Light Pedal (spring reverb) - kinda cool...

lcipher3

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Interesting - can't be too difficult a circuit. Combination mini reverb tank and some optical sensors etc


The LIGHT Pedal is the world’s first analog optical spring reverb system that uses infrared optical sensors.


This system is used to harvest the full timbral and harmonic range of the spring reverb tank. The LIGHT Pedal combines the best features of a classic spring reverb with the innovative optical sensor system and a powerful effects section. This combination opens up countless new types of reverb textures and sounds never heard before.

lightpedal.png The LIGHT Pedal uses extremely sensitive optical sensors directed at different points of the spring. The optical sensors detect very subtle movements on the spring’s surface as sound-waves travel through it. This method allows to pick up a much wider range of frequencies, overtones and textures otherwise lost in the mechanical reverberation process. The optical sensors also open doors to effects that are new to spring reverbs, such as tremolo, modulation, feedback and added harmonics. The result is a wide variety of reverb sounds ranging from classic to experimental to pure magic
 
Cool pedal, fur shore.

I think they got the idea from the guitars and basses that came out a decade or so ago.

Lightwave...
... as found on Wilcox instruments.


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A few people have rigged up their own pickups/instruments, for example:









The Reverb pedal's been out for some time now, 3 years I think, so I'm surprised if nobody's thought to rig up their own DIY version.
Would be a deep dive to build one from scratch.
 
yeah it's kinda neat - nice to see some (old/new) stuff out there.
I love a good fuzz or distortion pedal as much as the next person but geez there's like 4 million of them out there!
 
I love it.

I hope my previous post didn't come off as denigrating — I'd build this in a heartbeat if Robert worked up a board for it.

It'd still be a deep dive, but with a PCB to get the springs' bends, not unfathomable.
 
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