I won't be rushing out to buy a Cloudburst. All allow unlimited creative possibilities. Bloom, Chorale, Shimmer, Non-Linear and Magneto. There are other similarly deep and textural modes on the BigSky. The "Cloud Reverb" mode is literally a "No Brainer" aka "Giant Sweetspot" mode. Where you can create some lush ambience with any multi-fx, you'll have a hard time reproducing all that the Cloud Reverb does.įor anyone still wondering whether the BigSky is worth it. But if anyone dared roll their sleeves up and experiment, the permutations seemed limitless. The popularised "Low Hanging Fruit" were the factory Presets, particularly "Nimbus". I don't know how much of the BigSky's control is carried over into the Cloudburst, but the beauty of the BigSky Cloud was the sheer variety of sounds you could generate with it. While concocting your own ambient FX with MultiFX processors is to be encouraged, the Cloud Reverb algorithm is pretty unique. On top of this you had multi-dimensional "modulation" in play. I also don't recall the exact technical details, but I do remember it involved "many" Delay Lines, and feedback loops (a Standard Mono Delay pedal has 1 Delay Line, 1 feedback loop). It's cool that pedals that are targeted at nailing a particular flavor of effect like this and the Catalinbread Soft Focus are available, but I think there's something to be said for using something like an HX Stomp, H90, or combination of pedals to come up with your own spin on a sound.I don't recall where (either a YouTube or a Web "Paper") Peter Celi of Strymon went into the Cloud algorithm, and what it's doing. I've definitely gotten similar sounds using an HX Stomp for reverb and a Bossy SY-200 for the ensemble parts. Of course the H90 can also do a lot of other things as well though and is a fantastic pedal. I've only watched one video, but I think you could probably get in the ballpark with an H90, but I think you'd need to use two algorithms to get the ensemble sound. So to date can cover a lot that the BigSky does but not the Cloud algorithm but this new pedal goes beyond that so I am really interested, and it will fit on my board where my HOF sits. I already have H9, Collider, Volante, HOF, Eterna, Alter Ego X4, Deja Vu, etc. I am definitely hands on and love to push things to the limit. Case in point is my H9 which I have to tweak to get the results and it is a blast to find new things. perhaps ironically, for being too "basic" (simple).I am pretty singular in my pursuits and use cases so don’t really know what motivates others. I'll give it a month before it's being picked apart and cast aside. Not only is it hurting manufacturers, but also the development of novice guitarists, and musical "critical thinking". This is a toxic trend I have noticed on Guitar Forums for the past 4-5 years. perhaps ironically, for being too "basic" (simple). I have also given up p*ssing in the wind, explaing that these beliefs are just pernicious concocted Web myths, "Parroted" until they resemble fact. I have tried, failed and given up explaining that the Strymons are simple and well designed, requiring only minimal effort to put to good use. To wit, the Strymon "Big Boxes", probably the best designed MultiFX to have hit the market in decades prior to 2012, have been summarily executed for being "too complicated". In a nutshell, many guitarists are demanding to be spoon fed with the sound in their head, without having to put in any effort what-so-ever. They had to make it for the guitarists, who are of lower intelligence than most and despise options.This is a toxic trend I have noticed on Guitar Forums for the past 4-5 years.
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