Astral Destiny Harp Demo || EarthQuaker Devices

[@emilyharpist]

Timestamps for the different Astral Destiny Modes! 00:00 - Sub Shimmer 01:28 - Shimmer 02:43 - Ascend 04:16 - Cosmos 05:08 - Astral 06:30 - Sub 07:43 - Abyss 09:38 - Descend

[@dreamakah]

Thing I learned today: Every guitar pedal sounds better with a harp running through it. So cool.

[@emilyharpist]

😂 thank you so much!! I appreciate it :) I have so much fun with all these!

[@NaomiSV]

This pedal sounds amazing! (Your playing too, obviously!)

[@emilyharpist]

thank you, Naomi!! :) ❤️

[@xx_jeff_xx5555]

Harp music literally puts me into a trance where I can think so clearly, don’t know how to word that better but wow

[@emilyharpist]

hahah I'm so glad!! thank you for being here! ♡

[@sinom]

Honestly all of your videos are just great background music to listen to while doing anything

[@blave549]

Miss Em, you are directly responsible for my wallet being $217.66 lighter. I'm serious -- I watched this video and bought one (pedal, not a harp) two days later (yesterday). I love it. Thanks for the demo and for your vids.

[@emilyharpist]

HAHAH I am sorry for your wallet losing weight but I am also not sorry because you are going to LOVE Astral Destiny 🥰🥰🥰 it’s definitely one of my favorite pedals! Thank you so much for being here! 💖

[@ideashop4981]

Best pedal demo videos on KZbin

[@emilyharpist]

Ahhh thank you so much!! That means so much to me! ♡ Thank you for listening! :)

[@Shadoweclipse1386]

That first bit of playing made your harp sound like it was making the music from the 90s Aeon Flux show and that is AWESOME!!

[@visisydandthevoid]

Was looking for a synth demo of this pedal. Found this instead. Not disappointed at all. Very satisfied and thinking this sold me on the pedal. Oh, and subscribed.

[@emilyharpist]

So glad you found my channel!!! Welcome :) I still hoped you found the synth demo you were looking for!! I hope you enjoy the pedal, it’s super fun

[@CandleMakerMovies]

I love this so much. It adds a lot of dimension to your playing!

[@emilyharpist]

💜 Thank you!!! I love this pedal so much!

[@BugsBunns]

I absolutely love this pedal, especially on synths. But this demo made me realize that nothing makes it sound better than a harp in the hands of Emily, congrats!

[@teddibayer]

Sounds like an angelic choir singing in the background. I have a new respect for harps, now. Thank you, Emily.

[@williamwhitty6991]

I've been trying to figure out what this demo reminds me of, specifically the first piece with the sub shimmer, and I've finally figured it out - its got a lot of vibes of the theme from The Shape Of Water, with like a hint of the Final Fantasy IX soundtrack about it. Or maybe I'm mental, who knows! Sounds lush anyway!

[@emilyharpist]

omg YES I can hear it!!! you're not mental!! 🤣💖

[@claudecat]

I have a chance to buy one of these for under $150, so I think it's gotta happen. I like ramen! My first non-cheapskate pedal! Thanks Emily and Russ! I would never have known the wonders of this and other pedals without having discovered this amazing channel, so huge thanks for luring me in with weirdness and comedy, then providing valuable gear info and demos! And of course the raw harp playing is always wonderful, but that's a given.

[@stevesmith3990]

Just ordered this pedal, this is the best demo along with The Pedal Zone.

[@antman2826]

I normally think that Earth Quaker pedals seem to be a little over the top and silly. But they really do pair well with the harp. It's almost like they aren't guitar pedals as such but are instead a line of pedals originally intended for harp. It's really beautiful to hear how you use these pedals and how they enhance your already beautiful playing. I also like that you spend more time playing and just experimenting with the sounds than crapping on like most pedal demo guys.subscribed and loving your content.

[@emilyharpist]

hahah thank you so much!! I really appreciate the kind words :) ♡ and of course I'm biased but I agree with you, I feel like EQD pedals were made for harp because they all respond so well!! thanks for being here! :)

[@JVYFKNDEE]

it's like i can feel how gentle your soul is through your flow an style it's a beautiful feeling to listen to you play 🥰

[@PJmusica]

I have this pedal, I play mostly psychedelic folk and ambient with this pedal, and this may be my favorite pedal. I use it on acoustic and electric guitar. Just love it. ❤

[@belaclordofthe5threalm673]

These are the sounds I hear when traveling to and from the 5th realm!

[@MeganL]

So good! Amazing sounds and playing, I could listen to this all day!

