EarthQuaker Devices The Warden Optical Compressor V2, Limited Edition Purple Sparkle

Gear Hero Exclusive Purple Sparkle Hey boss, thanks for taking a visit from The Warden! The Warden is an optical compressor with a feature set usually reserved for studio grade units. Built with high grade components and internally powered by 18v, The Warden has loads of gain and sustain on tap. With complete control over attack, release, sustain and ratio, The Warden will allow everything from a heavy squash with fast attack and release to “barely there” subtle compression. Optical compression has a reputation for having more character than a VCA or FET-based compression and The Warden is no exception.1. Tone: This pedal was designed to slightly color your tone, and the coloration can be dialed-in to your taste. Counterclockwise is treble cut, clockwise is treble boost. The tone is nearly flat around 11 o’clock.2. Attack: This controls how quickly the compressor reacts and starts leveling the signal. All the way counterclockwise is a fast, nearly immediate reaction. Turning the attack clockwise slows the reaction time.3. Release: This controls how long it takes the signal to raise back up to the level determined by the Sustain and Ratio settings. All the way counterclockwise is a fast release and the release time slows as you turn it clockwise.4. Level: This controls the overall output and is affected by the Sustain and Ratio settings. There is no specific unity setting; adjust to taste when you find your perfect compression setting.5. Ratio: This determines how much the gain reduction affects the signal. All the way up is full compression and the compression is reduced as you turn this counterclockwise which allows more of the boosted, less-compressed signal to come through. There are no defined ratios here.6. Sustain: This is the heart of The Warden. It controls how hot the signal is, which changes the dynamics of the compression. The Warden is a feedback-style compressor; the hotter the signal, the more active the compression.

• Gear Hero Exclusive Purple Sparkle
• Complete tone enhancement tool designed around a stereo preamp to cover as much frequency range as possible
• Handles a wide variety of frequencies from electrical guitars, bass guitar, synthesizer machines and just about anything else you can plug in
• The treble, bass and middle controls will cut or boost up to 20db The level control will boost the signal (post EQ) up to 5 times the input depending on where the dial is set
• A simple, perfect pedal to place at the end of your effect chain to boost output and fine tune your tone, Made with care by human hands in Akron, Ohio