Bastl Instruments Citadel FX Wizard Eurorack Effects Module

Manufacturer's description

The CITADEL FX WIZARD is a eurorack module that empowers you to explore the limits of sound processing through modulation and modularity. Use 9 simple yet refined stereo effects, or go nuts with modulation and immerse in a 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.

Two for One!

The Citadel comes equipped with a reversible front panel with FX WIZARD on one side and WAVE BARD on the other side. It also comes with our custom designed tool to make the panel switching as seamless as possible. You can load and try different Citadel/Kastle 2 present and future firmwares and updates with a USB port (on the back).

From Kastle to Citadel

The CITADEL is a Eurorack reimagination of the popular Kastle 2 semi-modular desktop device. The CITADEL comes with a full 3.5mm patch bay that offers the flexibility needed in the eurorack format while maintaining the strengths of the Kastle 2 allowing it to stand on its own, and yet let it truly shine when patched with other modules. We’ve also added switches for hands-on control of the pattern generator.

The Citadel provides the basic infrastructure needed to integrate eurorack systems within the context of electronic music making: headphone output, TRS MIDI input and sync, tempo generator with divider/multiplier, USB MIDI (from the back of the module), stereo mixing, integrated LFO and Pattern generator and effects.

All that makes Citadel the perfect module for smaller and beginner systems while the fun and unique creativity of the Kastle 2 firmwares: the FX WIZARD multi-effect processor and WAVE BARD sample player will earn its place in larger setups.

Push your sound through different dimensions

There are three 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 modulation

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 fun

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.

Glitch heaven

With modulation and the right FX MODE, the gates to extreme sound design and glitch territory open wide.

Midi In & Out

FX WIZARD receives TRS MIDI and both sends and receives USB MIDI via connector on the back of the module.

Features

• 9 FX modes
  — delay (max time in stereo is 1.15s)
  — 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 with 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
• Patchable envelope follower
• Stereo eurorack-level DC coupled input with input gain (up to +12db), accepts up to -10V to + 10V
• DC coupled stereo eurorack-level output, -5V to +5V
• Stereo headphone output capable of driving headphones up to 250 Ohm
• Analog sync input
• Analog sync output
• TRS MIDI Input (clock, notes, CCs, pitch bend)
• USB-C on the back of the module (firmware updates, USB MIDI in/out)