EarthQuaker Devices Space Spiral, Quick Start Manual

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The year is 2018 and you can digitally model any amplifier under the sun on a clock radio-type
apparatus. You can order a hot dog sandwich on the internet and have it delivered straight to your
face. A reality television star is President. Literally anything is possible. What do we do? We decide to
build a lo-fi delay based on a processor meant for a cheap karaoke machine. Why? Because it sounds
awesome and we are in the business of making things that sound awesome, that’s why.
What up, cosmonauts? Welcome to the Space Spiral
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! The Space Spiral is a dark and dreamy
modulated delay designed to take you across the highways of fantasy. While the delay may be designed
around a “dawn of digital” echo processor, the sound is out of this world, man. If you are a fan of the
dreary echoes produced by old oil can delays or the ethereal sound of a well-loved tape delay, the
Space Spiral is totally going to tickle your tone bone.
The Space Spiral’s delay time ranges from a tight 30 ms to a fast and loose 600 ms. Can you imagine
having 600 ms of delay time at your fingertips? Out of this world! With all of this adjustable delay time,
you create anything from a classic slapback to a rhythmic wash of cosmic proportions. You want to take
it even further? Maybe to an astral plane? Crank up the Repeats and let the infinite oscillation of the
Space Spiral take you to the other side.
The Space Spiral also comes equipped with a powerful on-board modulation engine to take your
tones to new zones. Feeling dangerous? Crank up the Depth and let that signal stretch into wild new
dimensions! Wanna go further out on the edge with hotter intensity? Use the Shape control to morph
the waveform from triangle to square and the Space Spiral will be spreading out her wings, jumpin’
off the track and shovin’ into overdrive. Is it moving too slowly for you? Can you feel the Space Spiral
beggin’ you to touch and go? Use the Rate control to adjust the speed to your taste. Get those classic
Leslie tones you crave. Get those wild pitch bends you dream about. Make the Rate a subdivision of the
delay time and fly away to the bright side of the moon.
The Space Spiral has a completely analog dry signal path, totally digital delay path and electronic
relay-based true-bypass switching. It is powered by a standard 9-volt DC power supply with a 2.1mm
negative center barrel.
Each and every Space Spiral is built by the hands of cadets on the red line overload through the starry
skies of Akron, Ohio.
Space Spiral
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… It’ll get you through the night.
Controls
Time: Delay time goes from 30ms to 600ms; Clockwise for long and counterclockwise for short.
Pro Tip: If you have the Repeats all the way up into self-oscillation territory, turn the delay Time
to alter the frequency.
Repeats: Controls the regeneration of the delay signal. Repeats increase clockwise and gradually
begin to build into self-oscillation around 3 o’clock. This oscillation will infinitely continue until the
Repeats control is brought back down below the 3 o’clock threshold. These oscillations will last even
when the pedal is in bypass mode.
Mix: Blends the delay signal in with the dry; Clockwise for more and counterclockwise for less.
Depth: Controls the desired amount of modulation; Clockwise for more and counterclockwise for less.
Shape: Morphs the wave shape from a soothing triangle shape to a choppy square shape as you turn
clockwise.
Rate: Controls the speed of the modulation; Clockwise for fast and counterclockwise for short.
Pro Tip: Match the Rate to the delay time (or a subdivision) for some cool rhythmic effects. This
is especially awesome in square wave mode with the
Depth set high.
Power
This device takes a standard 9 volt DC power supply with a 2.1mm negative center barrel. We always
recommend pedal-specific, transformer-isolated wall-wart power supplies or multiple isolated-output
supplies. Pedals will make extra noise if there is ripple or unclean power. Switching-type power
supplies, daisy chains and non-pedal specific power supplies do not filter dirty power as well and let
through unwanted noise. DO NOT RUN AT HIGHER VOLTAGES!
Current Draw: 38mA
Input Impedance: 1M Ohm
Output Impedance: <1K Ohm
Flexi-Switching
This device features Flexi-Switch
™
Technology! This relay-based, true bypass switching style allows
you to simultaneously use momentary and latching-style switching.
• For standard latching operation, tap the footswitch once to activate the effect and then tap again
to bypass.
• For momentary operation, hold the footswitch down for as long as you’d like to use the effect. Once
you release the switch, the effect will be bypassed.
