Pioneer SR202W Spring Reverb