![]() ![]() Universal Audio’s design really is at the head of the game and these three do not disappoint. The Trem 65 mode brings sine and square modulation. Chorus Brigade mode accesses Bucket-Brigade-style chorus and vibrato, Flanger / DBR mode combines a range of flanger sounds with some leftfield ‘sci-fi’ sonics. Lastly, the Astra Modulation Machine with its SEGA-esque typeface offers even more of an all-in-one approach on paper. For these, the ABC type switch offers different options according to the delay type chosen that we’ll get to later. For the Starlight Echo Station, there’s Tape EP-III, Analog DMM and Precision digital delay. ![]() But in return, each of these DSP pedals combines multiple types of the coveted vintage effects in their field and most of them are new for the company, modelling classic algorithms from studio and stompbox units so for the Golden Reverberator it’s Spring, Plate and Hall with three variants in each. The prices may raise eyebrows, furthering the idea that UA is really the Apple of the musician market. But how successful is the expansion from plugins to physical stompboxes here? The feature set on this trio of reverb, delay and modulation pedals makes it clear the company means business. ![]() But the signs were there a few years ago when UA enticed TC Electronic’s Tore Mogensen to join them as Senior Product Manager. The company’s first foray into effects pedals still seems significant, especially as its only overly guitar-based device before was the OX Box (the brainchild of James Santiago). ![]()
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