Description
The Afterneath sounds a lot like it looks – a wizard bursting forth from ethereal cave and ready for the ambient battle. You are the wizard – or sorceress, if you prefer – and the cave is your instrument’s signal, vast, expansive, and magical. Do you go inside? Roll a D20 to proceed!
Once inside, a reflection of light from an unknown source catches your eye, and you notice a bizarre sheen on the walls of the cave. You timidly inch closer to the walls of the cave. Placing your hand gently on the cavern wall, you feel the rock move. The cave is alive! Alarmed, you emit a loud gasp, which reverberates throughout the subterranean landscape. Upon further listening, it appears as though the reverberations of your voice are in fact a swarm of short digital delays which may be used to create wild and cavernous reverbs, or scattered, short, rhythmic delays with bizarre characteristics.
Take a moment to consider your Intelligence and Wisdom scores, as well as your spell inventory before proceeding further. You have seven spells at your disposal…
Will you cast “Length,” which controls the decay length of the reverb?
What about “Diffuse,” which adjusts the spread of the reverb? With your wand (or just the knob) turned counterclockwise, the reverb is sharper with more attack, resulting in a stuttering sputter of individual early reflections. Clockwise casts a washy, more ambient-sounding hex.
Overwhelmed by fear, you hastily cast “Dampen!” As you shout the incantation, you notice that a counterclockwise variation of this spell results in brighter tones, while as you rotate your wand clockwise; you hear darker tones with a mellower top-end. It’s almost as if your magic changes the hardness of the cavern walls, and thus the tonal characteristics of the reverb!
Elsewhere in your book of magic is “Drag,” which separates the individual digital delay lines, literally dragging them through the very fabric of time and space towards an unknown event horizon from which they may never return. Clockwise “Drag” positions will gather the delay lines close together for a more reverb-like effect. Turn the “Drag” counterclockwise, and the delay lines will begin to pull apart for a scattered ping-pong delay effect.
The Drag can be put under voltage or expression control using the “EXP” jack located on the side and operates in 9 different modes which are selected by the small “Mode” control. These modes are: Unquantized, Unquantized with slew, Unquantized volt/octave, Chromatic scale, Major scale, Minor scale, Pentatonic scale, Octaves & fifths and Octaves. These modes drastically change the way the Drag control functions, especially while using an expression control or CV.
The “Reflect” alters the depth of the cave, and with it the regeneration of the reverb. This acts as a feedback control and will self-oscillate if cast by a high-level user. Turn clockwise for more wash and echoes, counterclockwise for less.
Finally, the “Mix” alters the alchemical balance between the input signal and the effect. The Afterneath does not go fully wet but does lower the level of the input signal as you raise this control to create the appearance of a fully wet reverb.
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| Brand | EarthQuaker Devices |
|---|---|
| Weight (kg) | 0.45 kg |
| Width (cm) | 6.4 |
| Length (cm) | 12.1 |
| Height (cm) | 5.7 |
| Battery | No |
| Expression | Yes |
| Jacks position on top | Yes |
| Switching presets | No |
| Power Supply | 9 Volt |
| Tap tempo | No |
| Bypass | True bypass |
| Digital or Analog | Digital |
| Current Draw, mA | 100 |
| Input Impedance, kΩ | 1000 |
| Output Impedance, Ω | 500 |
| Best For | Other Instruments Bass Guitars Electric Guitars |
Customer Reviews
It definitely has a cave-like sound, with some variation. I don't own any other reverb pedals so I can't compare it to anything. I got an expression pedal especially for this. All of it works well together, but I'm wondering if the cost was "worth" the effect. It's cool, but maybe a little over-rated. I'll probably keep it forever, though.
From traditional to otherworldly, thia reverb pedal is amazing. I've been using this for guitar only, so far. But I can see myself using this on vocals, keyboards and even re-amping drums through this.
Es un pedal increíble, tiene mucho decay (perilla de length) y colocarlo antes de un tremolo produce sonidos magníficos. Una excelente compra
At first I was like this is not that great. However, the more I played with the settings the more I realized how awesome this device really is. I looked at many videos to look at settings. I copied these settings and I became excited recognizing the capabilites of this device.
I find that I still like my slo by walrus better but this is still a great addition especially because it has an expression switch and now becomes capable of so much more.
As the title says I did get both. I think fathom is a great pedal but I like this one more. My review will be solely on afterneath the other review is on that page.
So before I get into the nitty gritty this pedal is not the easiest to get a grasp on. It felt very overwhelming it's definitely not a plug and play. In terms of versatility this has a huge range. I still find a new sound as I mess with it(have had for over a month now).
Down to the knobs. The length and reflect kinda work hand in hand. Length is obviously how long the reverb trails. The reflect is how open or wide the sound goes. Easy way to understand it is the way they put it with a echo inside a cave. Then you have diffuse and drag. These too work together. diffuse goes from a stutter on the reverb to a smoothed out tone. Drag is the length it takes for the reverb to start the trails. Then this where the mode knob comes in. I'm still a bit confused by this one but from I can tell it either changes the tone or what the drag knob does. It seems like it changes the way the drag either effects the tone or the time in relation with the note. Then there is dampen this one is pretty simple most reverb has this type of knob. It's basically a tone knob for the reverb as a whole. Going for brighter tone to darker tone. Mix is self explanatory. But so far it doesn't seem like I can get a pure reverb sound for the spacey sound scape type stuff. It's a small downside. So overall I give this a 4 reason is that it is pretty overwhelming at first and not a simple plug and play which isn't really a bad thing. Also for not being able to the spacey stuff as far as my experiences with this pedal goes.