Best Ambient Sound in the EarthQuaker Devices Rainbow Machine

The EQD Rainbow Machine is so much more than psychedelic rainbows and pixie dust.

I recently discovered the most beautiful swelling chorus sound in my EarthQuaker Devices Rainbow Machine V2. It just turns into pure sea creature magic when you combine it with some lush ambience (like the Meris Mercury7 and SolidGoldFX EM-III). This is the sound that'll make you want a Rainbow Machine!

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Guitars used:
Fender US Telecaster

Pedals used:
SolidGoldFX Electroman MkII

Amps used:
Fender 65 RI Deluxe Reverb

[TJ]

First demo that's actually made me want this pedal

[thebreakfastmenu]

This is the most musically usable demo I've seen of this.

[sauce]

Audience? Where this pedal's going, we don't need audiences.

[franCBrd]

Aside from the pedal itself, I liked that he seems really happy and excited about showing the pedal and also his words are quite eloquent to describe the sounds it produces. It's a nice touch, thanks

[davidkronzek]

That was beautiful. I think people tend to overlook the swiss army knife qualities of the Rainbow Machine. It is NOT a one trick pony.

[martinbjorck]

I'm a simple man. I see Stefan and an EQD panel and I like the video.

[legatomodi]

the vid for the Rainbow machine on Knobs pulled me out of a 10 year guitar hiatus. i was totally what i erroneously called a "feedback rock" guitarist in my day, highly inspired by sonic youth and the more improvisational nirvana songs. with that vid it started me down a rabbit hole of discovering pedals have come a long way in 10 years. knobs got me hooked on EQD, but i still have trouble getting to do anything usable other than its chorus stuff from the rainbow machine but by golly ill keep trying. reverse delay with Avalanche Run with the rainbows magic has gotten me some cool stuff though. Anyways, now that im back at it trying to make new sounds this pedal zone channel has been non stop awesome for me. good job stefan!

[jrr]

Anything with a magic knob has to be good

[ShallieDragon]

I am a huge fan of the rainbow machine, and I'm glad you were able to highlight the wonders and beauties of what is often considered a joke pedal. While its more extreme settings can result in more "sound effects" than music, it does make for a fantastic chorus effect. It's unique because the chorus is unmodulated; it's just a result of pitch differences and phase cancelation, which makes it more similar to a "unison" effect that you'd see on a software synthesizer. Thanks to your video, this aspect of the rainbow machine will get more exposure, and people can appreciate it for the awesome sound-sculpting tool that it is.

[mikehall]

Another brilliant video. I’m one of those people who has a rainbow machine and just tends to use it for one-off noises here and there. This is a great lesson on the subtlety this pedal is capable of. Great work as always Stefan.

[yflkgiq]

I use my rainbow machine on almost exactly the same setting!
The only difference in my setup is that I have the tracking around 9 o' clock to add depth, and I max out the magic. I use the rainbow machine as a chorus, and then hit the magic switch for bursts of feedback that I run into a dd6, dd3, and pitch shifter for stuttered chorus sounds that I pitch shift.

As always, great video man.

[vdiojcf]

I love how enthusiastic you are when you speak about your pedals. Really shows how passionate you are about creating music. This is the only demo of this pedal I've watched that actually makes me want to purchase it. I'm glad you demoed it with reverb and delay since that's how I planned on using it and it seems to create some "stellar" sounds.

[Madhood]

The best test on YT. You are actually showing how it can be used, rather than playing random sounds on full magic mode, like most of the rest. Thanks!

[Ciudadana_Cero]

You passion for sound is contagious, thank you!

[livinthesound]

3:25-3:35, best chord progression from your channel! dark, mystic and sexy!

[johnduval]

Yea a stunning chorus sound and i love it.what is amazing to me is that almost 35 years after the fact we’re still trying to sound like Andy Summers which isn’t bad in itself but it’s still a big throwback. . . still love it tough

[macsarcule]

Thank you for taking the time to understand this pedal and do a sensible demonstration! There are so many useless dems of this pedal that seem to only emphasize ‘it’s weird!’. This is the very best demonstration of the magic feature I’ve seen. Your channel is awesome!

[jm]

at 5:26, just imagine having a tremolo (with a touch of mid and bass) before the effect. Or still, a univibe before/after the effect. Didn't know someone could make me want this pedal more. Cheers Stefan for making more wicked content

[antioche]

That was a great demo Stefan. Thank you. I must confess that I never was quite convinced by the pedal from all the demos I saw, so correcting some of those things and explaining clearly helped me a lot.
Thanks !

[imgroot]

Your videos rock! Thanks for being different in a great kinda way!