The Stargazer

The Stargazer was designed as an evolution of my very popular Stargazer reverb pedal. The base reverb was modeled after the original Stargazer as best I could with the new platform. I tried to capture the essence of the original which used a Belton brick, but with a more diffused, ambient sound and better control at higher decay levels. Of course, adding an octave effect (SPARKLE) and a modulation control add to its usability. It has modern features like soft touch switches, trails, and stereo functionality. RIGHT FOOTSWITCH Cycles between the top channel (BLUE) and bottom channel (RED) LEFT FOOTSWITCH Activates/deactivates the entire pedal. MONO TO STEREO Plugging a single cable into one of the inputs allows you to go from mono to stereo. Your input will be duplicated and sent to both outputs. LEDS RIGHT TOP LED (BLUE): Is on when top row of controls is active RIGHT BOTTOM LED (RED): Is on when top row of controls is active LEFT LED (YELLOW): ON/OFFRIGHT FOOTSWITCH Cycles between the top channel (BLUE) and bottom channel (RED) MIX Controls the blend between wet and dry. Can be 100%. Wet and Dry are at equal weight at 12 o’clock. DECAY Controls the amount of decay and length of the reverb. Can go to near self-oscillation when maxed SPARKLE This is an octave up effect applied only to the reverb signal. It is not to be confused with shimmer. Shimmer is placed in the feedback loop and therefore it arpeggiates. This is added post feedback, so it simply adds an octave and provides a much simpler, less obnoxious sound. MOD Swirly Pitch Bending on the reverb signal. Provides subtle movement to the reverb to avoid being stale. Can get pretty wobbly at high levels.