Old Blood Noise Endeavors Sunlight

Sunlight: an OBNE reverb designed as an instrument

With the Sunlight, Old Blood Noise Endeavors offers a very "instrumental" vision of reverb: here, the effect doesn't just add a space around your sound, it interacts with your attack, sustain, and silences. The central idea is simple and highly musical: generate a rich reverb, then maintain it (or let it breathe) depending on what you play. Add to that three exclusive OBNE algorithms, and you get a pedal crafted for guitarists who love sculpting textures as much as for those seeking an inspiring reverb that "responds" under the fingers.

Manufacturing note: due to a supply chain disruption, some Sunlight units may be equipped with purple knobs or transparent knobs. In all cases, these are official versions produced during this period.

For whom? Guitarists (and keyboardists) who want lively and controllable pads

The Sunlight is aimed at musicians who use reverb as a composition and staging tool: post-rock, ambient, shoegaze, indie, film, worship, experimental... but also more traditional contexts whenever you seek a reverb capable of becoming a harmonic backdrop. The dynamic control via the Input setting allows it to be subtle and sensitive, or conversely very reactive to trigger holds clearly.

In the studio, it excels at layering, creating transitions, filling an arrangement without adding notes, and generating controlled "infinite" phrase endings. In live settings, the trail freeze function and Alt footswitch are especially useful for switching from a clean rhythmic sound to an immersive pad in a split second, without complicated pedalboard choreography. Its approach remains accessible but reveals its full potential in the hands of musicians who enjoy fine-tuning the effect's placement in their chain.

Controls, modes, and real-time playability: a reverb you can control

The Sunlight integrates controls designed to "play" the reverb. The Input knob adjusts the dynamic sensitivity: it determines how the pedal interprets your signal (and thus how it reacts when you play... or stop). The Decay knob manages the reverb feedback and allows for very long tails, up to a sensation of infinite and enveloping reverb.

You then have three modes:

Tape adds a wavering vibrato modulation to the reverb, ideal for moving and organic halos. Comb stacks resonant delays, producing more metallic, harmonic, and reactive textures, perfect for drones and chords that "sing" differently depending on pitch. Pass applies more random filtering to the reverb, useful for breaking the linearity of a classic reverb and achieving changing, more granular or unstable ambiances depending on the setting.

The Rate and Depth controls are mode-specific: they adjust the speed and intensity of the animation (modulation, resonance, filtering). To go further, the expression input allows you to control Input, Decay, Rate, and Depth with your foot: a major asset for switching from a short reverb to a sustained pad, or for continuously evolving the texture during a piece. Finally, the Alt footswitch lets you quickly toggle to a particular knob setting, very effective for creating a "second personality" for your sound without multiplying pedals.

Regarding playability, the Soft-Touch switching and true relay bypass ensure clean and reliable activation, suitable for stages and dense pedalboards.

Sound signature

The Sunlight's sonic signature sits at the boundary between reverb and texture. It stays musical and enveloping, but its true playground is animated reverb: undulating tails, stacking resonances, filtered ambiances that seem to transform on their own. Thanks to the Input/Decay pair, you can get a reverb that precisely follows your dynamics (to maintain definition), or conversely a broad material that takes over and becomes a sound bed.

It particularly shines with clean sounds, upstream delays, subtle vibrato/chorus, or after a light overdrive to thicken harmonics. On heavier saturations, it can produce massive ambiance walls, provided you balance sensitivity and duration to avoid everything becoming too dense. If you like "tame" and transparent reverbs, it can be used sparingly, but its personality really expresses itself when you exploit its modes and trail freeze behavior.

Technical specifications

Effects	Reverb	Type	sector
Technology	Digital	Use	electric guitar
Format	Pedal	Color	Pink

Potentiometers	Input, Decay, Rate, Depth	Bypass	True relay bypass
Expression control	assignable to Input, Decay, Rate, Depth	Sunlight artwork	Jon Carling
Tape	undulating vibrato applied to the reverb	Knob variants	purple or transparent depending on the production series
Comb	stacked resonant delays applied to the reverb	Power supply required	9V
Pass	random filtering applied to the reverb	Adapter	2.1 mm, center-negative
Alt footswitch	quick switch to a particular knob setting	Current draw	80 mA
Switching	Soft-Touch