Sea Machine
The Sea Machine is a analog-style chorus pedal with six controls, including Animate, Dimension and Intensity, that cover subtle chorus through warbling pitch bends and self-oscillating echo tones. It suits guitarists and bass players who want a more adjustable chorus.
- Six controls: Animate, Dimension, Intensity, Depth, Shape, Rate
- Shape sweeps the LFO from triangle to square wave
- Tempo LED blinks with Rate, even when bypassed
- Flexi-Switch relay true bypass: latching or momentary
- 9 V DC, 2.1 mm negative center, 40 mA draw
- Limited lifetime warranty
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The Sea Machine is a chorus pedal built around a wide range of modulation settings. Settings run from a light, shimmery chorus to deep pitch-bent detuning, with extra textures such as Leslie-style movement, stunted arpeggiation and self-oscillating echo tones. The maker also positions it for bass players after an 80s post-punk chorus sound.
Six knobs shape the sound. Rate sets the LFO speed, with a small LED that blinks to the tempo even when the pedal is bypassed. Depth sets how strongly the LFO modulates delay time, and Shape sweeps the LFO from triangle to square. Animate controls how far the pitch-shifted signal swings, Dimension adds slap-back, ambient reverb-like tails and eventually self-oscillation, and Intensity blends the modulated signal against the dry one, with unity at about noon.
Bypass uses Flexi-Switch relay-based true bypass, which supports both latching and momentary use. Because the switching is relay based, the pedal needs power to pass signal. It runs from a 9 V DC supply with a 2.1 mm negative-center barrel connector.
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Specifications
- Brand
- EarthQuaker Devices
- Model
- Sea Machine
- Category
- Effects and pedals
Controls
- Animate
- Sets how far the pitch-shifted signal swings
- Dimension
- Slap-back at low levels, reverb-like ambiance at mid levels, echo-resonance leading to self-oscillation at max
- Intensity
- Blend of modulated signal with dry signal; unity at around noon
- Depth
- Sets how strongly the LFO modulates the delay time
- Shape
- Triangle wave to square wave, turning clockwise
- Rate
- Sets LFO speed; LED blinks to the tempo, even in bypass
Audio
- Input impedance
- 10 kΩ
- Output impedance
- <1 kΩ
- Bypass type
- Relay-based true bypass (Flexi-Switch® Technology)
- Switching modes
- Latching and momentary
Power
- Power supply
- 9 V DC
- Connector
- 2.1 mm barrel, negative center
- Current draw
- 40 mA
- Signal without power
- Relay switching requires power to pass signal
Physical
- Dimensions (with knobs)
- 4.75 x 2.50 x 2.25 in. (121 x 64 x 57 mm)
- Artwork
- Matt Horak
Software
- Operation manual
- Downloadable
- Warranty
- Limited lifetime warranty