Strymon Night Sky and Cobalt8 Synth Jam - Friday Fun

#fridayfunsynthjam
#cobalt8 #nightsky
We just got the ‪@strymon‬ Night Sky Time-warped Reverberator in for review and it matched the ‪@ModalElectronics‬ Cobalt8 so well for colour, we decided to pair them up.
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[@rodrigolaporte274]

So cool! That combination of blues really pays off!

[@VirtualRiot]

Genius with switching between the two different shimmer pitches!! Also love the „hmm a bit formless but anything will do right now won’t it looks bleak out there“ ;D

[@N-trepid1]

Nobody does it better... these two machines + Nick's creativity = masterpiece :)

[@snurkergerm6168]

The last time I saw him do this was a Sub37 and an H9. That got to be expensive...

[@frankschneider7190]

always the same shit

[@fjfrancois]

@@frankschneider7190 I know any dude doing slow chords passing through long reverb fx, has more success than a guy composing complicated soundtracks. 😂

[@kingtrance307]

@@frankschneider7190- Where’s your work?

[@jesuscuadrado2920]

Strymon units are from another galaxy. Any instrument sounds great with them. Amazing performance!

[@McEnroe911]

strymon really nailed it with the night sky. Every demo ive seen of it sounds amazing.

[@MobiusVideo]

Some of it is very nice. But sometimes it sounded slightly metallic. Not sure if that’s the patch, the synth or the Strymon. Or maybe just my old ears lol

[@OuijTube]

These “Friday Fun” videos are reliably brilliant

[@Philippe44]

When someone goes on abt ambient music, I just say "I hardly listen to it, but I love Nick Batt"

[@DarkSideofSynth]

All as blue as an army of smurfs ;) Lovely jam as always.

[@mooseinbeesocks2700]

Both of these machines LOOK so nice. Like The color and the soft edges look classy and modern and not overstated. They just look like things I would like to have lol. No room for them in my studio sonically or otherwise though but damn do they look nice.

[@derrickaf1]

Your reviews are always on point...years and counting! Thank you:)!

[@clydiscope]

Always a pleasure!

[@JDSoundsets]

Oh my this would take me into space with this combo great Jam Nick!

[@tonywharton5220]

Sounds outstanding James 👌

[@kimmovehkalahti8624]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@paulburkhart2619]

I apologize to the poor little babies that were forced to watch this video and leave negative comments. DUZ DA WIDDLE TWOLL NEED A NEW NAPPY, HMMMM????!!!!

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

So beautiful Nick !

[@CO5MA]

Blue is the new black :) Sounds great!

[@deanlopez1978]

That sounds lovely 👌

[@reginaldbraithewaite5833]

Currently deciding between the Cobalt 8M, Argon 8M, Hydrasynth and OB-6. I've got standard studio reverb, so the Night Sky is a given. Really interested in the LFOs, chromatic shimmer and reverb sequencing capabilities of the NS. The Cobalt 8 is gorgeous, but I have tons of true analog, so wavetable synthesis (and the Argon 8M) would fill the missing spot that analog modeling might not, however tastefully done.

[@patrizio7]

Awesome sounds. The Nightsky is a very powerful effect.

[@ObKling]

Do you think it would be a satisfactory "straightforward" reverb as well? Looking to eventually invest in one of these more expensive pedals but between this, Big Sky, Ventris, and others, I'm not really sure what separates them.

[@patrizio7]

@@ObKling It depends on what type of music you make and how many modulation options you need. The Nightsky can be good for ambient and experimental sounds. The Ventris is also very powerful but can do ‘standard’ verbs too.

[@thefool2007]

This is synth heaven. Love this combo. Nick’s demo and dialogue are awesome. I absolutely love sound exploration like this.

[@paulusher5646]

Wow! What a pairing.

[@dicefall9]

It's like these two are the perfect match. Same metallic blue with black pots 😊🌲🌲

[@RonCavagnaro]

Beautiful! I get similar results w prologue and wavestate! Sounds like a beautiful synth there too!!

[@spdycar13]

I’m struggling to be friends with my Wavestate. Maybe my Nightsky will change that.

[@RonCavagnaro]

@@spdycar13 did you check out my tutorials on it?

