Strymon Nightsky
Strymon NightSky £439
Bruce Aisher explores the infinite world of modulated reverb with Strymon’s new time-warped reverberator
CONTACT WHO: Strymon WEB: strymon.netKEY FEATURES Three selectable reverb types. Mod section to modulate the reverb or tone filters. Tone section to sculpt reverb timbre. Shimmer for adding pitch shifting of up to the reverb. Glimmer dynamically enhances high/low frequency harmonics
Although Strymon predominantly cater to guitar players and their requirements for floor-based effects pedals, they have gained plenty of fans elsewhere through their delay and reverb effects alongside the occasional foray into Eurorack territory. Their BigSky and BlueSky reverbs, in particular, have found a lot of favour in both studio and live synthesis circles. NightSky, their latest pedal, takes some aspects of these as a starting point but it is nevertheless very much designed to cut its own furrow in terms of sound and usability.