Vampire Weekend Uses Free Spring Reverb IR 1
In late 2008, a thread was started on Gearslutz asking what reverb Vampire Weekend used on their self-released record. The vocals certainly have a unique polished sound on that record but I think the answer to the question surprised a lot of people. It even prompted user hankdrummer to proclaim “and there ends gearslutz”. LOL The band’s keyboard player and producer, Rostam Batmanglij, ended all speculation by joining Gearslutz and responding to the thread:
We used Altiverb, mostly two reverbs: the Cello Studios Bill Putnum Echo Chamber 2, and the Vintage Spring Reverb (floating on the internet somwhere)
also I rolled some of the high end off the top of the reverb
mostly mic’d with a Neumann TLM103 going directly into a Digi002
“and there ends gearslutz” =)
Seriously though, it was great to see that such a sonically interesting record was made from equipment that many gearsnobs scoff at. Oh the reverb – Download it here (Vintage Spring Reverb). There are a ton of other great impulses on that page, too!
Thanks for mentioning my website. Vampire weekend owe me a cd..