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Here's a DIY plate reverb, hacked out of IKEA parts for under $100

Peter Kirn - August 30, 2022
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Can't afford a pricey plate reverb? Use some IKEA shelving and piezos
and get something that sounds amazingly good in this simple DIY
tutorial. Best of all - you can do it for under $100 in parts, and
it's not a complex build.

This is nearly a four-year-old project, but we're in the midst of a
pandemic, an economic downturn, and a parts shortage, plus - this
just never gets old. Gearnews reminds us of this one (in German), and
honestly - I need shelves. I need plate reverb. Good timing. Sold.

Here's LeoMakes in action - scroll down for the updated design, as
the sound improves:

The ingredients:

IKEA BROR Legs (means "brother"?!)

BROR shelf (x2)

Surface transducer (currently unavailable, maybe someone in comments
can suggest a swap - fairly common part, and any should do)

Piezo element

He's since iterated on the design, and even made some free
downloadable impulse response files you can load into a convolution
reverb (like the ones included in Ableton Live Suite), in case you
want to avoid IKEA entirely. (It is, to be fair, a diabolical Swedish
labyrinth of consumerist pain, with meatballs.)

IR downloads:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3h28jv0wapjrwdh/AACD5J5584yx8-Bh53tKJxira

While you're upgrading your life, LeoMake has built the perfect synth
desk / studio, too - this within the past year.

And there's more - a Eurorack case, a DIY binaural microphone for 3D
recording (yep, those head-shaped things), a $10 mic from a paper cup
,

Support the creator of the videos:

www.patreon.com/leomakes

Oh, and I love that he has some general DIY tips:

PS, it's not a music project per se, but while you're DIYing - maybe
make your own air filter, too (great against allergies, not just
COVID, by the way - so a must for the studio):

How to build Corsi-Rosenthal Box to protect against COVID for under
$100 [Seattle Times]

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