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Bastl Instruments Citadel Wave Bard

Stereo sample player in 16HP with quantized pitch, reversing envelope, pattern generator and FX.

16 HP Eurorack module

Citadel Wave Bard is the sample-player half of Bastl's reversible Citadel panel pair (the other side is FX Wizard). It is a 16HP eurorack reimagining of the Kastle 2 Wave Bard firmware: a stereo, 16-bit / 44 kHz sample player with 6 factory banks of 8 samples each (expandable to 32 banks of up to 32 samples via the web sample loader), a unique reversing attack/decay envelope on the LENGTH knob, a built-in resonant LP/HP filter, a stereo delay or chorus/flanger/drive FX section, and a tightly synced 16-step CV+GATE pattern generator with switch-driven randomize/invert. Pitch can be quantized through user-editable scales via the NOTE input, FREE input provides continuous V/Oct, and TRS + USB MIDI bring the module into full conversation with a DAW. The patch bay, RND/INV pattern switches and tap-tempo BANK button make it a self-contained groove machine that still rewards heavy patching.

Features

  • 16HP, 24mm deep, 90mA +12V (with headphones max), 20mA -12V
  • Stereo 16-bit / 44 kHz sample player; 89 sec mono or 44 sec stereo memory
  • 6 factory banks of 8 samples (Oliver Torr factory pack), expandable to 32 banks of up to 32 samples via web sample loader
  • Reversible front panel: WAVE BARD on one side, FX WIZARD on the other (panel swap tool included)
  • Unique LENGTH knob: right = decay envelope, left = reversed playback with attack ramp
  • Patchable ENV output of the internal envelope
  • Resonant LP/HP filter (SHIFT+SAMPLE)
  • Stereo delay (3/8 synced) or chorus/flanger/drive FX (SHIFT+SAMPLE MOD)
  • Quantized pitch with 7 default scales + chromatic; up to 32 user-editable scales
  • Tempo-synced LFO with triangle + pulse outputs, attenuverting LFO MOD input, RESET input, self-patchable wave-shaping
  • 16-step CV + GATE pattern generator, tempo-synced; RND/INV switches normalled into pattern inputs
  • GATE rhythm library (selectable via SHIFT+LFO MOD), user-editable in web app

Controls & Jacks (35)

  • CLK In
  • Pattern Reset In
  • Pattern C In
  • Pattern G In
  • LFO Reset In
  • LFO Mod In
  • L In
  • R In
  • CLK Out
  • ENV Out
  • Pattern CV Out
  • Pattern Gate Out
  • LFO Pulse Out
  • LFO Tri Out
  • L Out
  • R Out
  • MIDI In
  • TRIG In
  • BANK In
  • FREE In
  • NOTE In
  • SAMPLE Mod In
  • LENGTH Mod In
  • Headphone Out
  • Pattern CV Mod
  • Pattern Gate Mod
  • LFO MOD
  • Shift
  • BANK
  • LFO
  • PITCH MOD
  • PITCH
  • SAMPLE MOD
  • SAMPLE
  • LENGTH

How-To Guides

  • Discover a beat with the pattern generator
  • Quantized melody from an external sequencer
  • Reverse envelope sound design
  • Wave Bard as an external stereo FX processor
  • USB MIDI sequencer / controller for a DAW

Explore the interactive Citadel Wave Bard panel on BleepDex — tap any control to learn what it does.

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