Big Sky MX

Plug into BigSky and instantly lift your sound into the stratosphere. The world below you fades into the distance, and you're elevated into a glow of lush, glorious, radiant reverbs.

To create a reverb experience as natural, beautiful, and immersive as BigSky required tremendous feats of sound engineering and artistic imagination. Using the fundamentals of acoustical science as their beacon, Strymon carefully studied and scientifically analyzed reverb technology from the past fifty years to faithfully capture the essence of these classic sounds, and forged ahead to dream up their own vision of reverbs from the future.

BigSky MX features a staggering amount of computing power — it uses a high performance tri-core 800 MHz ARM processor — all dedicated to producing truly breathtaking reverbs. The reverb algorithms were meticulously created by hand, and then a state-of-the-art gradient descent optimization algorithm was used to dial out any undesirable ringing or artifacts.

This type of neural fine-tuning is based upon the same techniques that have enabled the recent AI revolution, and the result is springs that drip and splash, physical spaces you can really feel yourself in, and the sweetest possible musical response to every note you play.

Go where no reverb has gone before.

Feel the mechanical tension of the Spring reverbs. Hear the floating particles of the Cloud machine. Defy the laws of physics with the Nonlinear reverbs. Unleash the multi-head reverberations of the Magneto machine.

12 Unique Reverb Machines

BigSky gives you twelve studio-class, musically inspirational reverb machines:

• Hall.
• Plate.
• Spring.
• Swell.
• Bloom.
• Cloud.
• Chorale.
• Shimmer.
• Magneto.
• Nonlinear.
• Reflections.
• Room.

Diffused reflections and slower-building density are the hallmarks of this beautiful and versatile reverb. The Concert size is well-balanced, spacious and warm, while the Arena size is huge, enveloping and booming.

Sound Design Features:

• Hand crafted, studio-class reverb algorithms deliver lush, gorgeous, and musically inspiring reverb experiences.
• Twelve reverb machines to choose from: Room, Hall, Plate, Spring, Swell, Bloom, Cloud, Chorale, Shimmer, Magneto, Nonlinear, Reflections.
• Seven front-panel tone shaping knobs: Decay, Pre-Delay, Mix, Tone, Mod, Param 1, Param 2 (Param knobs assignable per preset).
• Additional menu parameters allow for easy customization of reverb sounds.
• 300 easily accessible and namable presets.
• Spillover and Reverb Persist modes, saveable per preset.
• Selectable Speaker Cabinet emulation for direct-to-PA gigs or recording applications.
• +/- 3dB Boost/Cut, saveable per preset.
• 10s Stereo Impulse Response Capability.
• Access full IR editing functionality, as well as custom long captures of classic studio gear.
• Stereo Inputs and Outputs.
• Unlock massive width and presence with full stereo I/O featuring our discrete Class A JFET input preamps.
• Dedicated Infinite/Freeze Footswitch.
• Create lush pads to play over, or infinitely sustain any notes played for unique atmospheric effects.
• Full MIDI Control And More.
• Change presets and control parameters with MIDI via USB-C, TRS, or DIN connections. Adjust controls on the fly via an expression pedal. All this and more in an elegant, easy-to-use pedal.

Two Reverbs At Once:

• Dual reverbs can be routed in Series, Parallel or Split modes, and individually panned per engine.
• BigSky MX allows you to use two reverbs at once, for powerful sound sculpting and expansive reverb sounds that evolve organically over time.
• You can switch between reverb engines with a single button press while editing, and easily see the Series, Parallel or Split audio routing state clearly displayed onscreen.
• For a more interactive experience, you can dedicate a footswitch to control each reverb's on/off state if you desire.

I/O:

• Dedicated INFINITE switch for momentary/latching use of Freeze or Infinite function.
• Stereo input & output.
• Premium analog front end and output section.
• Selectable input level for instrument and line level signals.
• Analog dry path for a zero-latency dry signal that is never converted to digital.
• True Bypass (electromechanical relay switching) or selectable Buffered Bypass.
• EXP input allows the connection of an optional TRS expression pedal, MultiSwitch, MultiSwitch Plus, or TRS MIDI connection.
• USB-C jack for performing firmware updates, MIDI I/O, and connection to the Strymon Nixie 2 editor software.

Hardware Features:

• Three rugged metal footswitches for preset selection and effect bypass.
• LED display for preset info, reverb decay time, and extended parameter control.
• Multi-color preset LEDs (green for active preset, amber for edited preset).
• Full MIDI implementation allows extended control for those with more complex rigs.
• Sturdy and lightweight light blue anodized aluminum chassis, with laser-etched artwork.
• Durable black anodized aluminum knobs.
• Studio-grade audio input and output jacks.

• True Bypass (electromechanical relay switching).

• High quality, tranparent Analog Buffered Bypass mode.

• Optional Kill Dry mode mutes dry signal, for use in parallel effects loops.

• Dimensions: 6.75" (171mm) wide, 5.1" (130mm) deep.

• Designed and Built in the USA.

Audio:

• Input Impedance: 1 Meg Ohm.
• Output Impedance: 100 Ohm.
• A/D & D/A: 24-bit, 96 kHz.
• Max Input Level: +10 dBu.
• Signal/Noise: 116 dB typical.
• High-performance 800MHz tri-core ARM processor.
• 32-bit floating point processing.

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