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เอฟเฟคกีตาร์ Strymon StarLab Eurorack Time-warped Reverberator Module
Modular Transformation Machine.
Expand the sound of your modular rack with incredibly lush, ethereal reverbs. Enhance signals with gorgeous chorus, flanging, and modulated delays. Create uniquely expressive synth voices with Karplus-Strong string synthesis. Turn simple mono audio signals into vast stereo soundscapes. StarLab is a single module that will completely transform your modular rack.
Singular Modular Reverb.
From perfectly voiced room ambience to vast, immersive, nearly infinite decays, StarLab offers the pinnacle of premium reverb sounds with unparalleled depth and spaciousness. Add musical intervals to the reverb signal with Shimmer, and enhance the harmonic spectrum with Glimmer, while enjoying real-time control over the size/pitch of the reverb process.
Modulation And Delay Effects.
StarLab has vastly expanded what reverb pre-delay can do by allowing you to bus the pre-delay signal to the output while making the pre-delay time a modulation target. This results in the ability to create rich choruses, sweeping flanger effects, and beautiful modulated delays, while also processing signal through the reverb.
Karplus-Strong String Synthesis.
In addition to input signal processing, StarLab is a powerful Karplus-Strong string synthesis voice module that allows freely alternating bowing and plucking as well as dynamic string damping. This results in an astoundingly expressive and lifelike instrument with a unique voice all its own, which can be enhanced and expanded by the full range of StarLab’s reverb capabilities.
Intuitive Creation Station
Control & Routing
Front Panel
- LEFT IN — Left audio input. Use for mono input.
- RIGHT IN — Right audio input.
- LEFT OUT — Left audio output. Use for mono output.
- RIGHT OUT — Right audio output.
- INFINITE CV — Engages the infinite effect to hold the input signal going into the reverb. Rising edge trigger will toggle the state. Can be set to momentary or latching response.
- IN GATE CV — Gates the input to the reverb when CV is high. When in Karplus-Strong mode, continuously excites or ‘bows’ the string. Can be set to latching or momentary response.
- FAVORITE — Recalls the currently selected Favorite preset.
- DRY — Sets the level of unprocessed input signal sent to the output.
- INPUT GAIN — Controls the gain of the input signal fed to the reverb structure through a soft clipping input stage. LED indicates signal level from GREEN for clean reverb to RED for soft-clipping distortion.
- TEXTURE – Selects one of three different
reverb structures. Sparse is a granular-sounding reverb that can create interesting effects with staccato inputs, or produce a clean reverb with sustained inputs. Dense is a plate-like reverb with a fast response and dense reflections that can venture into ambient territory at high decay times. Diffuse is a slow-building, atmospheric wash that excels at ambient, swell, and even reverse-like textures. - LOW DAMP — Removes low end content both at the output and in the regenerating core portion of the reverb. In Karplus-Strong mode, removes low frequency content of the string.
- HIGH DAMP — Removes high frequency content from the regenerating reverb structure as the knob is turned clockwise. In Karplus-Strong mode, dampens the high end harmonics as the string decays.
- INFINITE — Holds the current audio input to the reverb while allowing new audio to continue being processed by the reverb. Press and hold for 2 seconds for PITCH QUANTIZE mode where SIZE/PITCH values are restricted to the selected scale.
- SHIMMER CV — Sets shimmer gain. Knob position acts as an offset.
- SHIMMER – Adds pitch shifting to the reverberated signal. Effect is off when SHIMMER knob is fully counterclockwise.
- GLIMMER CV — Sets glimmer gain. Knob position acts as offset.
- GLIMMER — Dynamically enhances aspects of the input signal’s harmonic spectrum.
- REGEN — Selects regenerative shimmer which applies the pitch shifting within the reverb structure (REGEN LED GREEN) or input shimmer which applies the pitch shifting at the input before the reverb structure (REGEN LED off).
- HIGH BAND — Selects between the high band (HIGH BAND LED GREEN) or low band (HIGH BAND LED off) harmonics to be enhanced by the glimmer effect.
- HIGH DAMP CV — Affects the wet signal high end filtering. Positive voltage opens filter. Knob position acts as an offset.
- INTERVAL CV — Sets pitch interval for shimmer. Quantized to 1/2 steps over +/- 1 octave range.
- LOW PASS — Changes the HIGH DAMP function to a 24dB/octave low pass filter applied at the output of the reverb.
- SIZE/PITCH — Changes the process rate and size of the reverb structure while maintaining the integrity of the reverb audio. Turning clockwise increases the reverb size and lowers the pitch of any regenerating audio in the reverb structure.
- FEEDBACK — Applies regeneration to the delay, resulting in more repeats with longer delays, or more resonance with shorter delays. When in Karplus-Strong mode, FEEDBACK affects string decay and structure resonance.
