A+ by Shift Line: ASTRONAUT V2 Multiverb Space Unit - demo

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
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).

[Deliquescentinsight]

I am a huge fan of reverb, this one seems very handy, big effects in a small unit-and quite 'organic'

[RealMNeutral]

I ordered one of these from Russia. It takes about 2-3 weeks to get to the states. I should be getting mines tomorrow. Awesome. I can’t wait to play this along with my Fernwei delay pedal from Germany. Great ambient music to make.

[jodysanders]

You don't smile very often, , but some of the sounds made you grin really big. Very cool pedal. I hope I can find one. Great demo video.

[VanishingRock]

Just got the version 1 and that is epic also - love what Shiftline do!

[skillzwitpillz]

Excellent, Brett! I just got the original version two months ago but I'll definitely be getting this one, too.

[lawrencevaughan]

Just stunning. Ordered one based on this.

[otek_]

Wow, the hold mode is really something for soundscapes!

[AkiraSpectrum]

wow this sounds great. usually these types of effects are too 'weird/wacky' to actually be usable, but these seem to be quite musical sounding.

[postproduccionponchosauer]

Really good review thank you! But how do you make the 0:00 sounds???

[TimothyBussMusic]

That's a very cool and useful pedal. Yeah the demo was good too, lol!

[mrhammer]

Have watched this video probably 10 times in the last couple of days. This unit is bitchen. Great demo. 👍

[trimembracion]

hi! thans for this demo. Besides the Hold mode, Is there any function for the Tail control in the other modes.?

[nuclearguitarfare]

You turned off the trails switch while you were going to demonstrate it's functionality.

[neuk]

This sounds amazing. I'm after an ambient reverb and was looking at Neunaber and a couple of others. This seems extraordinary value. Anyone any idea how well built it is? If it's half way decent I might have to jump on it.

[j.sherwoodowl]

Looks and sounds awesome. Why isn't it called cosmonaut?

[dagoelius]

Hey Brett, when zooming into your speaker being used, what is that strange device around the microphone?

[soundknight]

Was that the Good the Bad and the Ugly theme at the start?

[bengalvin]

HEY BRETT! i brought the V1 because of your demo on this one[ in the hold mode ] can you play over the note/chord you have on hold?

[Luxdg]

What do you prefer between this pedal and the GFI specular reverb v2?

[pascaldelhalle]

Hi brett ! Very great ☺. What s your bigmuff ?? Have a good day .