[@spdycar13]

@@RonCavagnaro I have not. I am checking them out now. Thank you!

[@RonCavagnaro]

@@spdycar13 hope it helps! I haven't yet learned anything else beyond what I've taught on programming it because it's endless beauty!

[@IntiAlonso]

Truth be told the Strymon can make anything sound gorgeous.

[@sonicstate]

Yeah, quite literally

[@Zinfidel1]

These type of pedals are a good reason to get into modular. Not everybody likes modular and that's a fair argument. But in eurorack land, plenty of excellent reverbs that are more affordable than Night Sky and without modulation/driver/filter/sequencer limitations. Do I sound like a cult member? Join us. We are inevitable. No more fears. No more linear triangle waves. No more wall warts. Join. Ussss.

[@Zinfidel1]

@Marc Jim Jones _hated_ wall warts.

[@Zinfidel1]

@@MB-kx5qs Modular Grid is a great place to search reverbs but a lot of people use Erica Synths Black Hole DSP2, Mutable Instruments Clouds (or one of the billion clones), Make Noise Erbe-Verb (price is comparable to Night Sky), and tons more. For me, fx were usually an afterthought and not something I rely on heavily. At least, until I bought Earthquaker's Afterneath reverberator module earlier this year. It's just so much fun to experiment with and it sounds excellent. I also own an Erica Pico DSP and though it's tiny, having just 1 CV input can really bring some creative movement to the effect. Having control over parameters is a blast so Night Sky would be totally fun. But if you're looking for that particular type of control, I would definitely suggest a modular fx case.

[@nickdestruct]

Always enjoyable 😉

[@NutritionalZero]

My Friday lunch is always better when Nick's on.

[@860anthony]

These are the voyages.........

[@ilnichilistablog]

the Night Sky is just WOW

[@comfysynth]

I do love a good reverb. My favourite way to peace out is to put my model D through the ventris and cruise over the sonic horizon. Gotta love the front panel on that strymon though. Great for tweaking.

[@sonicstate]

Ventris is up there too

[@Jason75913]

A bit much for tweaking for a guitar-pedal-format reverb. I wonder if guitarists really dig this one as much as they like the Big Sky? Probably more synth users are picking this up, I bet.

[@Keysounds0]

this ended way too early but thank you

[@dionisiogdrb]

Inspiring!

[@ritec]

Perfect pedal for a lockdown.

[@ritec]

God that sounds freaking gorgeous.

[@valdiskrebs566]

Amazing! These two are a match made in heaven... definitely lost in the music.

[@GrootsieTheDog]

I'm just going to consider it cheating when a Strymon is used - my dog's farts sound spectacularly dreamy when going through a Nightsky.

[@Jason75913]

Understatement 🤣

[@georgenelson9038]

Man these are always awesome, calms me down immediately. This is up there with the matrixbrute Friday jam as one of my favs. Does Nick have any recordings or anything?

[@hovermotion]

There is so much great kit out there Its mind boggeling for a newbe like me....

[@IpfxTwin]

Lovely sounds as always Nick!

[@jamestom2510]

i can keep this running in the background all day

[@johnhart1479]

I LOVE the sound of the. Cobalt 8! Now I need to buy a Nightsky to go with it.

[@breslin44]

We’re waiting on the album Nick

[@PaulBoos]

Beautiful sounds through that reverb... I think my wish for these pedal manufacturers would be to have CV and or Trigger inputs (and for when they do LFOs or sequences outputs), perhaps also accepting clocks for synchronizing timings. That's one thing I love about the Dreadbox Komorebi.

[@S.r.wilson]

Very well done, thank you!

[@kardle]

Exactly what I wanted to see - the pairing of these two blue mystery boxes. Thx

[@neuromancer9k]

Waiting on that Argon 8 I finally bought to show up and then I see this......this isn't helping! LOL Would love to see something similar to the Night Sky unit built into the Argon and Cobalts effects line-up. I know, I'm asking quite a bit, but I can't help myself. :D

[@chrisycee]

that was gorgeous

[@Griuofficial]

Great sounding combo

[@SallySparks]

Gorgeous

[@XPJV]

I have it. Worth every penny! Simply best reverb effects!

