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Time-Warped Reverberator.
Create vast soundscapes with just a few notes from your instrument. Apply mind-bending pitch and harmonic manipulation to your reverb tails, with synth-like filter sweeps. Enter a world of new sounds that blow away the boundaries of what is possible with reverb. With pioneers and adventurous sonic explorers in mind we created a reverb pedal that can go where none have gone before.
Reverberant Synthesis Machine.
NightSky is a reverberant synthesis workstation, and a powerful, hands-on experimental sound design platform. NightSky gives you real-time continuous control of reverb pitch/processing rate/core size, harmonics, and even a synth-like resonant filter with multiple modulation waveshapes, plus a step sequencer with variable glide. You haven’t heard a pedal like this before.
The Rules of Space and Time Have Been Rewritten. New Sonic Territory.
NightSky is a reverb pedal you will want to get your hands on. Deep and powerful sound manipulation with instant response knob-tweaking and no menu diving set a new standard in experimental reverb sound design.
Warp Core Reverb.
NightSky achieves some of its most mind bending sounds by using a Variable Process Rate for its reverb core, allowing you to simultaneously change the size of the reverb as well as the pitch. This pitch change can be completely smooth, or quantized to a variety of musical scales. And it can be sequenced.
Harmonic Sculpture Machine.
Use Shimmer to shift the harmonic structure by selectable musical intervals. Add Glimmer to dynamically enhance the harmonic spectrum. Turn up Drive to generate saturated overdriven harmonics. Then sculpt the resulting signal with NightSky’s synth-like variable-resonance low pass filter.
Sound Design
Inspiration
NightSky evolved from a desire to push the envelope and challenge the conventions of traditional reverb while also paying homage to the experimental reverberant sounds from decades past.
It started with the variable rate core. Once that was nailed down, we knew we had to complement it with a set of sound-shaping features that could take full advantage of the unique possibilities and expand them exponentially. This led us to a full-featured modulation section, a 4-pole resonant filter, and a unique Voice section to control the reverb’s harmonic structure.
Texture
Three Reverb Textures: Sparse, Dense, and Diffuse.
NightSky gives you three distinct Reverb textures to choose from: Sparse, Dense, and Diffuse.
The Sparse reverb creates reflections that are far enough apart from each other to be audibly distinct.
Legato notes create a lush but pleasingly clean sound field, while staccato notes reveal individual echoes in a way that is well suited for sound design and special effects.
The Dense reverb texture is an immediate-response reverb with a smooth sound field, featuring sonic characteristics similar to a plate.
The Diffuse reverb creates a slow-building, atmospheric wash that excels at ambient, swell, and even reverse-like textures. The Diffuse reverb deconstructs and spreads transients over time to achieve its bloom-like effect.
Challenge The Conventions.
Front Panel
Rear Panel
Instant Access to 16 Presets.
NightSky gives you instant front panel access to 16 presets.
Of course, if 16 is not enough, 300 preset locations are available via MIDI.
Specs
Ins, Outs, and Switches
Audio Quality
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What is NightSky?
NightSky is a stereo reverb with a wide range of hand-on control for experimental sound design. Features include real-time continuous control of reverb pitch/processing rate/core size, harmonics, and a synth-like resonant filter with multiple modulation waveshapes. There is also an 8 step reverb pitch sequencer with variable portamento.
How does each section of NightSky work?
From the top panel, there are several different sections in the NightSky user interface to provide a wide range of control over the reverb signal. Here is a diagram of the signal flow routing within NightSky to show how the audio is processed by each section:
MOD
The MOD section varies a selectable target parameter in the shape of the selected waveform.
TARGET – Selects the process that the modulation is applied to. Press the button to select one of three options.
verb: Modulates the delay lines within the regenerating reverb core.pitch: Modulates the size (process rate) of the reverb core.filter: Modulates the HIGH CUT tone control position.
SHAPE – Selects the modulating waveform shape. Press the button to select one of six options.
triangle: Wave rises and falls evenly. When TARGET is set to filter, it becomes a sine wave with smooth, continuous ‘S’-shaped oscillation.square: Wave jumps between two fixed values.ramp: Wave rises gradually and falls abruptly.saw: Wave falls gradually and rises abruptly.random: Wave jumps between random values.env: Modulation value responds to your input dynamics with the sensitivity set by the DEPTH knob, and returns at a rate set by the SPEED knob. The envelope is negative on left half of the DEPTH knob and positive on right half, with maximum sensitivity at the extremes. The middle position of the DEPTH knob is OFF when env is selected.
