Strymon Bigsky MX | Secret Weapons Demo & Review

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I don't think anyone saw a Bigsky MKII coming in 2024. Regardless, Strymon has gone ahead and released a heavily redesigned followup to what is arguably one of the most influential reverb pedals ever made so lets talk about it, it's price, and what they've done to keep the Bigsky MX relevant in the modern pedal landscape.
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Signal Path:
29 Pedals EUNA
Origin Cali76 FET Compressor
Benson Germanium Boost
1981 Inventions LVL
Boost
Browne Amplification Carbon
Strymon Timeline
Matchless Chieftain
UA Ox
Strymon Bigsky
Timecodes:
00:00 Song
01:04 Review
06:34 What's new?
20:28 Lets talk about the price
24:22 Where does BigSky MX fit in 2024?
26:55 Sound Samples
28:31 Control overview
34:23 Menu controls
35:49 Panning reverbs
36:50 Hall
42:38 Room
45:53 Chamber
49:40 Plate
52:13 Spring
55:58 Cloud
59:49 Shimmer
01:02:49 Bloom
01:06:33 Chorale
01:09:23 Magneto
01:14:23 Nonlinear
01:19:32 Impulse
01:31:13 Dual Reverbs
Recorded in Universal Audio LUNA
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@jjohnsone Ай бұрын

Dude, this is the best demo of the BigSky MX.

@markjohnstonofficial Ай бұрын

That’s super kind thank you. I haven’t seen enough of the other coverage of it it know (I haven’t watched anything except the release video by strymon) but I felt really great about how this came together. Helps that I firmly believe this is one of the best reverb pedals ever made.

@coheed3355 Ай бұрын

That opening track gave me the feels…so good. This I could listen on repeat all day long. Thank you for what do.

@MattLawrence3 Ай бұрын

Your opinion is so valued in the guitar community!! Thank you for doing what you do!

@davidh3141 Ай бұрын

How do you not have 10 times the followers. Your content is really good! Thank you!!

@josephgonzalez8737 Ай бұрын

That opening track was so good reminded me of moving mountains.

@user-zv7lm8uk7h Ай бұрын

This guy mark makes great post rock style music, indeed.

@burywite Ай бұрын

Great demo! I always appreciate your deep dives. Digging the pedal-centered view at the desk too.

@saint__andrew Ай бұрын

Love the bright and hopeful major-1 feel to this intro track in contrast to your normal darker, moody stuff. Epic with those vocals! I told myself I wasn't going to watch your demo of this cuz I was convinced I didn't want to buy it but yet here I am...

@ricardod123 Ай бұрын

I'm sitting on the Big Sky MX fence right now. This will prob push me over the edge. Great work!

@serialfrost1 Ай бұрын

HYPE been waiting for this one, been trying to decide between it and the Mercury X so this will be a massive help

@Eskildslothkrogh Ай бұрын

I sold my Mercury X for this instead. I can honestly say.. NO REGRETS.

@patrickr6505 Ай бұрын

Mercury X is astounding..I'd recommend it..

@ITheFight Ай бұрын

Omg finally! You got one

@mikewolfe9458 Ай бұрын

Awesome demo! It may be too esoteric to make sense for the channel, but I’d love to see a rundown of how you’re routing the MX as an insert in logic with busses, I/O plugin, etc. when you use it that way. Take care!

@TomsonTheOne Ай бұрын

Nice review and overview... As someone who was in the market to buy a reverb pedal anyway, I immediately grabbed the BigSky MX. I was using the Line6 Helix reverbs before. They can sound wonderful, but I am amazed every single time that I play through the BigSky, how it is close to impossible to dial in a bad sound with it... Even dialed up to 20 seconds (!) the reverb does not sound overly muddy. With the Line6 reverbs I had to fiddle with the virtual knobs a lot more to get them how I imagined it. I was either going for the CXM or a Neunaber (fck UAFX's phone apps and horrible user support; that's why the "Golden" never was an option). I didn't want to buy the imo outdated old BigSky (the new algorithms sound so much better btw), so the MX came exactly at the right time for me... The one thing that I worry about is the new display... These LEDs will burn through and change their brightness significantly over time. That's why Strymon put in those scrolling screen savers. I unplug mine, when I am not using it, which is mildly annoying.

