Strymon Bluesky User Manual

USER MANUAL

Reverberator

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blueSky - reverberator User Manual

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Front Panel

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.

LOW DAMP:
Controls the
amount of Low
Damping in the
reverberated signal.
Acts essentially
like a tone control
resulting in more or
less 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.

TIP: for most natural results, use lower

MIX settings when using higher Pre-delay.

MODE SWITCH:
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.

MODE

norm

mod

shimmer

PRE-DELAY

MIX: Controls the balance of dry
signal and wet signal from 100%

dry at minimum to 100% wet
at maximum. The mix occurs
entirely in analog.

TYPE SWITCH:
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.

TYPE

plate

room

spring

MIXDECAY

HIGH DAMPLOW DAMP

HIGH DAMP:

Controls the amount of
High Damping in the
reverberated signal.
Acts essentially like a
tone control resulting in
more or less high end in
the reverb decay trail.

re v e r b e rator

FAVORITE FOOTSWITCH:

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.

TIP: Hold down FAVORITE and BYPASS while turning the MIX knob to achieve a +/- 3dB

Boost or Cut when the pedal is engaged (12:00 on the Mix knob is unity gain).

BYPASSFAVORITE

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BYPASS FOOTSWITCH:

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).

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Rear Panel

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LEFT IN

RIGHT IN

High impedance stereo
inputs. Use LEFT IN for
mono signal input.

RIGHT OUTLEFT OUT

Stereo outputs. Use
LEFT OUT for mono
signal output.

9VDC

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Standard 9V DC
center negative
power input.
250 mA available
current required.

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Sample Settings

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norm
mod

shimm er

MODE TYPE

plate
room

sprin g

MODE TYPE

norm
mod

shimm er

MIXDECAY

PRE DELAY

HIGH DAMPLOW DAMP

PRE DELAY

Balanced Room Performance Hall

MODE TYPE

norm
mod

shimm er

PRE DELAY

Gazer

norm
mod

shimm er

MODE TYPE

plate
room

sprin g

MIXDECAY

PRE DELAY

HIGH DAMPLOW DAMP

Lively Plate

plate
room

sprin g

MIXDECAY

HIGH DAMPLOW DAMP

plate
room

sprin g

MIXDECAY

HIGH DAMPLOW DAMP

norm
mod

shimm er

norm
mod

shimm er

MODE TYPE

plate
room

sprin g

MODE TYPE

norm
mod

shimm er

MIXDECAY

PRE DELAY

HIGH DAMPLOW DAMP

PRE DELAY

Big Surf Splashy

MODE TYPE

plate
room

sprin g

MIXDECAY

PRE DELAY

HIGH DAMPLOW DAMP

MODE TYPE

norm
mod

shimm er

PRE DELAY

Diamond Pulse Hall

plate
room

sprin g

MIXDECAY

HIGH DAMPLOW DAMP

plate
room

sprin g

MIXDECAY

HIGH DAMPLOW DAMP

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Features

• Hand crafted, computationally intense Spring, Plate and Room algorithms

• Super Low Noise, high performance A/D and D/A Converters

• Premium analog front end and output section

• Analog dry path for a zero latency dry signal that is never converted to digital

• High Performance DSP

• High and Low damping controls for extremely flexible reverb tone shaping

• Dedicated pre-delay control

• Mod mode for a beautifully modulated spring, room or plate reverb

• Shimmer mode for infinite pitch effects “in the tank”

• Stereo Input & Output

• +/- 3dB adjustable analog boost or cut when effect is engaged

• Favorite footswitch for saving a favorite setting

• Rugged & Lightweight Anodized Aluminum Chassis

• No-Nonsense User Interface

• Bypass selectable between True Bypass or Analog Bypass with “trails”

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Specifications

Input Impedance 1Meg Ohm
Output Impedance 100 Ohm
Signal to Noise 115 dB typical
A/D & D/A 24-bit 96kHz
Frequency Response 20Hz to 20kHz
Max Input Level +8dBu
DSP performance 1596 MegaFLOPS
Bypass Switching True Bypass (electromechanical relay switching)
or Analog “trails” Bypass (selectable)
Dimensions 4.5” deep x 4” wide x 1.75” tall

Power Supply

Input Voltage 9VDC Center Negative
Required Current 250mA

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Strymon Non-Transferrable Limited Warranty

Warranty

Strymon warrants the product to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of one (1) year
from the original date of purchase. If the product fails within the warranty period, Strymon will repair or, at our
discretion, replace the product at no cost to the original purchaser.

Exclusions

This warranty covers defects in manufacturing discovered while using this product as recommended by
Strymon. This warranty does not cover loss or theft, nor does the coverage extend to damage caused by
misuse, abuse, unauthorized modification, improper storage, lightning, or natural disasters.

Limits of Liability

In the case of malfunction, the purchaser’s sole recourse shall be repair or replacement, as described in the
preceding paragraphs. Strymon will not be held liable to any party for damages that result from the failure of
this product. Damages excluded include, but are not limited to, the following: lost profits, lost savings, damage
to other equipment, and incidental or consequential damages arising from the use, or inability to use this
product. In no event will Strymon be liable for more than the amount of the purchase price, not to exceed the
current retail price of the product. Strymon disclaims any other warranties, express or implied. By using the
product, the user accepts all terms herein.

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How to Obtain Service Under this Warranty

For North American customers: Contact Strymon through our website at http://www.strymon.net/support for
Return Authorization and information. Proof of original ownership may be required in the form of a purchase
receipt.
For International Customers: Contact the Strymon dealer from which the product was purchased from in order
to arrange warranty repair service.

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