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???

 

[dpestana]

Hey guys. I’m new here, but saw this post, and thought you might be interested in this. I created TouchOSC templates for the Strymon TimeLine, Strymon BigSky and Strymon Mobius, which you can use on your iPad or Android tablet to control your Strymon pedals through MIDI. You’ll need the TouchOSC app to run them, available in the App Store and Google Play. Go to my website below to download the templates. I’ve seen many people asking for these templates over the years, so I gave it a shot. It’s important you READ THE INSTRUCTIONS on my website. So far, users have reported that everything displays well, but if by any chance they don’t display correctly on your device, let me know and I’ll create a version that will. Cheers and I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

https://www.pestanatranslations.com/2025/10/31/728/

The templates are free but feel free to buy me a beer :‑)

Here are some screenshots:

 

[Sascha Franck]

Said so in the dedicated thread already, you can run the desktop version of TouchOSC basically for free (5 second nag screen here and there). Might give you a taste of things before you purchase the mobile version (which obviously is way cooler to operate).