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Catalinbread launches Callisto MKII analog chorus pedal

July 6, 2022 · 5 sources

Catalinbread released the Callisto MKII, an all-analog chorus pedal, in July 2022, with coverage dated 6 and 7 July¹². It is an update to the original Callisto chorus, which the maker says it has recreated and added to¹³.

The pedal is a bucket-brigade chorus with four controls: Rate, Depth, Mix and Feedback⁴². Rate sets the speed of the internal LFO, Depth sets how much the wet signal is modulated, and Mix blends wet and dry, reaching 100 percent wet or dry at either extreme¹². At full wet the pedal produces a pitch vibrato¹³. The new Feedback control sends part of the modulated signal back through the BBD circuit¹⁴. Catalinbread says the pedal never quite becomes a flanger at full feedback⁴³.

"We've also taken the liberty of adding a cool Feedback control, which dumps a varying amount of signal from the output of the BBD chip back into the circuit after the filtering occurs, for a striking regenerative tone that blurs the line between chorus and flanger, even if it never quite reaches the latter."

Catalinbread, via Delicious Audio³

The Callisto MKII takes a 9V DC center-negative supply and draws 10mA⁴². Catalinbread says it can take a hot signal and can be placed after an overdrive⁴. The pedal is priced at $209.99¹²; Guitar World and MusicRadar give the price as $209⁴⁵. It was available at launch¹⁴⁵.