SPEED – Adjusts the rate of modulation from 0.06Hz (16 second sweep) to 12Hz (0.08 second sweep).
DEPTH – Adjusts the amount of modulation. Modulation is off at the fully counter-clockwise position.
DECAY
Selects the reverb architecture and sets the tail characteristics.
TEXTURE – Selects one of three different reverb types.
sparse: Granular-sounding reverb that can create interesting effects with staccato inputs, or produce a clean reverb with sustained inputs.dense: Plate-like reverb with a fast response and dense reflections that can venture into ambient territory at high decay times.diffuse: Slow-building, atmospheric wash that excels at ambient, swell, and even reverse-like textures.
QUANTIZE – Selects the response and range of the SIZE/PITCH knob. Press the button to select one of three options.
smooth: SIZE/PITCH varies smoothly and continuously over a 2.5 octave pitch range.half step: SIZE/PITCH is quantized into half-step intervals over a two octave range.scale: SIZE/PITCH is quantized into selectable scales over a two octave range.
NOTE: For both half-step and scaleNoon = middle of range.Minimum = one octave up.Maximum = one octave down.
Scale Select (Live Edit function) – Select one of eight scales that determine the quantization intervals of the SIZE/PITCH knob when QUANTIZE is set to scale mode.
LENGTH – Adjusts the reverb decay time from less than one second to nearly infinite sustain. At long decay settings, decay time may be impacted by the TONE settings.
SIZE/PITCH – Increases the size of the reverb core to create a larger “space” for reflections as the knob is turned clockwise which also allows for pitch variations during adjustment. The pitch range is 2.5 octaves with QUANTIZE set to smooth and two octaves with QUANTIZE set to half step or scale.
Pre-Delay (Live Edit function) – Adjusts the time between the dry signal and the onset of the reverb.
TONE
Applies filtering equalization to the high and low frequency portions of the reverb.
FILTER – Selects the response of the HIGH CUT knob. Press the button to select one of two options.
regen: Removes high frequencies from the regenerating core, creating a reverb that gets darker as it decays.low pass: Applies a synth-style peaking, high frequency roll-off to the reverb output, selectively shaping the frequency content. The low pass filter’s resonance amount can be controlled via the Low Pass Q Live Edit function.
LOW CUT – Removes low end content both at the output and in the regenerating core portion of the reverb as the knob is turned clockwise.
HIGH CUT – Removes high frequency content from the reverb as the knob is turned clockwise, with characteristics determined by the FILTER switch selection.
Low Pass Q (Live Edit function) – Adjusts the filter Q, or resonance.
VOICE
Adds pitch, harmonics, and distortion effects to the reverberated signal.
SHIMMER (button) – Selects the type of pitch-shifted shimmer effect. Press the button to select one of two options.
input: Shimmer effect is applied to the input of the reverb core and does not regenerate.regen: Shimmer effect is applied within the reverb core and the effect is regenerative, resulting in continuously ascending or descending pitches as the reverb decays. NOTE: Smaller SIZE/PITCH settings and higher DECAY settings will result in more intense pitch regeneration.
INTERVAL – Selects the pitch interval of the shimmer effect from the options around the knob. 2 octaves of total range from -1 octave to +1 octave.
SHIMMER (knob) – Sets the amount of the shimmer effect applied to the reverb signal. Shimmer effect is off when set to minimum.
GLIMMER – Dynamically enhances aspects of the input signal’s harmonic spectrum. Press the button to select one of three options.
high: Higher frequency harmonics are accentuated creating a washy, dreamy top end.low: Lower frequency harmonics are enhanced creating mysterious and synth-like textures.LED off: GLIMMER is disabled.
Glimmer Gain (Live Edit function) – Adjusts the sensitivity of the Glimmer block to the input signal.
