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This Box Spans All of Michael Sweet's Delectable Tones





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Voiced by Stryper's Michael Sweet, the ISP Technologies Empyrean ? named after the highest reaches of heaven ? packs a full-blown guitar preamp into a wieldy pedal-sized enclosure. The Empyrean includes both a clean Preamp channel and a Distort channel, each with its own flexible 3-band EQ. The Distort channel also includes a Boost control, along with a highpass and lowpass filter for comprehensive distortion-shaping power. You can engage either channel individually or stack them for super-size quantities of over-the-top gain. You'll appreciate the spongy, tube-flavored dynamics afforded by the Empyrean's Dynamic Saturation Modulation, while its built-in Decimator-G ensures noise-free operation ? even under extreme high-gain. Moreover, this stompbox operates with an internal ±15-volt power supply for the utmost in clean headroom. You also get an effects loop for dead-simple pedalboard integration. Whether you're aiming for clean, crunch, distortion, or extreme-gain sounds, the ISP Technologies Empyrean delivers the full spectrum of Michael's tonal textures.





Two channels of Sweet tone





Sweetwater guitarists are blown away by the hefty tonal scope afforded by the Empyrean's two channels. Its clean Preamp channel features Gain, a 3-band EQ with sweepable mids, and an output Level control. Its Distort channel also brandishes Gain, a 3-band EQ with sweepable mids, and an output Level control, along with a footswitchable 1-10dB volume Boost control, a pre-distortion 300Hz highpass filter, and a post-distortion 3kHz lowpass filter. Need more gain? No problem ? the Empyrean allows you to stack the clean Preamp in front of the Distort channel to unleash paint-peeling, over-the-top, high-gain tones.





Adaptive Decimator X technology





The ISP Technologies Empyrean includes a built-in Decimator-G, which uses the company's patented Decimator X technology to give you smooth, adaptive noise reduction, even with extreme high-gain settings. Like all of ISP's high-end noise reduction solutions, the Empyrean delivers responsive, locked-tight tracking without swallowing transients or chopping off decaying notes.





Maximum clean headroom





The Empyrean is a true guitar preamp, rather than a typical 9-volt distortion pedal. As such, it operates with an internal ±15-volt power supply, arming you with all the clean headroom you need for proper tone shaping and high-level performance. Whether you deploy it live or in the studio, the Empyrean will deliver a performance on par with any pro-level rackmount unit you care to stack it up against.





ISP Technologies Empyrean Preamp Pedal Features:


Designed in collaboration with Stryper's Michael Sweet


Packs a full-blown guitar preamp into a wieldy pedal-sized enclosure


2 channels: a clean Preamp channel and a Distort channel


Flexible, per-channel 3-band EQs with sweepable midrange


Footswitchable Boost control adds 1-10dB of gain to the Distort channel


Pre-distortion 300Hz highpass filter; post-distortion 3kHz lowpass filter


Channels are stackable for super-size quantities of over-the-top gain


Dynamic Saturation Modulation supplies spongy, tube-flavored dynamics


Built-in Decimator-G ensures noise-free operation ? even under extreme high-gain


Operates with an internal ±15-volt power supply for the utmost in clean headroom


Effects loop makes integrating your pedalboard easy