EarthQuaker Devices
Data Corrupter
Perhaps the most hotly-anticipated signal
muncher (or, more specifically, monophonic
analog harmonizing PLL with modulation) in
recent years. From what I understand looking
at the EQD data is that the signal path starts
getting “harvested” by the Master Oscillator.
This allows one to choose the input octave
or interval, which ranges from unison down
to two-octaves below. The Root controls the
tracking for matching up with different pickups
or instruments and the signal is then puked
into the Frequency Modulator. This simply
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adds as much or as little warble to the Master
Oscillator in two different synthy flavors: Glide
or Vibrato. Riding the Rate control is a similar
experience to using a mod wheel on a vintage
synth. Moving onto the Subharmonic section
of the pedal plunges the signal further into
the echelons of experimentalism by essentially
duplicating the function of the Master
Oscillator with two key differences. This
section takes the aforementioned program
material and assimilates the input signal into
one of eight lower octave programs between
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