Electro harmonix Pico Shimmer Cosmic Reverb

The EHX Pico Shimmer Cosmic Reverb pedal is an ultra-compact digital processor designed to offer a wide range of reverb, delay, modulation, polyphonic octave transposition, and sound synthesis effects.

Overview

The Pico Shimmer leverages the advanced algorithms of the renowned EHX Oceans, Canyon, and POG pedals to generate “Shimmer” reverb effects. These effects, combined with pitch-shifting processing, produce unique sounds reminiscent of synthesizer pads and string sections. Despite its compact size, this pedal offers impressive creative capabilities, making it perfect for guitarists in genres such as shoegaze, prog, and post-rock.

Various Modes for Diverse Creative Ambiences

The Pico Shimmer offers three distinct modes that allow you to explore different types of soundscapes:

• Intergalactic: combines reverb, modulated delay, polyphonic octaves, and string synthesis to create ethereal, musical textures.
• Off-World: generates deep, organic textures inspired by vintage analog synthesizers.
• Etherdust: produces random variations in delay time, offering unique, jerky repeats.

Intuitive controls for a custom sound

The Voice parameter lets you adjust the effect’s character, ranging from classic plate reverb to a sparkling shimmer, all the way to string-like pads. The Blend, Time, and Tone controls are designed for intuitive adjustment of the level, duration, and tone of the reverbs.

Advanced features for cinematic atmospheres

By holding down the switch, you can activate the Infinite Reverb function, which produces sustained resonances—ideal for creating highly cinematic atmospheres. In addition, the knobs offer convenient secondary functions, providing access to other settings such as reverb mix, delay time, and modulation, as well as three bypass modes (Digital Bypass, Analog Bypass, Hybrid Bypass).