Eventide Knife Drop

Sub-Octave Fuzz, Analog Synth Terror

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.

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.

Dabble in the Dark Arts
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. 

Descend Into Sonic Chaos
Not for the faint of heart, this pedal is for those who want to conjure walls of fuzz that sound like they’re crawling out from the depths of a cursed VHS tape. Combining Jack White’s unholy fascination with subversive tones and Eventide’s cutting-edge sonic sorcery, Knife Drop is the soundtrack to your own personal horror film. Plug in, turn up, and cut loose the beast within.

Nightmarish, Gritty and Haunting
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.

Where it’s Aye! for an Eye!
Knives in a blender! An aggressive distortion crushes the three-way blend of input signal, monophonic analog-style synth and Footswitch enabled Octaves. An ADSR-style envelope sweeps the cutoff frequency of a resonant lowpass filter with adjustable Attack, Resonance and Cutoff. Swap the filter position pre- or post-distortion to explore radically altered textures.

SPECIFICATIONS

Connectors
Input: 1/4″ TRS / Mono = Tip, Stereo = Tip & Ring
Out 1: 1/4″ TS Mono / Mono Output
Out 2: 1/4″ TS Mono / Stereo Output
EXP: 1/4″ TRS / Expression pedal, Aux Switch or MIDI I/O
Mono/Stereo Switch: Sets Input to Mono (Tip) or Stereo (Tip + Ring)
Guitar/Line Level Switch: Optimizes internal gain structure
Mini USB: Software updates, MIDI I/O
DC Input Jack: 5.5mm / 2.1mm plug / Center Negative (-)

Analog I/O
Input Impedance: 700k ohms Mono, 990k ohms Stereo
Max Input, Guitar: +8dBu
Max Input, Line: +14dBu
Output Impedance: 220 ohms
Recommended Load Impedance: 10k ohms

Dimensions
Dimensions (Product): 4″ W x 4.25″ D x 1.68″ H / 102 mm x 108 mm x 43 mm
Weight (Product): 1.06 lb / 0.48 kg
Dimensions (Package): 7.7″ W x 4.75″ D x 2.8″ H / 178 mm x 121 mm x 71 mm
Weight (Package): 1.68 lb / .77 kg