EarthQuaker Devices Night Wire Harmonic Tremolo Pedal

A handmade box of warbly fun

This feature-rich harmonic tremolo pedal takes the traditional harmonic tremolo that bit further, allowing the centre point of each filter (high and low pass) to be adjusted individually for different tones!

The Controls

First you get the Rate Toggle, which allows you to choose from one of two ways to control the tremolo's speed. Attack lets you adjust the speed by pick attack, with the Rate knob controlling how sensitive the dynamic tremolo is (pick harder for faster speeds etc.). In Manual mode, the Rate control adjusts the speed like a common tremolo.

With the Frequency Toggle you get three modes to play with:

• Manual - in Manual mode you can set the centre point to a fixed position with the frequency control.
• LFO - in LFO mode the filters are continually swept, with the frequency control adjusting the speed
• Attack - in Attack mode the pedal picks up on the attack of your playstyle and dynamically adjust the sweep accordingly, with the frequency control acting as a range controller, much like with a standard envelope filter (the harder you pick the strings, the more severe the attack!)

Level is where you set the output level, with Unity gain being at around noon (pretty self-explanatory this one)

Depth allows you to adjust the depth of the tremolo - for more turn clockwise, for less turn counterclockwise. When set fully counterclockwise, the amplitude modulation will be removed and the Night Wire functions as a fixed filter, envelope controlled filter or phaser, depending entirely on where the frequency toggle is set.

Rate controls the speed of the tremolo in Manual mode and the sensistivity of the dynamic tremolo in Attack mode.

As with Rate, the functionality of Frequency depends entirely upon which mode you are set to. In Manual mode it controls the centre frequency of the filters, in LFO mode it controls the rate of the sweet, and in Attack mode is controls the sensitivity of the envelope.

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EarthQuaker Devices Night Wire Features

• Controls: Rate Toggle, Frequency Toggle, Level, Depth, Rate & Frequency
• Dimensions: 4.625" x 2.5" x 2.25" with knobs
• Power: Standard 9v DC

As with all EarthQuaker pedals, the Night Wire takes a standard 9v DC power supply with negative centre barrel. It's recommended that you use a pedal-specific, transformer isolated power supply to minimise the risk of unclean power signals affecting your sound. Do not run this pedal at a higher voltage than stated! The current draw of the Night Wire is 30 mA.