Hungry Robot Pedals The Stargazer V2 Ambient Reverb

Hungry Robot Pedals The Stargazer V2

The original Hungry Robot Pedals The Stargazer finds itself on the boards of hundreds of musicians around the world.

The intent is to keep the overall essence of the original the same while expanding its functionality. The “Stargazer” sound that many fell in love with is unchanged with its classic “hall” and “sparkle” modes.

What’s different about version 2?

The most exciting change is the “simultaneous, parallel processing” of the two channels.

Use both channels at the same time with the new Stargazer. The original version only allowed you to use one channel at a time.

The V2 has two independently voiced reverbs that can be stacked in parallel. Layering the two channels makes for an even more lush reverb tone with added depth.

The most obvious change is the physical size of the pedal. Because Hungry Robot was able to design the PCB more efficiently without major changes to the circuit.

There is now no “Sparkle” switch, but both reverb modes are still available.

The left channel (red knobs) is the “HALL” channel and is a darker hall-style reverb. The right channel (blue knobs) is the “SPARKLE” channel and is a sparkly, bright reverb that has a shimmery quality without an octave shift.

With the new version, use both channels simultaneously.

I would use the red channel (HALL) as a more traditional reverb that would be great for rhythm and the blue channel (SPARKLE) as an ambient reverb.

The Sparkle channel does not pitch-shift like many reverbs, but accomplishes much the same purpose and feel of an octave shimmer through aggressive filtering.

Hungry Robot Pedals The Stargazer In Use

Stack the channels in parallel or use them independently. Although the channels are parallel, the decay feedback loop, feeds back to the same spot, so the decay knobs are sort of additive.

The Stargazer does self-oscillate and ramp with higher decay settings, so take some time to find the sweet spot with the two channels active. Set your decay knobs with both channels active to avoid unwanted self-oscillation.

There are trimpots internally to adjust the maximum decay range.

Hungry Robot continues to innovate.

Controls

• Mix: Controls the wet and dry reverb signal mix. The dry signal is untouched and remains at unity on all settings
• Decay: Controls how long the reverb signal “dwells.” Can self-oscillate in some settings

Channels:

• LEFT CHANNEL – HALL
• RIGHT CHANNEL – SPARKLE

Full details here

Requires 9V DC centre negative supply – draws approx 70ma