Chaos Audio Orbiter | Mariner | Pegasus | Cosmos

We always enjoy when a new type of device or way to add to your sound is unleashed on our community, and today’s effect(s) really take things up a notch. The crew over at Chaos Audio has designed the Stratus, a unit that allows to create an entire pedals board from one pedal and your phone. You control the effects in real-time from an app, chaining multiple pedals together in any way you choose. The app currently features over 25 different effects to choose from, and we’re going to take a look at a few of them today…

Orbiter Luscious Astral Chorus

Orbiter is a classic chorus. This effect is crafted to offer incredibly lush sonic soundscapes, to layer in depth and width to your tone. Modeled after classic chorus pedals, the Rate and Depth knobs allow you to go from shallow wide washes, to punchy deeper waves. And turn the Delay knob up to expand the width of your signal for even thicker tones.

Mariner Space Age Delay

Mariner is an analog delay designed to provide lush organic repeats, perfect for thick cascading lead lines, a swirly undercurrent on rhythm, or even murky self oscillation for swells or ambient vibes. Built to emulate vintage analog Bucket Brigade circuitry, there’s plenty of repeats on tap, and a tone knob that helps dial in the darkness or brightness of those repeats for a fully customizable sound.

Pegasus Mythical Boost Drive

Pegasus is a boost drive. This effect is made to add low mids that are perfect for thickening up lead lines, and tube-like breakup with plenty of note separation ideal for chords. Using new old stock 0s and 1s, we’ve created a magical version of a pedal known for its legend and lore. The Drive knob runs from clean boost to cranked tube amp heaven, and the Tone knob helps you dial in your sound to fit perfectly in the mix.

Cosmos Ethereal Expanse Echo

Cosmos is a hall reverb. Loaded with celestial decay, this effect allows you to dial in what reverb might sound like in space, if sound could occur in a vacuum. The Space knob ranges from subtle hints of depth to rich, deep space resonance, and the Darkness knob dampens the reverberations, to achieve more mellow and smooth soundscapes.

This is just the start of our exploration into all things Stratus – congrats to Chaos Audio on an innovative, easy-to-use and great-sounding piece of gear – we can’t wait to see what effects they come up with next. Head over to their website to sign up to preorder your own Stratus unit now, and don’t forget to check out our demos of these first effects over on YouTube. We’ll have two more effects for you tomorrow, so come back and check those out as well. Stay tuned for more demos on more Stratus effects coming in the near future, too – Cheers!!

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