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The Alesis Microverb is one of the most versatile and lush-sounding reverbs ever created. A product of the late 1900s, it blurs the line between the past and the present. We have carefully crafted some of the most memorable patches from this unit and enhanced them with several modern features. In homage to that era, we named this collection “CB Paint.”
During its time, the Microverb brought studio-quality digital reverb to the masses, making it accessible when digital reverb was still quite costly. To achieve a more affordable price and compact design, Alesis made a few compromises. These compromises led to interesting reverb reflection filter options that capture the essence of this classic unit without the hassle of integrating it into a pedalboard setup.
Our CB Paint collection includes six unique patches from the original Microverb, in addition to gate and reverse effects. We've also added a Mix control, an adjustable low-pass filter, and an “onset” control that determines how long it takes for the reverb to become audible after the initial signal. We’ve kept one of these devices in our office for years, and we continue to find it invaluable. We think you will too.
REC LEVEL:
This control governs how hard the preamp hits the delay line and affects the first repeat, giving you a measurable initial “attack” from which the repeats then decay. This control includes a tape saturation circuit that emulates the crunch found on the EP-3 when you dig in. Higher levels give a thick, gainier initial burst of signal, while lower levels sit a little lower in the mix for organic echoing that enhances leads and solos.
ECHO DELAY:
Governs the delay time, giving up to ~900ms of rich tape-like delay. Turning this knob while in Tap mode will return the delay time to the knob position.
CONTROLS
TONE: Controls a 2-pole low-pass filter for softening high peaks, working just like a tone control. Up is bright, down is dark.MIX: This control dictates how much “dry signal” (whatever you feed into the CB Paint) is heard versus the “wet signal” (the sound of the CB Paint itself). At minimum, the only thing you will hear is whatever you run into the pedal. At maximum, you will hear just the reverberated signal.
ONSET: Otherwise known as “pre-delay”, this controls how long the reverb kicks in after playing. At minimum, the CB Paint will operate like every other reverb—the sound is instantaneous. At maximum, the reverb takes ~200ms to kick in. In gate mode, Onset controls the gate time. In reverse mode, Onset controls how much smearing there is on the reverse sound, making it sit in the mix a little better.
MODE:
This knob is an 8-way switch that gives you 8 different reverb patches from the Microverb: Patches 1-6 are taken straight from the Microverb’s original patches, with the filtering and processing methods intact. The room size, and thus the decay time, increases from 1 to 6, with 1 being the smallest and shortest, and 6 being the largest and longest.
Patch 7 is the gate mode from the original Microverb. Gated reverb was invented just five years before the development of the Microverb and was a must-have sound in this era of music.Patch 8 is the reverse reverb patch from the Microverb. The Microverb’s processor functions in the same way as our platform, so the reverse patch is somewhat unique. Rather than read the signal in reverse, the Microverb uses math to reverse the signal by reducing the reverb state’s reflective properties. The result is a “rushing” sound that is somewhat unique to the Microverb.
