MUSEWIRE – Music Gear News/ — Eventide has announced today that their Third Man Hardware Knife Drop Guitar FX Pedal is now available. It is described as: “From the twisted minds at Third Man Hardware and the mad scientists at Eventide, comes Knife Drop—a pedal so maniacal, so drenched in sonic chaos, you’ll wonder if you’re dreaming… or already trapped in a nightmare.” SRP $299.

The company describes the new FX pedal as: “a blend of massive octave fuzz and analog synth tones, this supercharged effects pedal offers the same bone-rattling distortion that has haunted Jack White’s legendary sound. Whatever your genre of choice, if you’re looking for a direct infusion of power into your signal chain, Knife Drop is the soundtrack to your own personal horror film.”

Perhaps a little early for Halloween this year 🙂

More fun nonsense from Eventide:

Summon the filter before your distortion glows green with sonic menace, or bathe it in the blood-red glow of post-distortion mayhem. Exclusive presets handcrafted with Jack White, pulse with +6db of additional gain, each one more terrifying than the last. Store your own creations alongside his, then unleash them at will through an LED ladder to guide you through the darkest of nights.

This is no ordinary fuzz pedal. Born from the darkest depths of analog synthesis and raised on a diet of pure voltage, Knife Drop unleashes earth-shaking sub-octave fuzz and sinister analog synth tones. It’s the same bone-rattling distortion that has haunted Jack White’s legendary sound, now evolved into something even more terrifying.

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FEATURES:

Filter Envelope Attack Time: Adjust the attack from 0 to 1000 ms, allowing for instantaneous or gradual filter onset. At 0 ms, manually sweep the cutoff for custom tonal shaping.

Output Level: Precise volume control ranging from -12 to +9 dB. Set to 0 dB at noon for the optimal performance.

Filter Resonance: Fine-tune filter depth for unique, attention-grabbing tones.

Cutoff Frequency: Choose where your envelope sweep begins, offering precise tonal control.

Secondary LED Button: Press and hold to access additional parameters for deeper sonic customization.

Switchable Octave Functionality: Activate the upper and sub octaves with the Octaves LED Button. Or disengage them entirely with the secondary octaves footswitch.

Compatible with H90 Control: Perform software updates, access system settings and create/save presets in real-time.

Input

Out 1

Out 2

EXP

Mono/Stereo Switch

Guitar/Line Level Switch

Mini USB

DC Input Jack

1/4″ TRS / Mono = Tip, Stereo = Tip & Ring

1/4″ TS Mono / Mono Output

1/4″ TS Mono / Stereo Output

1/4″ TRS / Expression pedal, Aux Switch or MIDI I/O

Sets Input to Mono (Tip) or Stereo (Tip + Ring)

Optimizes internal gain structure

Software updates, MIDI I/O

5.5mm / 2.1mm plug / Center Negative (-)

LEARN MORE: https://www.eventideaudio.com/pedals/knife-drop/

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