#301

Anyone here got an Empress reverb?

Wanna persuade me to get one/not get one?

#302

I quite want one, but I think I want the Dr Scientist Atmosphere more for similar money

#303

I don’t have one but very much want one, considering selling my Walrus Slo to partly fund the absolutely eye watering cost

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#304

Turns out it’s half the price of the Empress one actually. Woof.

@BodyInTheThames have you looked at the new GFI reverb? They took the Specular Tempus and split it into separate delay and reverb pedals with the most popular/useful algorithms. The stereo on the Specular Tempus is excellent so I assume it’ll be similar.

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#305

Just FYI

I would probably be using it mostly as a send/return and am particularly interested in the hall & plate sounds (springs I have) and whatever shimmery stuff it can do

#306

hmm, haven’t checked it. Will give it a look, ta

#307

I had one. It was pretty great. Sold it though. Would suggest an OTO Bam for similar money instead. Love that thing, and the analogue clipping/16 bit converters sound lovely by themselves, let alone how gorgeous the reverb algorithms are.

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#308

This is how I’m using the Bam BTW

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#309

Walrus Mako R1 might be worth a look too then.

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#310

Is the Bam better than the Empress then?

#311

I’m sure it’s good but the demo video on their website has really put me off, sounds like The XX

#312

Yvette Young tho

#313

yeah, that indie/math rock sound is not my bag

#314

btw i asked mrs me for an amp pedal and gave her a list of different ones at different prices. so i know i’m likely to receive something, but i don’t know which one :dizzy_face: :dizzy_face: :dizzy_face: :dizzy_face:

#315

It was a good while back that I had the empress so I’m not 100% sure, but for hall, room and plate sounds I really love the Bam. All the algorithms are spot on for me. Fewer of them, but they all hit the mark.

I see the Empress more as a high end guitar pedal that can comfortably be used as a send/return, and the Bam more as a studio unit competing with rack-mounted stuff but that can double as a pedal if you wanted it to.

Knowing your setup and saying you’d use it as a send/return, I can see it being right up your street.

Expensive outlay either way though, so if you’re able to try before you buy it might be worth it.

#316

yeah, this is the thing innit

now that I have the RE-301 & I just got a Mu-Tron Biphase II (not unboxed it yet, it’s sitting at home waiting for my return from Spain but I’ve tried a pal’s) the cheaper fx and plug ins just don’t pass muster in comparison. It might get very spendy very quickly :confused:

I’ll try and find somewhere where I can check out the BAM, ta

otherwise I might go the vintage rack route and get an old Dynacord or similar. Not as versatile but lots of character

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#317

Or sell a kidney and get a Bricasti M7

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#318

I’d like one of these ideally

but the M7 would be fun :slight_smile:

this dude has both :confused:

#319

This is what I did but be careful not to buy anything you can’t test

The Dynacord DRP15 I took a chance on has high pitched noise that has been declared unfixable by the fixing man

The Yamaha Rev-7 I was able to try in a shop is pretty minty though

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#320

Just saw your link is from Soundgas - guess you’ll be ok there

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