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Lush, Majestic Reverbs. Insane DSP Power.
Prepare for Reverb Bliss.
Whether you’re a classic spring reverb fan or a studio rack aficionado, you’ll find your mojo here. blueSky provides three different reverb types, each with three modes, for a total of nine completely unique reverb experiences. blueSky even delivers an extremely versatile plate reverb, a rarity for a stompbox pedal. A full pre-delay and damping section provide deep reverb tone shaping. Add the mod and shimmer modes and you’re in store for unending reverb bliss. Couple that with 24-bit 96kHz converters and 115dB typical signal to noise, blueSky is equally at home on top of a studio console as it is in front of a tube amp.
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Video Demo 2
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Reverb Types
Normal mode provides an unmodified version of the selected reverb type.
Mod mode adds gorgeous modulation to the selected reverb type.
Shimmer mode adds regenerative pitch shifting “in the tank” for a reverb trail that rises into the clouds. With the Plate type, pitch shifting is octave-up. With Room and Spring types, pitch shifting is an octave plus a fifth.
Plate is an intensely high quality vintage studio plate reverb.
Room is a versatile room ranging in size from a small bedroom to a massive arena, depending on where you have your Decay, Mix and Pre-Delay set.
Spring is an excellent recreation of the best spring reverbs we’ve found.
Tone Shaping
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Front Panel Controls
- Decay controls the decay time of the reverberated signal. Set low for small rooms, plates and short springs. Set high for huge arenas, massive plates and enormous springs.
- Mode switches between 3 reverb modes (normal, mod, shimmer). Normal mode provides an unmodified version of the selected reverb type. Mod adds gorgeous modulation to the selected reverb type. Shimmer mode adds regenerative octave up pitch shifting “in the tank” for a reverb trail that rises into the clouds with a plate. For Spring and Room shimmer, an octave plus a fifth is regeneratively introduced.
- Type switches between 3 different types of reverb (plate, room, spring). Plate gives you an intensely high quality vintage studio plate type reverb. Room type is a versatile room ranging in size from a bedroom to an arena. Spring provides an excellent recreation of the best vintage spring reverbs. TIP: Adjust LOW DAMP and HIGH DAMP controls with the spring type reverb to vary the color and age of your spring tank.
- Mix controls the balance of your analog dry signal and your wet signal, from 100% dry at minimum to 100% wet at maximum. The mix occurs entirely in analog. 50/50 mix occurs when the Mix knob is set to 3:00. Hold Tap and Bypass simultaneously while turning the Mix knob to access the +/-3dB Boost/Cut feature. Achieve a plus or minus 3dB boost or cut when the pedal is engaged.
- Low Damp controls the amount of low damping in the reverberated signal. Turn counter-clockwise to reduce the amount of low end in the reverb decay trail.
- Pre-Delay controls the delay time before the reverberated signal appears. This is an essential control in creating an accurate and pleasing reverb.
- High Damp controls the amount of high damping in the reverberated signal. Turn counter-clockwise to reduce the amount of high end in the reverb decay trail.
- Press to select saved favorite sound. When FAVORITE LED is lit the favorite setting is engaged. When each knob is turned, the LED will indicate the saved favorite position of the knob. Push and hold the foot switch to save a new favorite sound.
- Engages and disengages effect. Bypass mode is true bypass by default. LED on indicates that the effect is engaged. TIP: Hold the bypass footswitch during power up to change the bypass mode to analog bypass with trails (reverb persist).
Ins & Outs
- Left Input – Plug your instrument in here. Acts as a mono input when only one channel is being used.
- Right Input – Plug your instrument in here.
- Left Output – Connect to your amp, mixing board, etc. Acts as a mono output when only one channel is being used.
- Right Output – Connect to your amp, mixing board, etc.
- Power – Maximum 9 volts DC center negative, with a minimum of 250mA current.
In-Depth
In-Depth Video Part 1
In-Depth Video Part 2
Specs
- Hand crafted, computationally intense Plate, Room and Spring algorithms
- Normal, Mod and Shimmer modes per algorithm for extremely versatile reverb options
- High Damp and Low Damp controls for über-flexible reverb tone shaping
- Mod mode for a beautifully modulated spring, room or plate reverb
- Shimmer mode for infinite pitch effects “in the tank”
- Dedicated Pre-Delay control to fine tune reflection times
- Stereo input and output
- Favorite footswitch to save a favorite sound
- True Bypass (electromechanical relay switching)
- Selectable “trails” mode with high quality Analog Buffered Bypass
- Adjustable +/- 3dB boost or cut when the effect is engaged
- Powered with a standard 9V center negative DC supply. 250mA minimum
- Strong and lightweight sky blue anodized aluminum chassis
- Crafted with love in the USA
- Ultra low noise, high performance 24-bit 96kHz A/D and D/A converters
- 115dB typical signal to noise
- Analog dry path for a zero latency dry signal that is never converted to digital
- 20Hz to 20kHz frequency response
- +8dBu maximum input level easily handles instrument and line signals
- Premium analog front end and output section
- Super high performance DSP in a compact form factor
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