DRIVE – Adds saturated overdriven harmonics with a soft clipping characteristic to the reverb. Press the button to select one of three options.
pre: Applies DRIVE to the signal before the reverb core.post: Applies DRIVE after the reverb core, allowing the reverb tail to dynamically go into and out of saturation as the reverb decays.LED off: DRIVE is disabled.
Drive Gain (Live Edit function) – Adjusts the sensitivity of the DRIVE block to the input signal.
MIX
Adjust the level of the dry and reverb signals at the outputs.
REVERB – Sets the output level of the reverberated signal.
DRY – Sets the output level of the unprocessed signal. Set to 12 o’clock position for unity gain.
How do you Save and Recall Presets on NightSky?
There are 16 on-board presets that are accessible by using the 8 PRESET BUTTONS on NightSky. They are arranged in 2 banks of 8 presets with different PRESET BUTTON colors indicating the selected bank.
The currently selected preset becomes your active Favorite preset. Your Favorite preset can be instantly recalled by pressing the FAVORITE footswitch while in reverb mode.
To select a new Favorite preset:
To SAVE a new Favorite setting to any of the 16 on-board slots:
Recalling Presets via MIDI
If you are controlling NightSky via MIDI, you have access to 300 presets available via MIDI Program Change through either the 5-pin DIN MIDI IN port, the USB-mini port, or through the EXP jack set to PRESET mode. This power-up mode for the EXP jack will accept MIDI Program Change messages to recall presets on NightSky on the MIDI Channel that the pedal is set to.
How to Set the EXP Jack to Accept 1/4″ MIDI
How to Set the MIDI Channel
Additional MIDI Control Information
NightSky contains 300 preset locations, numbered sequentially from 0-299. Because MIDI Program Change messages have a maximum number of 128 (0-127) the presets are grouped into three MIDI patch banks.
NightSky always powers up in MIDI Patch Bank 0, so if you plan to stay within the first 127 presets, simply send a standard MIDI Program Change message to load a preset.
If you will be using MIDI Banks 1 and/or 2, it is advisable to send a standard MIDI Bank Change message (MIDI CC# 0 with a value equal to the MIDI Bank#) before each MIDI Program Change message.
Sending MIDI CC# 0 with a value 0, MIDI Program Change #’s 0-15 will correspond to the 16 on-board Favorite presets accessible via the FAVORITE footswitch and the PRESET BUTTONS. Also, when in bank 0, MIDI PROGRAM CHANGE # 127 will put NightSky into Manual mode. In this mode, the pedal will be set to the current knob and button, settings. No preset data can be stored at this preset location.
What are the Live Edit functions on NightSky?
NightSky provides a way to adjust several settings that do not have a dedicated knob or button. Live Edit Functions are saved per preset.
PRE-DELAY
GLIMMER GAIN
DRIVE GAIN
LOW PASS RESONANCE
SCALE SELECT
SEQUENCE GLIDE
Respond to MIDI CLOCK
MIDI EXPRESSION
INFINITE INPUT
How to Adjust the Power Up Modes on NightSky
There are several Power Up Functions on NightSky that control various global parameters. All Power Up Function settings will persist through power cycles.
While in this state, the buttons and knobs correspond to the different Power Up Functions:
The Morph function allows NightSky to sweep between the current sound of the pedal and a set of alternate knob settings and back.
Setting Up Morph Parameters
NOTE: Morph parameter settings are saved independently per preset.
How to use an expression pedal to control the knobs on NightSky?
You can set the EXP jack on NightSky to accept an expression pedal for real-time control over any one or more of the knobs in any direction.
To set the EXP jack to Expression mode:
NOTE: EXP jack assignment persists through power cycles.
To assign knobs to be controlled with the expression pedal:
Make sure to save your presets after assigning the expression pedal to save the assignment to your presets. We recommend using an expression pedal with a 25k Ohm minimum potentiometer.
NOTE: Expression pedal assignment is saved independently per Favorite/MIDI preset.
How can I use MultiSwitch Plus with NightSky?
There are several modes to use with MultiSwitch Plus for expanded control over NightSky. First you must set the EXP jack NightSky for the desired operation.
To configure NightSky for use with MultiSwitch Plus:
Then, set MultiSwitch Plus for the correct mode of operation:
NOTE: If NightSky is in Sequence mode, loading a new preset will stop the sequence and cause the pedal to switch to Reverb mode.
