Shimmer reverb... beautiful and overused?

[@gordoncooke4527]

If you're tired of that pedal I'll send you my mailing address.

[@bowgart5567]

When you get tired send it to me

[@OfficialTygo]

@@bowgart5567 Next in line after you Bowgart!

[@potatosheep9386]

@@rougeandrei9095 dude i'm here if you are tired of this pedal, i'll give you my adress

[@robloxiangamerprogamer92782he]

i know y'all will get tired of it. so just send it to me

[@MrEmhicks]

I'm 6

[@kickbiker7920]

i can just imagine a keyboard player in a band, hearing this thinking ... you know what ? ... I'm going home ... I'm out of a job ..

[@swapnanilnag3713]

That's right bro!!!

[@997ET]

no way. I can add lots of elements to that. keyboard player here. i get the joke tho ^^

[@kickbiker7920]

@@997ET Nice one. If you're a muso, you'll generally have a sense if humour.

[@ossiehalvorson7702]

@MyOwnDesign Wait, people are still finding people to start bands with? I thought everybody just made beats on GarageBand now?

[@happypapi1903]

Could patch in parallel with a keyboard and use with a Hammond organ - Coldplay made great use of these effects on most of X&Y. Especially the outro to White Shadows. Imagine how good this would sound with Mellotron patches.

[@dalaicavalcanti8106]

David gilmour wants your location

[@joshmuz9018]

Why does he want so many KZbin guitarist location, it appears in every comment section where someone Is using delay, why doesn’t he develop one detective skills and track them himself by now

[@MarioTorre]

Josh Muz or he should just learn how to use a delay ;) but perhaps he’s after the guitars now !

[@nahuel556]

It reminds me to The Division Bell, do you agree?

[@dshaprin]

@@nahuel556 More like The Endless River

[@DavidNwokoye]

0:14-0:39 Sounds like Kirk discovering the Wah pedal 1980 colourised. 😂😂😂😂

[@ElijahAlbuquerque-MusicStudio]

Hi David. Here you are again. 😂🤣

[@credencentm925]

I see this guy everywhere

[@A180-e9n]

@@faberbootlegs 😂😂😂😂

[@gageamonette5120]

Why are you in every comment section

[@marines.7022]

I’m sure they had colourised cameras in the 80s

[@RhettShull]

You're totally right dude, Shimmer is a love hate thing for me as well. I like to add quite a bit of pitch modulation and roll off the high end to get a sort of tape warble effect when using Shimmer. Its a way to add some character and a little more width to the effect, but this is definitely a "less is more" situation.

[@MarvelTile]

Thank you Paul. God I need this sweet beverage time watching your videos theses days. It make me believe that no matter how bad I feel, as long as I have things to learn and improve upon and maybe be able to express myself musically at the end makes the trip worth it.

[@guilhermearoeira8900]

Now you can play 99,9% of worship-gospel songs.

[@jeanboy9108]

beautiful right ?

[@morganghetti]

Are you allowed to play worship without a strymon ?

[@guilhermearoeira8900]

@@jeanboy9108 , four notes, with a G and a Am, and you got all Hillsong songs. And yes, beautiful.

[@guilhermearoeira8900]

@Alan Moreira BR BR huehue

[@thewisebread3653]

My mom always tells me to learn some Christian songs so I just pull up the chord charts and tremolo pick the octaves with delay and reverb. The thing is most of the Bethel and Hillsong stuff isn't that fun to play on guitar. It's just the same chords and effects copy and pasted onto every song with different meanings. Basically, worship music has become pop music over the years and I just got sick of it.

[@sourceaudioeffects]

Whaaaaaa!?! Paul, that sounds AMAZING!! We agree with you totally - a good effect should enhance the song, not write the song... well... maybe sometimes a good sound can write a song - ha ha. Thanks for plugging into the Ventris - love your guitar playing.

[@michaelvarney.]

I like that Paul still tries the "neck shake" vibrato during a swell/shimmer... like it is noticeable! ;)

[@TheMasonator777]

That technique is getting cringey to me. Does it do something? Yes. Can you do vibrato in ways that are more effective and less hipster? I think so.

[@kas4751]

This episode makes you so relatable and human, not just another face on KZbin. How you react and respond to a particular something. Great video!

