As part of the three-guitar assault that makes up Periphery, Mark Holcomb might be best known for bombastic riffs and liquid leads, but he’s no stranger to the atmospheric and ambient side of guitar. The lush clean passages, accented by crystalline reverb and chiming delay tones that break up Periphery’s aggression are part of the formula that makes the band so special – meaning the bar was set high when we set out to create a pedal that could meet Mark’s expectations. Dark Sun was crafted based on Mark’s favorite sounds from the Andromeda Dynamic Delay and the Silver Lake Dynamic Reverb. Dark Sun combines a warm and clean digital delay algorithm with a lush Hall reverb, and the ability to route the two in just about any configuration you could want. And, you can shape the EQ of the effect, add saturation, or lush choral modulation, or use Dynamic Expression to control the mix of the effect with your playing. Mark wanted the ability to change the order of the effects on the fly and assign them to either the left or right channel – so we designed the routing control; a 4-position switch that can create dramatically different sounds depending on how it’s set. Running delay first means new reverberations are created with each repeat – while putting reverb first will create a less natural and more dramatic repeat of the reverb trail. Setting Delay and Reverb to the left and right channels allows you to use Dark Sun’s two effects in stereo or as two separate pedals in one.
- delay / reverb effects pedal
- Mark Holcomb (Periphery) signature model
- combines delay engines of the Andromeda with the room reverb of the Silver Lake and many new features
- digital operation
- Dynamic Expression for real time control of effect mix through pick attack
- multiple routing options
- true stereo operation possible
- 8 Reverb Engines
- 24-bit/48 kHz engine
- switchable reverb trails
- true bypass (buffered when reverb trails activated)
- Delay section controls for Time, Feedback and D-Mix
- 8-way Delay Mode rotary switch for selecting reverb engines (Quarter Note / Dotted Eighth / Eighth Note / Triplet / Pattern / Rev. / Ping Pong / Rev. Pong)
- Reverb Section controls for R-Size and R-Mix
- Filter/Saturation control button for selecting between filters (LPF / HPF / Saturation)
- controls for Dynamic Expression and Tweak
- Tweak control button for selecting the function of the Tweak Knob (Depth / Rate / Blend)
- 4-way Routing rotary switch for selecting the effects routing (Delay > Verb / Verb > Delay / L:D - R:R / L:R - R:D)
- controls for dynamic expression and Tweak
- Modulation control button for selecting the function of the Tweak control (Depth / Rate / Blend)
- Filter control button for selecting the function
- Trails control button
- LC preset/bank display
- Bypass footswitch
- Tap/Preset footswitch
- status LEDs
- metal housing
- 2 x 6.3 mm mono (L/R) input jacks
- 2 x 6.3 mm mono (L/R) output jacks
- MIDI IN and MIDI THRU connections
- micro USB port (Windows and Mac compatible)
- power supply via optional 9-18V DC adapter, 5.5 x 2.1 mm barrel plug polarity (-) center
- battery operation not supported
- current draw 150 mA
- dimensions (W x D x H) 142 mm x 130 mm x 55 mm
- weight 620 g