Since the switching is relay-based, it requires power to pass signal.
Warranty
This device has a limited lifetime warranty. If it breaks, we will fix it. Should you encounter any issues,
please email info@earthquakerdevices.com .
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BW ir s chr eib en das Jah r 20 18 und Sie kön nen heu tzu tag e je den Ver stä rke r un ter der Son ne mit ein em
Ger ät s o gr oß wie ein Rad iow eck er dig ita l na chb ild en. Sie kön nen ein Hot -D og- San dw ich im Int ern et
bes tel len und dire kt in Ihr en Mun d li efe rn las sen . E in Rea lity -TV -S tar ist Prä sid ent . B uch stä blic h
alle s is t a lso mög lic h. Und was mac hen wir? Wir ent sch eid en uns daz u, ein Lo- Fi-D ela y a uf Bas is
ein es P roz ess ors zu b aue n, d er e ige ntli ch f ür e in b illi ges Kar aoke -G erä t g eda cht ist . W arum ? W eil e s
gro ßar tig k lin gt u nd w ir D ing e bau en, d ie g roß art ig k lin gen . Des hal b.
Als o, w as geh t, K osm ona ute n? Glü ckw uns ch zum Spa ce Spi ral
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! B eim Spa ce Spi ral han del t es sic h
um ein dun kle s, v ert räu mte s D ela y m it M odu lat ion , da s Si e üb er d ie Hig hw ays der Fan tas ie füh ren wird .
Auc h wen n das D ela y um e ein en d igi tal en P roz ess ors h eru m ko nst rui ert wur de, ist sei n Kla ng n ich t
von die ser Wel t. W enn S ie F an d er tro stlo sen E cho s si nd, die d urc h alte Ö lka nis ter erz eug t w erd en,
ode r d en äth eris che n S oun d d es alls eits bek ann ten Tap e D ela ys sin d, dan n w ird Ihn en das Spa ce
Spir al g efall en.
Die Del ay- Zei t d es Spa ce Spi ral rei cht von 30m s b is zu 600 ms. Kön nen Sie sic h vo rst elle n, 600 ms
Del ay zur Ver füg ung zu hab en? Him mlis ch! Mit die sen Mög lic hke ite n fin den Sie im Spa ce Spi ral alle s,
von e ine m kla ssi sch en S lap bac k bis h in z um r hyt hm isc hen „ Was h“ m it k osm isc hen P rop ort ion en. S ie
möc hten no ch wei ter gehen ? Z u ei ner and eren A str aleb ene vie llei cht ? D rehen S ie die R epea ts hoc h
und las sen S ie s ich v on d er u nen dlic hen S chw ing ung en d es Spa ce S pira l auf die a nde re S eite b rin gen .
Dar übe r hina us ist d as Spa ce Spir al mit ein er lei stu ngs star ken O n-B oar d-M odu latio ns- Ein heit
aus ges tat tet , u m Ih re Sou nds in neu e S phä ren zu brin gen . D reh en Sie den Dep th- Reg ler auf
und las sen Sie das Sig nal in neu e D im ens ion en auf bre che n! Ode r v erw end en Sie das Sha pe-
Ste uer ele men t, u m di e Wel len for m vom D rei eck zum Qua dra t zu ü ber ble nde n. D as Spa ce S pira l wird
sei ne Flü gel aus bre ite n, s ich in die Lüf te sch win gen und in den Ove rdr ive sch alte n. I st e s zu lan gsa m
für Sie ? M erk en Sie , d ass das Spa ce Spi ral sie anfl eht , a n d en Reg ler n zu dre hen ? V erw end en Sie
den Rat e-R egl er, um die Ges chw ind igk eit Ihr em Ges chm ack anz upa sse n. S org en Sie für kla ssi sch e
Les lie -S oun ds, nac h de nen Sie sic h ge seh net hab en – od er f ür d ie wild en Pitc h-B end s, v on den en Sie
get räu mt h abe n und fl ieg en S ie z ur h elle n Sei te d es M ond es.
Das S pace S piral ve rfü gt ü ber ein en vol lst ändi g anal oge n, D ry- Sig nalw eg, ein en digit alen D ela y-W eg
und ein e el ekt ron isc he Rel ais -ba sie rte Tru e-B ypa ss- Sch altu ng. Mit Str om ver sor gt w ird es von ein em
Sta nda rd- 9V -N etz tei l mit 2 ,1m m-S tec ker ( cen ter n ega tiv e) u nd h at e ine S tro mau fna hm e von 3 8 mA .