@sunnyschramm9650 Ай бұрын

finally ♥

@MilesAwayOfficial Ай бұрын

Wow! Not sure how my algorithm missed showing me this, I only found it as I uploaded my Big Sky MX demo. Absolutely incredible work dude, your pedal demos are the gold standard for us to follow 🤛🏻

@heymrguitarman7637 7 күн бұрын

The reverb game is suoer hot right now with this, the Mercury X, CXM 1978, abd even scalled back options like the cloudburst, blue sky, illumine, Mako R1 and the Mercury7 remains super relevant. I'm waiting on a used CXM 1978 to arrive today. At £500 it was hard to ignore for someone not loving screen parameters etc. its also one of this epedals that i think will still be relevant in 10 years due to the UI. Sou d wise, it feels theres not much headroom for reverb to get better. more creative - undoubtedly, but not better quality

@CosmosUniversum Ай бұрын

I was JUST about to get the Mercury X. Two strymon pedals into one with an IR loader seems really hard to beat. I feel that is a big justification for the price. But I saw a comment around here saying that dual reverb discussions haven't been made yet. I'm conflicted whether to go with the Mercury X as I have been planning for so long, pairing it with the LVX, or now opting for this Big Sky mx. Please any help or thoughts would be much appreciated. This would be my first reverb pedal purchase ever.

@Crackshot729 Ай бұрын

Mark, what are your thoughts on this vs. the Mercury X?

@ManicMaximus Ай бұрын

I keep coming back to this video. I think you sold me. I need to sell some dusty pedals first. Do you think the MX would be wasted primarily running in mono into a lower watt combo?

@TrevorrNourse Ай бұрын

Mark - killer demo. It has replaced several units on my board. Hoping the Timeline brings a huge improvement as well.

@markjohnstonofficial Ай бұрын

I am waiting with BAITED breath for TL MX and Mobius MX. Plz hurry, Strymon.

@TrevorrNourse Ай бұрын

@@markjohnstonofficial What I am hearing is Oct... 🤫

@tompoynton Ай бұрын

@@markjohnstonofficialOn the Meris side I’m waiting/hoping for a big box Hedra/Enzo/Ottobit X monster device 🤤

@markjohnstonofficial Ай бұрын

This is more info than I have. Fingers crossed.

@tompoynton Ай бұрын

@@markjohnstonofficial Oh no this is pure conjecture, wishful thinking:)

@jeffhayesexperiment 17 күн бұрын

Has any one used the new Erica synths nightverb? Wondering how they compare

@MattLawrence3 Ай бұрын

Will you do an H90 review?

@markjohnstonofficial Ай бұрын

I want to. I should reach out to Eventide and see what's up, especially with the new updates

@XPJV Ай бұрын

In your opinion, which pedal is overall better? BigSky MX or Mercury X?

@wolvesandguitars Ай бұрын

Bunting comes out !

@marcuso.424 25 күн бұрын

It does not have the Swell setting anymore?

@markjohnstonofficial 25 күн бұрын

Swell is now a part of the hall engine. I don’t know if it was specified or not but I *believe* swell on the old one was a hall style reverb as well so here they’re just consolidating.

@cfibanez Ай бұрын

Come on Mark! Only one hour and 48 minutes? For this demo I was expecting at least three hours…

@Samkaya Ай бұрын

@2ndjay448 Ай бұрын

finally a youtuber removed the tape from the screen, a sign that he actually intends to keep it maybe? haha

@markjohnstonofficial Ай бұрын

Wait are other people not taking the plastic off? Hasn’t left my patch bay since it got here.

@2ndjay448 Ай бұрын

@@markjohnstonofficial no! almost every video I see they still have the green little pull tab sticking off the screen its driving me insane!

@markjohnstonofficial Ай бұрын

Thats bizarre. First thing I did, I feel like it would drive me crazy to have left it on through all my testing and use.

@robdavies9478 Ай бұрын

On Mark's Discord another member was very bothered by the screen protector still being on my LVX. I filmed the removal for him, then posted the vid to KZfaq. 1.3k views and counting 😂. The screen protector removal hive is real!

@STROA13 Ай бұрын

I asked Meris and they said one of their newer engines on the Mercury X is actually dual engine..

