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Collaborative Design With Yvette Young
The Walrus Audio Qi Etherealizer is a unique collaboration with Yvette Young, known for her expressive and intricate playing style. This pedal reflects her approach to creating lush, evolving soundscapes by combining chorus, delay, granular effects, and reverb into one inspiring unit. Designed to encourage exploration and creativity, the Qi offers an intuitive interface that enables you to craft intricate layers of sound effortlessly. Inspired by Yvette’s artistic vision, the Qi provides a platform that enhances expression and allows you to shape your sound with precision and depth.
Advanced MDSP Platform
At the core of the Qi Etherealizer is the cutting-edge MDSP platform, designed to deliver high-fidelity audio processing with exceptional clarity and flexibility. This proprietary technology uses an ARM-based Cortex M7 processor, offering superior performance that allows for complex algorithms and detailed effect control. The integration of a microcontroller and a DSP into a single unit enables a compact and efficient design, ensuring seamless operation across multiple effect layers. The MDSP platform enhances the pedal’s capabilities, providing smooth, studio-quality sound that adapts to a wide range of musical styles and environments.
Versatile Routing Options
The Qi Etherealizer offers versatile signal routing with both series and parallel modes, providing flexibility in how effects interact with each other. In series mode, the effects flow sequentially from chorus to delay to grain, creating a cascading effect that builds depth and dimension. In parallel mode, the effects run independently, allowing you to blend them in unique ways to achieve a more complex and layered sound. This versatility enables greater creative control, ensuring the pedal fits seamlessly into different setups and styles, whether enhancing subtle textures or creating expansive ambient landscapes.
Intuitive Control And Connectivity
Designed with ease of use in mind, the Qi Etherealizer features an intuitive control layout that allows quick and precise adjustments to each effect. The onboard preset system provides instant recall of favourite settings, while MIDI compatibility offers expanded control options for integration with larger rigs. The inclusion of a USB-C port ensures future firmware updates, keeping the pedal up to date with the latest features and improvements. With additional features such as tap tempo, freeze functions, and multiple modulation modes, the Qi offers a comprehensive set of tools for creating expressive and evolving soundscapes.
Specifications
- Product Name: Walrus Audio Qi Etherealizer Yvette Young Signature Pedal
- Product Code: 66675
- Inputs: 2x 1/4” unbalanced (Stereo Left and Right)
- Outputs: 2x 1/4” unbalanced (Stereo Left and Right)
- Frequency Response: 20Hz – 20KHz
- Output Impedance: 220 Ohm
- Power Requirements: 9VDC, centre negative (300mA minimum)
- Power Supply: Not included
- Enclosure Dimensions: 5.83” x 4.87” x 2.30”
- MIDI Compatibility: 1/8” TRS MIDI In/Thru (Type A)
- USB Connectivity: USB-C for firmware updates
- Chorus Modes: Tri Chorus, Stereo Chorus
- Delay Time: Up to 2 seconds
- Delay Subdivisions: Quarter note, dotted eighth, eighth note
- Grain Modes: Grain Cloud, Phrase Sample
- Playback Modes: Normal, double-speed, half-speed, reverse, random
- Routing Options: Series and parallel modes
- Presets: Three onboard (red, green, blue) plus live mode (white)
- Footswitch Functions: Bypass, Freeze, Tap Tempo/OSC
- Finish: Terracotta with artwork