Strymon Cloudburst

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00:00 - Hello
01:07 - Dirt
04:19 - Ensemble
06:58 - Cleans
11:46 - Comparisons
13:16 - Cloudburst
13:23 - Mercury7
13:31 - Blackhole
13:39 - Crystals
13:51 - Ursa Major (FAS)
14:01 - Conclusion

[@LeonTodd]

What's your favourite Strymon pedal?

[@chrisdavies9143]

El Cap is still number one for me but I also love the Flint and Deco. I'm struggling to resist the temptation to add the Cloudburst 😂

[@CruiJetGuit]

TIMELINE

[@BobGuido]

What a loaded question for me 💥

[@voidabstraction]

I always found others do things better, cheaper and with more interesting character 😅 But this one sounds pretty awesome!

[@LeonTodd]

@@BobGuido "favourite strymon pedal? Yes"

[@philgraves4998]

9:30 one of the most beautiful chords I've ever heard in my life!!

[@keithbriscoe99]

Instant movie soundtrack (among other benefits/sounds). I love my Cloudburst.

[@DisruptedSinner]

That pedal is EPIC!! I love its versatility and the ambient sounds are out of this universe. Thank you, Leon!!

[@jessenicholson1777]

Best demo I’ve seen of this pedal. I love when you really cranked the mix of the effect to really show off what it does. The reverb itself doesn’t impress me like other Strymon reverbs but the ensemble mode is a ton of fun.

[@twiggyb67]

The ensemble demo: "Filthy Ambience" Love it! Good name for a preset :)

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

God that Hi Gain tone is bad ass on that guitar and your AxeFx setup or whatever cool thing you're playing thru brother. Thank you for enriching my life with all these great video's and killer guitar sounds! Love it.. That pedal sounds great too! Styman is like Eventide in that it seems everything they make sounds great!

[@LeonTodd]

I appreciate you man

[@johnfritzenjr.1240]

Definitely the best demo of this I’ve heard. Thanks

[@LeonTodd]

Wow, thanks!

[@KipCount]

Thanks for demonstrating how killer this reverb is with higher gain tones. It's not just for ambient!

[@LeonTodd]

yes!

[@miniblackhole]

Thank you for playing this with serious dirt! Really wanted to hear that, and it sounds great - mine is on the way.

[@LeonTodd]

Glad I could help!

[@alanthorne3921]

Bought one recently.Still wading through all the sounds and textures I can get both acoustic and electric.Amazing pedal.

[@JTB--]

Great Demo. Cloudburst is one of the coolest pedals I've bought in a while. Works really nice with an Acoustic Guitar too.

[@ajcajc5429]

Yeay!! Leon brings the filth to a pedal everyone else avoids, seriously the best filthy tone on YT are on this channel, will go & try it now, thanks Leon.

[@Musicislife668]

First review I've heard using distortion with the cloudburst. Great demo as always.

[@LeonTodd]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ivaanfh3902]

Great pedal and great demo

[@LeonTodd]

Much appreciated!

[@Bee_Rye_730]

I know those face expressions around 9:00-9:45… aural bliss! I listen to mainly heavy music but I also dabble into vaporwave/dreamwave/slushwave… those phaserwave airy synth pad parts are so satisfying…! Love your content man! You review of the Strymon DIG helped me pull the trigger a few years ago… and now I’m about to open up my wallet again.

[@LeonTodd]

It's so cool having access to those textures without having to go full synth!

[@synthkatt]

its like a cross between vai and eric johnsons venus isle tones

[@mtguitar5150]

Only one I own is the Iridium, more than happy with the effects from the Stomp. I even use HX cabs instead of Iridium IRs now

[@jamiehamilton7568]

OMG that section around 6:10 is unreal. Looks like you surprised yourself with your own awesomeness!

[@jamesprice6381]

That clean section is UNBLVBLE

[@stuartgonsal8443]

Thanks, Leon :-) Awesome demo! Cya soon 👍

[@LeonTodd]

Thanks again mate!

[@davidmerlin3344]

Just received Cloudburst today along with a Quilter US Superblock 25 watt amp pedal. Can’t wait to try them out!

[@LeonTodd]

That's gonna be great fun!

[@mikehenry7509]

I still listen to the dirty section of this demo literally every morning with my coffee. Inspirational playing 🔥

[@Lee_B77]

I don't own any Strymon pedals, they're usually a bit out of my budget. But this sounds absolutely stunning! Might have to pick one of these up. Loving the smaller form factor too. That clean section... WOW!! 👌🏼

[@gordontubbs]

It definitely bursts my cloud.

