Spaceman Mission Control: Expressive Audio System vs Warm Audio Mutation Phasor II
The Spaceman Mission Control: Expressive Audio System and the Warm Audio Mutation Phasor II are both pedals. The Warm Audio Mutation Phasor II leans modulated and dynamic.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.29% — somewhat different
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$139.99via Reverb
The Spaceman Mission Control is an expressive audio-routing pedal built around an analog VCA and envelope generator with seven selectable modes, functioning as an autofader, signal router, dynamic effects loop, wet/dry blender, Y-splitter, two-channel mixer, customizable tremolo, buffer, and CV/expression interface all in one box. An Offset knob sets the minimum signal level Mission Control affects, a Blend knob mixes dry and affected tone, and an Actuate footswitch triggers different attack and release times for anything from slow volume swells to abrupt pulses to quick, tremolo-like flutter. Momentary and latching switch modes, each with Up and Down variants, expand its real-time expressive control further, and CV in/out ports let it interface with modular and eurorack gear. It suits experimental and modular-minded players wanting deep, real-time control over how and when other pedals in their signal chain engage, rather than a fixed, single-purpose effect.
The Warm Audio Mutation Phasor II reproduces the Musitronics Mu-Tron Phasor II, a legendary 1970s phaser circuit prized by collectors and funk, psychedelic, and progressive rock players for a deeper, more envelope-responsive sweep than most conventional phasers offer. Mu-Tron's original units have become rare and expensive vintage collector pieces, making faithful clones like Warm Audio's an important way for modern players to access that specific, historically significant sweep character without hunting down and paying vintage prices for an aging original. Warm Audio built its reputation on accessible, accurate recreations of iconic vintage studio and effects hardware, and this phaser continues that mission within the modulation effects category specifically.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Experimental
- Progressive Rock
- Electronic
- Funk
- modulated
- dynamic