[@emilyharpist]

thank you so much!! thanks for being here and for listening! it means a lot! :)

[@mikeroadblock]

You’re playing is beautiful

[@emilyharpist]

thank you so much, Mike! :) ♡

[@harppoet]

Astral is kind of hilarious to me. Love the Abyss sound. This pedal seems perfect for harp!

[@emilyharpist]

Honestly it's so perfect for harp!

[@traditionalnative]

It sounds hilarious I think because it makes anything sound like a early 90s 2000s movie backing soundtrack.

[@coryjuba]

Wow! This is awesome!!! Great tones and playing!

[@emilyharpist]

Thank you so much!! This pedal works so well with the harp! :)

[@coryjuba]

@@emilyharpist You nailed it! We will definitely reshare!

[@awesomeguy45]

This feels like the edge of the universe. Thank you.

[@davideatwell6577]

I love that thing that's at 1.27,it's like 'When Love Breaks Down' but better

[@thechronicnoizeco.6675]

Harp demo for the win!

[@emilyharpist]

thank you!! :)

[@mykhedelic6471]

Jane Wiedlin rockin' dat harp!

[@christopherecatalano]

It sounds absolutely lovely here. A very addictive pedal. The octave modulation is almost theremin like, musical and beautifully spooky. I prefer that preset to a similar thing on the NightSky…I guess that is an algorithm thing😂. Your chord progressions go down my favourite dark music alleys. I really believe the light shines from the darkness when it comes to music, but sometimes that is a tough sell to young souls, hey? Your work is so inspiring. Thank you…

[@emilyharpist]

thank you so much for the kind words, and thank you for being here with us!!! 🥰❤️ I really appreciate that! I haven't tried the NightSky yet, but I hope I will, soon!!

[@mikecarbone828]

Salutations Emily! Wonderful music and an interesting effects pedal. My local music shop is an authorized Earthquake Effects Devices dealer. He may have one of those in stock. Thank you very much for the demonstration! Thank you for posting these videos! Please have an excellent and awesome day! ☀️✨

[@darkcity7060]

Wow this pedal sounds great with the harp. Medieval sci-fi? Great video!

[@emilyharpist]

YES! That's totally the vibe! hahahah thanks so much for taking a listen. It's definitely one of my favorite pedals now. My collection is getting way too big though!!

[@ColinPowell_AMultitudeofOne]

Simply magical!

[@jaklumen]

Ooh, I commented too soon.. but on a more recent video. Okay, so I spoke of the space music genre. This pedal REALLY does a lot of the effects I've come to associate with the genre.

[@ronnieriveros4206]

Wow you're fast!! I love your channel

[@emilyharpist]

haha thank you so much!! I'm so glad you enjoy! :) ♡

[@Justaguy11199]

Omg, so glad i subscribed yesterday! You inspire so much! Thank you for your otherwordly landscapes🥰! Inspires me to bend my musical direction😌 Sometimes i get levitated out of this world, haha!

[@emilyharpist]

I’m so glad you found the channel!! Welcome :) thanks so much for being here!!! I’m so happy to hear I inspire you ❤️ ❤️

[@Justaguy11199]

@@emilyharpist absolutely! Very tempting to use more traditional instruments in my recordings. Like my hammered dulcimer. Keep the content coming🤗❤

[@simonpark843]

Wow...this is magnificent.

[@jamesf2918]

Disclaimer: pedals cannot make guitars sound as good as harps. 🤣

[@emilyharpist]

🤣🤣🤣

[@LongLiveDeadsMayhem]

As a guitar player, I back this statement lol

[@LongLiveDeadsMayhem]

I’d sell all my guitars for a harp

[@slazmojj]

Haha yes! My first thought was “I want this pedal” then a moment later realized the harp wizardry made the real magic happen.

[@MrBrombomb]

Good point

[@robLite3g]

I love this video and it did nicely during meditation so thank you!

[@emilyharpist]

Thank you so much!! 🥰❤️

[@greatwhitedonkey]

Gol dang, this is amaze balls!

[@emilyharpist]

Thanks so much!!! ❤️ 😊

[@ManiacRider3113]

I really like your music. Just recently discovered harp music. It's very easy on the ears. Thank you💀

[@emilyharpist]

I’m so glad you found my channel! Thanks for being here. I really appreciate the kind words 😊

[@ModulatedDrummer]

I love that sub shimmer song!

[@emilyharpist]

Thanks so much!! It's all improvised, You can listen to the individual tracks at emilyharpist.bandcamp.com !!!

[@gilbertostefan]

If you were adult in the midle 80's and be side by side Elizabeth Frasier in Cocteau Twins, well, probably this band would achieve some artistic level on expressing beauty, understood only by the muses of art 🥰 Your work brings me back the sweetness of innocence and this is quite magic and phenomenal to me, a 44 years old man. I am sorry for so many comments in your videos (something that i dont really do very offen), but i just would like to share back some kind of recompensation for all the emotional conffort that your music brings to me, for free, in these hard times... thank you so much lady!! Bye bye.