[@joejohnson8966]

00:00 still my favourite Ragdoll song and best intro on youtube.

[@LeonTodd]

Thankyou!!!

[@colinpadley1897]

I play mainly in the bedroom, but when i originally heard this pedal, had to have one, really like the freeze mode which you need the pedal for.

[@heavybrett-al4082]

Wow! You got some cool ambience with those volume swells...I only know cheap reverb pedals, but I assume you'd be getting quality with a Strymon pedal, I've seen people swear buy there products. Sounds awesome to me.oh and when you got the Strat out..💥☀️🙃

[@LeonTodd]

Strymon make amazing stuff hey

[@coalfacechris1336]

Thanks Stu. Sounds great. Paging Italo DeAngelis, Leon? Would have loved to hear you dial something on your Lexicon for a comparison.

[@jamesprice6381]

LOVE my TC HOF2 But this thing SMOKES it BAAAAAD..............

[@glenn3914]

thnx, not many videos on reverb or delay on overdriven sounds

[@bradfordwolpert6394]

Your tone is always so KILLER! How are you doing it? Setup??

[@tristanseume]

Great work, as ever, Leon! Just picked up one of these for acoustic playing. Super-inspiring! I wonder what Strymon will bring out in this form factor next - I can see a market for a delay with that little switch selecting tape, digital and analog. And maybe another mini-Zelzah/Ola/Lex type modulation thing! Oh, and how about a mini-compressor - that'd be super-handy :)

[@LeonTodd]

Hey Tristan! Loved your GT columns when I was starting out. Small world hey. Strymon should definitely do all the pedals you mentioned in this form factor.

[@tristanseume]

@@LeonTodd ah, man! I appreciate that. Humbled to hear you were a reader back in the day :)

[@LeonTodd]

@@tristanseume it was pretty much my only connection to the outside world in my teens - we had crap dial up internet so I was lucky my local newsagency stocked it. Life changing!

[@tristanseume]

@@LeonTodd very grateful to hear that! Ironic that your work is now so heavily reliant on bandwidth! Keep up the great work - I really enjoy your videos.

[@kasakka]

Strymon is easily my favorite pedal company because they do mostly nail that combination of versatile, great sounding but easy to use. I have a Nightsky so don't feel a huge need to own a Cloudburst even if it's a bit different. I do want to see more from them in this small form factor - preferably some unique ones rather than taking parts of their other pedals.

[@LeonTodd]

Yeah it's a great form factor. Stellar tones as always from Strymon.

[@simonpedersen4853]

Stunning. Just bought one. @LeonTodd - Are you using this in front or in the loop here? Cheers

[@LeonTodd]

Congrats. Loop

[@junkfoodeater]

Sound wonderful but since i just have a regular mono setup i find i can do with very cheap reverbs, not hearing any difference since the "room" of stereo isn't there anyway

[@LightWingStudios]

First pedal in over 50 years of playing that makes me WEEP. WOW!

[@dicksputnik8007]

Me at 1:09 : This pedal sounds awesome!! Me at 1:19 : Oh the pedal wasn’t even on

[@ITheFight]

I really feel like the Neunaber Wet reverb was way ahead of its time.

[@mr501mc]

Could you do a demo of walrus audio's melee! Your playing is amazing. It's all musical. I'm not a high gain player but I do like to listen and am getting more into it. I'm 4 videos in I subscribed on the first 1 I watched today. Whether you demo the pedal or can or not, you rock bro!🎸 💥

[@00daftstar]

Oooohhh sounds from 2:20 - 9:00 are gorgeous! Leon, do you have any recommendations of what pedals I can use (in addition to the cloudburst) to get the dirt sound? Is the clean sound just your guitar + cloudburst + amp?

[@00daftstar]

In the case you see this, but don't have a chance to respond - thank you for putting this video together!!

[@LeonTodd]

That's coming from one of the Mesa Mark series amps on my Axe-Fx, so anything that's got a lot of gain and control over pre-eq to keep it tight.

[@eanroad]

Dude, are you playing the Fractal or tube amp? If Fractal, are you selling that same patch for the FM9? Sounds amazing!