@markjohnstonofficial Ай бұрын

I love the Mercury X. I demoed it on this channel and that video speaks for itself in terms of how great of a reverb device it is. Having said that; “we have a reverb that is two reverbs” is definitely not the same as “you can run any two reverbs in this device in any configuration you want”

@STROA13 Ай бұрын

@@markjohnstonofficial I think I only mention that because the Mercury X might actually be capable of doing that. It's unclear what their processor power is because I could not find it anywhere.

@markjohnstonofficial Ай бұрын

I mean only the crew at Meris knows IF the processing power is there to be able to run dual reverbs. My gut says "not the way they do things" given HOW many customizable blocks and parameters go into building any given reverb preset. Verb tends to be one of the most processed intensive DSP effects and their engines are really complex both in terms of the core sound and the flexibility. I'm skeptical that it could handle two instantiations of reverb in its current workflow but more importantly; it CAN'T do it because it's not part of the firmware. Like I say in this video re; the Nixie editor's future roadmap: don't make purchases on promised future updates. And the idea of the Merit being dual reverb hasn't even been discussed.

@STROA13 Ай бұрын

@@markjohnstonofficial I totally agree. I think any sort of dual reverb iteration from Meris would be a paired down version of the parameters they offer right now.

@markjohnstonofficial Ай бұрын

Right and that’s the thing about this; it’s ANY two reverbs. Full featured, no compromises. So rad.

@sixk82 Ай бұрын

" CCM as HELL"... lol

@markjohnstonofficial Ай бұрын

Accurate.

@Unusednickname_1970 Ай бұрын

This thing sounds amazing, and the demo is really great, as always. This pedal is $679 USD. Not saying it’s not worth the asking price, but $679? Holy sh*t. I love my Strymon Flint and Volante. Expensive, but worth every penny to me. But $679 is just a lot of damn money for most, I would think. This is not even on my wish list at this price. Sorry Strymon. You’ve exceeded my limits. Wishing you continued success.

@markjohnstonofficial Ай бұрын

That’s not far off from how I discuss the price in this video. 679 is steep. 200 above the original but that extra 200 buys a shocking amount of functionality and isn’t priced well out of step with most modern studio reverb devices and I think it’s worth placing it in that category

@2tubeguitar 27 күн бұрын

imho Strymon just waisted an opportunity to relaunch this pedal in a smaller form factor, such as the half of it, like the blue sky and the others. Real state optimization in pedalboards is on top of the mind of guitar players nowadays

@markjohnstonofficial 27 күн бұрын

“They should have doubled its capabilities in half the size” feels like something that’s easier to ask for in a KZfaq comment than it is to implement. But I also completely disagree; I don’t mind the size and I wouldn’t want a small version of this where even more controls get relegated to menu diving.

@2tubeguitar 26 күн бұрын

@@markjohnstonofficial well... good for you. I do mind the big size

@FatherRabbitt Ай бұрын

The dual algorithms and panning and routing options seem way more appealing and useful in a delay pedal than a reverb. Makes me pumped for a timeline Mx, but makes me want to pass on the new Bigsky.

@user-zv7lm8uk7h Ай бұрын

Many things you said exactly, were already said by other KZfaqrs. Please stop saying "shockingly" by the way, and maybe "robust," you say that in every video it's getting a bit ridiculous. However great job with the scooped mids reverb, you always have super interesting ideas with pedals so I give you credit there. You do something in at least every video that is extremely impressive like that.

@markjohnstonofficial Ай бұрын

I didn't watch any other youtubers' coverage of the Bigsky so I dont know what other people covered or highlighted in their videos. And I am not making literally any changes to how I talk based on a comments section. I don't write scripts for these; I just share my experience and my impressions.

@johnmclaughlin9971 24 күн бұрын

I think it's shockingly stupid to ask someone to stop saying shockingly so much; in fact I'm so shocked, shockingly, I'm gonna plug myself into the mains and auto-ECT myself so I don't have any remaining memory that you said such a shockingly dumb thing...

@user-zv7lm8uk7h 23 күн бұрын

@@johnmclaughlin9971 This is a SHOCKINGLY ROBUST comment. ROBUST. Shockingly.