Description
The Data Corrupter is a monophonic analog harmonizing PLL with modulation. It takes your input signal and brutally amplifies it into a crushing square wave fuzz tone that is then multiplied, divided and modulated to create a wild, yet repeatable, three-voice guitar synthesizer.
The Master Oscillator is the central nervous system at the heart of the Data Corrupter’s cyberpunk hive mind. It feeds your input to the signal harvester in its original octave (Unison), one octave down (-1) or two octaves down (-2) for maximum compatibility with your preferred instrument and frequency register. Once you’ve chosen your input octave, then the Data Corrupter will perform its calculations and spit out an analog synthesized frequency, which can be pitch-bent for portamento or vibrato sounds by the Frequency Modulator! From there, you can blend in one of eight Subharmonic intervals up to three octaves below the input and mix in a square wave fuzz tone for maximum data corruption.
CONTROLS
The Master Oscillator is the central nervous system at the heart of the Data Corrupter’s cyberpunk hive mind. The three-position switch on the Master Oscillator control panel labeled Root feeds your input to the signal harvester in its original octave (Unison), one octave down (-1) or two octaves down (-2). Use the Master Oscillator’s Root Switch to fine tune the Data Corrupter’s tracking response for maximum compatibility with your preferred instrument and frequency register. Once you’ve chosen your input octave, the Data Corrupter will perform its calculations and spit out a synthesized frequency, the octave and/or interval of which may be selected via the Master Oscillator’s eight-position rotary switch.
The Voice Mixer’s Oscillator Control adjusts the Master Oscillator blend.
The Frequency Modulator applies pitch-bend modulation to the Master Oscillator. In Glide mode, you’ll hear a smooth portamento as each note slides into the next. In Vibrato mode the pitch modulates up and down for a retro sci-fi laser effect.
The Subharmonic assimilates the input signal into one of eight lower octave programs between one and three octaves below the original. For a more stable lower octave, set the Subharmonic’s Root Switch to the Unison position, which divides the Square Wave input signal, and removes the Frequency Modulator from the Subharmonic signal path.
To unleash the cracked machine lurking within the mainframe, set the Subharmonic Root Switch to Oscillator and try not to look away as the sonic malware you just installed mangles your input signal into the sum and difference of both the Master Oscillator and Subharmonic with the Frequency Modulator applied to the upper and lower octaves.
If you think you’re brave enough, set the Subharmonic Root Switch to Oscillator and try experimenting with different Master Oscillator and Subharmonic programs to wind up the doomsday clock and inch ever closer to the Singularity. Adjust the Voice Mixer’s Subharmonic Control to set the lower octave volume.
Finally, (or is it?) the Square control located top-left on the Voice Mixer blends in a fuzzed-out square-wave take of your input in its original octave. That’s it. These aren’t the droids we’re looking for. Move along.
Video Review: Data Corrupter Modulated Monophonic Harmonizing PLL
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| Brand | EarthQuaker Devices |
|---|---|
| Weight (kg) | 0.46 kg |
| Width (cm) | 11.7 |
| Length (cm) | 14.2 |
| Height (cm) | 5.7 |
| Battery | No |
| Expression | No |
| Jacks position on top | Yes |
| Switching presets | No |
| Power Supply | 9 Volt |
| Tap tempo | No |
| Bypass | True bypass |
| Digital or Analog | Analog |
| Current Draw, mA | 26 |
| Input Impedance, kΩ | 1000 |
| Output Impedance, Ω | 1000 |
| Best For | Electric Guitars Bass Guitars Other Instruments |
Customer Reviews
Si te gusta hacer Noise (y si no también) este pedal es la mejor opción...
Es un increíble octavador/harmonizador para tocar riffs un poco fuera de lo común
I love this thing but it's not something you can just plug in and play something you had in mind beforehand. I play a lot of noisy space art punk so this immediately caught my attention looking for an additional synth to add to my loadout.
I had written a pretty fast descending hammer on riff and I thought the pedal would be perfect for it - but it wasn't at all. Any simultaneous notes will get mangled into a wet pixelated fart / screech when trying to use all three aspects of the ring. You can tone things down and play get some middling chords to come out somewhat intentional, but there's no reason to pick this over a simple synth or even pitch shifter in that case.
It shines when you stop trying to force your music into and rather write with the pedal in mind. You can have a hell of a lot of control over the oscillator exponentially reacting to your playing speed, it's incredibly controllable for something that modulates based off of the notes you had previously fed into it. This is awesome for doing something like a gradual tempo increase that actually alters the tone and color of what you're playing in a predictable way.
That being said I would love to see the rate knob split to a separate attack so that you could control both the tracking and the dive of the synth independently. I think this would increase the tracking accuracy as well. I haven't mastered this thing by any means but I've got a couple new tracks in the works that would have been impossible live without it.
Also there is no dry out so you're going to want a split at some point before this on your chain. That being said it feels weird to need to split your dry only to put it back through the same amp which sounds GREAT but again, a mix knob or even a bypass would drastically improve the usability and add some common sense convenience to what is an AMAZINGLY dynamic pedal - the only issue is the dynamics launch into another dimension completely which makes it harder to use than it needs to be.
5 stars for concept, 5 stars for the art this thing can pump out, 3 for usability.
Takes some effort to tame this beast. Once you do you'll learn to create some out of this world effects.
If you’re into freaky fantastic fuzz, then the Data Corrupter is for you. There is a brief learning curve, but once you understand how things work, it’s hours of fun dialing in new, and bizarre sounds. I’m a big fuzz fan, and I find no other fuzz pedal can do what this pedal does. God bless Earthquaker Devices for always thinking outside the box.
This is a crazy distortion pedal, there are many YouTube vids available that show this off but to summarize if you want a crazy cool unique effect get this, just don't expect subtle.