EarthQuaker Devices Interstellar Orbiter Operation Manual

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Welcome to your brand new Interstellar Orbiter ™ ! The Interstellar Obiter was specially
designed for Kid Koala to be used on his Satellite Concert tour. The idea for the Satellite
concert is very ambitious: each audience member will be seated at one of sixty mini
turntable stations that will include a small crate of color coded custom vinyl. Each record
contains a drone that is designed to harmonize with key moments in the show being
performed on stage by Kid Koala. Each record player will be run through an effect pedal
and allow the audience to individually manipulate the sounds in real time.... I mean, how
could we say no to that! After lots and lots of testing, the records through various types of
effects, we landed on what you have in your hand, the Interstellar Orbiter!
So what is it? The Interstellar Orbiter is a dual resonant filter controlled by a single LFO
that sweeps each filter in opposite directions. It has three universal controls: a master
Frequency control that governs the center frequency of both filters, a master Rate
control for the LFO and the Direct control for blending in the unaffected dry signal.
There are expression pedal jacks for both the LFO Rate and the Master Frequency.
The LFO sweeps each filter in opposite directions and has a wide range. Each filter is
voiced differently and has controls for LFO Intensity, Resonance and Mix. When the
LFO Intensity is raised the filter sweep is wider, the center frequency is raised and the
resonance becomes more pronounced. The Resonance becomes more "ringy" as you
dial it up and more mellow as you dial it back. The Mix control adjusts the volume for
the mix of each filter.
With all of this control, the Interstellar Orbiter is a knob twiddler's dream with loads of
possibilities! It can do everything from wah emulation to complex vocal formant filter
and even a fairly convincing rotary speaker effect. You can set the Intensity of both
filters to zero and use the Frequency to manually create wide filter sweeps or use an
expression pedal for a unique wah tones. Adjust the Intensity of one filter to taste and
use an expression pedal to sweep the second to create some awesome moving center
point phase effects. You can also create some very vocal sounds by using the LFO to
control both filters and fine tuning the Resonance, Intensity and master Frequency.
These vocal formants will vary depending the settings of each individual control and the
rate at which they are swept! These are just a few suggestions, the Interstellar Orbiter is
vast; get ready to get free.
The Interstellar Orbiter is all analog, true bypass and hand made one at a time, part-
by-part, knob-by-knob, wire-by-damn-wire in the fiery town of Akron, Ohio and features
artwork drawn by Kid Koala himself!
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Expression Pedals
• The Frequency should be controlled by a 100K pot, linear taper is ideal.
• The jack is wired: Tip= Hot, Ring= Wiper, Sleeve= Cold
• The Rate should be controlled by a 1M pot, reverse logarithmic sweep is ideal.
• The jack is wired: Tip= Hot, Ring= Wiper, Sleeve= N/A
Using an expression pedal with values less than what is listed above will still work but the
range will be limited.
Power
This device take a standard 9 volt DC power supply with a 2.1mm negative center barrel.
We always recommend pedal-specific, 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 specific
power supplies do not filter dirty power as well and let through unwanted noise. DO NOT
RUN AT HIGHER VOLTAGES!
Current Draw: 20mA
Input Impedance: 1M Ohm
Output Impedance: <500 Ohm
Warranty
This device has a limited lifetime warranty. If it breaks, we will fix it. Should you encounter
any issues, please email info@earthquakerdevices.com.
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