[@corporalclegg5057]

I love it, it reminds me of songs off of pink Floyd's division bell album

[@FFVison]

I was thinking of Floyd as well. Nice name/pic, BTW.

[@xzysyndrome]

Division Bell was what came to mind instantly

[@sjsphotog]

Check out Endless River

[@jimmorrison9287]

@@FFVison for me it was shine on you crazy diamond

[@FFVison]

@@jimmorrison9287 Yeah, I can see that.

[@RJRonquillo]

Saw the thumbnail, I thought this was gonna be a Natalie Imbruglia tutorial.

[@fattboyzz1355]

Were you torn by the disappointment ?

[@Spaghettaboutit]

Yes I too! I am very disappoint!

[@francescododan9859]

You just bring Us sooo Many intetesting videos and contents, thank you Paul! I just love your channel keep It up :)

[@JeremySlack]

I love the sound. Feel free to give me the Haar guitar and the Ventris pedal and I'll play that continuously so you don't have to ever play it again.

[@jerrymartinez2160]

Beggar

[@jamesgfx5635]

Bruv wtf these fools calling you a beggar. The internet never fails to amaze me.

[@bartvschuylenburg]

I fully agree. I have the big Sky, and in the beginning i used the shimmer-setting a lot. But after a while it felt so cheap...

[@maheshm8516]

Oh Yeah Pizza is always good ;)

[@jiteshmeghwal2645]

Cool

[@samuelxavier2473]

Shimmer is to now as chorus was to the 1980s. A great effect but ridiculously over used. Do I have this effect? Nope. Am I going to get it? Hell, yes! :)

[@happypapi1903]

I still think The Edge was a master that effect. The live version of Running To Stand Still is a great example of this, but was largely pioneered on the title track from The Unforgettable Fire. And ofc Coldplay took that torch and ran with it for most of the 2000s.

[@giovannicosentino1453]

what a deep, relaxing and beautiful sound! just makes me flying with my mind!!!! ❤️ I love reverb!

[@jonprudhomme7694]

Been playing this pedal for a week. So many good sounds. Great options to build background loops. Thanks for pointing me to this pedal!

[@sanehumanbeing7019]

Great lesson in the history of this effect. I remember those earlier recordings by Brian Eno and U2. The piece on the Dune soundtrack was lovely. Yes, what used to take a rack of high end studio gear can now be done by a little pedal.

[@neil1h]

Garage electric acoustic player here: Paul nailed it; I was literally obsessed with shimmer pedals years ago. I was even close to buy $450 worth Strymon Big Sky or sth similar for my $600 acoustic. I’m glad that I couldn’t. I managed to get a shimmer preset with my cheap Zoom G3 and then after a week of heavy usage, I realised there were no practical usage apart from the intros or short looper sessions for me. If that’s what you’re looking for, these pedals are great. But in a band situation, they're kinda limited and after a while they get boring (imho). Plus you can always combine reverb and modulated delay pedal(s) to get something similar or close.

[@mikeroadblock]

It’s nice to hear about how you feel as artist. Thank you.

[@BrockBarr]

Brian Eno developed this work producer Daniel Lanois. I think it was more his thing than Brian's. Daniel Lanois also worked with Eno on many U2 records too. Thanks for mentioning it though, because I think many players don't know the roots of the sound.

[@pterafirma]

Definitely a Lanois thing on The Unforgettable Fire. Eno brought Lanois to the project, but Lanois was totally the "atmospheric ear" of that album.

[@SRMoore1178]

I'm thinking "I have to get that peddle". I love ambient stuff. Just checked prices on the Ventris... nope. Don't need it that badly.

[@flesruoYkcuFoGuoY]

You may wanna try TC Electronics Hall of Fame 2. The mash feature allows you to control it as well. Also, Seraphim by Neunaber if you want a dedicated shimmer.

[@irradix213]

Seconding TC for toneprint shimmer, loaded to mini Flashback even

[@andreeadobre3190]

I'm a filmmaker learning guitar as a hobby. Have to say the color scheme in your videos is always lovely. 👌

[@johanneschristopherstahle3395]

Yeah Paul has great filming and editing skills.