NOTE: In MOD/TONE/VOICE Bypass Mode, the LEDs for each section will turn off when it is bypassed. These bypass settings can be saved to a preset, however, the LEDs for all sections will be lit when you recall the preset regardless of the bypass state.
How do I use Sequence mode on NightSky?
NightSky has a built-in eight step sequencer where each step can have an independent SIZE/PITCH parameter setting for creating rhythmical pitch patterns with the currently loaded reverb settings. The sequence can be stepped through manually with the ON (sequence step) footswitch, or it can run continuously at the tempo set by using the FAVORITE (sequence tap) footswitch. Sequences are saved per preset.
Programming a Sequence
Running the Sequence
Sequence Glide
Sequence Glide can be adjusted to add portamento to smooth the changes between the sequence steps.
Manual Step Mode
MIDI Connections to NightSky
To begin using NightSky with an external MIDI device, connect the MIDI OUT from another pedal, controller, or computer interface to the MIDI IN or EXP jack on NightSky set to MIDI mode. The following devices can be used to send MIDI messages to NightSky:
Configuring NightSky to Use MIDI via the EXP Jack
Set EXP jack to MIDI Mode
Once you have connected NightSky to a MIDI source, you must set the EXP jack to MIDI mode.
Set MIDI Channel
Next, you will need to select a MIDI channel to communicate with NightSky. NightSky is set to MIDI channel 1 by default.
Set MIDI Output Mode for the EXP Jack
The MIDI Output mode must be set to determine what kind of MIDI data is sent out by NightSky. ***NOTE: If you are only sending MIDI data to NightSky or if you are using the Strymon MIDI EXP cable, the MIDI Output mode must be set to OFF.***
Saving and Recalling Presets on NightSky with MIDI
Saving Presets via MIDI
When using MIDI, the currently loaded settings on the pedal can be saved to any of NightSky’s 300 preset locations at any time.
Recalling Presets
NightSky contains 300 preset locations, numbered sequentially from 0-299. Because MIDI Program Change messages have a maximum number of 128 (0-127) the presets are grouped into three MIDI patch banks:
If you will be using MIDI Banks 1 and/or 2, it is advisable to send a standard MIDI Bank Change message (MIDI CC# 0 with a value equal to the MIDI Bank#) before each MIDI Program Change.
Selecting bank 0, patch 127 will put NightSky into Manual mode. In this mode, the pedal will be set to the current knob and switch settings. No preset data can be stored at this preset location.
How to Sync the NightSky Sequencer to MIDI Clock
On NightSky, you can synchronize the sequencer’s playback tempo to MIDI clock that is received from any of the MIDI inputs:
To set NightSky to respond to MIDI clock:
If NightSky is in Sequence mode and is responding to MIDI Clock, the sequence will run as soon as you tap the FAVORITE footswitch.
Additional Tips
What are the hardware specifications on NightSky?
Dry Signal: Analog Dry Path
Input Impedance: 1M Ohm
Output Impedance: 100 Ohm
Input: 1/4″ TS (unbalanced)
Outputs: 1/4″ TS (unbalanced)
A/D & D/A: 24-bit 96kHz
Max Input Level: +8dBu
Frequency Response: 20Hz to 20kHz
Signal to Noise: 115dB typical
DSP Performance: 1585 MegaFLOPS
Bypass Switching: True Bypass (electromechanical relay switching); optional Buffered Bypass or when using Stereo output
Dimensions: 4.5” deep x 7” wide x 2.5” tall (11.4 cm deep x 17.8 cm wide x 6.0 cm tall)
Power requirements: 9VDC center negative; 300mA minimum
How do I perform a factory reset on NightSky?
A factory reset will reset all custom presets, power up functions, and secondary parameters back to factory settings.
We recommend a power supply that provides 9VDC (center negative) with a minimum 300mA of current.
Do not subject your Strymon pedal to any voltage above 9V. Doing so will damage your pedal and void your warranty.
What are the power supply requirements for NightSky?
it GREEN. The ON footswitch will be blinking RED. You can release the footswitch.
All Strymon pedals sold within North America (except OB.1) include a 9VDC 660mA power supply. OB.1 includes a 9V battery.
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