Source Audio Encounter Ambient Delay+Reverb

It’s been a hot minute since we had an effects pedal from Source Audio in the shop, but our return to this wonderful company couldn’t have been better, with the Encounter Ambient Delay+Reverb. This unit is a fully-loaded vessel of atmospheric discovery, thoughtfully designed to explore swirling celestial tones and deeply immersive soundscapes. Boasting 12 delay and reverb modes, stereo connectivity, 128 presets, external control and more, this is one of those effects that will blow you away initially, and continue to do so for years to come…

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The Encounter Ambient Delay+Reverb is a fully-loaded vessel of atmospheric discovery, thoughtfully designed to explore swirling celestial tones and deeply immersive soundscapes. This pedal is an ambient Delay and Reverb collection, but it is more than simply a delay and reverb mushed together like two competing entrees on a single plate. Encounter is an ambience machine. Explore the widest (at least, in this dimension) array of space-and-time-bending effects in a single package.

A masterpack of huge, ethereal tones, Encounter collides other-worldly whimsy with grounded, useful staples. Full MIDI support via 5-pin DIN jacks, 128 available preset slots, and a skyrocketing library of community preset sounds in a stunning new plugin-style Neuro Editor rounds out the package and reminds you why Source Audio pedals are built to stick around. Run delay and reverb simultaneously, or run two delays or two reverbs at a time, thanks to Encounter’s dual processor architecture.

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You will pilot Encounter using its 12-way Effect Selector Switch that loads a unique engine at each position. Either side of the pedal, labeled “Delay” and “Reverb” for your convenience, can be loaded with any of the 12 engines you see around this dial. Explore never before heard combinations of effects to your heart’s content and to your imagination’s outer limits — Encounter was meant to take you to these brand new places. Studio-quality delays and reverbs, created by the expert, Bob Chidlaw, and refined by SA’s new and burgeoning engineer Grady Thomas, are the centerpiece of the Encounter as it builds upon the legacy of the Nemesis Delay, Ventris Dual Reverb, and Collider Delay+Reverb before it.

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The powerful Neuro 3 App (iOS, Android, Windows, Mac) offers maximum sound exploration possibilities. Use Neuro’s DAW-inspired editor to create custom Encounter presets that can be burned directly to the pedal, saved to a private cloud-based library, or shared publicly with other members of the Neuro Community. The addition of a third-party MIDI controller provides access to any of the pedal’s 128 Preset slots. Connect the Encounter to a MIDI Controller via its 5-pin DIN MIDI In & Thru or into its USB Mini port and access up to 128 preset slots with MIDI Program Change (PC) messages. Control many of the pedal’s parameters with MIDI Continuous Controller (CC) messages.

WHEW! You can read all the info you want to on pedals like the Encounter Ambient Delay+Reverb, but the best way to dig in and really get to know what it can do is to do just that. Experimentation is key for effects like these, and the Encounter is no different. There’s a TON more info over on the Source Audio website, and we’ve got a lengthy demo video out on our YouTube channel as well. Have fun exploring, creating and being amazed by this wonderful sonic creation…cheers!!