Astral Destiny Video Manual | EarthQuaker Devices

[@kultbotcustomshop3849]

You had me at " Space Lasers"

[@post.sonitum]

OMG... That sound and playing from the beginning of the video reminded me of the best moments of Godspeed You Black Emperor / A Silver My. Zion. So so so so beautiful and deep. Almost cried... 🙏

[@hatepaste]

This pedal brought my whole rig together.

[@Acousticeg]

Best demo of this pedal. I have it but didn't realize it's full potential till I watched this video. Thanks so much.

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Heck yeah, our pleasure. Thanks for the support!

[@joellebrodeur1015]

This is worth watching a few times. I just received mine and can't wait to dive in this weekend.

[@moth_man8673]

has to be one of the best demos ive ever seen, pure bliss. gotta pick one of these up as soon as possible.

[@zachpeabody]

Grabbed one for my roomie for chrimbus. Excited for him to mess with it. Always impressed with earthquaker.

[@calebmcbride3682]

Just bought this pedal and have been having mass amounts of fun with it. I would dig a Video manual for the Sea Machine and Data Corruptor

[@bassimprovjams3772]

Awesome!! I want one for bass!!

[@VagrantShadow]

It's not fair there isn't a software/plugin version of this. Best Pedal ever.

[@deaj8450]

Saw one in a shop and decided to try it out and grab it. This, as heard in the video, is a really cool pedal. I've set my own presets to my preferred sound and you can range anywhere from a very slight natural sounding reverb to the crazy choir and church bell sounding stuff with everything in between. Obviously as you can tell I'm very happy with the pedal. If you want to add just plain reverb it's already a fantastic sounding pedal, but the ability to add some spice with the chorus sends it even higher. Great work.

[@omarborges6112]

This pedal quickly became my favorite!

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Thanks Omar, we are glad you are having fun with it!

[@hermantheduckgb]

It's definitely the next pedal on my shopping list. Looks like I can have hours of fun with this.

[@sinnertrain7405]

I've been using a Strymon Blue Sky for shimmer reverb for over 4 years. However, I recently bought a used Astral Destiny and I prefer the shimmer settings more because of the added features and controls (along with the non-shimmer setting). Of course the Astral Destiny doesn't do "normal" reverb like the Blue Sky, but that's not what it's designed for. I also own the Afterneath which is a truly great pedal too. I think I need to put together a 3rd pedalboard because of all the pedals I own (currently I have one pedalboard for live work and one for my home studio).

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

thanks for the support!

[@PJmusica]

I love this pedal! ❤️ it's probably my favorite pedal on my pedal board for psychedelic folk and ambient.

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Sweet :)

[@palmtreecorpse]

Late to the party but just picked one of these up today on a whim at a local shop, as soon as I started messing around with it I knew I needed this on my board

[@rektyrektingson4668]

That's whats up man.

[@SKY_DWELLER333]

Well, just came back to this video after months without seeing it, and I can officially say, I'm sold. Honestly this device seems perfect for me. It would give me all of the dreamy shimmering I could ever want out of a reverb pedal, as well as deep immersion, and that all too important vintage cosmic vortex vibe. Basically everything I could want out of the big sky, but without all of the superfluous menu diving in the functionality That I never tend to use/isn't accessible to me because being visually impaired I can't exactly accomplish the menu diving required to change the big skies deeper parameters. Thank you EQD for keeping things simple, and thus, a bit more accessible to everyone.

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Thanks so much, enjoy your Astral ✨🪐

[@danjack-son4871]

Just bought mine today, and I am going to start by using after my chorus and flange then into delay then into Wet reverb.

[@bassimprovjams3772]

Awesome!! Got mine for Xmas!! Use it on my bass and absolutely love it!! My woman did good getting me that!!

[@claudecat]

Got mine in the mail today and can't wait to dig in. Why am I waiting? Got the Wampler Ethereal today as well, and that seemed less intimidating so I started there and haven't stopped. This demo does a great job of explaining everything, and the playing is real nice too. Thanks! Truth be told I'm a blues guy (mainly the real old fingerpicking stuff), not so much an ambient player. Looking to combine the best of both worlds, because I love reverb in all its forms, even these extreme ones. When you think about it, a lot of these sounds evoke a Blind Willie Johnson kind of feeling, at least to me. An otherworldly spookiness, for lack of a better phrase.

