I have the Nightsky as well, that one’s a lot of pedal. I like the simplicity of Cloudburst. It’s definitely worth running anything you can through it to see how it responds.

I couldn’t agree with you more, to be honest. I think the intention is for them to serve as inspiration machines and idea generators. Sure, you can try and understand what this does when you turn this and flick this, but it’s more fun to just experiment with these types of pedals. Ultimately I have a base understanding of the pedals, I have found making a video helps me to study. That said I plan on posting a few more sound experiments soon, maybe it will help someone dive deeper as well.

@@757SoundLab Yea, I will def stay tuned. more interested in a stereo Mood than anything....I think lol I just got the Gen Loss Mkii, my first CB pedal. Love that pedal and the build quality seems great, I think the metal knobs CB uses are about the best I have seen on a pedal.

@@masterofreality230 quality is top notch and consistent, I agree. I think the Gen Loss is a good choice if you’re hesitant to deep dive just yet. Although you could mess with randomization settings on their Max for Live device and get some pretty fun stuff easily as well.

@@757SoundLab I have never used Ableton, and I dont really know what the cheapest way to go about getting Max for Live is. I know I am not spending $500 on it thouigh! I did see someone made a browser based editor for the Gen loss, but I still have to get a midi to 1/4" to try it, and I just had to buy a few Y splitters lol I do want to get away from using those little pins on the back, kind of a pain when you are trying get into playing.

@@masterofreality230 I feel your pain, truly. Keep it simple, don’t let it get out of hand like I have 😂😂

All of the options! Mono in mono out, mono in stereo out, and stereo in stereo out.

It’s deep and very fun so far, would recommend.

@@4gave1 one of the most difficult decisions ever!

@@757SoundLab would you recommend blooper or this?

@@NealCaen I don’t actually have Blooper, so this answer is purely based on the limited knowledge I have. The Blooper and MOOD seem like two different pedals to me. The Blooper being a looper with 40 sec max loop time and the MOOD being an always listening micro looper time stretcher with a secondary time based effects loop back side. I would say the MOOD, to be honest. As loopers go, the Blooper just doesn’t appeal to me. When it comes to loopers I love what Habit offers, an always on buffer with 3min of record time, overdubbing, two tapes heads essentially with the option to move on around in time and some added effects. Maybe you already have a Habit though, in that case definitely the MOOD over the Blooper.

I gave it my best shot, was it close? 😂

@@757SoundLab I think you may get a copyright strike from them soon ;)

Since Habit is mono, if you have two, you can run your left channel through one Habit and your right channel through the other. I have them both synced with MIDI, so changing repeats on each one will change the divisions but they still stay in time. I’ll have to post a video making some noise through it.

@@757SoundLab sounds interesting 😊 waiting for a video about it!

@@_Sundrugs I have one that’s a bit more experimental, I can put it up. I was just hoping to post one that’s a little more put together and less random.

@@757SoundLab Would love a video on the two habits! I am currently working with two mood MKI's and it is pretty fun!

This is probably the nicest thing anyone has said about my mediocre playing! Sigur Ros is one of my all time favorites.

@@757SoundLab SAME!!!

@@synchronisticmelanatedmysitic same

Oh man, that is rooooouuuggghhh. Did you try reaching out to Chase Bliss, they are pretty rad.

@@757SoundLab I did! They said its no problem to fix!

@@synchronisticmelanatedmysitic like, just now or in the past?

Couple days ago 💜

Ouch. That reminds me of back in the day, being really drunk, and, accidentally plugging in the power supply of my Peavey multi effects box into my mic preamp. Not a fun time.

I totally agree! I have one on the board of my guitar, it’s slightly unpredictable to me, which makes it a love/hate relationship.

Yeah I’m in the area, setting up a studio to hopefully record local music at some point.

I’m not sure I want to be on camera, so this was the next best thing. Thank you though!

Minifreak output -> Cloudburst input -> Cloudburst output -> Interface(speakers) I do have an Erica Synths Matrix Mixer so I normally patch my ins and outs there and change selections as necessary.

@@757SoundLab Thanks for the quick response. How would you route a Minifreak, a Microcosm and let’s say a Shallow Water into Ableton? The Microcosm into the Minifreak via MIDI and the Shallow Water into the Audio Interface as an external audio effect in Ableton? I’m planning my new Setup right now and I’m a bit confused 😅

@@nichtverfugbar2387 You could send midi clock to Microcosm from Minifreak. Microcosm shines as a send. To do that in Ableton go to Create>Insert Return Track. In that track place the External Audio Effect from the Audio Effects category. Within the effect, you will set the Audio To to whatever your output signal from your interface is to your Microcosm's input. Audio From should be set to whichever input on your audio interface is receiving Microcosm's output. You would then mess with Send levels within your audio tracks in order to send audio to Microcosm. I'm unsure of your setup and if you have multiple ins and outs or what have you. As far as other pedals, you can either run them in series, make them sends if you have more outputs, or even use a mixer of some sort to route audio around and experiment with levels. Maybe I should just make a video on the topic, difficult to explain in one paragraph.

