The Electro-Harmonix Oceans 11 is not a movie, but a reverb pedal for electric guitar players. It sports eleven different effects for adding reverberant—and sometimes modulated—sound to your signal.

Some of these effects include Hall, Spring, Plate, Reverse, and Echo. Some of them are more esoteric, like Shimmer, which combines pitch-shifting and reverb for an angelic sound, or Dyna, which introduces swell, gate, and duck to the signal. All of these effects can be found on a rotary control. Other controls include a Tone knob, an Effects Level knob, and a Time knob. A Mode button is on hand to give you access to alternate modes in each algorithm.

Hidden parameters are accessible through the pedal’s secondary knob mode, which gives some of the knobs ancillary control functions. To access this mode, hold the Mode button in the center of the pedal for one second, and, after the LED blinks in a one-and-off pattern, the pedal will give you access to a new host of functions with the same four knobs. A secondary knob's functionality varies from algorithm to algorithm.

The Oceans 11 gives you an instrument input jack, an instrument output jack, and a 1/4' infinite jack, which allows momentary footswitches (separately available) to instantiate a reverb wash that will continue as long as you press on the switch. The pedal can be set to cease your effect immediately upon pressing the bypass footswitch, or to let the reverb die down naturally as you continue on your dry way. This pedal requires a 9V power supply, so it’s a good thing that Electro-Harmonix includes one with your purchase.