Old Blood Noise Endeavors Releases the Sunlight Reverb

August 26, 2021 · 4 sources

Old Blood Noise Endeavors announced the Sunlight Dynamic Freeze Reverb, a reverb pedal the maker described as an "envelope triggered multi-mode reverb." MusicRadar reported that the pedal was inspired by OBNE's Dark Star reverb and designed as an early chain pad reverb, meaning it is meant to sit near the front of your signal chain and respond to how hard you play¹.

The pedal's freeze function is its defining trick: it freezes the reverb trails when you stop playing, which Gearnews noted "creates some super interesting tones"². The envelope triggering means the reverb reacts to your picking dynamics rather than simply washing over everything.

Controls and modes, as reported by MusicRadar¹:

• Knobs: Rate, Depth, Mix, Decay and Input¹
• Mode switch: a three-way toggle selecting Tape, Pass or Comb¹
• Tape mode: Rate adjusts the modulated warbles¹
• Pass mode: Rate sets the timing of the sample-hold and the range of cutoff frequencies¹
• Comb mode: a quartet of delay lines placed after the reverb stacks short delays to create comb filters that sound like a fixed flanger, with Rate setting the time of the four delays¹

The pedal's functionality can be extended by an external expression pedal, and it uses soft-touch switching with true relay bypass. It takes a 9V DC power supply. The enclosure art was designed by Jon Carling¹.

At launch, the Sunlight was priced at $209 and available immediately¹. Gearnews called it Old Blood Noise Endeavors' latest release³, and in its year-end look at 2021's effects later that December, Gearnews named it "another stand-out effect this year," great for players looking for something new². Delicious Audio also covered the pedal as a dynamic reverb from Old Blood Noise⁴.