The Shift-Line Astronaut Reverb/Delay/Sampler V3 is a compact pedal that combines reverb, delay and sampling in one unit. The V3 version, housed in a case slightly wider than its predecessors, offers 22 different reverb, delay and sampling algorithms, putting a range of reverb and delay sounds alongside sampling functions in a single stompbox1.
Delicious Audio's Christopher Scapelliti, writing in a buying guide to multi-mode reverb workstations, called it "an intriguingly deep and surprisingly small reverb"1.
"An intriguingly deep and surprisingly small reverb, the new V3, hosted in a slightly wider case, offers 22 different reverb, delay and sampling algorithms."
What it does
The Astronaut V3 covers three effect types at once: reverb, delay and sampling. With 22 algorithms on board, it works as a multi-mode workstation rather than a dedicated single-effect pedal, in the same family as other multi-effects and looping units1.
Its most distinctive behavior concerns bypass. The pedal can listen to your signal while bypassed and play full, massive reverb tails immediately when switched on1. For a player, that means the effect does not need a moment to build up after you stomp on it: the tail is already there.
"The pedal's most unique feature is that it can listen to your signal in bypass and play full and massive reverb tails immediately when switched on."
Where it sits in the Astronaut range
Shift Line's Astronaut line spans several generations and formats, and Tonebox carries pages on the original Shift-line Astronaut, the Shift Line A+ Astronaut Modular and the Shift Line A+ Astronaut V. The V3 discussed here is the third-generation version of the Reverb/Delay/Sampler format1.
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Questions
How many effects does the Astronaut V3 have?
The V3 version offers 22 different reverb, delay and sampling algorithms, all housed in a case that is slightly wider than earlier Astronaut pedals. That makes it a multi-mode workstation covering three effect types in one box, rather than a single-effect reverb or delay pedal.
What is the Astronaut V3's bypass feature?
Delicious Audio describes the pedal's most unique feature as its ability to listen to your signal while in bypass, then play full and massive reverb tails immediately when switched on. In practice, the pedal keeps tracking your playing even when bypassed, so the effect is already in motion when you engage it.
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- 2024 UPDATE: Best Multi Reverb Pedals, Delicious Audio, 2024-10-25
