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This table provides an overview of your statutory consumer rights, compared with our standard returns policy and optional extended money back guarantee and warranty.
| UK & Europe | EU Standard | Gear4music Standard | Gear4music Optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return Period | 14 days | 30 days | up to 180 days |
| Standard delivery charges refunded? | Yes | Yes | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Upgraded delivery charges refunded? | Standard costs only | Standard costs only | Standard costs only |
| Free collection on cancellation | No | No | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Free collection if defective, delivered damaged or incorrect item | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 30 days |
We are unable to accept returns of any custom made items designed to work together as a unique package and some items are only eligible for money back guarantee if they are returned to us unused and sealed in the original packaging. For full information on our returns policy, please refer to our returns and refunds information guide.
Key Features
The Strymon NightSky is an ambient reverb plugin, tailored for sound designers who need a customisable reverb to deliver vast soundscapes. Strymon NightSky approaches reverb as a playable, adjustable sound engine rather than a static effect, giving you direct control over pitch, harmonics, and space. Built around the idea of reverberant synthesis, NightSky goes far beyond traditional room or hall effects.
At NightSky’s core are three reverb types, each offering a different character that can be reshaped using size, rate, and pitch controls. Shimmer lets you add precise octave shifting to reverb tails, while Glimmer focuses on harmonic enhancement for more synth-like results. A dedicated modulation section introduces movement using multiple wave shapes, helping static sounds evolve over time.
Tone and Voice control sections make it easier to sculpt the frequency balance and harmonic focus, and selectable pre or post drive adds controlled saturation when needed — useful for adding density without overpowering the source. With separate dry and reverb mixes and support for AAX, AU, and VST on Mac and Windows, NightSky fits neatly into modern studio workflows.
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NightSky treats reverb as a sound source rather than a finishing touch. The adjustable reverb core size and processing rate give you hands-on control over density, decay behaviour, and spatial response. This means you can design spaces that feel tight and reactive or vast and unstable, depending on the material. Three reverb types provide different starting characters, but the real strength is how deeply you can reshape them.
The SHIMMER control introduces pitch-shifting of up to plus or minus one octave directly within the reverb, keeping the dry signal intact. GLIMMER then enhances harmonics dynamically, adding synth-like overtones that evolve over time rather than sitting statically. Together, these tools allow pads, guitars, and even percussion to take on harmonic movement without extra plugins. It’s a focused way to add musical pitch content while staying anchored to the original performance.
The MOD section brings movement to the reverb or tone filters using multiple waveform shapes. Instead of generic chorus-style motion, modulation here affects core parameters, helping textures feel alive and shifting. This is especially useful for ambient and experimental work, where subtle changes over time matter. Combined with the resonant filter, modulation sweeps can feel rhythmic, expressive, or completely abstract, depending on how far you push them.
Dedicated TONE and VOICE sections let you sculpt the frequency response and harmonic balance of the reverb, keeping it clear or deliberately coloured. Pre or post DRIVE placement adds saturated harmonics either before the space is generated or after it blooms. This makes it easier to manage brightness, weight, and character without relying on external EQ or distortion, keeping the creative process fast and contained within a single plugin.
