Strymon NightSky First Impression // Reverb w/ Extended Synthesis

[@LiamKillen]

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[@jthek2000]

The Nightsky was better than I anticipated, and I expected it to be beautiful.

[@LiamKillen]

I love it.

[@floridahiker1503]

I could listen to the nightsky and one synth making ambient textures all night.

[@LiamKillen]

Just play this on repeat lol

[@HaydnMowbray]

Nice overview Liam. One thing you that I like is the use of the sequencer and high pass filter being manually swept. I think the description 'cool sibling that does drugs and got into synths' compared to the Big Sky is very appropriate. It's release puzzled a lot of guitarists but it found it's place with experimenters and other instruments. Keep up the great videos

[@LiamKillen]

Always! :-) Thanks for watching Haydyn.

[@matrix12x]

great video. I love this reverb. Have you tried hooking up a midi controller to it and tweaking the parameters? For example, you could have a sequencer send a MIDI CCs as an LFO.

[@LiamKillen]

I haven't done this yet but I do have a PC-12 which would work great for this.

[@kathleencoveny3860]

Somewhere over the rainbow... as you walk us through this range of sonic sound scenarios ... thanks ... cheers!

[@LiamKillen]

Cheers to you!

[@MisterCross]

I thank you for this video. As soon as I got the Microcosm I kind of get lost in that and don’t give this as much love as I should.

[@LiamKillen]

Yeah I totes get that it’s also a beast

[@fractalman8064]

Good content. I'm after the same cable you're using (2 into 1 w/stretchy). Where did you find?

[@LiamKillen]

MyVolts all the way!

[@ftlaud911]

Nice demo. When I heard NightSky I was instantly impressed. It is a definitely a cool FX unit to add to a Synth for experimentation. Using it in a track musically can definitely be done, but not easily unless its an ambient PAD. I am a fan just not at the top of my list for the studio yet. Picked up my first pedal - specular tempus. Still experimenting, but initial results are positive. Thanks again for the demo.

[@LiamKillen]

I'm still fan boying over the nightsky- fkn love this thing.

[@samothrace2106]

Could you link those stereo cables, please?

[@LiamKillen]

MyVolts!! They’re the best

[@samothrace2106]

@@LiamKillen awesome, thanks 🙏

[@GarthVader666]

Looks cool in black! Is there anything that compares in the VST world?

[@LiamKillen]

So slick, right!? Ummmm I would say Valhalla supermassive actually, which is free

[@vainsacrosanct2014]

Great video! Can the sequencer be synced to an external midi clock like your daw or a hardware sequencer sending midi clock? Thanks for your review.

[@LiamKillen]

Yes it can ! I don't know the ins and outs of how to approach it according to your set up - but yes, it can.

[@Oilpanicmusic]

@@LiamKillen it syncs but there is no way to set the intervals so at say 120 bpm its gonna change way more frequently than useful.You also need to enable the sync per program.

[@GirlfightClub]

Seems a little like Bliss Generation Loss . Are they comparable?

[@LiamKillen]

I haven’t tried that one actually but it’s def possible! I think this one’s kind of comparable to the microcosm

[@deliciousaudio]

The Gen Loss is a super-tweakable lo-fi effect, it has no reverb in it, this is more like an ambient reverb with a bunch of extra effects like filters, pitch shifter, modulation and distortion. I can't think of anything comparable to the Nightsky, although maybe the pedals by Hologram Electronics get close.

[@GirlfightClub]

@@deliciousaudio thank you! So, I have a microcosm, this would be redundant then?

[@deliciousaudio]

@@GirlfightClub Not necessarily, the Microcosm is a delay/glitch pedal with granular synthesis, this is a reverb with subtractive synthesis (i.e. filters) and also additive synthesis (pitch transopsing). The concept is similar (mixing an ambient effect with a bunch of synth-like effects), but they are very different circuits.

[@deliciousaudio]

Although now that I checked, the Microcosm also has a reverb and a filter, and both pedals have modulation. However, they still both do a bunch of things the other does not.

[@internalreality]

this or the bigsky for digitone? im mostly an ambient/atmospheric kinda guy

[@LiamKillen]

Hmm good question. Personally I’d def go with this

[@deliciousaudio]

The Bigsky is just a reverb that does all sorts of reverb effects, this one is an ambient reverb with a lot of extra effects for textural soundscapes.

[@PodOfHeat]

"does drugs and got into synths" sounds familiar 😂😮

[@LiamKillen]

🤣

[@konnektlive]

How many ads in between your talks? Seriously? Even 3 mil subs channel don't have that many. Such an overconfident andy here

[@LiamKillen]

Got the name wrong

[@konnektlive]

@@LiamKillen Learn to read maybe?

[@konnektlive]

Ads in comments, adds in between talks, ads in general... It definitely shows how capable you are indeed!