Source Audio Collider - your opinions

noisepolluter · September 2023

Toying with the idea of putting together a Nano+ board to use 4CM with a Marshall. The board would be tuner/phaser/boost/gate/delay/reverb.

Combined reverb and delay would obviously make the logistics a bit easier - any current/former collider users care to chip in on pros and cons?

MaxA867 · September 2023

I’ve got one on my home board and I love it, does everything I need fantastically well in a relatively small footprint. One of the best spring reverb sounds I’ve heard, the e-dome and shimmer algos are great for ambient stuff.

Great delays with plenty of scope for tone sculpting, love the tape emulation. You can also unlock a preset on the app and run two reverbs or delays simultaneously if you’re an absolute madlad.

The only thing is there isn’t quite the same level of in-app editing available as in a Ventris or Nemesis, but I’ve found everything pretty usable straight out of the box.

Majorscale · September 2023

Had one, they are generally well regarded, but personally I found it a bit fiddly to use and a little surprisingly there wasn’t that much variety in the delay tones.

NickB · October 2023

I had one and it hissed even with it’s own power supply.

noisepolluter · October 2023

NickB said:

I had one and it hissed even with its own power supply.

Hmmm, that would be a no-no. Anyone else found this?

I do have a slightly bigger Metro board I could use if I got a separate reverb - already got an El Capistan I’m happy with so it wouldn’t take much convincing for me to get a Blue Sky to go with it instead…

merlin · October 2023

Depending on how much versatility and tweaking you need, you may find that an EQD Dispatch Master does the trick.

abw1989 · October 2023

Bought one second hand from the band's other guitar who moved onto a Boss Space Echo.

I'm very impressed. The software is very handy but it's easy to tune on the peal too. I'm a midi user and love the functionality from that.

The preset library is great for finding good tones. No issues with power hissing, with the factory adapter or on a power brick.

Wazmeister · October 2023

No hissing issues with the one I owned.. its super easy to use.

Probably a bit more 'conservative' compared to some reverb/delays - but that's not necessarily a negative.

noisepolluter · October 2023

Thanks @MaxA867 @Majorscale @NickB @merlin @abw1989 @Wazmeister for the input - I’ve decided that for the moment I’m going to try out the board with a less expensive reverb and see how the whole thing works, I’ve found an RV-6 for a great price on here.

If the RV-6 fits the bill then I might eventually look into a DM-101 to go with it.

Corvus · October 2023

No hissing at all on mine, it's silent I think. Certainly much quieter than the Meris's it replaced.

I like it, it stopped me chasing each verb & delay, mixing, the sell.buy cycle. fwiw I had an RV6 and didn't like it, plenty people do so might be just me but moved it on fairly quicly.

NickB · October 2023

This hiss must've just been mine then. I ended up with a HX stomp which, whilst the spring reverb is a shade not as good as the Collider the HX Cosmos echo really floats my boat...along with the flexibility and other effects.

Dopesick · October 2023

I owned one for a couple of years. An absolute doddle to use, lots of options at hand and I didn’t experience any hissing or anything. Okay it’s not as flexible as some of the more weirder delays out there, but all algorithms sounded from very good to amazing. Of course you can mix delays and reverbs. Can’t think of any other delay/reverb pedal on the market which can do most of what it offers.

In the end I sold mine because I was dumb, and I got a QC anyway, but if you have the funds then definitely try it out.

rayttk · October 2023

I sold a Strymon Flint & elCap and bought one for the extra space on my board, I’d had the strymon stuff for a while and I did regret getting rid, the collider just wasn’t in the same league in my opinion, I found it quite finicky live and a bit brittle/ thin sounding although I never had any hissing or noise problems.
Time has made me realise that I am not a huge fan of reverb and I’m currently happy with the Strymon Volante for amazing delays with just a touch of the included spring, I have regretted selling lots of pedals etc but the collider isn’t one of them

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