How It Works
Technical view
The current spring family builds on the shared diffuse reverb core and adds a short extra comb branch to create a spring-like splash on top of the base tail. `space` changes both the diffuse dimensions and the short comb delay, `decay` raises the feedback in both sections, and `tone` brightens both the main tail and the added spring resonance. It is spring-flavored, but it is not a full dispersive spring-tank model.
- Reverb & Space
- waveshaping / saturation
- delay processing
- oscillator / LFO modulation
- DC blocking
Signal Path
Compiled preview chain
Preview source: An internally generated picked-string phrase is widened to stereo with a 19-sample right-channel delay and slight left/right shelf-EQ offsets before it hits the reverb core.
- 1internal picked-string demo phrase
- 2stereo spread with a short right-channel delay
- 3four parallel damped comb stages
- 4two serial diffuser stages
- 5post-reverb high-shelf shaping
- 6added short spring-like comb resonance
- 7dry / wet blend
- 8DC blocker
- 9output gain trim
- 10final tanh limiter
Preview source
An internally generated picked-string phrase is widened to stereo with a 19-sample right-channel delay and slight left/right shelf-EQ offsets before it hits the reverb core.
Effect core
Diffuse reverb core plus a short additional comb branch for spring-like resonance.
Signal path
The static waveform and the live player both reflect this compiled signal chain.
- internal picked-string demo phrase
- stereo spread with a short right-channel delay
- four parallel damped comb stages
- two serial diffuser stages
- post-reverb high-shelf shaping
- added short spring-like comb resonance
- dry / wet blend
- DC blocker
- output gain trim
- final tanh limiter
Controls that matter
These are the currently active controls detected in the FAUST source for this effect.
- mix: Blends between the dry source and the wet reverb field after the reverb core.
- output_gain_db: Applies final post-effect level trim after DC blocking and before the output limiter.
- space: Expands the base diffuse reverb lengths and also increases the delay of the added short resonant spring branch.
- decay: Raises both the base comb feedback amounts and the recirculation of the short spring resonance branch.
- tone: Raises the damping cutoffs in both the diffuse core and the added short comb resonance.
Code-backed analysis
The generated description is tied to the active helper blocks and routing found in the current DSP.
- demo
- fx
- outputStage
- leftDemo
- rightDemo
- verbFx
- phraseMono
- previewShiftSamples
Controls
Audible controls in this DSP
Blends between the dry source and the wet reverb field after the reverb core.
Lower settings stay more direct; higher settings move the patch further into the ambient tail.
Applies final post-effect level trim after DC blocking and before the output limiter.
Matches loudness without changing the actual reverb structure.
Expands the base diffuse reverb lengths and also increases the delay of the added short resonant spring branch.
Moves the spring-like splash from tighter twang toward a looser tank feel.
Raises both the base comb feedback amounts and the recirculation of the short spring resonance branch.
Extends the diffuse tail and makes the spring-like ring persist longer.
Raises the damping cutoffs in both the diffuse core and the added short comb resonance.
Makes the spring texture darker at low settings and brighter and splashier at high settings.
Analysis
Code-derived notes
Current implementation shares the same spring-flavored diffuse reverb core across Spring and Drip Spring. Drip Spring is not yet differentiated from Spring.
Active blocks
- demo
- fx
- outputStage
- leftDemo
- rightDemo
- verbFx
- phraseMono
- previewShiftSamples
- verbWet
- pickedVoice
- verbCore
- combLP
- fund
- pickEnv
- ampEnv
- triggerAt
- diffuser
- maxDelaySamples
Inactive helpers
- synthVoice
- organVoice
- bellVoice
- softsat
- quantize
- echoOnly
Warnings
No current warnings are attached to this effect.
Source
- library/reverb-space/drip-spring.dsp
- Output stage: DC blocker -> output gain trim -> final tanh limiter
- Library position: 180