Portable stereo multi-effect

Compact patchable stereo multi-effects hero with MIDI

The Kastle 2 FX WIZARD is a compact, patchable stereo multi-effects unit that empowers you to explore the limits of sound processing through modulation and modularity. Use simple yet refined stereo effects, or go nuts with modulation and immerse in powerful glitch and sound design heaven. Instead of navigating thru preset effects, you can craft your own unique effects with dynamic behavior using modulation. The FX WIZARD embraces happy accidents, sparking excitement with unexpected and unheard sonic transformations. The FX WIZARD both sends and receives USB MIDI. Customize your Rhythm patterns and number of Sequencer steps via web-based app.

Powerful glitch and sound design heaven
There are three loose main categories of effects, each offering both finely controlled parameters and exciting extremes that you wouldn’t typically find elsewhere:

DELAY FX family (blue/green): Includes a clean stereo delay, a flanger with stereo chorus capabilities and some spicy extremes, and a freezer to capture and hold moments of time in a fun modular way.
AMPLITUDE FX family (bright colors): Features an autopanner with ring modulation possibilities, a crunchy digital crusher with powerful feedback, and a rhythmic slicer that can create dynamic transients from any drone.
PITCH-SHIFTING FX family (red colors): Contains a dirty pitcher that shifts signals up in either tonal or rhythmic patterns, a fun replayer effect that reverses audio and introduces lots of pitch-shifting artifacts, and last but not least, a nuanced shifter that adjusts the pitch up or down to achieve detuned sounds and feedback pitch slopes.
Modulate everything
With modulation and the right FX MODE, the gates to extreme sound design and glitch territory open wide. Effect parameters can be modulated using the built-in LFO or a surprisingly powerful pattern generator. For dynamic effects that respond to incoming audio (hello, ducking), there’s also an envelope follower.

Stereo goodness
Each effect can widen the STEREO field by detuning some of its core, while the FILTER allows you to brighten or darken the sound. All effects react to triggers or clocks in both predictable and exciting ways.

Firmware level-up!
From firmware version 1.3 on, FX Wizard both sends and receives USB MIDI, making studio integration a breeze! Send and receive Midi messages by connecting Kastle 2 with your DAW or a MIDI Controller and open a new world of the Kastle magic.
From firmware version 1.6 on, RHYTHM patterns and number of Sequencer steps are user-programmable via web-based app

Features
9 FX modes
— delay (max time in stereo is 1.15s — with FW v1.1 and higher )
— 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
RHYTHM patterns and number of Sequencer steps are user-programmable via web-based app
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

USB MIDI Input (clock, notes, CCs)
USB MIDI Output to act as MIDI controller (clock, CCs)

All Kastle 2 devices are built upon the same physical platform and they share the same internal hardware. They differ in the faceplate and manual. You can easily load Wave Bard firmware into FX Wizard and vice versa.

https://bastl-instruments.com/instruments/kastle2-fx-wizard