BASTL InstrumentsKastle 2 Wave Bard Experimental Sampler

BASTL Instruments Kastle 2 Wave Bard

The BASTL Instruments Kastle 2 Wave Bard is a compact, patchable stereo sample player designed for experimental sound exploration and modular integration. Simply record or load in your audio files and start pulling apart your sound like a perfectly ripe citrus. Nestled in your palm and powered by three humble AA batteries or the ever-modern USB-C, it becomes a roving sonic oracle, conjuring sequences with a tilt of a knob or a flicker of voltage. With its unique design and semi-autonomous operation, you are actively shaping the sound, but also invited to listen to what it's already saying.

Sample banks become spellbooks, the Length knob your incantation for time warps—stretching, snapping, or reversing audio with an elegant disregard for linear logic. Whether you're twisting tones from Oliver Torr's included factory palette or uploading your own digital relics via the web app, the Wave Bard keeps you on your toes. Built-in FX—delay, chorus, flanger, filter—morph each moment into something freshly hallucinogenic. And its modulate-everything ethos ensures your ideas never settle; they dance, scatter, and evolve like electronic weather. No matter the audio adventure at hand, the BASTL Kastle 2 Wave Bard is a compact friend designed for all sorts of sample sorcerers.

Kastle 2 Wave Bard Features

• Compact experimental sample player
• 8 samples per bank, up to 9 banks with user customization
• Stereo audio processing at 44.1kHz/16-bit
• Reversible envelope and decay shaping via LENGTH knob
• Quantized and unquantized pitch modulation with user-defined scales
• Built-in effects: stereo delay, chorus/flanger, resonant filter
• Fully patchable CV/GATE pattern generator and LFO
• Portable design powered by 3 AA batteries or USB-C