[@kylekennedy3299]

@4:07 Hi, Brian Eno! Didn’t expect to see you in a Paul Davids vid but am happy I did

[@_RLP]

Been thinking about that verb pedal for awhile... This just gave me a lot of food for thought. Great video, Paul. As always, this was a treat. Thanks for sharing, man. Cheers

[@tlawhon]

Heard that sound before, obviously, but now, for the first time, I want it! Thanks!

[@ianmiller4195]

Reverbs are my favorite effects, they are so beautiful and ambient!

[@LydianMelody]

I think one thing effective ambient players like yourself learn is the more your tone does over time, the less *you* have to do. If you have stacking delays and reverbs feeding in to each other, the sound can be enthralling, but you have to adjust and space out what you play or you’ll be stepping on your own toes. Same reason pianists can’t just keep their foot on the sustain pedal all the time. On a side note, this often gives people like myself who grew up shredding the false impression that these guitarists simply can’t play challenging music. It’s interesting how timbre and technique intertwine

[@danielalonso9460]

That guitar sounds awesome incredible beautifully with no effects ❤❤❤❤❤

[@micha1119]

I think I just fell in love with that Lofi Sound.

[@dlan1130]

The best "shimmer" i've ever heard is the halo setting on the DigiTech Polara. When any audio signal is pitch shifted it gets this sort of tinny, metallic sound (easy to hear in a whammy pedal). Rather than octaving up the signal, the Polara avoids this by instead boosting the high frequencies, cutting some of the lows, feeding it back in, and repeating. This ends up making the natural harmonic frequencies of the guitar reverberate more so you get a purer, less artificial sound.

[@chrisangela]

Delay...Reverb...Shimmer....I am a hopeless addict of all 3. I blame the 80's and, of course, The Edge for all that sound texture! I've found loads of it in my 2 Eventide H9's, a Boss DD-500, as well as my newest addition, the Strymon TimeLine. My Fractal Audio AX8 also is loaded with shimmer galore...I imagine the new(not yet released) FM3 that I have on order will have much as well. But like you, indeed I love it and I'm never going to stop...in moderation of course:-)

[@Gnurklesquimp2]

If you want more ambient techniques like this, I recommend trying stuff like tonal delay or other modulation before a big old reverb, you can also try stuff like multi-band compression after the verb, in which case the reverb may not have to be that long by itself. I LOVE EQ into Raum reverb into OTT on a good softly played epiano (EPMK1 is great, free and can do microtonal), those overtones are just so awesome. Another favorite is to add a ton of different delays echoing at different rates, each with their own modulation, then smooth that out with reverb so it becomes more of a subtle texture thing. I also like like bandpassing etc. them and linking them up so they're all moving together but offset, some additively, some multiplicatively.

[@shauncarter924]

So true, Paul. I’m the same way when it comes to guitarists playing clean octaves over and over and over and over and over in the bridge position.

[@robertthurman3743]

In an instant, my mind heard Godley and Creme's Cry. I haven't heard that song in 20 years or so...? Popped in my head and had to look it up so I named correctly. Cool stuff.

[@Eleni_Be]

Ha! So thankful for you having me reminded of that classic.

[@kickbiker7920]

Another great clip ... listened to it driving up the A1 from London earlier .. as part of the Paul David playlist.

[@garywaddell6309]

You’re perspective on these kinds of topics is always so informative and inspiring; The reason I continue to follow you. Can’t wait for your intermediate course when you finally release it.

[@andreascrust8606]

Paul: There's this one sound and the first time I heard it I thought I was in heaven, surrounded by angels singing the most beautiful things I've ever heard. Me: Yes. I've heard you play, Paul.

[@Hardcaslte]

Me: Yes. I've heard your voice Paul.

[@KiraDaBeastNY]

Literally was about to go sicko mode at you even suggesting pizza isn't always good. Glad you corrected yourself.

[@devgoswami2302]

3:20 - 3:26 LOVE❤️ Listening to those 6 secs , feels like heaven ❤️ Please create a video of that kind of music

[@tonybrooks476]

I have started using the modulated reverb as a pad from Fenders Marine Layer Reverb. It is fabulous.

