Wednesday Jan 20, 2010
One more NAMM 2010 pedalboard shot plus the new blueSky reverberator & Ola chorus / vibrato
You’ll notice 2 gorgeous little blue additions to our 2010 pedal lineup on this board. Introducing the Strymon blueSky reverberator and the Ola dBucket chorus / vibrato. We are swamped trying to get these done but we promise we’ll have more details, pictures, videos in the days to come. Please stay tuned and check this section of the website often!
Wednesday Jan 20, 2010
NAMM 2010 pedalboard shot
Wednesday Jan 20, 2010
the Orbit flanger unveiled!
Thursday December 3, 2009
dBucket™ White Paper
Click here to read an in depth white paper on our new dBucket™ technology. We’ve been getting lots of questions on just what dBucket™ is so here’s the scoop!
Wednesday October 28, 2009
the Brigadier unveiled!
Friday October 16, 2009
Preview of our new 0rbit Flanger. dBucket technology makes for new flanging possibilities.
We’ve already previewed the dBucket technology that is going to debut in our new delay pedal. Here’s another taste of things to come. Just as in the delay, an entire SHARC DSP is dedicated to doing only one thing … the ultimate flanger. We own and love our ADA flanger so naturally that was some of the first sonic territory we wanted to cover, and we think its been covered nicely and more accurately than ever before. We have a nice MXR flanger as well so we also studied that for additional LFO & circuit information. To take things to the next level we’ve also added a through zero mode. Attention to detail has been our motto … every bucket is accounted for in the 0rbit. Coming very soon …
A soundclip is worth a thousand words:
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No Regen, Manual Control set with longer delay time for a lush chorus-like sound
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Log LFO, positive Regen for a MXR-like swish
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Through-Zero LFO with No Regen, 50% Mix, and negative output for a dramatic cancellation - listen to the stereo field and you get sucked into the vortex
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Linear LFO with Negative Regen for an A/DA-like swoosh
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Fast sweep with moderate Regen to create a swirly vibe
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Our exclusive ± hybrid Regen with Linear LFO for a watery flange sound
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The classic riff - positive feedback, Log LFO
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Another classic ‘galloping’ riff - Thru Zero with a positive waveform
Monday September 21, 2009
Breaking news straight from the Strymon laboratories! Here’s a taste of some of the new things we’re working on.
codename BBD: Strymon has recently teamed up with the excellent engineers from Damage Control Engineering (makers of the highly regarded TimeLine). Out of this collaboration has come some groundbreaking new technology. We are extremely pleased to give you a preview of our newest product … the BBD. This is the codename for now, as we haven’t yet finalized the shipping product name. The BBD is of the highest quality delays ever produced. We’re very happy with how this little guy is turning out. What is this thing?! : BBD takes the compact aluminum chassis and form factor developed for the OB.1 and crams in a TON of DSP horsepower … more than has ever existed in such a compact pedal. We love analog delays but at the same time they pose some serious limitations. So, we decided to take a super powerful SHARC DSP and dedicate to doing one thing and one thing only … delivering the best analog bucket brigade delay sound ever. Because we have the entire DSP dedicated to doing one extremely high quality effect, we are able to concentrate on every last detail that makes an analog delay special. No stone has been left unturned … every single bucket is recreated in the BBD. And, since we’re doing all of this without regular old bucket brigade chips, you get all the tone and none of the noise (unless you choose to add it back in with our exclusive “bucket loss” control … yes!). Our super high quality A/D converters run at 24 bit 96kHz. True bypass ensures purity of the signal path. Alternately, selectable analog buffered bypass mode enables delay persist (commonly referred to as “trails”). And, DSP allows us to take an analog delay to places that none have gone before and implement features that would be absolutely impossible with a standard analog delay, such as our “bucket loss” control. Best of all, your dry guitar signal is never digitized, instead being mixed in analog with the delayed signal. Analog dry path … it’s the best of both worlds. Tap tempo and modulation are an absolute must these days, so we threw those in too :) that’s enough talk, time for clips!:
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Medium delay mode - repeats set for oscillation - a short G minor chord played into the delay, and then playing with the delay time to showcase the clock generation and feedback
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Delay in short mode, medium repeats setting to add depth to a lead tone
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Delay in medium mode - first part is no bucket loss, then medium bucket loss, then full bucket loss to showcase the dBucket and companding technology
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Delay in short mode. No guitar plugged in, just repeats turned up to max and tweaking delay time to show the responsiveness and sound quality of the 'maxed out' oscillations. At the end, I turn down the repeats, and crank them back up by using the tap footswitch held down, and I do this a couple of times
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Moderate bucket loss with moderate modulation added to showcase the depth of the bucket with proper companding and clock generation
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Single repeat delay with modulation and no bucket loss to showcase a U2-like rhythm with clarity and warmth
Well, that’s it for now. We’re working our tails off to get this box out into the market as soon as possible. Feel free to shoot us an email if you’re interested in knowing when the BBD is released. This new dBucket technology is allowing us to develop other great effects as well. More info to follow soon!
