We love EarthQuaker Devices! We also love Death By Audio. Presets....did we mention presets.

The collaboration between EarthQuaker Devices and Death By Audio has yielded an updated version of the original Time Shadows, which was previously released in 2020 and limited to only 1000 units. The updated Time Shadows now offers 3 distinct modes, user-assigned expression control, and 6 preset slots to save and quickly recall your preferred settings. With the EQD mode, an envelope-controlled sub-octave filter delay is now available. The newly added !¡ mode offers a dual delay with unique capabilities: each repeat simultaneously shifts up and down with each regeneration. Meanwhile, the DBA mode presents a multi-delay regenerating filter. Each mode boasts a different sound from one another, yet perfectly harmonizes and is suitable for any music genre and style.

Three Different Modes:

Pitch-Morphed Fuzz Delay Filter

The EQD Mode transforms whatever you play into the sound of a jazz space bazooka! It takes the input signal, blows it out with the power of digital distortion, blends it with a polyphonic sub octave, feeds it into a delay, then spits it out into a highly resonant envelope controlled lowpass filter.

Pitch-Warping Dual Delay

The !¡ Mode is an energy beam that brings your earthly transmissions repetitively closer to the heavens while simultaneously diving deep into the hells. It’s a dual delay where each repeat simultaneously shifts up and down with each regeneration.

Multi-Delay Filter Remorphinator

The DBA Mode is a multi-delay filter remorphinator that goes from icy shimmers to cosmic space caves of bouncing repeats.

Global Features:

Presets

Time Shadows has six available preset slots for you to save and recall your favorite settings. The settings for each of the three controls, the mode switch and the expression jack assignment can be saved and recalled in any of the slots.

Operating Modes

Time Shadows has two operating modes which are indicated by the color of the Save/Recall switch LED. In Live mode, the pedal will operate exactly where the controls are set and any changes will have no effect on the presets unless saved. In Preset mode, stored presets, including expression pedal mapping, are selected using the Preset switch, and the physical settings of the controls will be ignored. It’s never been easier to switch between Live and Preset modes on the fly, vastly expanding your sonic cosmos - no bending down required!

User-Assignable Expression Control

Use any TRS expression pedal to take control over the Time, Span or Filter.

Controls:

Time: Controls the delay time.

Filter: Arguably the most fun control on Time Shadows! On the EQD side this controls an envelope for the filter frequency and a gate for the cutoff to the input of the delay. On the DBA side this controls the filter frequency as well as the shift point of a precisely phased delay line for pole zero interpolation. In the magic middle position, this controls the mix…

Span: Controls the intensity of repletion.

Preset: Six available preset slots for you to save and recall your favorite settings! The settings for each of the three controls, the Mode switch and the expression jack assignment can be saved and recalled in any of the slots.