Decay & pre-delay
Set the length and arrival of the spring, then place it in the mix.
ESIA vintage spring convolution reverb
Vintage Spring Convolution Reverb
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The story behind ESIA
Captured from a real spring.
Then we took it further.
ESIA began with a real vintage spring reverb I own and love. Its spring was captured from the physical unit and modeled through convolution, bringing that unmistakable response into a modern session with the freedom I always wished the hardware could offer.
The other modules grew from that wish: ways to shape its tone, push its edges, and let it move. Each grew out of a sound I wanted to reach in my own work. Together, they make ESIA a personal instrument for character, space and discovery.
Inside the instrument
The spring is the beginning.
Ladder filters
Shape the tone with low-pass and high-pass filtering. Choose a 12 or 24 dB per octave slope for the low-pass.
Dimension & drift
Give the sound width and a subtle motion beyond a static spring response.
D-Mud & burn
D-Mud attenuates the low mids, reshaping the weight of the sound as it clears buildup. Burn adds valve-inspired saturation and distortion.
Beyond reverb
Switch off the spring.
Keep the character.
Give a dry instrument weight, let a melodic line drift across the stereo field, or push a spring tail into a darker, driven texture. Switch the spring off and keep the tone, distortion and movement: ESIA remains a creative part of your chain, even without a reverb tail.
Try ESIA
Play a sample of your choice and hear how ESIA shapes it:
Vintage Spring Convolution Reverb
Take the spring
further.
A spring with a story, and room to take it somewhere new.