Strymon Blue Sky Reverberator: Nothing But This Pedal From Now On (Video)
September 10, 2010
"So what," you're thinking to yourself, "my amp already comes with a reverb, and it's an actual spring tank—ANALOG, baby!" To which we say: that's all well and good, but once you take a moment to quit your nay0-thinking and check out the Strymon Blue Sky Reverberator, you'll wonder how your amplifier's stock effect even deigns to call itself 'reverb.'
The Blue Sky is but one of several digital effects pedals from Strymon, a company that specialized in powerful stompboxes that give any analog box a run for its money. No, these pedals ain't cheap — $299 US direct from Strymon — but you'll be hardpressed to find a digital reverb box that sounds as good, or has as many control parameters.
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Thanks for the informative
Thanks for the informative looks at these pedals! Can't wait for the others!
Are there any hidden features like the rest of the Strymon line?
one more
Watching this video again, I realize I neglected to mention that this pedal -- like the delay and the chorus (upcoming) -- is capable of a 3db cut or boost (hold down favorite and move the mix knob). This is an excellent feature for use with effects loops that don't have their own level control.
Interesting information about activation
I think this board is the proper place to ask you about the activation proccess. My link is not working properly, do you know why it is happening? http://www.gearwire.com/?fa18b37195ab4a6c84de5a8069c,
Stryman Pedals
Well, gotta tell you. For better or worse all of them (to my ears anyway) have a pronounced digital type of vibe. Sort of an artificiality that I don't really like. Of course, YMMV as always. To be honest, for the $299 you could cop a vintage flanger used like a Boss BF-2 for $45 or so, an older Boss chorus like a CE-2 or 3 and a vintage Boss DD-2 or early DD-3 (with long chip) for say $100 or less apiece. That's would be what I'd do. But, that's me.....Less bells and whistles for sure. But, a nicer, "genuine" sound.
What you're hearing is, I'm
What you're hearing is, I'm sure, a result of the audio of this video being compressed and streamed for flash delivery. Not to open Pandora's box, but therein lies the rub inherent in all online demos. All I can say is that in person this pedal sounds lush and organic and nowhere nearly as digital as other digital 'verbs, plus it's got absolutely ridiculous flexibility. This is my current favorite reverb pedal — and let me reiterate the unspoken blanket statement for all Gearwire demos / reviews that I in no way receive remuneration from Strymon for shooting this or any of their other demos; it wasn't easy returning this loaner.
-Owen
Surf
I love the different sounds this pedal gets. Does it get a good surf sound? I would assume it does. So hard to tell online. I love this site! Many thanks!
nice
Hi, I got one of these pedals, and it is not artificial sounding at all. That's the really amazing thing about it. The reverbs are very lush and enveloping. I have been around a few years, so I can remember all the various phases of digital reverb development. They were all impressive in some way, but that glassy, hyper-real fakeness was always there. This thing is just amazing. It's not that it sounds "real", because these are not convolution models of a real environment, but they also don't sound "fake" either. Something really, really special.
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