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Plug your guitar into the Walrus Audio Descent, and envelop your playing in ambient layers of sound. From massive halls to symphonic shimmers, this effect pedal delivers lush saturated soundscapes. Three modes provide you with an array of aural textures that you can feed into the Descent's captivating octave effects. Dial in this highly tweakable reverb with its eight top-mounted knobs, and save your favorite configurations as presets. Then take real-time command over any or all of the Descent's parameters with any off-the-shelf expression pedal. Whether you're searching for subtle ambience or tidal waves of otherworldly reverberation, the Descent belongs on your pedalboard.





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Three modes provide an array of aural textures





The Descent features three different reverb modes. Hall is a classic reverb that ranges from small rooms to gargantuan halls. Reverse flips your signal to play back unique responses that you can manipulate with pre-delay time controls. Shimmer takes advantage of the Descent's octave effects, creating a spellbinding symphony of sound.





Dial in your sound with eight top-mounted knobs





The Walrus Audio Descent is one of the most tweakable reverb pedals we've seen here at Sweetwater, thanks to its eight top-mounted knobs. These controls serve different functions, depending on which mode you're in. Beyond that, you can plug any off-the-shelf expression pedal into the back of the Descent to take real-time control of any or all of its parameters.





Hall Mode


Dry Mix Controls how much of your actual instrument volume runs through the pedal.


Reverb Time Controls how long your reverb draws out.


Diminish Controls your reverb diffusion (texture of your virtual walls).


Tweak Controls your reverb damping (high-frequency attenuation).


Dry Signal Controls how much your pure instrument signal (sans octaves) runs through the top row reverb controls.


-1 Octave Tracks and plays back one octave below the note you're playing.


1 Octave Tracks and plays back one octave above the note you're playing.


Wet Mix Mixes the ratio between how much dry signal and how much wet signal is in your output.


Reverse Mode


Dry Mix Controls how much of your actual instrument volume runs through the pedal.


Reverb Time Controls the amount of pre-delay in your effected signal.


Diminish Controls how long your reverb draws out.


Tweak Controls your signal's tone.


Dry Signal Controls how much your pure instrument signal (sans octaves) runs through the top row reverb controls.


-1 Octave Tracks and plays back one octave below the note you're playing.


1 Octave Tracks and plays back one octave above the note you're playing.


Wet Mix Mixes the ratio between how much dry signal and how much wet signal is in your output.


Shimmer Mode


Dry Mix Controls how much of your actual instrument volume runs through the pedal.


Reverb Time Controls how long your reverb draws out.


Diminish Controls your reverb feedback.


Tweak Controls your reverb diffusion (texture of your virtual walls).


Dry Signal Controls how much your pure instrument signal (sans octaves) runs through the top row reverb controls.


-1 Octave Tracks and plays back one octave below the note you're playing.


1 Octave Tracks and plays back one octave above the note you're playing.


Wet Mix Mixes the ratio between how much dry signal and how much wet signal is in your output.


Walrus Audio ? built by sound-tweakers for sound-tweakers





The artists, musicians, and engineers at Walrus Audio take pleasure in chasing sounds that inspire, like the perfect breakup of an overdrive, a beautifully thick distortion, an endlessly sustaining reverb, and a self-oscillating delay. Simply put, these guys love to play with sound. They design stompboxes that re-create the sonic textures that they hear in their heads. Built by sound-tweakers for sound-tweakers, Walrus Audio's guitar pedals are as versatile as they are functional. Complete with eye-grabbing graphics, Walrus Audio's pedals are the perfect tools for guitarists who want to sculpt their own unique sounds.





Walrus Audio Descent Reverb/Octave Machine Features:


Hall/Reverse/Shimmer modes provide you with an array of aural textures


8 top-mounted knobs provide lots of sound-sculpting power


-1/ 1 octave effects track and play back 1 octave above and below the note you're playing


Expression pedal input supplies real-time control of any or all parameters (expression pedal not included)


Store up to 3 of your favorite configurations as presets


Use an auxiliary momentary switch to turn the pedal on/off and/or to save presets


Stereo input/output