[@MRxr400]

I love the tone when really low in the mix. I don't use reverb in a live band situation, though I have to look into a bit for our mellow songs to add depth. mainly only starting to look into it as I've moved away from a mesa single rec with terrible effects loop to a headrush pedal board, di to desk. wow, what an inspirational step I've made and no regrets.

[@akoaykilalamo]

I love the sound of a fart but i hate how it smells

[@AxCYeR]

you can't tell me you don't kinda like the smell of your own ones... no matter how nasty

[@akoaykilalamo]

AxCYeR 😏😏😏

[@LukeParsonsMusic]

Smell of your own farts is pretty damn good, even the nasty ones.

[@akoaykilalamo]

@@LukeParsonsMusic fart issues are getting pretttttyy famous. Fartology? Flatulentology? Time to develop a science for it

[@FR-ho6pn]

It’s a shame they stink for sure.

[@KellyPettit]

I love your channel. Educational and entertaining at the same time. How many can do that? BTW, how the heck did you learn English so well? I’m a Canadian living in Japan and they are lost lost lost. 😜

[@drewbarries]

I bought the Ventris before I bought a Big Sky, later when the Ventris gave me some trouble I pulled the trigger on a Big Sky. As it turned out the Ventris trouble was just an intermittent or to be fair, a happened once phenomenon known to occur with all DSP oscillators occasionally. Long story long, I’ve got both the Ventris and the Big Sky now and it’s the Ventris that’s remained on my board. For one thing the spring is just better period, secondly I find it much quicker to adjust even things that the Big Sky does very well.

[@mikeloverre2361]

Hi Paul! I keep watching your videos and I keep thinking about how much great you are. Your videos are always clever explained, keep rocking dude.

[@Old-Skull.]

I love the composition with the pedal , a 45rpm single and a cactus . There's any implied message? What you're trying to tell us ? Maybe a desperate call for help ? Jajaja. Love your job man , most of it really useful and other ones just cleverly fun ,which is great . In this case i think everything in life used with measure and sense ,is good ,and obviously knowing how to use the technology properly it's a way of developing your skills and creativity .

[@plackization]

I feel like this is Ed O'Brien (Radiohead). I can suggest everyone his episode at the Pedal Show. Great Video as always Paul:)

[@mikebrookfield]

Hey Paul... cool vid... just a thought... incorporating some just intonation & microtonal tunings really spices up ambient textures... immediately more changing for the composer & listener...Keep it burnin' 🔥🎸

[@Patrick-857]

I feel ya. I have 3 Strymon pedals, but mostly I have ended up using the Bloom or Cloud settings on the Bigsky, set low enough that I can get a Devin Townsend style metal tone with it, so not very high at all. I use the dual delay setting and nothing else on the Timeline, and am starting to see the Timeline as redundant since the Dig is actually better at dual delay sounds imo. Again the delay is usually set low in the mix, so you don't really hear the repeats. These settings end up always being the same, and are always on regardless of whether it's clean or dirty. I guess I just got lazy. My tone is sick, I run dual Fender all tube combos in stereo, and I used to do the ambient thing, but I have realised I don't really like playing clean all that much, and I am going through a atmospheric death metal phase now. All the effects started getting in the way of actually playing, so now they are used to make my playing sound great instead of my playing trying to make the effects sound great. Also reverb is something that should be an "always on" effect. Turning it on and off and changing patches during a performance kills the continuity. It's like suddenly noticing a major mistake in a movie, breaking your suspension of disbelief. Reverb should be a part of your sound, enhancing it, but largely unnoticed, not used as a gimmick or part of the actual composition. It's main purpose for electric guitar is to make it seem more "real" because it puts it into a simulated space.

[@PhilMoseleyMusic]

I totally get what you mean Paul, and agree. It's a beautiful sound but when it's overly wet it gets old fast. A subtle hint of it sounds much more palatable! Great video Paul, cheers man!

