The Walrus Audio Qi Etherealizer is a Walrus Audio multi fx pedal, currently around $449. Close alternatives include the Crazy Tube Circuits Sidekick and the Donner Alpha Force.
Walrus Audio Qi Etherealizer
Walrus Audio · pedal
The Walrus Audio Qi Etherealizer is a hands-on granular multi-effects pedal designed for dreamy, atmospheric soundscapes, developed with guitarist Yvette Young. It combines chorus, delay, granular effects, and reverb into one creative playground, with two choruses, a tap-tempo digital delay, and two Grain voices that can run in series or parallel. A global section adds Mix and Dry control, a powerful resonant lowpass filter Tone control, and a lush reverb, plus true stereo ins and outs, MIDI, and three onboard preset slots. The Grain effect adds smartly randomized glitch textures, and three freeze options generate inspiring, evolving stereo soundscapes. It suits ambient, post-rock, and experimental players wanting lush, granular, multi-texture ambience and dreamy stereo soundscapes from a single deeply flexible pedal.
- reverb
- stereo
- delay
- lush
- resonant
- chorus
- ambient
- freeze
Good for
- Live
- Studio
- Worship
Price updated Aug 26, 2026
Genres the Walrus Audio Qi Etherealizer is commonly used in
- Post-Rock
- Experimental
- Ambient
- Shoegaze
cited
Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - New Wave
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Post Punk
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
Cheaper alternatives
Crazy Tube Circuits Sidekick Jr
Crazy Tube Circuits
72% similarityShared character: stereo, chorus, delay
Keeley Dark Side Workstation
Keeley
70% similarityShared character: chorus, delay, ambient
Keeley DDR Drive Delay Reverb
Keeley
64% similarityShared character: delay, reverb
Similar character
Crazy Tube Circuits Sidekick
Crazy Tube Circuits
68% similarityShared character: chorus, delay, ambient
Donner Alpha Force
Donner
66% similarityShared character: chorus, delay
Electro-Harmonix Freeze
Electro-Harmonix
65% similarityShared character: ambient
Donner DSP-003
Donner
64% similarityShared character: chorus, delay, reverb
Art Old Blood Noise x Emily Hopkins Parting Glitch Device
Art
64% similarityShared character: stereo, delay, ambient
JHS Pedals JHS VCR
JHS Pedals
62% similarityShared character: chorus, ambient, reverb
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Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Walrus Audio Qi Etherealizer?+
The closest matches in character are the Crazy Tube Circuits Sidekick, the Donner Alpha Force, the Electro-Harmonix Freeze. Budget picks: Crazy Tube Circuits Sidekick Jr, Keeley Dark Side Workstation, Keeley DDR Drive Delay Reverb.
How much does the Walrus Audio Qi Etherealizer cost?+
Around $449 (live listing price, updated Aug 26, 2026).