Bastl Instruments Kastle 2 FX Wizard Patchable Stereo Multi-Effects Device

Kastle 2 FX WIZARD is a compact patchable stereo multi effects unit that empowers exploration of the limits of sound processing via the use of modulation and modularity. Use plain yet refined stereo effects, or go nuts with modulation and immerse yourself in a powerful glitch and sound design heaven. Instead of navigating thru effect presets, make your very own effects with unique behavior using modulation. FX WIZARD embraces the happy accidents and will make you excited with the unexpected and unheard sonic transformations.

Powerful glitch and sound design heaven
There are 3 loose categories of effects and each have very controlled regions as well as exciting extremes that would normally not be found elsewhere.

• The DELAY FX family (blue/green) contains very clean stereo delay, flanger with stereo chorus capabilities and spicy extremes, and freezer to capture and freeze moments of time in a fun modular way.
• The AMPLITUDE FX family (bright colors) contains autopanner with possibilities of ringmod, crunchy digital crusher with mighty feedback and a rhythmic slicer that can create fun rhythmic transients out of any drone.
• The PITCH SHIFTING FX family (red colors) comes with dirty pitcher that shifts signals up and can do it in tonal or rhythmical fashion, fun replayer effect that can do audio reversing as well as a lot of pitch shifting artifacts and last but not least shifter that can mangle your pitch up or down in more nuanced ways to achieve detuned sounds and feedbacked pitch slopes.

Modulate everything
The gates of extreme sound design and the glitch realm open with modulation and the selection of the active FX MODE. The effects parameters can be modulated with a built in LFO or surprisingly powerful pattern generator. For creating dynamic effects responding to the incoming audio (hello, ducking) there is also an envelope follower.

Stereo goodness
Each effect has the possibility to widen the STEREO by detuning some of its core. The sound can be brightened or darkened by the FILTER and all effects respond to triggers or clocks in predictable and exciting ways.

Features

• 9 FX modes
  — delay (max time in stereo is 1.15s)
  — flanger
  — freezer
  — panner
  — crusher
  — slicer
  — pitcher
  — replayer
  — shifter
• Stereo audio processing at 44kHz/16-bits
• Time parameter with attenuverting modulation (S&H or free)
• Feedback parameter with attenuverting modulation
• AMOUNT mix with attenuverting modulation
• FILTER in the feedback with Lowpass/Highpass
• STEREO detuning for each FX MODE
• FX MODE cv input with attenuation to change modes with CV
• TRIG input to synchronize effects with tempo
• LFO – triangle and pulse output, reset input, attenuverting modulation, synced or free
• Tempo generator with tap tempo and divider with external clock
• Pattern generator (tempo synced) with GATE and CV output and patch programmability
• patchable envelope follower
• stereo input with input gain (up to +12db), accepts up to 6 Vpp signal
• stereo output capable of driving headphones up to 250 Ohm
• analog sync input
• analog sync output

What’s in the box

• Kastle 2 FX Wizard unit
• quickstart guide
• 10 patch cables
• sticker
• for environmental reasons, we are excluding the batteries from the package

Technical Details

• USB-C (firmware updates, power)
• 3x AA battery power (both rechargeable and non)
• Power consumption approx. 100-150 mA, should last up to 15-18 hours on 3x AA batteries.

Manufacturer product page here.