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Source Audio Tour Box - Review and Demos!

#81
coyoteboy said:
Fullcompass show the Gemini in stock. Shall i get, or wait for the box???

Also, it seems SA is trying really hard to avoid making a single chassis multi-fx unit, integrating their various technologies. Im curious why this is?
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We will get the tour box started as soon as we get the distortions at a good point. All the other stuff is solid at the moment.

So, I want to address the multi effects question.

I think that having a group of pedals in front of you in a live situation is always the best. It gives ready, easy, and intuitive access to key parameters at all times. I recently took a One Series pedal board on tour to share with some reviewers, some stores and some artists. All the key knobs are right there. It is so nice. But, all the presets are there. All the low level parameters are there via the app. I find the whole experience of programmable small single effects to be much more powerful than one larger multi-effect.

We obviously own all the major multi-effects that sound good. They are not all that easy to set up. They are not at all intuitive and fun to set up. Menus? Sub-menus? Where is the fun?

I know this is totally self-serving.......but the control surface of a One Series/Neuro pedal board is un-matched in terms of power and intuitive control. Not to mention the ease of mixing and matching non-SA gear.

Hope this all makes sense and explains our direction.
 
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#82
coyoteboy said:
Fullcompass show the Gemini in stock. Shall i get, or wait for the box???

Also, it seems SA is trying really hard to avoid making a single chassis multi-fx unit, integrating their various technologies. Im curious why this is?
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Not just FullCompass, several other shops show the Gemini and the Lunar in stock. I might just order the Lunar.
 
#87
adamaarts said:
Can the remaining people on the list just skip to the Nemisis tour box?
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#90
Here is the tourbox update:

The Vertigo was always far along in its development. We needed to have a single product drive the hardware and firmware efforts. We also needed to get the Neuro app created and tested. Since the Lunar/Gemini/Mercury are derived from the Orbital, that was not too much of a jump. The Aftershock was created for NAMM. It is very similar to the OFD Bass, but it needed lots of work. As we got into the tourbox we discovered some significant hardware and firmware issues across ALL the products which we going to make tourbox participants less than happy with the experience.

Since we recalled the tourbox, we have resolved all the key issues and we have actually released the Vertigo, Lunar, Gemini and Mercury to market. The Aftershock has been through a complete algorithm design cycle. While it is based on the sounds of the OFD, we can use the new horsepower in the One Series to allow for stack-able overdrive and distortion in one pedal. There is also an improved noise gate...(although I always thought the noise gate in the OFD was awesome). The Aftershock is very close to tourbox level, but I have told the team to give Nemesis higher priority. We currently have no delay pedal in the line-up, and Nemesis is amazing. This explains why the tourbox is delayed. We need Aftershock included.

I hope this helps. We are very ambitious in our plans for new products in 2015....maybe too ambitious....but they are all coming.

The first product in our family, the Vertigo Tremolo, was given the Premier Gear award from PG 2 weeks ago....and yesterday......GP told us it is going into their 2015 Hall of Fame. The told us it is "the greatest tremolo pedal of all time". Needless to say, it is a very nice boost to our engineering team as they continue to push to the finish line on Nemesis and Aftershock!!
 
#92
I already know I'll be switching out my OFD for the Aftershock. We've been splitting the bass players signals at church for dry and effects, which is sounding amazing. But my signal chain gets tricky and the stereo (dry / wet) outputs will help!!
 
#93
rsmith601 said:
Here is the tourbox update:

The Vertigo was always far along in its development. We needed to have a single product drive the hardware and firmware efforts. We also needed to get the Neuro app created and tested. Since the Lunar/Gemini/Mercury are derived from the Orbital, that was not too much of a jump. The Aftershock was created for NAMM. It is very similar to the OFD Bass, but it needed lots of work. As we got into the tourbox we discovered some significant hardware and firmware issues across ALL the products which we going to make tourbox participants less than happy with the experience.

Since we recalled the tourbox, we have resolved all the key issues and we have actually released the Vertigo, Lunar, Gemini and Mercury to market. The Aftershock has been through a complete algorithm design cycle. While it is based on the sounds of the OFD, we can use the new horsepower in the One Series to allow for stack-able overdrive and distortion in one pedal. There is also an improved noise gate...(although I always thought the noise gate in the OFD was awesome). The Aftershock is very close to tourbox level, but I have told the team to give Nemesis higher priority. We currently have no delay pedal in the line-up, and Nemesis is amazing. This explains why the tourbox is delayed. We need Aftershock included.

I hope this helps. We are very ambitious in our plans for new products in 2015....maybe too ambitious....but they are all coming.

The first product in our family, the Vertigo Tremolo, was given the Premier Gear award from PG 2 weeks ago....and yesterday......GP told us it is going into their 2015 Hall of Fame. The told us it is "the greatest tremolo pedal of all time". Needless to say, it is a very nice boost to our engineering team as they continue to push to the finish line on Nemesis and Aftershock!!
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Looking forward to stackability. It's actually the one One that I'm waiting for. (well actually I'm holding out more for a One version of the multiwave, but this would be good enough)
 

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