Earthquaker Devices Night Wire User Manual
Night Wire
™
Hey champ! Welcome to your brand new Night Wire!
The Night Wire is a feature-rich harmonic tremolo. What
is harmonic tremolo? In short, the signal is split into high
pass and low pass lters, then modulated with an LFO that
is split 180 degrees. The Night Wire takes the traditional
harmonic tremolo a few steps further by allowing the center
point of both lters to be adjusted for different tones. The
lter frequency has three modes: Manual, LFO and Attack.
In Manual mode, the center point can be set to a xed
position with the frequency control. In LFO mode, the lters
are continuously swept and the frequency control adjusts
the speed. In Attack mode, the lters are dynamically swept
according to pick attack and the frequency control acts as
a range control, much like a standard envelope lter. The
tremolo section has two modes, Manual and Attack. In
Manual mode, the speed of the tremolo is governed by
where the rate control is set. In Attack mode the speed is
controlled by pick attack and the rate controls the sensitivity;
the harder you pick, the faster the rate and vice-versa. The
tremolo can be subtle and shimmery or full-on throbbing
depending on where the depth control is set. With the depth
set to zero, the Night Wire will act like a xed lter, phase
shifter or envelope-controlled lter depending on which
mode the lter frequency is in. It also features a cut/boost
volume control to get your levels just right. Each Night Wire
is hand made one at a time in the moonlit village of Akron,
Ohio.
Controls
Rate Toggle: This toggle lets you select between two ways
to control the speed of the tremolo. Attack lets you adjust the
speed by pick attack. In this mode, the Rate knob controls
the sensitivity of the dynamic tremolo. The higher the rate
and harder you pick, the faster the speed will rise and vice
versa. In Manual mode, the Rate control adjusts the speed
like a common tremolo.
Frequency Toggle: This toggle lets you select one of 3
different ways to control the center frequency of the lter
section. In LFO mode, the frequency is continuously swept
by an LFO. In this mode, the Frequency knobs adjusts
the speed of the LFO. In Manual mode, the frequency is
determined by where the Frequency knob is set. In Attack
mode, the center frequency is dynamically controlled by pick
attack and the Frequency knob adjusts the sensitivity.
Level: Sets the output level, unity is around noon.
Frequency: Controls the center frequency of the lters in
manual mode: higher clockwise, lower counterclockwise.
In LFO mode this controls the rate of the sweep: faster
clockwise and slower counterclockwise. In Attack mode this
controls the sensitivity of the envelope: lower Frequency
gives slower rise and lower peak, higher Frequency gives
faster rise and higher peak. Simple, right?
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.
Power
The Night Wire should be powered by a standard 9-volt DC
power supply with a 2.1mm negative center barrel. We always
recommend pedal-specic, 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
specic power supplies do not lter dirty power as well and let
through unwanted noise. Do not run at higher voltages!
Current Draw: 78ma
Input impedance: 1M
Output impedance: <1K
Questions? Comments? Concerns?
Send an email to info@earthquakerdevices.com and we’ll
help you out.
This device is guaranteed for life (or at least the life of
EarthQuaker Devices).
Depth: Adjusts the depth of the tremolo. More clockwise,
less counterclockwise. When fully counterclockwise, the
amplitude modulation will be removed and the Night Wire
will function as a xed lter, envelope controlled lter or
phaser depending on where the frequency toggle is set.
Rate: In manual mode, this controls the speed of the tremolo.
Faster speed clockwise and slower speed counterclockwise.
In Attack mode, this controls the sensitivity of the dynamic
tremolo. The higher the rate and harder you pick, the faster
the speed will rise and vice versa.
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