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Starlight Echo Station

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Starlight Echo Station
Starlight Echo Station
Starlight Echo Station

Starlight Echo Station

Get unmatched authentic vintage and modern delay effects.

  • Create with stunning emulations of iconic tape echo hardware, with selectable New, Used, and Worn tape machines
  • Craft legendary bucket-brigade analog delay effects with the color, texture, modulation, and haze of the original hardware
  • Play pristine, studio-grade digital delays with dynamic and inspiring modulation textures
  • Get realtime MIDI control of effects parameters*, improved Bluetooth and hardwired connections, and more using updated UAFX Control app
  • Quickly access sounds with Live/Preset modes, and play with silent switching, spillover, optional preamp coloration, tap tempo, and true or buffered/trails bypass*
  • Download additional vintage Cooper Time Cube delay effect at product registration
  • Build your pedalboard around timeless UA design and robust craftsmanship, built to last decades

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  • Flagship, no-compromise stompbox offering the most authentic tape, bucket-brigade, and digital delays ever captured in an effects pedal
  • Definitive emulation of iconic tape echo units, with New, Used, and Worn tape machines
  • Legendary bucket-brigade analog delay effects with the color, texture, and tone of the original hardware
  • Pristine, studio-grade digital delays with dynamic and inspiring modulation textures
  • Supports MIDI-over-USB*, improved Bluetooth and hardwired connections, and more via the updated UAFX Control app
  • Store and recall your favorite preset, silent switching, spillover, tap tempo, true/buffered bypass, and trails
  • Analog dry through, stereo/dual mono operation, and available modulation on each effect
  • Free Cooper Time Cube delay effect, downloadable at registration

Get Unmatched Authentic Vintage and Modern Delay Effects

Fasten your seatbelts for sonic time travel with UAFX Starlight Echo Station, featuring jaw‑dropping emulations of classic tape echo, bucket-brigade, and digital delay units in a single, uber‑powerful stompbox. Built upon futuristic UAFX dual‑engine processing and unflinching sonic accuracy, Starlight sets a new benchmark in delay effects, beautifully crafted to travel the farthest reaches of your imagination for decades to come.

Tape EP-III: Perfectly Captured Tape Delay and Preamp

A glorious system of motors and tape, vintage early‑'70s tape echo units are beyond legend — and Starlight Echo Station's Tape EP‑III is, soup‑to‑nuts, the most complete circuit emulation of the classic hardware. From its wow/flutter randomness to the sound of the tape splice, every eccentric trait of the hardware is here, including its incredibly musical preamp circuit. Plus, you can tweak your repeats with New, Used, and Worn tape machines for tons of color and texture.

Analog DMM: Iconic Bucket‑Brigade Effects

Syrupy repeats, thick modulation, and mind-bending sci‑fi effects are calling cards of this vintage American bucket‑brigade delay. Starlight Echo Station captures the best characteristics of multiple handpicked units from the late‑'70s/early‑’80s, modeling the entire circuit — right down to the colorful preamp and unpredictable clock rate dumping — giving you startling "whoosh" effects, astonishing vibrato and chorus textures, and all the hazy zaniness of the original.

Precision: Hi-Fi Delays, Inspired Modulation

Featuring pristine, mirror‑image repeats with dynamic, shimmering modulation effects, the Precision effect is a goldmine of modern delays. Easily craft with hi‑fi studio‑grade flange and chorusing textures and pepper your creations with ping‑ponging repeats, adding movement and interest to your parts.

Expand your Effects with MIDI Control

Using its rear panel USB-to-MIDI connection, Starlight Echo Station fits right into your programmable MIDI rig, receiving preset changes, BPM clock sync, and more. It’s the fast ticket to live performance heaven*.

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Powerful App Control with Hardwired or Bluetooth Connection

The UAFX Control app is key to deep tone shaping, letting you customize, save, and manage your effects. Plug right in with a direct "hardwired" USB connection to your smart phone, or enjoy rock-solid control over Bluetooth.

Dual Stereo Delay Engines for Endless Creativity

Starlight's UAFX engine powers separate stereo instances of each delay effect, thanks to its unique dual‑engine processing. It's like having two tape or bucket-brigade hardware units running simultaneously, giving you a full stereo spread of complex, awe‑inspiring spatial textures, and seamless delay effect transitions with trails.

Explore a State-of-the-Art Stompbox

With modern, high‑powered features like studio-grade conversion, dual‑processing engines, additional downloadable effects at registration, Live/Preset modes, true/buffered bypass* with silent switching, effect trails/spillover, tap tempo, and analog dry through, Starlight Echo Station is your interstellar delay navigator — from here to the never‑ending beyond.

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Frequently Asked Questions

UAFX pedals require an isolated 9 volt DC, center negative, 2.1 x 5.5 mm barrel connector (same as standard Boss connectors) power supply that can provide the following current requirements: Full-sized UAFX pedals (with two footswitches) require 400 mA (milliamps) of current; Compact UAFX pedals (with a single footswitch) require 250 mA (milliamps) of current

Connect the pedal using a USB-C cable to your compatible computer, and run the UA Connect application to update your firmware.

You can register your pedal with the UA Connect desktop app or the UAFX Control mobile app.

Dual footswitch UAFX pedals have Bluetooth, and you can download the UAFX Control mobile app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store, to connect to your pedals and access additional functionality.

Each UAFX pedal has unique functionality. We recommend carefully reading the accompanying manual for each pedal here.

Check our Knowledge Base for additional questions

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Note that Starlight Echo Station requires a modern 400 mA isolated power supply (sold separately).

*Requires a compatible USB MIDI host, controller, or interface.