A year ago I got a Strymon NightSky and then realised a fundamental problem - input frequency.
Tonight I was using a cheap Mooer delay on my SH101 and noticed the delay effect literally stopped delaying as the input frequency of the 101 filter took it too high and out of range.
This video shows why some guitar effects don’t work so well for synths. Considering the hype surrounding Stryman, I did not expect that. Eventide wins for synths in my studio - both the H9 and Space are incredible in analogue gear.
All my Eventide gear responds right across the frequency range whereas other guitar effects seem to be tuned / filtered to guitar amp speaker response curves, rolling off at around 7khz.
Guitarists usually prefer pedals voiced with a high roll off, soaks up the ultra highs that would just turn to noise with high gain amps and drive/dirt pedals. IMO it’s not a bad thing for synths either outside of some specific contexts. That being said, it could also be an impedance issue. I only have the Deco but there is a switch to go from guitar level to line level, and associated impedance matching. Check the manual to see if night sky has one
I use plugin doctor to test my outboard when I feel like something is off, it’s quite useful to have in any music computer
I returned the Nigtsky as it was just too dark for me. The roll off was a deal breaker. Ok it’s not a studio reverb, but I was surprised at this result as not everyone who buys a reverb is using it for guitar, especially these days.
I wonder whether the BigSky is the same. Probably.
[quote=]The Tone section is used to apply filtering to the reverb. The Low Cut knob removes low‑end information from both the output and the regenerating core of the reverb, while High Cut removes high‑frequency content from the reverb. Between them, a Filter switch allows you to change how the latter filter is applied: the Regen option filters out high end from the reverb’s decay, creating a decay that gets darker over time, while Low Pass applies a high‑frequency roll‑off to the reverb’s output. You can also adjust the resonance of the Low Pass Filter, by holding the Filter button and turning the Reverb knob.[/quote]
Maybe the instructions that came with the pedal weren’t very clear, it does sound as though that’s a feature as opposed to a handicap though. Not sure, never owned it but definitely has the aforementioned impedance switch.
a lot of highly coveted studio reverbs are really dark, like the old emt verbs for example have a steep lowpass at around 8-10k, and they sound great no matter what you put through em. i hate bright reverbs.
I used the H9 for a lot of drum effects but thinking I could really do with freeing it up and get something else. The H9 and Space are so stereophonic, simple gated reverb seems a waste.
