Astro

The Astro was Lightning Wave's experimental MOSFET phaser, built in New Zealand in 4-stage and 8-stage configurations with optically coupled gate control. It was the first pedal to feature the company's signature waveform-drawing interface, letting players sketch custom LFO shapes with a fader and store them across five color-coded preset banks.

Beyond standard phasing, the Astro offered a 255-step sequencer mode, tap tempo with 1-8x subdivisions, and bidirectional CV I/O (0-5V) with selectable S-trig or V-trig sync. Expression pedal input could control depth or speed. The optical isolation between digital control and analog audio path kept the phasing smooth and noise-free.

Discontinued with no plans for future production, existing Astros are rare finds from Lightning Wave's experimental era. The waveform-drawing platform it pioneered went on to become the foundation for the Ghost tremolo.