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Ladies and gents, the second Astronaut has launched. This pedal is more about drone than tone and it will take you into some very interesting territory indeed. I loved the V1 Astronaut but V2 offers even more. Its Hold mode is dangerous and unpredictable (to a large extent) and that always a good thing! Have a listen and read the following mode descriptions lifted from the A+/Shift Line website.

Gated: A simple and straightforward reverb with gate. The reverb effect is audible only when the guitar signal is present, decay knob controls threshold level

Modulated: A reverb with deep modulation.
Modulation rate and reverb length are both controlled by decay knob.

Skynet: A well-known and beloved algorithm from the original Astronaut. Long, massive, cosmic.

Mechanics: Industrial tones. Decay knob controls reverb and delay time from metal clang to short high-feedback delay.

ShimUp: Classic shimmer, each repeat is pitched one octave up.

ShimDown: Shimmer with octave down. Massive and fat, provides excellent padding.

ShimUpDown: Yeah, two octaves shimmer at the same time! Enjoy ambience for any note.

Major Arp: Random major arpeggio + reverb. Decay controls rate and reverb length.

Octave Arp: Same as #8 but with octave arpeggios.

Ping-pong: A delay where the repeats’ playing direction is reversed after each repeat. Decay controls delay time.

Hold: A mode that stands out from the rest, it holds the note played and behaves in a different way compared to the reverbs described above. This is a version of our freeze-verb algorithm. Engage the effect, and the note playing at the moment the button is pressed will be frozen. Decay controls fade-in time. There are no tails available for this mode, the toggle switch enables detune. This option can be switched on the run for any note held: activate freeze-verb, detune by switching the toggle up, wait for the tone you like and hold this tone by switching the toggle down. Repeat if needed.
Detune is infinite and could generate sub-sonic component - be careful if your speakers are not designed to handle very low frequencies!

Input-listening mode: Inherited from the first version of Astronaut, this pedal can listen to your signal in bypass and play full and massive reverb tails immediately when switched on. To activate this mode, cycle the power and press the button 10 times within the first 10 seconds.

Fast LED blinking indicates input listening is activated
. Slow blinking is for regular mode
. If activated, this mode disables tails and the tails switch.

Today's tools:

Guitar: 2017 Ernie Ball Music Man JP15-7 (stock).
Amp: Laney VH100R (clean channel) with Laney Lionheart 2x12 Greenback cab
Extra effects: N/A
Cables: Achillies and Providence
Power Supply: Voodoo Lab MONDO
Mic: sE V3 Dynamic and VR1 ([ Ссылка ]) (Laney); Violet Design The Amethyst Standard (me)
Camera: Canon 60D (me) and Nikon D5100 (pedal)
Soundcard: AVID Mbox Pro 3 (for recording) & Fractal Audio Systems Axe-FX II XL+ (mixing and bouncing).
Computer: Apple iMac 27" i7 3.4 GHz 16 GB RAM
Software: Logic Pro X, Waves L3-16 Limiter (to keep levels in check at output), Apple Final Cut Pro X (video editing and Youtube compression).

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