[@LeonTodd]

Fractal. Using the mark IV for dirt and ods clean for clean. You can grab the blocks for Free forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/blocks-library-updated-for-2023.187414/

[@BobGuido]

As usual, same pedal as other KZbinrs, and yet I can hear far more easily what the pedal sounds like when you play and adjust the parameters. It seems that most KZbinrs don't really spend the time to get to know the piece of gear well enough to showcase the best of what it can do. You hit on the sweet spots here Leon. This is the best demo of this pedal online.

[@LeonTodd]

Let's just say I have some mates who have taught me a thing or two about what to listen for recently ;)

[@Alex.D]

9:12 It's worth thinking about how great this sounds

[@sadwingsraging3044]

-Cloudburst- _Rivendell_ The last Chorusey Chorus.

[@Allan-ts1ux]

Strymon needs to send you every one of their pedals to demo and let you keep em matey , what's lupin say about that aye ? 😺. He was dancing on cloud 9 backstage.. miss him.

[@LeonTodd]

Not gonna complain mate!

[@johnfritzenjr.1240]

Strymon rules

[@karmatilya]

Should I get this one over the BigSky?

[@LeonTodd]

Get the Cloudburst if you want the particular thing this does, get the Bigsky if you want a great all rounder reverb

[@billsstudio2528]

The Cloudburst has midi, but do not see anyone midi programming multiple settings. Can you do this?

[@omegasunn]

That melody at 3:37 is beautiful !! Is it from a song ?

[@LeonTodd]

Yes! That's from a Ragdoll song called Heaven Above

[@user-zv7lm8uk7h]

Fractal sounds the best, and I own bigsky and nightsky

[@ryanslauderdale]

OOF!! Just gotta say, that PRS dirty tone on its own sounds pretty strident. What can you say? It's a Strymon reverb pedal.

[@amoblahblah]

Honestly could be used to just experiment with creating tension and resolution.

[@jamesprice6381]

Donning mask, headed to local bank..lololololol

[@LeonTodd]

"Leon made me do it" works as a court plea right?

[@rztricky]

6:18 Valhalla

[@whooterf2829]

What is that riff? It’s sick!

[@rztricky]

@@whooterf2829 that good old boy, right there is composed by our man, the man, right on that screen. Heaven Above Now go buy all of Ragdoll’s stuff

[@user-jd5ok1xs5v]

It sounds like a scream, piddle, You're making the pedal sound like s***

[@LeonTodd]

What can I say, I'm here to please

[@boabglen]

Fak that drive tone of yours if FILTHY good

[@outzie6182]

Anyone else get the vibe that the reverb sounds a bit too white noisey?

[@peterharvin2775]

I'm normally drawn to total filth and I'm far more engaged with what a pedal does to it. Not this one. The sounds coming from the Strat clean tones are truly things of beauty.

[@zoomzoom3950]

What chorus was to the '80s this washed out ambient shimmer/modulated delay and reverb will be to the 2010s/2020s. This pedal embodies it! Delay, in general, is overused on guitar, and now even on keys. IMO 😁

[@LeonTodd]

Hahaha yep

[@zoomzoom3950]

@@LeonTodd Gilmour and Edge did delay...now many guitarists today just won't stop! 🤣

[@LeonTodd]

@@zoomzoom3950 id basically quit guitar if I couldn't have delay

[@zoomzoom3950]

@@LeonTodd no problem with delay but some overuse it too frequently for my tastes. Especially the washed out shimmer sounds, which I think were overused by 2013 or so? I still dig chorus; and envelope filters FWIW, but usually just go direct into my tube amps these days since my gig days are well behind me. I do enjoy wet tones too, with Polychrome DSP and SY-1000, but I dial back my use of the washout/shimmer delays. Cheers!

[@scottsamiya2639]

Bro, reverb is not necessarily conducive to your overly aggressive and distorted tone.

[@SpaceJockey805]

Tell that to any shoegazer and they’ll laugh in your face. And I think it sounds awesome.

[@user-jd5ok1xs5v]

It's not designed for that shit playing..

[@LeonTodd]

K

[@user-zv7lm8uk7h]

This pedal was made by an intern at strymon, its not a real strymon pedal. Thats why it sounds so grainy and weird. Not a real strymon pedal. Not designed by pete celi. Its just a sales cash grab. Your playing was great but thats because of you.

[@mikehenry7509]

Pretty sure I’ve never heard a better dirty sound

[@LeonTodd]

Cheers mate!

[@user-lb4og3nd8k]

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