I’m Returning My BigSky MX (And Why You Should Too) 

So let’s address the two issues raised here and first he is welcome to his opinion click bait or not. 1 the infinite switch he has a point of expect if I put the freeze on that I’d get more than dry signal as well but let’s be honest this at most is a firmware update to solve and given the nixie software at release currently doesn’t allow for editing of patches on the Mx could also be surfaced as an option when this becomes available 2, the processor comment he states that the chip is $15 which when looking at building any device is actually expensive most of the time chips on consumer electronics are priced i. The 1-2 dollar if not lower to support mass production and final cost to customer. The comparison to the chip in his ten year old Mac is also unfair, a Mac is built to support a myriad of functions from video editing to simple word processing and sometimes all of the above at the same time, this creates heat which then need a cooling solution which means fans can which means more power consumption. Personally I don’t want an over powered processor on my board in a device that is exposed to much harsher conditions than my computer I want something that is tuned for the task and reliable. So yes it may be lower powered but this means no active cooling needed and it’s instruction set internally is tuned for it’s purpose (don’t forget the space shuttle was running old 486 processors even when more advanced chips were available). Lastly he makes a sweeping g statement that he couldn’t use 50% of the pedals functionality which is why he is returning it. Personally i don’t believe the infinite switch makes up for 50% of the features and functionality of the pedal especially when you take I to account the it processing cab sims new magneto engine and stacking reverbs.now his entire style may rely on infinite which could be his thing which is all good. Great to see his opinion but I would not take it as far as to say everyone should return their pedals because of this.

I think with a pedal as deep as this, I would need a few months before I could say I dont like it. None of the things you brought up would bother me.

The take you have on the chip is flat out wrong. Devices like this, including the most high end rack mounted digital effects absolutely do not need a chip like you would find in a Mac. x86 & ARM64 are designed for a totally different purpose, and are optimised for multiple applications running at once. DSP chips have a totally different architecture and use case. The comparison between the clock speeds is pretty much redundant. You can make amazing effects running at high sample rates and bit depths with something just a tiny fraction as ‘powerful’ as a general purpose CPU, since DSP chips are solely designed for those audio calculations. Designers also optimise the algorithms when they program for an embedded processor as they know the deployment platform inside-out, something which is harder to do when you have to write a plugin which needs to run well on the myriad of processors available in consumer general purpose computers. I highly doubt that the infinite reverb issue you have is down to limitations of the processor, and I bet (since you can have two reverbs at once in the MX) it would totally be possible to have just one of the algos be infinite on triggering the foot-switch while the 2nd would be available to be used on your live input signal giving you your desired effect. In this case I doubt the MX would even use much more compute than in normal 2 reverbs in series/parallel operation.

Keep the pedal. Let Strymon know. They will likely add this to a FW update. Easy!

For me it sounds great, better than my Helix or Headrush built in reverbs and it works and looks great too. 2 reverbs with multiple routing options. Great ambient sounds. Just what I need and want. I don't care that there's extra presets that I don't need. I'll enjoy learning to use the infinite freeze switch over time. I don't need a third choice of reverb instead.

Will be fixed with an update....no biggie...

I would run 2 reverbs in series with infinite mode on 1 set to freeze and the other set to off. That should be the effect you’re going for.

I'll get it! Sounds fantastic!

I thought I was gonna get it for the impulse response but to be honest, I think connvolution reverb makes only sense when doing it on a PC with full tweakability, quick loading in and stuff. I mean if I allready have to load in a reference from a pc, why not do the verb on a pc with a more professional alogrithm (e.g.Reverence in cubase)

Oh and saying you only use a pedal if you get 80% of its function. Thant may be true for you but not most players. I’ve owned the big sky and timeline for 7 years and never used 80% of their function. Most multi effects users are also not using half the functionality of their units. The added functionality and future proofing is worth the upgrade

you know they can fix this with a future firmware update?

Interesting to watch. I understand the pedal can do two reverbs at once though - so does that mean you could create a reverb trial using the freeze function -and then just use the A or B switches to switch on another reverb and have that over the top instead of a dry signal? Because that is actually the way I would expect this to work.

In my case I see me using this also for ambient sounds that inspire my songwriting.

Use dual reverbs, assign freeze to one, turn off infinite switch to the other. Voilà, reverb on solo over pad…

The original Big Sky has the freeze & infinite options on it too, but you have to acess it from the menu.

do you know any reverb pedals or software reverbs that process "infinit" loop in different way? when you do criticism please explain how it should be. technically i see only workaround for this issue - is a feedback amount, currently it'is 100% but dev's should set for example to 50% more or less but not to 100% and in certain amount of time older data in buffer will be overwritten or how to rephrase it 'faded out'. it can be easily fixed by new firmware

Dam u bought it. Cool. I did I can't part with it is the big sky 2024! MX BABY!!!!

I disagree with you. I just got an Mx. The infinite switch is a waste but the way the pedal runs with 2 reverbs completely interacting the third switch would be on an island only doing a preset function. I think they kept a 3 switch casing because the timeline Mx will use the same body and it’s cheaper for manufacturing to keep it constant. Also it’s 3 button could be changed with enough complaints and a firmware update

All you have to do is click the infinite switch on and off as you play like pressing a sustain pedal of a keyboard/piano

Meris mercury X - nothing comes close.

It’s a Big Sky not a Big Crybaby. If you wait they’ll probably release a firmware update to get a bank C

This demo is great! The infinite switch is a buzzkill but the unit is absolute ❤‍🔥🔥

The removal of the C switch on the MX is a dealbreaker for me. I don't use midi, so I'm not able to access my small, medium, and large verbs on the fly with only two presets in a bank. Huge miss on their part, imo.

It’s terrible that they don’t give you an option to switch the lame freeze switch back to C

I don’t think you understand context, maybe you just need a hall of fame…

It’s good to see an honest take on this showing a different angle. For the price, seems like it’s over hyped. I prefer the third option for preset as well. At least the third switch should have had the option for the user to choose infinite or preset function to allow more flexibility (especially for the price that the unit costs!)

They should have created something unique instead of bigsky to big mx.

Are you Okay Ike? Worried that Strymon put out a hit on you....

Clickbait, very low value for the time spent here. I won't spend one more minute on this channel. Oh, and that's firmware upgradable...

seems like your thousand dollar reverb kinda sucks.