My Thoughts on the New Strymon Big Sky MX After a Few Days

[@red_skeleton]

This thing is expensive but it also helped me knock three pedals off my board and essentially paid for itself. The impulse loading feature alone is insane!

[@EdPettersen]

Definitely!

[@ForrestWest]

I just got mine and it sounds great! Regular type reverbs with clarity and huge ambient harmonic washes. I haven't even tried the cab simulations and impulses yet.

[@TrevorrNourse]

Ed, you are right on, It is better and worth the price. Now I want to see them drop the timeline. I know it is coming. Thanks for all you do. Love you channel.

[@EdPettersen]

Thanks buddy!!

[@Musicislife668]

I just plugged mine in with my h90, and those two pedals in tandem sound so amazing. They had me playing all day! I never owned the old Big Sky, so I can't compare, but I will say it is the best sounding reverb pedal I have ever heard. Great video btw!

[@EdPettersen]

Thanks!

[@UberNuber]

I dig this guy. Was looking at potentially upgrading my reverb (RV-6) LITERALLY the day this pedal was released. Anytime I can buy a one-n'-done product im in. Just waiting for my MX to arrive

[@BeachJazzMusic]

I have a Big Sky and just received my MX today and I'm totally blown away. It is really expensive and I'll be paying my card off for months but I'm glad I did it.

[@mr.d.572]

It seems like a great reverb pedal. What always concerns me with these companies though is that they can get you to pay $400-$500+ for their latest pedal but then a year or so later they come out with a new, improved version.

[@EdPettersen]

Ah, yes! That is the rub. That drives me crazy!

[@John-e4p1x]

The last version of this pedal was 11 years ago.

[@John-e4p1x]

Yes the old one had a cab sim switch on the back. Back before anyone knew what a cab sim was.

[@EdPettersen]

👍

[@ForrestWest]

I just want to figure out how to run my two multi-effects pedals into the Big Sky MX using a stereo switcher of some kind so I can play with either one without having to switch cables.

[@EdPettersen]

Gotta be possible.

[@bigpiper2103]

Electro Harmonix Tri Parallel Mixer. You're welcome

[@JasonTMays]

Dude! I love the Mx so much! It's a great pedal. Loved your video.

[@EdPettersen]

Thanks man!

[@tonyz4292]

Can’t wait to shoot out the spring in the MX vs the spring in the UA golden- to me the spring in the golden was a game changer

[@roberthudson9942]

I like that big sky I am impressed that you know how all this stuff works

[@EdPettersen]

I like reading manuals. 😀

[@poesybeat]

I run two reverbs in series regularly, which makes this unit far more appealing than the original (which I never bought). Wished they’d updated the look though - the Meris stuff looks way cooler.

[@EdPettersen]

I won't argue with that!!

[@John-e4p1x]

7:50 you should make as 1 minute video demonstrating this, good tip!

[@EdPettersen]

Yes!

[@EdPettersen]

Just posted and now up.

[@tonyz4292]

I’ve heard people complain about that screen and honestly I prefer a simpler screen interface- I had the meris LVX and while ya that screen looks way better, interacting with it never really felt natural….

[@fattysworld1905]

Gimme the option to make switch 3 whatever I want.. it’s just software right?

[@EdPettersen]

True enough.

[@mrbluetone]

Please do a demo of dual reverb turning one off and then enabling the second that intrigues me and you da man.

[@EdPettersen]

I put it up a day or two after this one

[@Roger-il8iw]

This is the best reverb floor unit of all time and available currently. Full stop. It’s expensive, but definitely a pro unit.

[@EdPettersen]

Totally agree.

[@Telorchid]

All BigSky v1 algorithms did freeze/infinite, you just held down the A/B/C footswitch. Not a new feature.

[@EdPettersen]

👍

[@M0M...]

Not having a C button really really really sucks….

[@EdPettersen]

I hear that from a few people. I guess I'm in the minority that I'd rather have the dedicated infinite/freeze.

[@M0M...]

@@EdPettersen it makes me wonder if strymon can do an update where it give us the option to have a infinite or a C preset

[@EdPettersen]

@@M0M... Oh wow! That would be cool!!

[@bbbro34]

I had a Strymon Flint and gave it a run for a year, sold it. Tremolo was nice, but too much for just a tremolo pedal. The only digital reverb I've kept is EHX's Ocean's 12, which is a dual reverb. Yeah, not a Strymon fanboy either.

[@EdPettersen]

I liked the Flint, it's a good idea to save space I suppose. The V2 was better.

[@bbbro34]

I thought the plate setting sounded the best...yes, that was my initial take on it, space and simplicity too, I found their spring setting to be just laden with digital artifacts, which I found surprising for such a revered pedal and company.

[@FakeGlasses]

Strymon DIG is my favorite of their pedals, and the mobius is still the best sounding multi-modulation effect pedal, even though its individual effects don’t hold up against individual best-in-class pedals for each effect. For midi pedalboard users, the ‘stryfecta’ are very solid and tourable options.

[@EdPettersen]

@@FakeGlasses Deco was my favorite previously. That is a perfect pedal IMO. Especially V2.

[@godbyone]

It’s odd. I think they have to much of a metallic sound . ( when I tried a couple of stores. Not on my equipment)

[@XPJV]

Eventide H90 did double. Strymon copied them...

[@EdPettersen]

Eh, I don't see it as related so much.

[@XPJV]

@@EdPettersen, Yes, they are totally different stuff.. But I like their OLED screen. I wish that Strymon did that to their BigSky MX

[@EdPettersen]

@@XPJV Indeed.

[@barefootbeardedwizardry]

Source Audio Ventris has had dual for years, long before H90 - & you can freeze one, choose which is first, parallel, series, etc

[@EdPettersen]

@@barefootbeardedwizardry Totally. I love the Ventris. No IR or cab option yet though.