You can get some really nostalgic, dreamy, and introspective vibes from this pedal and it's daddy, the BigSky. Guitar shop had a bigSky demo'd a couple years back and I spent close to an hour playing with it. Just outstanding pedals.
I just received my Blue Sky a few days ago and have been loving it! I came back to your channel and for every example that you gave us I took a screenshot so I would know exactly where to put the knobs to approximate the sound you're getting. I'm saying approximate because you're playing is just next level! Thank you for the beautiful demos that you do and the soundscapes that you are creating and for really showing us the capabilities of these effect boxes. And how you can actually make music and not just stomp on a box to get a different tone or whatever. You're teaching us how to integrate these effects into our own sound in a really tasty and effective way so thanks again man! Jim from Seattle
It's the guitars, that make the sounds for +50%, and the players fingers. Don't let fool you by Mr. Marketing and the in my opinion much too annoying synth-sounds. This is not Rock'n Roll! Those are tools to let your guitar sounds like pass thrugh a big Lexington or Quantec for the poor. In the end we all sound like Coldplay. I hope the hype for those pedals will go away very soon! For me those Pedels are only good for wanking meditation.
Honestly I want this pedal solely for the fact that it was used extensively on Circa Survive’s album which is coincidentally called “Blue Sky Noise” absolutely love the guitar tones they got on that
Glad I got the Nightsky. Used the Silverlake by SD before that, a very under rated reverb pedal. My Volante has a killer Spring that I use often as well.
@@blackie75 Well, ya like what ya like. Personally I think their modulation pedals are all too tinny and fake sounding. I'd take a nice analog delay over any of theirs and even the MXR Reverb sounds better than anything Reverb they've put out at twice the price. I will admin their Compadre is the likely best compressor on the market however, or at least the best with MIDI functionality.
@@olivergard572 I have the MXR and it has its place when needed, and I'm certainly not implying that there's nothing out there that competes in any category. What I am saying is that, for me, there isn't another company that's hit so many homeruns in so many different categories. The build quality is also second to none. These things could survive a nuclear blast. Everyone has a preferred brand and for me, who has been a working musician for many years, Strymon is it. I would add that you get out of them what you put in, so it helps if you're someone who likes to tinker and experiment.
saving this and going to come back as soon as the bluesky comes in. There is a ton of inspiration here that I wouldn't have thought of. thank you! Here is an update guys. I have tried the fender marine layer, lexicon reverb and others and they killed my tone so I got rid of them. I just got this pedal and it doesn't affect my tone too bad. I can live with this reverb but I will never use the shimmer or modulation. I am using Active EMGs running in a JCM800 and all I really care about is the Room and Spring. while this pedal does a lot, some of us just want a sweet reverb that doesn't kill the tone. Can we ever get just a killer no-nonsense reverb, without all the stuff we wont use?
Glad to hear we made the cut! If shimmer and modulation aren't your thing, we'd recommend Flint. You may not use the tremolo side of it, but the reverbs are going to be definitely more straight forward and classic.
If you've been playing for a while and like to experiment with your sound, you tend to gravitate towards different tones and possibilities. Different builders really give you more options to do so. Strymon is up there as one of the very best in builders. Their delay line is second to none and their reverbs are some of the best too. My favorite type of effects are reverb and od and in my opinion the Flint and Sunset are masterpieces. Hope that helps give some type of answer!
If you are searching to achieve certain sonic possibilities I respect that but play guitar to play guitar. Your go to should be no effects with whatever level of dirt you’re after. I prefer spring reverb. I do like some of these sounds and could be creative occasionally with them but playing at the edge of breakup with no reverb or anything is my heart
Bracie! Ależ Ty pięknie grasz! Zamykam oczy i odpływam..... Strymon jest wspaniały. Zastanawiam się co kupić do gitary akustyccznej- blueSky, czy też Cloudburst? Pozdrowienia z Polski!
Bardzo dziękuję! Miejmy nadzieję, że zostało to poprawnie przetłumaczone - blueSky V2 jest fantastyczne i ma głosy Shimmer. Cloudburst jest również wspaniały, ale silnik Ensemble tworzy orkiestrowe podkładki syntezatorowe, które podążają za Twoją grą, więc jest trochę inaczej. Obydwa są wspaniałymi opcjami akustycznymi. Dzięki jeszcze raz!
You have to manage the gain & level going in. Or you will clip the FX. Too bad you got rid of it. 😅 This things is exceptional. Speaking as a audio engineer.
@@strymon Awesome, spillover was one my favorite features of my kemper, and have been looking for a delay/reverb solution to go with my Compadre->Sunset->Iridium rig for a long time. Never knew how important spillover was until I had it, then didn't have it. Does the Dig also have spillover?
Thank you! They have been on their way to international distributors since shortly before the launch, so if they aren't in dealers already, then they should be shortly. Check out strymon.net/dealers to contact your local shop :)
They both sound great! Lots of major differences, though. BigSky has 300 presets which are accessible without the need for a MIDI controller, as well as 12 unique reverb algorithms. If you need the most flexibility and variety in tones, BigSky is the way to go. blueSky also has 300 preset locations when controlled with a MIDI controller, and is also very flexible when used with MIDI, but is a lot simpler up front.
In all of these samples that pre-delay stays almost same position. I have pretty much same experience that around 12 o’clock is 99% of time also my preference. No need much tweaking ever pre-delay. One thing that annoys me is that with spring reverb shimmer is with octave down and that combo is useless for me. I wish that there could be selection for shimmer types with different reverb types.
After - Deco is the only pedal in these example videos that sits before Iridium for a few examples. For all of the others (and for most of Deco's examples) the pedal in question sits at the end of the chain. You can think of it like it's in the effects loop of the amp, if that makes sense. Hope that helps!
I want one, but mainly because of the looks. It’s a shame that Strymon stop trying many years ago. Pretty much all reverb pedals from gfi, empress, walrus audio, source audio etc run circles around the big sky and blue sky
Our pedals are used on all types of instruments all over the world, but we had a very limited supply before launch, so we weren't able to include other types of instrumentation. Keep an eye out for stuff like that in the coming weeks. Hope that helps.
You're probably paying attention to the crispy raw guitar tone on some of these - the Blue Suhr has a pronounced treble response when paired with a compressor like Compadre. The pedal itself is smooth and even.
@@strymon nop, I can hear the metallic sound. I watched anothers videos and is the same. Is a good pedal with a lot of good features but the metallic sound doesn't work for me
@@strymon I don't believe you. You are paid to say that. If you send me one to try then I'll be able to make my own mind up and I'll happily make a video using it with my synths 😝