[@emilyharpist]

Thank you so much, Gilberto!! That really means a lot to me!! 🥰 Please don't apologize; your comment makes me smile and I really appreciate you being here! :)

[@gilbertostefan]

@@emilyharpist thank you, you are very polite! A good soul... bye bye!🤗

[@allenmunich2816]

helps me relax

[@DreamscapesMusicCinema]

Absolutely beautiful 😍. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful talent with us all. Mark Bensette Aux Bois 🇨🇦.

[@allenmunich2816]

I love your playing

[@stevelarson3229]

That’s so awesome!! Thank you.

[@emilyharpist]

Thanks for watching Steve :)

[@dougbeacon9760]

That was QUICC

[@emilyharpist]

🤣

[@paradox7743]

Incredible Pedal- Otherworldly is an understatment- Mu.st keep the mix @ noon or it Gets too wet/ Need the dry too keep things tight/ Freakout is also attained by adding a good analog delay to reach ambient dimension's..

[@roccoharris]

you play so amazingly!! not just skillfully, but so tastefully. brava!! & I love the haircut!! ;-) _/\_

[@emilyharpist]

Thanks so much Rocco!!! That means a lot. And THANKS!!!! I love my hair haha I’m currently growing it a little longer though!

[@mjproebstle]

i know i have been guilty of it, and others have echoed similar sentiments of how your playing and sound remind us of this artists or that artist…i suppose its a foible of human nature. i’d like to say that you sound like Emily, and that is pretty amazing in and of itself. cheers!

[@emilyharpist]

🥺❤️ thank you so much!! I really appreciate you!! 💖

[@robertsmithshair4199]

Sending me to my dreams nicely

[@emilyharpist]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@newtdevaychet]

I love this!

[@emilyharpist]

Thank you so much!!!

[@inapeebles1560]

Beautiful! WOW! I see this video was made 3 years ago and I am wondering if the Astral Destiny is still your favorite? I also play harp and I am contemplating buying this pedal as my first! The other one I am interested in is the Strymon Cloudburst

[@lindapino2974]

Hello Emily can EarthQuaker Devices Astral Destiny be played with a regular lever harp? Thank you 🙏

[@emilyharpist]

Hey Linda! Astral Destiny and all other effects pedals can only work on amplified instruments! So, if your lever harp is electric or has a pickup installed and you have an amplifier to play it through, then it will work!

[@101iswhatsup]

Too dope! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@emilyharpist]

Thanks!!! ❤️ This ones definitely one of my favorites!

[@nerdebynature]

Loving these vids! Just subscribed. Apologies if this has already been asked, is someone adjusting the effects live while you're playing in these vids or are you adjusting it post playing?

[@emilyharpist]

Thank you so much for listening!!! My videos are a mix of me playing live with the pedal while someone adjusts the effects, and reamping/adding the effects afterwards. I really enjoy both ways. When I play with the pedal in real-time, there's some potential for a nice dialogue/back-and-forth between the harp and the pedal; I can react to it's effects in real-time and adjust my playing accordingly. I feel more connected to the pedal that way. Other times, I sit with the pedal before recording and understand what type of plating works best with it, and record some parts DI/dry to reamp later. I really enjoy reamping my dry playing, because I can really sit and understand the pedal and its functions, and I can take a few times to really dial in something nice without having to worry about the performance.

[@awesomeguy45]

Was wondering this myself.

[@Mo_B-xv2hv]

I would so love to hear a fuzz or distortion effect on a harp. And for you to combine that with some metal or rocknroll rhythms.

[@dougbeacon9760]

She did a metal zone a while back haha it was too funny. Some of her videos feature EQD Westwood, I think her Lavendar Town cover

[@Mo_B-xv2hv]

@@dougbeacon9760 Oh thanks for telling me. I'll check it out now.

[@emilyharpist]

It's so interesting, I haven't found a fuzz/distortion that really works well for harp. At one point I owned Pallisades, Plumes, Westwood, Metal Zone (LOL) and a handful of bit crushers. They can get really muddy since the harp is so resonant, and I can't palm-mute or anything like that on harp to remedy it. I love EQD Westwood because the built-in EQ allows me to really dial in some cool sounds alongside other pedals, but overdrives and distortions haven't worked so well on their own for me at least!

[@tapiometsanhenki2658]

Nice Soundcraft deepforest.

