SOURCE AUDIO STINGRAY MULTI-FILTER
While my favorite Source Audio stomper is capable of many traditional phaser sweeps
and Uni-Vibe-like undulations, the multi-peak mode is where it really gets wild. In our
Andy’s demo of the unit from 2014, he masterfully turns the guitar into a sample and
hold step sequenced vowel generator. He then assigns the expression pedal to morph
between sawtooth and random waveshape
generations. These settings are fantastic for
big sustaining chords. The filtering flaps, yawns
and enunciates wildly like the half machine
lip moves of a robot speaking in nine-volt
tongues. In some ways, this reminds me of
the synthy bits at the beginning of The Who’s
“Who Are You.” The guitar becomes even
more synth-like with some tweaking of the
frequency and resonance controls. Far out.
DEATH BY AUDIO ROBOT
Upon first listen, this bit-munching beast sounds like something custom fabricated in
the secret bunker of Kraftwerk’s legendary Kling Klang studio. However, the sonically
fearless DBA crew invented this Robot in the Big Apple. The Robot speaks familiar
languages such as octave up and down heavy fuzz tones, but the real haywire signal
dialect begins to bewilder with clever use of th H