Source Audio SA251 UltraWave Multiband Bass Processor Overdr

Source Audio SA251 UltraWave Multiband Bass Processor Overdrive/Tremolo
Product no: 9000-0075-0511

Service promise

Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

While the Source Audio UltraWave Multiband Processor does sit on the edges of overdrive and tremolo territory, this is a tried-and-tested stompbox of far more advanced potential that grants multidimensional control via 'Multiband Processing' that carves the signal of any connected guitar, bass, or synthesizer up into multiple separate frequency bands. Each band is then treated via a set of independent parameters. In the case of the overdrive, since it's applied per frequency band, you get a lush and richly thick distortion that you simply couldn't get any other way. The same goes for the tremolo, where each band can be individually assigned different parameters to create a quality of tremolo that's never been heard before.

The Neuro Desktop Editor: Save & Share Presets with Ease

The accompanying Neuro Desktop Editor allows you to take full advantage of everything that the SA251 has to offer. This free editor can be used to assign different effect blocks to the pedal, and can even be downloaded onto your iOS device as an app, so you can create presets and share them with the Neuro Community via cloud-based libraries, and other UltraWave users are able to easily swap presets with each other. And using the app, the two-channel compressor block offers studio quality controls that can be placed before or after the drive circuits.

Specifications

Product features

Adapter included	yes
Centre positive/negative	centre negative
Sustainable product	not specified
Mini pedal	no
Stereo output	yes
True bypass	yes
Power supply plug	not specified
Type of modulation effect	tremolo
Type of distortion	overdrive
Variable voltage	no
Can be powered by battery	no
Voltage	9 V
Equipped with tube	no

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	500 gr
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	17,0 x 13,5 x 6,5 cm

Product specifications

Source Audio SA251
37 different band-split options: 2, 3, 4, 8 and 10 bands. Each band has different sub-sets with different band-split frequency points
44 different distortion types: choose from distortion/overdrive/fuzz types, including:
- Tube, Diode, Foldback, Negative Flip Diode, Octave Up and more
two channel compressor/expander with the following studio parameters:
- Input Gain, Threshold, Ratio, Attack, Release
Output Gain controls with a graphic monitor. Use the two-channel options to isolate different frequencies with compression. Place the compressor/expander before or after the overdrive module
Multiband Tremolo: use different start-time options to create 'sequencer' or 'arpeggiator' effects. Use the Band Phase Offset control to set 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 or 10 beat patterns
Stereo inputs and outputs: create two completely different presets and use them in parallel of series or send each to a separate output. Stereo options also apply to the Multiband Tremolo: use channel 1/2 sync options or the Phase Offset control to create stereo ping-pong effects
Detailed LFO controls: use the LFO module to control the UltraWave Tremolo, Morphing, or Ring Modulator. Select a standard Since Wave or use an Attack/Release control to create custom LFO shapes
Sound Morphing
8-band EQ
adjustable noise gate
adjustable controls
external expression pedal control
6 toggle switch accessible presets
make, save and share custom presets with the Neuro Community
Neuro Mobile App for iOS users
Neuro Desktop Editor for Windows and macOS users
Universal Bypass: analogue buffered or relay based True Bypass
MIDI support
USB-port for Neuro Desktop support
brushed aluminium housing
dimensions: 114 x 70 x 51mm
included: 9V power supply

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Michel B. December 20, 2022

Wrote the following about Source Audio SA251 UltraWave Multiband Bass Processor Overdrive/Tremolo

Top stompbox voor mensen die op zoek zijn naar een sound design toolbox met oneindig veel mogelijkheden om je geluid te verrijken met distortion, compression, LFO, multiband EQ, tremolo ... Hiervoor open je de Neuro desktop editor, tweak je alles op je computer, en bewaar je de presets die oproepbaar zijn via de selector op de pedaal. Elke parameter kan bediend worden via midi, dus via Ableton, of een sequencer met envelopes,... en je kan dus deze modulaties perfect programmeren.
Ik gebruik hem achter een Machinedrum, met kick op input 1, en snare op input 2. De input/output kanalen kunnen onafhankelijk werken, of samengevoegd worden, wat heel flexibel is. Echt een top product voor de tweaker :-)