[@doomorbedoomed8748]

That piece towards the end with the looper has such a doomy feel. Almost reminds me of Epitaph from King Crimson. 🤘🏼

[@ESP77769]

This has an excellent spring & plate type of reverb in it also, if you experiment with the levels!!

[@VerdiMMayerJr]

Thank you-I was just scrolling the comments to see if anyone had any input on this! Ha! Input! Theres a pun somewhere in there...

[@johntoland7198]

Just got one today!! Can’t wait to use it

[@pickattack3298]

I bought one, it comes the 25th lol. I'm watching all the videos on it while I wait.

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

thanks! ah, that's not too long

[@adamtaylor31]

Well, that settles it...im getting this pedal. Great walkthrough as well.

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@KunchangLeeMusic]

Love this pedal

[@whiskybravo4648]

I enjoy the video manuals for EQD pedals, not that I have this one, but nonetheless. You guys rock! Keep up the good work.

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Thank you, Darrell!

[@christopherecatalano]

That sub mode tape modulation makes this one very hard for me to resist. Demented yet dreamy and very musical. I hear this pedal as something I would probably apply most often on single note stuff, which is why I don’t think the lack of stereo is a deal breaker...that can come later in the chain and in this context makes sense. Brilliant thinking in how expression pedal modes are accessed. I get mine early next week!

[@UnleashDLion]

Hello, I run a stereo rig and you are correct. I have my ADestiny infront of my stereo modulation part and its fantastic for single notes or handpicked triads.

[@UnleashDLion]

Oh and swells of course

[@pfylim]

This pedal would sound good on a theremin

[@AndreaTurini_theAND]

Would love to hear this big guy and the Time Shadows together

[@SteventheThorn]

Very thorough demo thanks.

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

u got it dude!

[@bassimprovjams3772]

Think Ima get one for my bass!!!

[@konstantinz4631]

Just picked this up, this pedal with the grand orbiter and sea machine v3 is so yummy :)

[@arkavagoswami3068]

Finally the perfect reverb pedal for me❤

[@txgr453]

Great video man! got me hyped to use this pedal! definitely subbing

[@christophermaxieii8727]

LOVE this pedal soo far. What else should I build with it? Vox AC15 and Tele. Not other pedals (fell in love with it) and kind of new to the world of them

[@dovid6904]

I wish we could lower the dry signal as well :(

[@stephendre2902]

What are your favorite settings on your Astral Destiny? Please leave a brief description on what it does as well… ☮️❤️

[@Emma-en5nb]

I've thought this whole time that if you saved a preset, you overwrite the stock sound in that position on the mode dial. I'm very relieved to find that's not the case and I can save weird niche sounds as presets to my heart's content. Great thinking making Live and Preset modes distinct, rather than treating presets like synth patches and having user-designed sounds overwrite stock patches.

[@iKremps]

amazing. anyone know those chords at 14:48? such a great progression

[@guitarzack]

Sounds like (not sure what key but these intervals will work) Eminor C Aminor B

[@occams_chainsaw]

B minor 7, G major 7, E minor 9, F# 7

[@tokimasa85]

So the Stretch footswitch does not have a momentary mode, but instead when you hold it, it will do the pitch bending effect?? So if you just wanted it for a second, you just tap on then tap off like in the 'old days' before flexi-switch?

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Hi, The Stretch footswitch doubles the length of the reverb effect while adding a temporary change in pitch. Tap for an immediate pitch change, or hold for a temporary pitch bending effect. The speed of the of the pitch bending effect can be adjusted, and yes you can tap it on/off at any time. There is a good example of what you are curious about at 08:45 and your question may be best answered by watching this part of the video.

[@tokimasa85]

@@EarthQuakerDevices Yep, that was exactly what i was looking for...thanks for being gentle about noticing I didn't watch the whole thing

[@PsychoticFlubber]

Just got this pedal, and of course I love it! Quick question though - is there a way to set the "stretch" activation to only stay active while the switch is held down (so that when my foot releases it turns off)? If there's ever a V2 for this one, my only recommendation is to make that an option if it isn't already, as well as a knob control for shimmer blend ratio with the reverb. Thanks, EQD!

[@banwavy]

While this is not a bad idea, and would be a good addition, you can easily circumvent this issue by just tapping it twice when you’re done with the setting. Also, Expression capabilities can really come in clutch for this as well.

