Strymon Cloudburst vs. Strymon BigSky Cloud Mode (do they sound the same?)

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In this video, I am comparing the Cloud Mode of the Strymon BigSky, with the brand new Strymon Cloudburst reverb pedal.

The Strymon Cloudburst was created to give the same experience of super long and spacious reverbs that can be found with the Cloud mode, so they surely sound alike a lot. But how much?

Let's find out with this test!

0:00 Intro
0:30 First comparison
1:08 Very long decay
1:49 More modulation
2:20 Dark tone
2:57 Dark tone 100% wet
3:41 Bright tone 100% wet
4:36 The Ensemble mode
5:35 My comments (Subscribe!)

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[dom-melodicguitarist]

..bravo Antoine! Great informative comparison! My BigSky can feel safe again..

[woodyforest]

Good vid! Thanks. My order is in for the Cloudburst and I can’t wait!

[mortonwilson]

Thanks for this comparison. I have a BigSky and while I like the musicality of the Ensemble I think I can happily get by with my Boss SY1 into the BigSky for that big 'synth pad' thing. That said, I saw the Strymon Cloudburst demo vid and towards the end the player compared between strumming over the Neck & Bridge pick-up positions going in to the pedal and the clarity and tonal difference was astounding - this thing has powerful processing under the hood!

[JGlassy]

Great comparison video. I Don’t have the Cloudburst (yet). I’ve used my BigSky+Timeline with a Boss SY200 synth pedal to get in this neighborhood, but still find the Cloudburst intriguing. So many possibilities!

[cr]

Thanks, Antoine!
Nice presentation, enough time and well done!
I appreciate you sharing this.

[ShaighJosephson]

The BigSky covers it... Thanks for demonstrating it... 🙂

[TheGreenKingdom]

Thanks for doing this comparison Antoine. I like the Ensemble modes a lot, but I'll stick with the BigSky, I have a Mel9 and SY-1 that can provide string textures as needed.

[philgraves]

Great demo both sound amazing! I've never cared for shimmer reverbs much but the cloudburst is different doesn't get out of control high or low end sounds.

[thechord]

Damn your are quick. The question everyone wants to know!

[-Atmos]

I love the Strymon BRIG delay, these pedals sound amazing too . The Cloudburst looks more compact & user friendly , great demo .

[dennisdapar]

Nice pedal! my dream pedal Strymon Cloudburst🙏

[diegoignacio]

Nice! this actuallly could be a shift in upcoming reverb pedals, meaning that many brands will start to add "choral string simulation" instead of shimmer. Probably the new standard for ambient verbs

[jburdsinfuse]

I haven’t heard a tone from the Cloudburst that I can’t pull from the Big Sky mixed with my Timeline. The Big Sky - Timeline combo is still undefeated in my book. Just flawless pedals.

[LoVeAmBiEnT]

That ensemble is insane. Probably by this sooner or later.
Honorable mentions
Gfi Skylar
Vongon ultrasheer
UA golden reverb

[Benjomatic]

Cloudburst ensemble mode is like Vangelis. Incredible achievement on Strymon's part

[MrPhilforbes]

This vid just reassured me that the big sky is not moving off my board going no place and is still the best sounding reverb pedal on the market still years later 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[sherrieg]

Great comparison Antoine - the BigSky sounds much more spacious. What are these pedals running through Antoine? (Amp/recording gear.) Thank you.

[marcusstrymon]

Ups my innitial commentbwas about the PC bigsky and the pedal, I thought you would compare th cloud on both of em, which pedal and plugin are exactly the same

Certain about this pedal tho

[klauswhitedreamer]

Big Sky is the pedal for a whole life ! ... ♥️😽