[@Soundsauca]

Beautiful. I don’t have an external reverb but the Strymon is right up there.

[@PaulGBass]

I wonder how close I can get with an Argon 8 and a Devin Townsend Ocean Machine... Great little jam Nick, Lost in Music, No Turning Back, Indeed. I suppose I'll have to get one of these Cobalt jobbies now, especially as I'm Bristol based. As I've got the Argon8 37 I'm torn between the module and the big one (8x)...

[@AlekseiDroganov]

. Love to see your Friday fun project. You are my favorite Nick! Hello from Tallinn. 👌💕🙋‍♂️

[@chris.dillon]

8:35 pitch warble was a great moment

[@jazzjeffjazzjeff]

I think you could put a chain saw through the Night Sky, and it would sound beautiful!

[@geofflyon2004]

@ErsatzMoose it has multiple timbers

[@smalltown4855]

The cobalt 8 is the most interesting synth, at that price, that I've heard for a while. It is inspiring. That's the most important thing an instrument can do to you. I'm not that knowledgable about synthesis but you don't need to be with presets and form factor like this. I understand it and so I bought it, the 61 key version, today. It's a bargain I reckon.

[@MichaelRohaly]

One of the things about the Big Sky which really irks me is that if you send an input to it that's too hot the DSP goes nuts and it starts changing parameters at random. It would be good to know if the Night Sky includes some reasonable clipping circuitry.

[@kaidoluht1957]

wow now i´m really going looking into big sky. I love the sound of that hidden feature, random multi modulation. Just fascinating!

[@RayyMusik]

Feed it with less hot input. I‘ve never had this issue.

[@MichaelRohaly]

@@RayyMusik Well yes. But also no, I'd much rather not worry about it at all for that price.

[@Jason75913]

Are you plugging your Big Sky into an isolated power supply? That might be what you are missing. EMI/RFI is very bad for digital gear.

[@MichaelRohaly]

@@Jason75913 I am, and nothing else I've ever plugged into does what the Big Sky does when it goes kooky. I tend to lean on an OTO Bam instead because it can take hotter signals.

[@DaraM73]

Nick, very Popol Vuh. Great stuff.

[@darwinfoye]

Nice video... Do you typically turn off the FX within the Cobalt when feeding into this device, or just let it rip?

[@sonicstate]

I turned them all off for this

[@JayKaufman]

Nick, PLEASE PLEASE DO an extended live set of your ambient noodling type things.

[@Jason75913]

He is long overdue on that 😉

[@mrpelledj]

Love ikea stand!!!

[@theaudioeng]

I quite fancy buying one of these Night Sky's Nick, to cover the old the synth rack ..... hmmm? Any Black Friday deals going on that baby?

[@Lorneplumber]

never any discount with strymon

[@kennethgarcia25]

Strymon makes everything sound better! Kudos for doing this, but now the secret sauce is out! Break out the Eventide 9000!

[@cybernaumemusic]

That's a dream combo!

[@holotape]

Love that opening YEEEEAAAAHHHH!

[@teacher5376]

Strymon 's do have more than 12 pieces of effect processor's, colorful, spent on, in rainbow 🌈

[@quintenoorschot3500]

Would the Strymon be a good addition to a MPC one with other hardware synths?

[@jedisid]

Strymon never disappoint.

[@dslavin]

Any chance of a "Fridays Vol. 2" with Nick on the Cobalt 8 (Bandcamp)? Love what you do on this instrument, need to hear more!

[@TheSleepLes]

Nice pads!😛

[@mirkobuti81]

Beautiful sound, you reminded me of a track from a movie (Code 8) Ryan Taubert - Origins

[@robertsyrett1992]

Blue is the color of this jam.

[@tonywharton5220]

I love that Cobalt 8. Can I have one for Christmas please? My Mrs says I have to wait. Sad days

[@TheParanoidAndroid79]

Tell her a random on the internet says you can have one now. You're welcome.

[@tonywharton5220]

@@TheParanoidAndroid79 That might work 😀

[@surfesports1142]

Did you get one yet?

[@tonywharton5220]

@@surfesports1142 No, unfortunately.

