Strymon NightSky - Time Warped reverberator plugin

[SLiC]

Not for everyone, but as a guitarist who used to own the pedal, I will be getting this. Surprised they didn't have the pre-sets in the same way as BigSky, but they are there as VST3 pre-sets in your DAW...works in Live anyway.

[jens]

Unfortunately I have my problems with the interface - it doesn't show any real values - neither length nor pre-delay show ms, the filters do not show hz and neither does mod-speed, etc. (Yes, I tweak with my ears but these values would make it so much easier to get in the ballpark) and also more filtering is clockwise and so is pitching down when teaking size/pitch.
Lastly there's no sync for length and pre-delay - not even when set to Sparse-mode.


A bit of a shame really... so I think I'll pass for now.

[c_voltage]

if the buffer would keep getting fed it would lead co complete chaos

But lack of this feature - it's how to works almost all reverbs with freeze. So, would want to have such special ability. Particularly if consider device made from sort of boss of creative reverbs i mean, or no. Again, if user find it less usefull than common freeze, it could were added optionally.

That "cumulative" approach quite interesting for texturing actually, yes it need to use with carefully, with thinking what "colour" you will add to input next, like picture drawing. But this is much more interesting than the static captured print. (And automation of Hold button ofcourse good thing too, but will not reproduce this behavior)

[jens]

if the buffer would keep getting fed it would lead co complete chaos

But lack of this feature - it's how to works almost all reverbs with freeze. So, would want to have such special ability. Particularly if consider device made from sort of boss of creative reverbs i mean, or no. Again, if user find it less usefull than common freeze

You seem to completely overlook/ignore that with "Infinite" you can always keep playing on while the freeze-buffer is mixed in with the main-signal...
I don't think I ever used the freeze function in a reverb just once exactly because the signal input is being muted and so all you're left with is the diffuse wash from the buffer. Infinite solves this.

[c_voltage]

But lack of this feature - it's how to works almost all reverbs with freeze.

Upd
But many of them capable to very long tail at least lol (and freeze cant replace it too)

[c_voltage]

if the buffer would keep getting fed it would lead co complete chaos

But lack of this feature - it's how to works almost all reverbs with freeze. So, would want to have such special ability. Particularly if consider device made from sort of boss of creative reverbs i mean, or no. Again, if user find it less usefull than common freeze

You seem to completely overlook/ignore that with "Infinite" you can always keep playing on while the freeze-buffer is mixed in with the main-signal...
I don't think I ever used the freeze function in a reverb just once exactly because the signal input is being muted and so all you're left with is the diffuse wash from the buffer. Infinite solves this.

In Infinity mode - they just sounding "parallel" with buffer, like two different FX, but simply (as you rightly noted) mixed channels. And this is quite static approach. That why i call it boring. Need more interaction between incoming signal and buffer. This is not ignoring, I'm just talking about another form of "mixing".

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

Unfortunately I have my problems with the interface - it doesn't show any real values - neither length nor pre-delay show ms, the filters do not show hz and neither does mod-speed, etc.

I believe they use 0 to 127 values to match up with MIDI Controllable pedals. This is across the line of Strymon plugins.

[jens]

Unfortunately I have my problems with the interface - it doesn't show any real values - neither length nor pre-delay show ms, the filters do not show hz and neither does mod-speed, etc.

I believe they use 0 to 127 values to match up with MIDI Controllable pedals. This is across the line of Strymon plugins.

I don't see what would stop the from showing the real values at least somewhere... and info-line at the top or bottom of the GUI would do.

[jens]

And this is quite static approach. That why i call it boring. Need more interaction between incoming signal and buffer.

As I said you can automate the button then it's not static and interacts with the input signal. (You only need to switch it off for a couple of samples and it'll update the buffer.)

[Uncle E]

Excellent interface. Nice shimmer. Overall, I got preferable results using PItchedDelay with my favorite reverb, but I can see how having so many features in a single plugin would get someone to use the effect more creatively.

[Alchemedia]

Not at all a good start though: their installer mandatorily installs AAX, which I absolutely do NOT want. That already makes me rather resistant to ever purchase anything from them.


Edit: no, actually I should thank them for it because at least they told me. I once again had 3.6gb of AAX plugins from several vendors such as Arturia, Softube, Izotope, NI and Universal Audio, which I wouldn't even have noticed without Strymon. Seriously: WHY oh why oh why do they do this? Just why?

Also, their Windows installer is fubar. I had to manually move the vst to the correct directory. I called support and they actually suggested to search Google for the answer to any questions I might have in the future, believe it if not.

[jens]

all right - Infinite/Freeze mode is nigh unuseable here... there'd need to be an option to flush the buffer at stop.

I think they should have beta-tested this one more expertly. Frankly put, for a hundred bucks I don't see much room for error.

[tlvid]

all right - Infinite/Freeze mode is nigh unuseable here... there'd need to be an option to flush the buffer at stop.

I think they should have beta-tested this one more expertly. Frankly put, for a hundred bucks I don't see much room for error.

Apart from the sequencer not being included, it's identical to the hardware, so I'm not sure what else they would have done? Perhaps it's user error or just not to your taste.

[jens]

so I'm not sure what else they would have done? Perhaps it's user error or just not to your taste.

Well, what about reading my posts here?

I don't think I have it in me to be more plain, constructive and on point than I already was.

But if you really don't get it perhaps it's user-error?

This is a plugin by the way, not a hardware pedal. If you think these are the same and/or require the exact same features and interface then there's a "getting started" forum here...

(Or maybe you were a beta-tester and are defensive like this because you just got called out for doing a rather shoddy job?)

[c_voltage]

Coincidentaly for 99 i thinking grab Lmdsp Superchord instead