- DELAY/TUNE — In delay mode, applies predelay from 0 to 1.5 seconds max. When TAP/TRIG clock CV input is detected, acts as a clock mult/div. In Karplus-Strong mode, sets string tuning over a continuous 5 octave range, or fine tuning of 12 semitones when SIZE/PITCH CV is detected.
- TAP/TRIG — Allows the delay time to be set by tapping in a tempo. When in Karplus-Strong mode, a quick press will trigger or ‘pluck’ the string. It can also be held to continuously excites or ‘bows’ the string.
- ECHO ON — Busses the delay output to the WET output to mix with the reverb signal. When in Karplus-Strong mode, mixes in the dry string signal with the wet output. If ECHO ON is not selected, only the reverberated string will be heard at the wet output.
- SPEED — Controls the period of the LFO waveform from 15 seconds to 1/15th second (15Hz). When Envelope (env) is the selected waveform, SPEED controls the decay rate of the envelope. When LFO CLK IN CV is detected, SPEED knob acts as a clock divider/multiplier.
- SHAPE — Selects from six different waveshapes for the LFO, including triangle, square, ramp, saw, random, and envelope which responds to input dynamics with the input sensitivity set by the DEPTH knob.
- LFO CLK IN CV — Sets the LFO speed to sync with phase-alignment to the clock input. SPEED knob acts as clock div/ mult.
- SPEED CV — Sets LFO speed. Knob position acts as offset.
- DEPTH CV — Sets LFO depth. Knob position acts as offset.
- EXT LFO IN — External LFO input. DEPTH knob acts as attenuverter.
- FAVORITE CV — Toggles between the physical knob/switch settings of the module and the selected Favorite preset setting on rising edge.
- WET — Sets the overall reverberated signal level sent to the output.
- DECAY — Adjusts the amount of time for the reverb to fade out. At higher DECAY settings, decay time may be impacted by the FILTER
settings. - LFO TARGET — Selects the parameter that will be modified by the LFO. Delay modulates the delay time. In Karplus-Strong mode, the tuning of the string is modulated. Pitch modulates the SIZE/PITCH setting of the reverb. Filter modulates the high damp parameter, or filter cutoff frequency when LOW PASS is selected.
- DEPTH — Adjusts the amount of modulation. Modulation is off at the fully counterclockwise position. When env is selected, modulation is off at 12 o’clock, with positive envelope clockwise and negative envelope counterclockwise. When EXT LFO IN is detected, acts as an attenuverter.
- SIZE/PITCH CV — 1V/oct. 0V = No size/pitch change. -2V = 2 octaves down. +2V = 2 octaves up. SIZE/PITCH knob acts as offset. When in Karplus-Strong mode, tunes string to a range of 4 octaves from 0V to 4V at 1V/oct.
- WET CV — Affects wet output signal level. Knob position acts as offset.
- DECAY CV — Affects reverb decay length. Knob position acts as offset.
- CLEAR CV — Clears audio data from reverb buffer when rising edge detected.
- FEEDBACK CV — Affects delay feedback or Karplus-Strong string decay/resonance. Knob position acts as offset.
- ECHO ON CV _ Busses the delay output to the WET output to mix with the reverb signal.
- TAP/TRIG CV — Sets the delay time with clock CV input. DELAY/TUNE knob acts as clock mult/div. When in Karplus-Strong mode, will “pluck” string on rising edge transition.
Specs
- Three selectable reverb types for a wide variety of ambient textures
- DELAY/KARPLUS section with feedback
- Delay assignable to output for mod/verb and delay/verb effects
- Four-octave Karplus-Strong string synthesis mode with damping control for string/verb full voice capability
- LFO section with various waveforms to modulate delay time, reverb size, or tone filters
- FILTER section to sculpt the high and low EQ of the reverb and DELAY/KARPLUS section
- HARMONICS section to enhance the aural spectrum of the reverb
- Adjustable SHIMMER for adding pitch shifting of up to +/- 1 octave to the reverb
- GLIMMER for dynamic enhancement of harmonics
- Adjustable reverb core size to increase or decrease the space for reflections, allowing for pitch control of the regenerating reverb content
- 4-pole 24dB/octave variable resonance low pass filter
- INFINITE freezes the input audio prior to the reverb tank
- Independent WET and DRY level controls
- Stereo inputs and outputs
- Extensive CV control of parameters
- Access to four presets from the front panel
- USB jack (located on the rear) for performing firmware updates
- Analog dry path for a zero latency dry signal that is never converted to digital
- Ultra low noise, high performance 24-bit 96kHz A/D and D/A converters provide uncompromising audio quality
- Super high performance ARM DSP
- 32-bit floating point processing
- Rack width: 28hp
- Rack depth: 41mm, 1.61”
- +12V rail: 210mA
- -12V rail: 210mA
- +5V rail: 0mA
- Designed and built in the USA