[@soundsafoolmusic]

Nice one mate - just purchased based on your review and this. Very bladerunnerish

[@apislapis]

Tasty Nick. How much of that loveliness is Cobalt8 and how much Stymon? Could I have done that on my MiniNova with the night Sky (for colour co-ordinators everywhere a similar blue)?

[@sonicstate]

Well I played the sound dry and it was very basic. A LOT is the pedal

[@apislapis]

@@sonicstate Thank you for your answer, that's interesting to know as it is influencing my thoughts which to get first or whether I can use a different poly I already own in the meantime to create similar amazing ambient sounds. Someone keeps telling me how many pianos do I need.

[@annother3350]

@@apislapis The cobalt has got some great unique features but I think most of the 'work' in this video is the Stymon

[@guybickle5311]

Another awesome Friday Fun, when's the album coming out?

[@philbrown8181]

Oh, Strymon reverbs are on the upper end of epic. And great sentiment, just get lost in the music. Cheers Nick!

[@EnochDark]

The real question for me is, is this overkill? With the Cobalt containing onboard effects and seemingly reverb already on most of presets? Or does this save me from getting something like the Ocean Machine?

[@abominablemusic]

would love to see this Reverb in eurorack format, but then i may be less versatile... Beautiful sounds...

[@Jason75913]

it doesn't belong in pedal format to begin with

[@abominablemusic]

p.s eating a garibaldi biscuit, drinking coffee...

[@bobcatt2294]

Would saved effects synced with any presets/custom patches be better? Oh my mistake, this is all anolgue.

[@cfsalvo]

This needs to go on Fridays Vol 2. Is there gonna be a Vol 2.

[@liavery1775]

What is the blue stand that the nightsky is on?

[@Jason75913]

Looks like a plain tablet stand

Nick! Have that same shirt! Sound rad BTW... but great shirt!

[@jjrusy7438]

great jam. the cobalt has some of the coolest sound manipulation features ever BUT it just sounds thin and fizzy, even with effects it seems.

[@sonicstate]

Thin I wouldn't agree, fizzy, sometimes, depending on the algorithm, but that's what the filter is for 😃

[@YesItsReallyKeith]

hi Nick, what is that blue shelf/rack the strymon is sitting on.... thanks !

[@sonicstate]

Just an IKEA book/ laptop stand

[@YesItsReallyKeith]

@@sonicstate thanks !!

[@ztkspace5885]

nice one nick.

[@BarbieChaite]

even a Bontempi budget synth will sound great with an expensive reverb...

[@sonicstate]

Yep, but that's kind of the point of this reverb. It's more like a sound design tool than just a verb

[@brunoblundo587]

Part 2 ?

[@user-tl6en9vq5x]

What kind of stand is that ?

[@Jason75913]

Looks like a tablet stand

[@pastoelio]

first thing i thought start this video hes using these coz itts the same color

[@niktonpanaflex7831]

If you made an album of the friday jams I would buy it. Just sayin'...

[@sonicstate]

Soniclab.bandcamp.com 😉

[@mjhobo5520]

@@sonicstate might be worthwhile putting that link in the about section up top😉

[@TheBrothers759]

Lemme guess that table costs 3.5 grand

[@Jason75913]

inb4 he got it at a thrift shop

[@claudevieaul1465]

A good synth can do this on its own - my 20+ y.o. Kurzweil certainly can.

[@EnochDark]

*OMG! I was totally thinking about pairing these 2 simply based on color and here it is. *great minds think alike?

[@Bagatellamusic]

Too much cheese!

[@Jason75913]

No such thing as too much cheese. Are you lactose intolerant or something?

[@Bagatellamusic]

@@Jason75913 this cheese is two years old.

[@Jason75913]

@@Bagatellamusic I like my Parmesan aged.

[@laurentluigi2461]

I'm the number 888 liker !!! Nick !!!!!!!!!! You're the Man !!!!!!!!!!

[@frankschneider7190]

BOOOOOOoORING

[@antonystannard3333]

Why is it that the first comment on a thread is nearly always an idiot?

[@2112jonr]

Frankly, I'm sure you are. Nothing to boast about.

[@stevehagen8694]

great machine but poor demonstration

[@Jason75913]

only 4 u