An ode to Strymon

[paisleywookiee]

Genuinely, the Timeline and BigSky just feel like "home" - I'm so comfortable with them and love their tones. I hope that one day they do a v2 of these pedals, with more tonal possibilities, but essentially the same quick workflow and excellent midi switching options that have made them the solid go-to's that they are.

I agree, I though I hope they include the special sauce they did with the v2 little pedals, because they sound fucking great.

 

[2112]

Finally caved and ordered a v2 DiG. Midi on the BRIG has been working nicely for me so being able to use a DiG like that is too good not experience.

 

[Eagle]

I don’t like Strymon stuff at all because when you engage the effect there is a change in the dry signal eq . It sounds a bit like a v eq curve . You may not necessarily notice it in a mix but once you have you can’t unhear it.

 

[laxu]

I don’t like Strymon stuff at all because when you engage the effect there is a change in the dry signal eq . It sounds a bit like a v eq curve . You may not necessarily notice it in a mix but once you have you can’t unhear it.

This doesn't match my experience at all, but I can't say if this is the case on the old V1 pedals or Timeline/Mobius/BigSky.

The newer pedals I have are all as transparent as it gets to my ears.

 

[Orvillain]

I don’t like Strymon stuff at all because when you engage the effect there is a change in the dry signal eq . It sounds a bit like a v eq curve . You may not necessarily notice it in a mix but once you have you can’t unhear it.

A sine tone going through my BigSky, with the mix at 0% and the preset active in order to get a DSP-signal comparison to the source.

Here is the same thing with white noise.

Red is the dry tone, white is the BigSky.

You can see there is a very light roll off of frequencies below 50hz, and a fast but light roll off of frequencies starting around 17kHz.

Certainly nothing like a V-eq curve. I think you're imagining it.

 

[Ed DeGenaro]

View attachment 12335A sine tone going through my BigSky, with the mix at 0% and the preset active in order to get a DSP-signal comparison to the source.

Here is the same thing with white noise.
View attachment 12336

Red is the dry tone, white is the BigSky.

You can see there is a very light roll off of frequencies below 50hz, and a fast but light roll off of frequencies starting around 17kHz.

Certainly nothing like a V-eq curve. I think you're imagining it.

Why does the sine with mix on 0 have that heavy an overtone content and why do the odd ones dominate the even so extreme is it supposed to mimic a push-pull power section?

 

[Eagle]

This doesn't match my experience at all, but I can't say if this is the case on the old V1 pedals or Timeline/Mobius/BigSky.

The newer pedals I have are all as transparent as it gets to my ears.

I still hear it in the few V2 I have tried. It’s less noticeable in a full rig but if you get the pedal and a good clean tube amp it’s pretty noticeable to me.

 

[Orvillain]

Why does the sine with mix on 0 have that heavy an overtone content and why do the odd ones dominate the even so extreme is it supposed to mimic a push-pull power section?

Might've driven the input too hard, can't remember. The noise one is more useful anyway I think, to dispute the claim of a 'V curve' frequency response.

 

[scole]

Admired Styrmon pedals for a long time and recently jumped in by picking up a Big Sky and Timeline. Only negative I hold so far is the lack of an on/off or bypass switch. I guess you could do that via MIDI but if you’re not doing any MIDI (which I am), it seems like you outta luck.

 

[Orvillain]

Only negative I hold so far is the lack of an on/off or bypass switch.

How do you turn a preset on???

 

[scole]

How do you turn a preset on???

You select via the three foot switches- three presets within each bank (foot switch A/B/C). Press left & center switch to bank up and center & right switch to bank down.

But no footswitch to bypass. You can assign the Mix parameter with MIDI to make it zero and fake it but omitting a bypass seems like a big miss. There is an expression Jack but I don’t believe you can program it to be a bypass. If I’m wrong, please tell me!..

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

You select via the three foot switches- three presets within each bank (foot switch A/B/C). Press left & center switch to bank up and center & right switch to bank down.

But no footswitch to bypass. You can assign the Mix parameter with MIDI to make it zero and fake it but omitting a bypass seems like a big miss. There is an expression Jack but I don’t believe you can program it to be a bypass. If I’m wrong, please tell me!..

Just...press the preset button again to bypass the preset:

 

[Orvillain]

You select via the three foot switches- three presets within each bank (foot switch A/B/C). Press left & center switch to bank up and center & right switch to bank down.

But no footswitch to bypass. You can assign the Mix parameter with MIDI to make it zero and fake it but omitting a bypass seems like a big miss. There is an expression Jack but I don’t believe you can program it to be a bypass. If I’m wrong, please tell me!..

What happens when you press the currently active switch???