[@STECKKAPPES09]

I know exactly what you mean ! and your are right! I made myself a Blender - to combine to FX or to blend one FX in the Org sound ( oh I have to say I never use Reerbs! - I hate them!) i only use Delays - maybe two - maybe asplitter and then I use more - ore more Blenders ..... etc. Using Presets or Multi FX can be usful .. but most of thze time - they are not right in time or space - to loud -to wide - to ...everything - and to hard to manupulate to get it right. Sometimes in the right place withe the right Roadie anthe right setting an the right prest of my H9 - - - I found freedom - like I found with a analog Delay and my old Vox 15 cc1 - oh no two delays and count for a quater and a dotted 8 . Or what comes by. thx you always an instiration for a nother ...level ... idea ...hug ...typical dutchman ! ♥️ 💋👺

[@atrivm3949]

Hey Paul, great videos, great guy :) I don't exactly know what it is about you, but you are always emitting such a calmness and peacefulness. Your videos make me feel good, listening to your voice paired with such skill is such a stress relieving blessing :) Hope that wasn't too weird. Keep it up

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Effects are wonderful, and they're great for inspiration. But use them sparingly, and let go of them as soon as they're in the way.

[@DerekPaulGuitar]

Love that pedal! if you use it minimally it adds something to the playing

[@TheZooropaBaby]

its so weird that shimmer was hot new thing but when I found that particular sound in U2 songs in 2010 nobody was talking about it, it was just appreciated amongst Eno worshippers and Edge worshippers.

[@sski]

First time I heard this effect used in a live setting was when David Gilmour opened his show at the Royal Festival Hall, London in June 2001, as part of the Robert Wyatt-curated Meltdown festival doing an acoustic version of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqLNoYKCn5yKibs ). Since then I've accumulated several pedals that do the effect in various ways. My favorites are the EHX Epitome and Canyon pedals. Used in conjunction with expression and volume pedals, I trip out for hours.

[@TheFeelButton]

The never ending search for tone! 🙏🤗

[@robin4970]

I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel... Am I the only one who instantly thought of this song when I saw the thumbnail? xD

[@blooeagle5118]

I'm a firm believer that every sound has its place, and I'm a guy who loves his fuzz pedals so I think I know what i'm talking about... Lol

[@parsanouran9378]

Oh man that sounds so nice😭😍

[@Malek_202]

It's not always about the creative process but for people like me who would just be able to hear this sound through out the night and above that I can control it, i guess one would enjoy this more who loves music/sounds even more than playing it!

[@zacarnold6910]

7:07-7:16 AMAZING!! it’s so warming and nice!!!

[@utkarsh_Shrivastava]

Beautiful playing as always

[@swapnanilnag3713]

I love this sound so much , it masmarizes the heart 💓💓💓 ... And opens a new world for guitar ...🎸🎸🎸

[@electricsuitbatman]

I felt the same way when I used the danelectro "cool cat" and then my BOSS GT6. So many "song" ideas polluting my creativity. Lol yet I loved it...in private.

[@nopants4259]

I always prefer to play straight into the desk through a decent clean preamp. ADD all your effects afterwards. You have so many options with either plug-ins or pedals or a variety of amps.

[@vaanburlace1594]

Now I know how to play Shine on You crazy Diamond

[@sapphicquartz]

Oki so the 0:00 tone how did you get it? I know its a cleany tone but it sounds so wonderful, what pickup? Strings? Amp? Etc?

[@dietmarsimon]

Ha ! I can share that experience ( some levels below, of course ) with the Keeley Caverns. Amazing acoustic landscapes to wander through ....but finally I'm a lazy lad and took a looooong rest in the nearby Overdrive Wood.

[@78awhite]

I see this as a love letter to the Source Audio Ventris:) I have had all of the "super" reverbs and it sounds the best to me. It's awesome, and I agree, any effect can be overused:)

[@lesshrubb203]

Oh wow, I just love the sound. Imagine what the Beatles might have done if this was around in the 60’s... What might Sgt Pepper have sounded like? A Day in the Life would have been even more haunting. Lucy in the Sky W.D. would have been even more psychedelic. Within you Without you would still have been really weird... Very definitely Gilmore-esque, though, and who wouldn’t want to sound like him?

[@NathanArhur]

This was more of a commercial for the Ventris than a rant at shimmer.. but man you sold me.

[@averagejoe8213]

Another feather in your cap my friend. Gratz

[@jaregg]

I knew it was gonna be shimmer after the first 10 seconds of the video, lol. I still love shimmer in moderation. I have the Neunaber Seraphim, and usually I have it on the wet setting instead of shimmer. I might use the shimmer setting for part of a song 1 or 2 times out of 100. It’s great to have when it’s called for though!