[@Thurston86]

Just acquired one & Absolutely Love It!!! 🎄Thank you E.Q.D 🎄Merry Christmas 🎄🤘👽👽👽

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Awesome congrats on your new pedal! So glad you're digging it❤️

[@GiacomoRavioli]

Merry Christmas!

[@mattlau]

Saw this in the shop today and was very intrigued. I have a Fender Vibro Champ and want to get some really spacey, reverb sounds. Looks like this is it?

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

this will take you out past the atmosphere for sure

[@bassslinger8191]

Knobs we need you

[@thejamnasium6447]

hahaha. only real ones will get this reference

[@OGbrundle]

I miss him

[@Steph_7d7]

Just ordered one for my microfreak

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

sweet😎

[@prisonmike4971]

I want this.

[@Ramiroocampo]

I guess this pedal is the literal fairy dust. Will sound good on everything!

[@stevessoundshack]

What do the toggle switches on that Tele do?

[@coryjuba]

Midboost, "frequency expander" which is a high & low shelf boost, and phase flip!

[@KratosIsSick]

This is an awesome pedal.

[@robertusmaximus1911]

Great video!

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Thanks!

[@NatedogsYouchoob]

Wow such a powerful pedal. Is the preset knob the only way to switch between presets?

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Yes, but you can have a live mode setting going and switch to a preset on the fly, which is kind of like switching between 2 presets.

[@danielnuzum8117]

Will there be a stereo version? This would be PERFECT Still buying one though 😂

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Two of them is your stereo version. At this price, it can be logical and provide the utmost flexibility. Thanks for watching!

[@tater7363]

Mic the Astral Destiny sound coming out of the left side stereo speaker, run the mic into a delay pedal with a very small amount of delay and run that into the right side stereo speaker via a mixing board. You now have a STEREO Astral Destiny.

[@meerkatairforce8182]

You could write an entire prog rock concept album just based around the tone he gets at 12:45

[@GiacomoRavioli]

This pedal would not let me come out of my gear room. Goodbye, world.

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Get some fresh air! But yes go back to your gear room after that!

[@GiacomoRavioli]

@@EarthQuakerDevices ❤

[@rainbowsludge660]

Does it work well as just a reverb pedal too?

[@Quicksilver_Cookie]

You can dial a very normal vanilla sounding reverb in abyss mode. But it's obvious that's not what this pedal is for.

[@beestew79]

So good!

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

🙌

[@patrickr6505]

Can you only change one parameter or two or more at the same time in expression mode?

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

one

[@patrickr6505]

@@EarthQuakerDevices Thanks..

[@bassimprovjams3772]

Just got mine today!!! Using it on my basses!! Absolutely love it!!! The packaging was very nice!! And I absolutely love the cool sticker it comes with!! Wish I had 6 more stickers lmao Check out some of the videos I have on my YT page!! I think I do it good justice on the bass compared to the other videos of bass players using it

[@iosifkalpaktsoglou2045]

What voltage does the cv input accept and which parameter does it affect? Thank you

[@t0ddt0ne]

11:50

[@UncleBillyBob732]

Pretty chordgasms.

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

wowza!

[@averyfogarty2179]

what is the expression pedal being used?

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Moog EP-3

[@dennisremo6099]

Where to buy?

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

hi dennis! you can locate a dealer near you HERE www.earthquakerdevices.com/dealers

[@levijessegonzalez3629]

Waiting for the V2 Stereo version lol

[@WeLiveInABeautiful]

yeeeee hey lets gooooooo

[@wrenchhead4378]

Yea i had to buy one…. Total mind bender…. SD vapor trail makes it even weirder…. Dont do drugs with this one kids..

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

This is your new fix. Thanks for checking it out!

[@reason2910]

Noice

[@tabithastew9850]

wow

[@mikelewis762]

Synth player wishes this was a stereo pedal.......sigh

[@alexkhughes]

@The Tired Horizon Not in terms of price, though.

[@RandomButtonPusher]

I just run a Boss stereo delay after it for my synth, either the DD-7 or DD-8.

[@shanecrissey5410]

run this into the avalanche run, you have stereo

[@tyejohnson9400]

Love is the most powerful force there is in this equation but my wallet hates Earthquaker… SOLD! LOVE ALWAYS WINS 🙏🏾 💗 😂

[@manos6426]

Please take my money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@EarthQuakerDevices]

Hey nowwwww