Yamaha SPX90: The Secret To An 'MBV’ Shoegaze Reverb Sound

Back in the 80's after the analogue era....l purchased a Rex 50....fx 500....then on to the spx 50 and so on.....The Reverbs are fantastic on the Yamaha digital equipment.....
One can simply use one of the factory pre sets....But, if you really want to get into it deeper.....Simply use a "User" # and start experimenting into the variant parameters.....Then you can customise some awesome original fx sounds....It's very tine consuming But , it's worth it and you educate yourself along the journey of how to competently use the device and if in doubt use the manual.
Back in the day most bug bands playing Live had their sound/ mixer person that was using a Yamaha spx rack mount as the industry standard and the beauty of them is.... They can be utilised for many different Audio applications...Not just for guitar.
Cheers 🍻.

In my band big white stairs (early 90s) i used lots of floor pedals into an ibanez rack echo with the feedback set as high as possible , got the idea from kitchens of distinction a manchester band with unreal keyboardy guitar sounds (check out ' first time we opened the capsule')

Hey man, LOVE your content
Quick question, can this hook up to a 100-watt Fender head and cab?

(1-1) My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
(1-2) Ride - Nowhere
(1-3) Slowdive - Souvlaki
(1-4) Slowdive - Slowdive
(1-5) Chapterhouse - Whirlpool
(1-6) Pale Saints - The Comfort of Madness
(2-1) Catherine Wheel - Ferment
(2-2) Lush - Spooky
(2-3) Slowdive - Just for a Day
(2-4) Kitchens of Distinction - Strange Free World
(2-5) The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
(2-6) Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
(3-1) Beach House - Bloom
(3-2) Adorable - Against Perfection
(3-3) Blankenberge - Everything
(3-4) Slowdive - Pygmalion
(3-5) Curve - Doppelgänger
(3-6) bdrmm - Bedroom
(4-1) Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See
(4-2) Asobi Seksu - Citrus
(4-3) Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
(4-4) Lush - Split
(4-5) Ride - Going Blank Again
(4-6) Cocteau Twins - Treasure
(5-1) Swervedriver - Raise
(5-2) The Boo Radleys Everything's Alright Forever
(5-3) Lush - Gala
(5-4) Blushing - Posessions
(5-5) The Verve - A Storm in Heaven
(5-6) My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything

surprised this got the spotlight before the quadraverb, which is what i would have initially thought of as the quintessential shoegazer rack reverb in the same category (not super expensive, loved by all)

Hi! What drum machine did u use? Thx!

Delay is 0, Kevin said this multiple times in the interviews

Midiverb II reverse program as well.

I have the Yamaha fx900. also 80s. wonder if the reverbs are the same

I would pay for an IR taken of this if you wanna do it

Does anyone know of a pedal or plugin that can do this effect?

Just found your channel and watched all of it you’re underrated as hell. I’ll be able to say I subbed before you reached 100k lol.

I thought it was the Yamaha FX500 on the Soft Focus preset setting?

Yeah.. well, this "secret", which is well known in the community, has skyrocketed in price since a few years now so it's ridiculously hard to get hands on it

A big YES to this!!

Great video! One question, though. Did Kevin always distort first and then went into the Reverb unit? Because I heard somewhere, that he also used Reverb in front of the distortion, which sounds even more washy and nebulous. Ever tried that with the SPX90?

Love it Dan .....sounds wicked

Great video Dan!

Yep. Could listen to that for dayyyyyyyyyyysssss. Also RIP Kyle.

Would love to know some of the names of those bands in the intro! Just starting to get into shoegaze

i hear slowdive not mbv haha, but great video!

Great vid!! Love the spx90s but they break so easily which is sad, i got lucky on a studio closing and sold me a trio of spx90s! Along with the roger mayer stuff, its definiely a huge part of kevins sound

Those Roland,Lexicon and Yamaha rack modules...they still look (and sound) the part.

Skinny Puppy used a Lexicon delay with a pitch control. With long delay times it became almost a sampler.

Another band with great fx and sound is Cocteau Twins. To me a precurser to Shoegaze...
The album Treasure and song (from Garlands) Wax & Wane are epic!

Enjoy your new toy!

Love all your videos!

Amazing video! Did you use the vibrato on the Jazzmaster to get the pitch warble in the opening clip or is that an effect?

I’ve never clicked on a video title faster

Great video as always!

Sounds good - amazed Yamaha haven’t added something like this into the Helix devices yet!
Have you tried the Afterneath by EQD? It seems a bit similar and is something I’m currently looking at

This video was so cool and it's nice to see more secrets on Kevin Shields tone ♥

Very cool video. I have a Yamaha Rev 7 and it has the same/similar reverse gate reverb. sounds great. Another way you can play with this is to capture this reverb as an impulse response (IR) and use it in a IR plugin as a reverb.

Your channel is helping me get new and better sounds from the gear I currently own. Experimentation in the last few weeks has yielded positive results! Thank you! Cheers!

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