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Source Audio Sorcerers Society (S.A.S.S) Part 3

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Nic. said:
@Jared Lash I've no idea how that could be seen as negative haha. Congrats on finding the right OD/distortion!
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Well, just negative in the sense that the other SA pedals didn't really work for me.

And that's just personal preference. I watch the videos (like Nathan's above) where people use Soundblox and/or 1 Series pedals, the Hub, the Neuro app, Midi control (like the Soulman) Hot Hand etc and it's pretty incredible. But just as with the Line 6 M9 and Strymon stuff, all the banking through presets/scenes etc just doesn't work for me. Kudos to people who do it and do it well though. Different strokes and all that.

But yeah, the OFD is an impressive dirt box. I'm using one preset with the Tube Drive for a great low gain and touch sensitive OD and a preset with a very tweaked Bender setting for a nasty fuzz. I really, really dig the thing.
 
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Oh, I see what you mean now. I read that more like a disclaimer (I didn't like that stuff as much as this) rather than negativity (this stuff sucks, but...)

Actually I'm using the multiwave for a two-preset thing at the moment. It's the middle board here:


I love the scene thing, but you can't beat portability with this setup, especially with a pedaltrain volto powering it! I'm not using it to its full potential though, I'm actually using one patch just for a clean noise gate :P I wish it could use the noise gate even when not engaged, that would be really amazing.

I think I used to use the tube drive mode for a clanky OD, although I'm using the DG for that now. But I suspect cutting 300Hz and boosting the 2k hz on the OFD might get me what I want. If the Aftershock has detailed EQ I could try that too.
 
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I find it really, really cool that whenever someone on Talkbass says "wouldn't it be cool if Source Audio did ____" someone from the company or a tester says, "oh yeah, it can do that". Very, very cool that the variables are controllable enough for any scenario. I didn't even know about the effects loop from a few posts back!
 
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Seems each iteration of pedals from SA includes some new featureset the previous did not. One Series got a lot smaller, yet a lot more functionality. Technically you could probably use one of the One Series + Hub and setup a bunch of scenes where it basically works like a BOSS LS-2 it has so many different routing functions.
 
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gastric said:
Seems each iteration of pedals from SA includes some new featureset the previous did not. One Series got a lot smaller, yet a lot more functionality.
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stambroker said:
I find it really, really cool that whenever someone on Talkbass says "wouldn't it be cool if Source Audio did ____" someone from the company or a tester says, "oh yeah, it can do that".
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Would be cool if the next line was even smaller (fishfinger sized?) yet with even more functionality!

Okay let's sit back and wait for this to happen :p
 
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Nic. said:
Would be cool if the next line was even smaller (fishfinger sized?) yet with even more functionality!

Okay let's sit back and wait for this to happen :p
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I still like the idea of having a reasonable set of controls ALWAYS exposed to the user. This makes for such an intuitive and logical overall control surface. Multi-effects and racks never match this with menus and sub-menus. The Hub plus small 4 knob pedals One Series mixed in with SB 2 series as needed makes for a VERY powerful, yet intuitive system. Small pedals undermines this vision a bit?
 
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rsmith601 said:
I still like the idea of having a reasonable set of controls ALWAYS exposed to the user. This makes for such an intuitive and logical overall control surface. Multi-effects and racks never match this with menus and sub-menus. The Hub plus small 4 knob pedals One Series mixed in with SB 2 series as needed makes for a VERY powerful, yet intuitive system. Small pedals undermines this vision a bit?
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My guitarist put together a mini board of Mooer pedals with several mini knobs each...would up consider that exposed and accessible? Anyway I was just kidding about fishfingers. I have serious doubts about whether enough high quality components can fit into a tiny box without some kind of tradeoff.
 
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As a tall, uncoordinated dude with huge feet, I wouldn't be comfortable with a pedal smaller than the One Series - I have a TC Electronic Ditto that I can barely use since it's so small and requires so much foot stomping. I understand how people may want the tiniest enclosures so they can stack as many pedals as possible on the pedalboard, but I prefer a cleaner, more accessible board.
 
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Correct. Feet require a certain amount of physical space between footswitches to be used easily. Particularly if you're a clown.

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I've got a couple of updates to my number, unfortunately I had to drop the MWBD 2 and Dimension Reverb, but picked up a SA Dual Expression Pedal and a wireless hot hand! There's also one spot left on my pedalboard...perhaps for this future item
rsmith601 said:
The official product list at the moment:
7) Next One Series group of pedals - Feb/March (TB folks will be stoked!)
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pbfrog said:
Can the Nemesis be controlled by the hub manager software or is it Neuro app / hub only? I'm not sure if it's officially a 'One Series' pedal or something completely different
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You can edit the Nemesis in the HUB Manager and with the Neuro App. You're also able to access 128 presets in the Nemesis without the HUB, by using a MIDI controller and the Nemesis's MIDI input.
 
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