EarthQuaker Devices Space Spiral OPERATION MANUAL
Space Spiral
™
The year is 2018 and you can digitally model any amplier 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- 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™! 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 wellloved 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 ngertips? 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 innite 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 y 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 and has a current draw of
50ma.
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™… 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.
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.
Flexi-Switching
This device features Flexi-Switch™ Technology! This relaybased, 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 Space Spiral 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: 50ma
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).
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 innitely 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.
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