Jed es Spa ce Spi ral wird von Kad ette n au f de r ro ten Lin ie, die dur ch den Ste rne nhi mm el v on Akr on,
Ohi o, f ühr t, h and gef ert igt .
Spa ce S piral
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... E s wird d ich d urc h die N ach t brin gen .
uck end im Rec hte ckw ellen mod us m it w eit a ufge dreh tem Dep th- Reg ler .
Reg ler
Tim e: Del ay- Zei t von 3 0-6 00 m s; I m Uhr zei ger sin n für l ang e, g ege n den U hrz eig ers inn f ür k urz e Del ay- Zei t.
Pro fi-T ipp : W enn S ie d ie W ied erh olu nge n bis i n den B ere ich d er S elb sto szi lla tio n ged reh t
hab en, d reh en S ie a m Del ay-R egl er, u m die F req uen z zu ä nde rn.
Rep eat s: Steue rt d ie R ege nera tio n de s D ela y-S ign als . Im Uhr zei ger sinn nehm en d ie W iede rho lung en
und beg inn en ab 3 U hr sic h a llm ähl ich in Sel bst -O szi lla tio n z u v erw and eln . D ies e O szi lla tio n w ird
une ndl ich f ort ges etz t, b is d er R epe ats -R egl er w ied er u nte r die 3 -U hr- Sch wel le g edr eht w ird . Die se
Sch win gun gen h alte n sel bst d ann a n, w enn d as P eda l in d en B ypa ss g esc hal tet w ird .
Mix: Mis cht d as D ela y- m it d em D ry- Sig nal ; Im U hrz eig ers inn m ehr , geg en d en U hrz eig ers inn w eni ger D ela y.
Dep th: Bes tim mt d en G rad der Mod ula tio n; I m U hrz eig ers inn meh r, g ege n d en U hrz eig ers inn wen ige r
Mod ula tion.
Sha pe: B len det im Uhr zei ger sin n g edr eht von ein er ruh ige n D rei eck sfo rm in ein e a bge hac kte
Rec hte ckw elle übe r.
Rat e: Ste uer t d ie G esc hw ind igk eit d er M odu lat ion ; Im Uhr zei ger sin n sc hne ll, g ege n d en U hrz eig ers inn lan gsa m.
Pro fi-T ipp : P ass en S ie f ür c ool e rhy thm isc he E ffe kte d ie R ate a n die D elay -Ze it a n. D ies i st
bes ond ers beei ndru cke nd im Rec htec kw elle nm odu s m it w eit a ufg edr eht em Dep th-R egl er.
Str omve rso rgu ng
Die ses Ger ät s ollt e m it einem S tand ard -9V -N etz tei l b etr ieb en w erden (2 ,1m m, c enter n ega tiv e). Wir
empf ehlen im mer für Ped ale bes tim mte , is olier te N etz tei le o der eine Str om ver sor gung mit m ehrer en
isol ier ten A nsc hlü ssen . P eda le pro duz ier en S tör ger äus che , w enn sie m it unr einem S tro m v erso rgt
wer den . S cha ltn etz tei le, Dai syc hai ns und nic ht a uf P eda le aus gel egt e N etz tei le filte rn ver sch mut zte n
Strom n ich t zuf ried ens tel len d und p rod uzie ren u nge wol lte St örge räus che . Nic ht m it h öhe ren
Vol tza hlen bet rei ben !
Str omb edar f: 38m A
Inp ut- Imp edan z: 1M O hm s
Outp ut- Im peda nz: <1K O hm s
Fle xi- Swit chin g
Die ses Ger ät v erf ügt übe r di e Fl exi -S witc h
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-Tec hnolo gie ! D iese auf R ela ys bas iere nde Tr ue- Byp ass -
Sch altu ng e rm ögl ich t sow ohl M om ent ary - als a uch L atc hin g-B etr ieb .
• D rüc ken Sie für den Sta nda rd- Lat chi ng- Bet rie b e inm al a uf den Fuß sch alte r, u m d en Effe kt zu
akt ivi ere n, u nd d ann e rne ut, w enn S ie w ied er i n den B ypa ss s cha lte n wol len .