@@757SoundLab I have a Apollo Twin X Interface and the Microcosm at the moment. So I have to connect an unsymmetrical TRS cable from the Output (left) of the Minifreak into the Input of the Microcosm and then from the Outputs of the Microcosm via Symmetrical TRS Cables into the Inputs of my Apollo right?

@@nichtverfugbar2387 it all depends on if you want to use it as a send to manipulate other studio gear or just as an effects pedal on your Minifreak. The setup you’ve mentioned would be just like using the Microcosm with a guitar, except you’re using a synth. For stereo, you can get a Y style TRS cable that goes from L/R output of your Minifreak then to the input of the Microcosm. From there, two cables from the L and R output of the Microcosm to the the inputs of your Apollo. For mono, just use one cable between each device.

Right on! It’s a special sort of reverb pedal, I love it!

Little tricky dialing in a nice smooth always on reverb but I’m close. Need to watch more videos on doing this.

@@tomcaron9113 You can always get an always on reverb from a few places. Your amp usually has a reverb setting, a second pedal that has a couple basic reverb settings, or even in the mixing/mastering stage to help each instrument sound like it’s in the same space.

Thanks a bunch 🙏🏻

Well shucks, thanks so much!

Well thanks! It’s not much, but glad you liked it.

It’s definitely a great pedal that I was surprised by. I want to make more videos with it for sure.

The Cloudburst has an ensemble switch that has 3 settings. The 3 settings are [off], [mp] or mezzo piano which is a medium amount of ensemble, and [forte] which is a strong or loud amount of ensemble. Although the Big Sky has the Cloud reverb algorithm, it doesn’t have ensemble though. Ensemble is sort of like a string machine, which accompanies the cloud reverb.

@@757SoundLab You could possibly point out that is also saves you money, being at half the price of a big sky :D

@@Merglet you’re not wrong, however the Big Sky has 12 reverb types while the cloudburst has 1. Not to mention 3 bank selections. The Big Sky is definitely still a powerhouse even without ensemble.

⁠@@heikodeterling9978these are really great ideas! I haven’t posted lately with limited time and all, so hopefully more to come.

Hey I’m setting up a pedalboard right now. I’m in the same boat. I really wanted the big sky but I didn’t think my set up through. I’m running a medium pedal board size and a voodoo power plus 2. So my board is too small and power supply isn’t powerful enough for the big boxes. So between the reverbs it came down to blue sky, cliudburst and holy grail. I think the blue sky will get you the best versatility. I’m going to just get one of those. Then they hold their value so well so can always sell and go bigger when ready.

Also if you’re thinking about a first pedal set up. I’m doing a poly tuner into a tone corset compressor (the JHS orange peel one is better but twice as much). Compressor into EQ, that into a morning glory, morning glory into a wampler tumnus, tumnus into either a rat or a fuzz, I’m going the fuzz route with the big muff op amp (think smashing pumpkins) - that into a memory boy delay pedal (this is also my mod, as it has chorus and vibrato), that into the blue sky, blue sky into my looper pedal.

That is a great question and a tough call. Is it your first reverb pedal or first Strymon reverb? All reverbs are certainly not created equal. With the Strymon BlueSky V2 you can choose plate, room, or spring reverb and add light or deep modulation. You get pre delay, mix, and tone control just like the cloudburst, but the BlueSky has shimmer control which the cloudburst does not. Aside from the Reverb types, Cloudburst having cloud type and BlueSky having 3 totally different types, the ensemble switch on Cloudburst is something that even the BigSky doesn’t have. It’s a game changer, and would make the purchase hard if I didn’t have any other reverb pedal. If I had the standard reverbs covered be another pedal(plate, spring, room), I would definitely go with cloudburst. Also, it kind of depends on what type of music you want to create. Sorry this got so long winded.

@@Brianbo4 I highly recommend the strymon power supplies, you’ll never have a problem powering just about anything.

@@757SoundLab yeah Im probably going to have to upgrade this board soon - get a bigger board with that power supply. I was looking at the 1 spot cs 12 or something also. So if you had no reverb, youd go with the blue sky, but if you had a basic reverb, youd go with the cloudburst? I have been using my tube amp spring reverb. but its a vox so its not great. haha Love the trem and alnico blue - but the reverb probably wouldnt be able to cover it

Sorry, this video is only for the foot people.

I appreciate the kind words! It’s a Boss Slicer, yep! I like it, there almost too many options. Thinking of getting a second one for my synth rack.

@@757SoundLab Your welcome..Yes . I've seen some demos and it looks interesting to say the least..I just ordered a Microfreak and wonder will it do similar sounds?🤔

@@patrickr6505 the Slicer and Microfreak are in different leagues. The Microfreak is a fairly traditional synth that creates sounds while Slicer will just manipulate sounds. I guess the Slicer can kind of be thought of as an LFO. The Microfreak is great but doesn’t have any onboard effects, so it greatly benefits from its outputs going into pedals.

@@757SoundLab Yea I'm an Ambient Bassist with a pedalboard of 14 pedals so I'm aware of these things lol .I'm just new to Synths..So curious about the Microfreak parameters..thanks👍

@@patrickr6505 careful in the synth world, I dove in head first! That, and modular, there’s no turning back! 14 pedals is quite a collection, what is your favorite? Oh man, thinking of the interesting baselines with the slicer 🤔