[@JKevinWolfe]

Sounds so nice. I wish they made a version for instruments other than harp. :)

[@nathane7865]

It’s a guitar pedal unless I’m wrong

[@JKevinWolfe]

@@nathane7865 ; )

[@HariOmRadhaKrishna]

Post-Covid you should start a band. This is super cool

[@emilyharpist]

Great idea!!! Until then I’m working on my solo projects 😆 BUT I did do some session work for an incredible new band over the summer that features a lot of harp. Can’t wait to get that out! I might premiere one of the songs here on my channel!

[@HariOmRadhaKrishna]

@@emilyharpist The band Rasputina came to mind when I heard this. They play alternative rock on Cello. + 4AD 80's bands like Cocteau Twins would sound great on harp

[@vphoenix5956]

COOOOOOOOOOL

[@emilyharpist]

Thank you! ❤️

[@quocbinh6674]

If u play Mozart's Lacrimosa with that descend effect, u would summon the Old One and bring the destruction to the earth

[@emilyharpist]

LMFAO probably 😂

[@JohnFoley1701]

I feel like I’m exploring a cave, looking for kobolds.

[@sarahohr8614]

I love this. I think I may have to buy it.

[@emilyharpist]

Do it!! It's amazing!

[@olivedotcomm]

11/10 :D

[@emilyharpist]

haha thanks so much, Jacob!! :)

[@andyokus5735]

Emily what kind of amp are you using?

[@emilyharpist]

I usually use my custom Supro amp, but for this video I just went straight D/I!

[@aleksanderzurawski2683]

Reminds me of the Uncut Gems soundtrack for some reason - great playing!

[@emilyharpist]

Honestly I could see that! Such a good movie, I need to rewatch!! 😊

[@marekdrimal2806]

Where is the third hand coming from? 🤔

[@grahamwong9419]

This sounds amazing! Is it me, or is this pedal more Blade Runner-ish than the Meris Mercury7?

[@emilyharpist]

Thank you!!! Honestly some settings can go toe-to-toe with Mercury 7! But if you made me choose between them… I’ll get back to you 😅

[@flux1968]

@@emilyharpist I get that. Based on demo videos, they have some comparable sounds and features. I went with the Mercury7 because it has a swell function. I can always get this one anyway. After all, can you really have too many reverbs?

[@emilyharpist]

@@flux1968 anyone who tells you there’s such thing as “too many reverbs” is wrong. I really do with Astral Destiny was in stereo though

[@doctorvortex979]

😍🤘🏾

[@emilyharpist]

🥰❤️

[@sandyturner1911]

I'm thinking of getting this to use in my Synth setup. Are you still using it? I know it's been a minute, but I'm always curious. beautiful music, as always! Thanks!

[@emilyharpist]

I am very much still using it - I actually used it for a scoring project last night - it’s the best shimmer reverb there is right now IMO! Heavy recommend, I bought this when it came out and don’t regret it

[@sandyturner1911]

@@emilyharpist Thanks!!! I just put a bid on one, on Reverb.

[@carlpanzram2012]

I just realized id rather play the harp wtf 😭 My guitar is weeping right now.

[@emilyharpist]

Hahaha there’s still time to get started!!!! 😊

[@antsinmyeyes]

I'm sure you answered this elsewhere or even somewhere obvious and I've utterly missed it, so I apologize for asking, but I'm curious to know whether you personally pay for all these effect input devices or if they manufacturers give them to you gratis with the assumption that you'll feature them on your channel? disclaimer: I'm a percussionist so I'm not very clever

[@emilyharpist]

Sometimes I pay for them myself, like this one :) but now I am getting a lot sent to me from companies to feature demo, since my channel has grown. I now mark them as sponsored and thank the company for sending it to me in the video description! But I still buy some; I bought the JHS ones from my recent video myself!!!

[@expandingknowledge8269]

This is what it sounds like when you enter God's Heavenly Kingdom! 😇

[@emilyharpist]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jorgynes6443]

I was hoping for your verbal opinion on it

[@emilyharpist]

This was before I started doing talking in my videos! To date this is my FAVORITE shimmer reverb ever and I use it all the time!

[@jorgynes6443]

@@emilyharpist oh I see. Well congratulations on how much you have progressed in your channel. That's awesome!!

[@jorgynes6443]

@@emilyharpist thank you for the reply. Now I know for sure this is definitely a good Shimmer verb

[@johnnyashtray]

JK. Didn't die. Just over here now, lol.

[@emilyharpist]

LOL welcome back!! 👼❤️

[@weezerman2002]

I’ve got a bad case of harpes

[@emilyharpist]

🤣🤣🤣

[@seazenbones6945]

Oh hell, I’ve just bought one online. Your videos should come with a, may produce GAS warning. 😭🥹😊