Old Blood Noise Endeavors Dark Star

Awesome and truly creative

Love OBNE the vibe and textures possible with this are in my opinion pretty unique. Dark swirling textures and more to explore ,,, want something dark here you are

Old blood puring from speakers.

Seriously this pedal makes my amp blead!

Great for dark and melancholic pieces

The pedal works best on slower, more ambient pieces and adds a dark flavour to melodies. I bought the pedal mainly for the bit crusher mode for Alt-rocky riffs and the other modes for clean melodic stuff. My biggest problem with the pedal is that the sounds aren't clean and it can be tricky to get the right settings. But when you do find the right settings, it can give a somber melody a sense of impending doom or create absolute chaos. You can also hook it up to an expression pedal and have a chord ringing out in the background, which can help when improvising. The Dark Star takes time to get used to and when you do, the wide array of sounds can add a texture to your playing that can't be achieved otherwise.

Unique, but too Lo-Fi

Although I returned it, I'm still giving this pedal 4 stars in total just because of its unique sound. On the downside, the overall sound quality is a bit too Lo-Fi for my taste, but actual reason I returned it is that the pedal is noisy - it raised the noise floor of my signal chain significantly which to me is a deal breaker.

Pros: truly unique sound unlike any other reverb, great for experimental music, dark ambient, drone.

Cons: kind of Lo-Fi, and too noisy.

So if you are into experimental music but don't really care about high fidelity, go ahead and get it, it will be very useful to you.

It has its issues

It goes without saying that this is not a generic reverb. If you are looking for rooms, halls, springs etc., search elsewhere.

As a creative and intuitive tool it does do a good job. However, some of its parameters do not work as one would expect. For example, the mix (wet/dry) knob does not really adjust the volume of the dry signal until up around 95% where, as expected, you get only the reverb. So, you cannot really control the volume of the dry signal, it is essentially only on or off.

Also, the octave up sounds very unnatural, mainly because it creates an almost tremolo effect.

Overall, the pedal opens a lot of sonic possibilities, but not without some issues.

great sound

This is a really unique pedal from Old blood noise endeavor.Love the sound.

Extremely inspiring

For creative purposes, this pedal excels greatly. My favourite setting is "Crush", which delivers haunting drones on the background, and the possibility to sustain any note or chord using the Hold switch its also a plus.

Price might be too steep, but its worth it.

Pros: Great sounds out of it, Controls very responsive, Awesome art design

Cons: Price, and maybe the bone-colored knobs look a bit weird, thats it !

All Five Stars pedal

Ambient music oriented "pad reverb" with three modes for colouring the sound, plus a great feeling for live interaction with the controls, all in all this pedal is pure magic. If you like long reverbs, from super clean to dirty to self oscillating, or wish to pitch shift the reverb tone, this is the pedal you look for. Great for guitars and synthesizers!

The solid build, the great sound response, will make you sure this pedal is the perfect choice. It's great at the beginning of a pedal chain, to create long swells (or infinite ones), but even further in the chain it gives amazing results for the clarity of the sound.

I see non cons, apart that a stereo version of this pedal would be an instant buy.

A really interesting reverb with a massive sound

I've been using the pedal for quite some time now and it was exactly what I hoped for. I've been using with guitar and analog synths and it reacts very well with both.

If you already have a reverb and you want a more experimental pedal to create huge ambient textures, add more darkness to your clean guitar sound, or maybe awaken some great old one sleeping under you city, then this is it!

pros:

great dark sound

lots of parameters to tinker with

ideal for experimentation

its looks are awesome

cons:

it feels a bit fragile, but I could be wrong

Best Pad Reverb

If you want a pad reverb this is it. The verb sounds amazing, and the extra ability to have pitched or bitcrushed reverb is amazing.