Collider Delay+Reverb

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GUITARIST MARCH 2020

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nyone who has Source Audio’s

Nemesis Delay and Ventris Dual

Reverb on their pedalboard has a

pretty comprehensive arsenal of ambience

effects underfoot. Now you can access that

experience while bypassing the combined

price tag and footprint: the new Collider

puts seven reverbs from the Ventris and five

Nemesis delays into a single dual-engine

pedal for a more streamlined pedalboard.

There are separate footswitches for delay

and reverb that you can use individually

or simultaneously, and the pedal has dual

inputs and outputs allowing for a range

of mono and stereo routing options. Its

standard mode is to run delay into reverb,

but you can reverse this order, and there’s

also the option of running the effects in

parallel with a combined mono or stereo

output or sending the effects to separate

outputs. The pedal can also be configured

as two delays or two reverbs if you wish.

A choice of four or eight presets (storing

all user-editable parameters for delay and

reverb) can be immediately called up from

the front panel, but you can access a full

128 presets via MIDI. While just about all

of the functionality you’d need in everyday

use can be accessed from the front panel,

you can go deeper by taking advantage of

the free computer-based Neuro Desktop

Editor or the Neuro Mobile App, which lay

out all the adjustable options clearly and

offer preset editing, storage and sharing.

SOUNDS

Setting up your sounds starts with the

Knobs toggle switch, which selects

whether the knobs will be adjusting delay

or reverb. A rotary knob chooses the

desired delay and reverb algorithms, while

a further six knobs provide the tweaks.

There’s adjustable wet/dry mix available

for both effects as well as tonal shading.

A Delay knob sets delay time or reverb

pre-delay, and a Feedback control sets the

number of delay repeats or the length of

reverb decay. In addition, the Control 1 and

Control 2 knobs each adjust one crucial

parameter specific to the selected reverb

algorithm or the pitch modulation depth

and rate for the delays.

There are some excellent reverbs here.

In our view, the most practical ones are

from the Ventris. In the more traditional

vein you get Room, Hall and Plate reverbs

alongside the company’s True Spring –

Two ambient worlds collide in a single easy-to-operate pedal

Words Trevor Curwen Photography Olly Curtis

PEDALBOARD

SOURCE AUDIO

Collider Delay+Reverb

CONTACT

FIRST LINE DISTRIBUTION 01626 832410 /

WWW.SOURCEAUDIO.NET

MODEL

SOURCE AUDIO COLLIDER

PRICE

£359

MANUFACTURER

FIRST LINE DISTRIBUTION

VIDEO DEMO http://bit.ly/guitaristextra

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PEDALBOARD M A N U FAC T U R E R FIRST LINE DISTRIBUTION PR IC E £359 C ON TAC T FIRST LINE DISTRIBUTION 01626 832410 / WWW.SOURCEAUDIO.NET MODE L SOURCE AUDIO COLLIDER IMAGES TO BE SHOT SOURCE AUDIO Collider Delay+Reverb Two ambient worlds collide in a single easy-to-operate pedal Words Trevor Curwen A nyone who has Source Audio’s Nemesis Delay and Ventris Dual Reverb on their pedalboard has a pretty comprehensive arsenal of ambience effects underfoot.
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VIDEO DEMO http://bit.ly/guitaristextra 1 01. EFFECT SELECTOR 3 Tech Spec This rotary switch (in tandem with the Knobs switch) lets you choose your delay and reverb type – the red LED lights up for the selected effect 02. KNOBS SWITCH Switch to the left to edit delay parameters and to the right for reverb. The central position locks the settings so that accidentally moving a knob will have no effect 03.