Source Audio Nemesis

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Guitarist june 2016
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‘D
o-everything’ delay pedals like Strymon’s
TimeLine and the new Boss DD-500 are a
common sight on pedalboards these days
and the latest new kid on the block of a similar ilk is
the Source Audio Nemesis. Part of Source Audio’s
‘designed in the USA but made in China’ One Series
of pedals, the Nemesis has a larger footprint than its
siblings in this series, some of which we’ll be featuring
in our next issue. The pedal features 12 different delay
engines – available for selection from a front panel knob
– but goes beyond that, in that it is compatible with
Source Audio’s Neuro app for iOS and Android, which
has something of a similar vibe to TC Electronic’s
TonePrint and connects to the Nemesis via a wired
connection from your phone’s headphone output.
Neuro gives access to 12 more engines that can be
loaded into the pedal, provides an editor with extra
parameters beyond those controlled by the physical
knobs, and offers access to a library of sounds – either
factory sounds, sounds from other users, or sounds that
you have created and saved.
Nemesis features stereo delays – every engine
operating in stereo multi-tap mode – but can be used in
a standard mono signal chain. There are, in fact, several
ways to configure the outputs, such as true stereo and
getting a stereo signal from a mono input. Particularly
useful, if you are running a mono signal, is to use the
spare outputs as an external loop, so you can insert
another pedal into the feedback loop of the delay line.
You can set the delay time via the Time knob, but the
pedal’s second footswitch can be used for tap tempo,
allied to three beat subdivisions (quarter notes, dotted
SOURCE AUDIO Nemesis £249
RIGHT, TOP The delay
engines cover all the
classic bases, and add
some more experimental
filtered and pitch-shifted
permutations
RIGHT, BOTTOM
Expression pedal output,
plus configurable stereo
outputs, MIDI and USB
are among the range
of options
A do-it-all delay pedal in a size that won’t dominate your pedalboard.
Worth the cash? You bet…
Words Trevor Curwen Photography Olly Curtis
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