[@WarDimensionOfficial]

I use this kind of effect on one of my song intro... But instead of using it on guitar, I use it on my vocal instead...

[@chr1llee]

I love your channel!

[@PaulDavids]

Thanks Christoffer!

[@chr1llee]

@@PaulDavids If you dont mind.. Check out my Instagram if you want too! :) I'm using Kemper too! :)

[@dooleyfan]

Same thing for me was chorus. Started with The Police and ended with Nirvana with many bands in between (e.g., Midnight Oil). Used to be my favourite sound, now it just sounds dated. For some reason I don’t feel the same way about Univibe...a little more subtle, maybe.

[@azcharlie2009]

I don't play my electric guitar much... A Japanese Fender Stratocaster from the 1970's. Mostly I play acoustic. But now I want one of those Ventis pedals.... How does it sound with an acoustic with a pickup? Rick Tucson

[@nath1606]

You could probably add the shimmer effect to some stuff, I think (not too sure about this) Ed O'Brien did that for his guitar part in Radiohead's Videotape.

[@MrYatesj1]

Never forget David Bowie when speaking of Eno. :-)

[@BassRacerx]

look into old blood noise endeavors effects pedals. they twist features of pedals together in unique ways. They sound so familiar yet strange at the same time. Ive been in a rut before and it makes you question everything. you get this sense that everything there was for you to accomplish you already did. like you peaked or something and it makes you hate everything your playing. good Luck paul!

[@Noone-of-your-Business]

Awesome! I never noticed this sound, but now that you mention it, Brian Eno and/or Toto used it on the Dune soundtrack! Just went to WOK to download _Glimmerverb_ for free. How did I miss this all this time??

[@rodrigosegura9497]

Im From Argentina and i watch all your videos and i think that you are amazing continue with your greats videos :,) I can't write very well in English :( so sorry

[@ibaneez1]

Your english is more than good enough. :)

[@brentgilbert4208]

Your English was fine!!!

[@imanoljesusdelpozo4907]

Tu inglés fue perfecto, no te preocupes :)

[@rodrigosegura9497]

Thanks everybody

[@stephenlennartz3466]

Your English is fine. ; )

[@danielburke9881]

My album-The best of shimmer. I will get this pedal when i can. Dig Eno too. Thanks again

[@jatinshetty]

Now he is just showing off... man that sounds divine

[@RT-xj3tr]

Paul you are so good at playing. I think the peddle subtracts from it somehow. Just an opinion take it or leave it. Thanks for the good work

[@telecasterman18]

The first time that sound clicked for me was when I noticed it was a big part of the sound from Pink Floyd’s Division Bell.

[@Conesworth]

Had the same thing when I bought my Fender Mustang amp, fell in love with the shimmer effect but it's just too much sound if you're playing anything fast.

[@joejames007]

Ran to buy it after this video. Great plug!!

[@lowresrom]

love your vids paul!!!

[@JeeWeeDonkers]

In the beginning I expected you to talk about chorus, but this is virtually the same. ;-)

[@solomondaniel6670]

This is so damn beautiful boii !!! 🔥💯

[@12guitargary]

Just bought a Trinity Pedal by TC Elec. in 2023, I'm just getting started...great ambience for Church Service!

[@arkman117]

I knew what it was before I clicked the video!! I had the same reaction to it when i first heard it.

[@samlee2562]

Paul I think you need to get into synthesizers...! ✊ 😙 👍

[@Brooksberg]

I feel the same way so I use it super sparingly. Moderation in all things right? Too much salt spoils the soup. BTW: Love the sound of the Ventris and your playing is tasteful as always Paul. Cheers 🎸

[@DarknessB4TheDawn]

Hey Paul Davids I find its good but like you said it be careful not over use as means to certain place It works well in coloring intro and outros, If you ever get to tired of it, could you loan it to me for a while. I like your sense of humor in your video you cheerred me up today. hope all is well with you. you just reminded me all my sound trap video productions are way tooo reverby so by to the reverb and what would recomomend to doubling vocals and guitar together at the sametime. What are Sound trap premiums like are they worth what you get in production quality Quality not Quantity principle???