• Fü r d en Mom ent ary -B etr ieb hal ten Sie den Fuß sch alte r so lan ge ged rüc kt, wie Sie den Effe kt
ver wen den m öch ten . Las sen S ie d en S cha lte r los , ist d as G erä t wie der i m Byp ass .
Da d ies e Sch altu ng R ela ys- bas ier t ist , ist e ine S tro mve rso rgu ng n otw end ig, d am it d as S ign al
dur chg ela ssen wird .
Ga ra ntie
Die ses Ger ät ver füg t ü ber ein e b esc hrä nkt e, leb ens lan ge Gar ant ie. Wen n e s k apu tt geh t,
rep arie ren w ir e s. S ollt en s ie i rge ndw elc he P rob lem e mit d em P eda l hab en, s end en S ie e ine M ail a n
info @ea rthq uak erd evi ces .co m .
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Gra zie pe r a ver sce lto S pace S pira l, i l p eda le di e ffe tti Mod ula ted D ela y d i E art hQ uak er Dev ice s. P er
otte ner e il m ass im o app aga men to d al t uo p eda le S pac e Spi ral , ti p reg hia mo d i leg ger e atte nta men te
que sto man uale.
L’a nno è il 201 6 – è po ssi bile mod ella re dig ita lm ent e qu als ias i am plifi cat ore pre sen te sul la fac cia del la
ter ra u san do u n app ara to s im ile a d una r adi osv egl ia. È pos sib ile o rdi nar e un p ani no s u int ern et e
ved ers elo r eca pita re a c asa i n un b ale no. La s tar d i un r eal ity -sh ow c orr e per div ent are P res ide nte .
Pra tic am ent e tu tto è p oss ibi le. E n oi c osa fac cia mo? Dec idi am o d i re aliz zar e u n d ela y lo -fi bas ato
su u n pro ces sor e con cep ito p er l e sta zio ni k ara oke a b ass o cos to. P erc hé? P erc hé s uon a in m odo
mer avi glio so e i l nos tro l avo ro è p rop rio q uel lo d i cre are c ose c he s uon ano a lla g ran de, e cco p erc hé.
Spa ce Spi ral è u n del ay mod ula to c upo e s urr eal e pro get tat o bas and oci s u un p roc ess ore e co r isa len te
all’ alb a del d igi tal e. Se s ei u n/u na f an d i effe tti e co t etr i pro dot ti d alle v ecc hie u nità “ oil- can d ela y”,
opp ure d elle son orit à et ere e dei b ene am ati d ela y a n ast ro, app rez zer ai d avv ero i l no str o Spa ce Spi ral .
Il t em po d i del ay di S pac e S pira l va ria e ntr o una gam ma com pre sa tra 30m s e 600 ms. Con t utti q ues ta
lib ert à di im pos taz ion e de l D ela y Ti me è po ssi bile cre are qua lsi asi son orit à, d ai c las sic i sl apb ack ad
effe tti r itm ici d i pr opo rzi oni cos mic he. Lo Spa ce Spi ral pre sen ta uno sta dio di m odu laz ion e do tat o di
un LFO con for ma d’o nda con tin uam ent e va ria bile , d a u n’o nda tria ngo lar e p iù dol ce e sm uss ata ad
un’ ond a q uad ra più mos sa, per ric chi effe tti di p itc h-s hift ing del ay, com e q uel li d elle uni tà vin tag e a
nas tro c on t est ine m ulti ple .
Co ntr oll i
Tim e: Il del ay tim e v aria da 30m s a 600 ms; ruo ta in sen so ora rio per del ay più lun ghi , in sen so
ant ior ario p er d ela y più b rev i.
Sugg eri men to: C on il c ont rol lo R epe ats com ple tam ent e al m ass im o ad otte ner e l’a uto -
osc illa zio ne, a gis ci s ul c ont rol lo T im e per a lte rar e la f req uen za.
Rep eat s: Con tro lla l a rig ene raz ion e del s egn ale p roc ess ato d al d ela y. L e rip etiz ion i aum ent ano
ruo tan do in sen so o rar io, andan do g rad ualm ent e a svi lup parsi in a uto -os cilla zio ne q uando si r aggiu nge
la pos izi one “a ore 3”. Que sta osc illa zio ne con tin uer à al l’in fini to fin tan to che il c ont rol lo Rep eat s no n
vie ne a bba ssa to a l di s otto d ella s ogl ia d ete rm ina ta d a que sta p osi zio ne. Que ste o sci lla zio ni d ure ran no
anche quan do s i im pos ta i l p edal e in mod alità bypa ss.
