Last year, Aviate Audio introduced its Developer Edition Multiple pedals — basically a plug-in host in guitar pedal format. Now, just in time for NAMM 2024, the company has announced the Multiverse of Player Edition. The pedal is, for all intents and purposes, unchanged. Same basic design, same processor under the hood (600MHz Cortex M7), it’s now $349 cheaper and likely won’t have access to some developer-focused tools.
The pedal itself has a small 1.3-inch OLED screen for navigating the UI. There are four programmable push encoders and two programmable foot switches. There are stereo 1/4-inch TRS inputs and outputs, a 1/8-inch TRS midi input on the side, two expression jacks, and a USB-C port. While the Multiverse can be used with a standard AC adapter, it can also be powered via USB-C, which comes in handy when loading new effects or testing a patch.
To celebrate the launch of Player Edition Multiverse, Aviate Audio is also announcing version 1.3 of Multiverse Designer, which will add support for impulse responses (IR) for speaker emulation. If you shell out $349 to grab one of these customizable multi-effects pedals, you’ll get access to a small but growing library of effects plugins. Multiverse store (21 of them by my count).
They cover most of the basic effects you’ll need on a pedalboard, fuzz, delay, reverb, and more. There is even an imitation Clone Centaur with an original price of $7,999. Most of the effects currently in the Aviate store are free, but there are some that require you to pay $5 or $10 for them. The installation is not much different Mod Devices Duo tried to do with the line. Clearly, Aviate Audio feels the Mod can succeed where it is struggled.