Mix: Con tro llo c he m isc ela i l seg nal e del d ela y con i l seg nal e dire tto ; ruo tan do i n sen so o rar io s e ne
aum ent a il l ive llo , in s ens o ant ior ario i l liv ello d im inu isc e.
Dep th: C ont rol la la qua ntit à di mod ula zio ne; in sen so ora rio per aum ent are , in sen so ant ior ario per
dimin uire .
Sha pe: E seg ue il m orp hin g de lla for ma d’o nda , da una tria ngo lar e gr ade vol e e cal ma ad una qua dra
più a gita ta, r uot and o in s ens o ora rio .
Rat e: Con tro lla l a vel oci tà d ella m odu laz ion e; i n sen so o rar io p er a um ent are , in s ens o ant ior ario p er
dimin uire .
Sugg eri men to: Abb ina l ’az ion e del c ont rol lo R ate a q uel la d el c ont rol lo T im e (o u na s ua
sud div isi one ) per c rea re f ant ast ici e ffe tti r itm ici . Ciò r isu lta p art ico lar men te e sal tan te u san do l a
mod alit à ad o nda q uad ra e i l con tro llo D ept h im pos tat o a val ori e lev ati.
Ali men ta zione
I nos tri p eda li f ann o uso d i alim ent ato ri D C sta nda rd a 9 v olt, d ota ti d i con net tor e bar rel d a 2.1 mm
con pol o n ega tiv o a l c ent ro. Rac com and iam o s em pre l’u so di a lim ent ato ri spe cifi ci per ped ali, con
tra sfo rm ato re iso lat o di tip o da par ete , op pur e al im ent ato ri c on usc ite mul tip le iso lat e. I ped ali gen era no
rum ore ext ra nel cas o in cui l’a lim ent azi one pre sen ti un’ osc illa zio ne res idu a o sia poc o p ulit a. Gli
alim ent ato ri d i tip o sw itc hin g, q uel li p er il c olle gam ent o a cat ena opp ure gli alim ent ato ri n on spe cifi ci
per ped ali, non filtr ano l’a lim ent azi one non pul ita e la sci ano pas sar e ru mor i in des ide rat i. Non o per are
mai c on t ens ion i più e lev ate !
Assor bim ent o d i c orr ent e: 38m A
Imp ede nza d’in gre sso : 1M O hm
Imp ede nza d’us cita : <1K O hm
Fle xi- Swit chin g
Que sto d isp osi tiv o ado tta l a tec nol ogi a Fle xi- Sw itc h
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! S i tra tta d i un t ipo d i com mut azi one , ba sat a
su rel è e c on tru e byp ass , ch e con sen te d i util izz are sim ulta nea men te l e m oda lità “ mom ent ane a” e
“la tch ing” .
• Pe r un’ ope rat ivi tà l atc hin g sta nda rd, b atte re u na v olta s ul p uls ant e a ped ale p er a ttiv are l ’ef fet to;
bat ter e di n uov o per b ypa ssa rlo .
• P er un’ ope rat ivi tà di tip o m om ent ane o, ten ere pre mut o il pul san te fino a q uan do si int end e
util izz are l ’ef fet to. U na v olta r ila sci ato i l pul san te, l ’ef fet to s arà b ypa ssa to.
Poi ché l a com mut azi one è b asa ta s u rel è, è n ece ssa ria l ’al im ent azi one p er f ar s ì che i l seg nal e pas si.
Ga ran zia
Que sto dis pos itiv o pr eve de una gar anz ia lim ita ta a vi ta. In cas o di rot tur a, ci occ upe rem o de lla
rip ara zio ne. P er q ual sia si p rob lem a ris con tra to, i nvi are u na e mai l a info @ea rthq uak erd evi ces .co m .
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Arpeggio Echo
Sound - on - sound st yle echo per fect for
unaccompanied solos and extrapolations.
Reel to Reel Chorus
Rich, filtering, smoke damaged modulations.
Try it on the one side of any stereo pair for an
even wider dimension.