Searching Artifakt Elements, new sounds from Source Audio

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I'm really curious about this pedal and how it overlaps with the UW. With some creativity, a lot of SA pedals can do way more than expected at first blush. Could this kick the UW off my board? Doubt it and also doubt the presets b/t the two would be compatible, but that would be rad.
 
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mikeynets said:
I'm really curious about this pedal and how it overlaps with the UW. With some creativity, a lot of SA pedals can do way more than expected at first blush. Could this kick the UW off my board? Doubt it and also doubt the presets b/t the two would be compatible, but that would be rad.
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There is some overlap with the UW, but each has so much more going on, especially Artifakt.
 
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Artifakt arrived today [only a day late] I have barely scratched the surface going over the 7 engine settings, tweaking a few knobs and I certainly see huge potential for production and adding some vintage spice to bass lines and performance. This is going to take a good while for me to grok everything going on but IMHO Source Audio has a new hit on their hands. It really adds a dimension to the synth and experimental stuff I have been delving into and it has potential for bass too. I will take some time next week to really get under the hood and tinker with the Elements, then try my hands with some bassic meat and potato bass patches and go from there.
 
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Color me a bit frustrated and almost disappointed today*, getting a few okay sounds but nothing is blowing up my skirt but there are certainly some Bright Moments here. With no Neuro on any of my devices [pc, android and iPad air 2] getting into the guts where I want [and am sure my goodness lay] to go is frustrating. Finally got the preset mode working and there are some fun and useful sounds there and @Quatschmacher Microtron is very nice.

I am working on a more detailed review for bass but will wait until I can really do some excavation for choice bass Artifakts.
 
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bassbrad said:
Color me a bit frustrated and almost disappointed today*, getting a few okay sounds but nothing is blowing up my skirt. With no Neuro on any of my devices [pc, android and iPad air 2] getting into the guts where I want [and am sure my goodness lay] to go is frustrating. Also try as might cannot get into the presets, have reread the section and restarted Artifakt several times and just can't seem to get it to do anything useful.

* 2 1/2 hours in headphones is my daily limit.
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As I recall you need to get into preset extension mode where you can scroll through all of the presets. I think you hit the control button and then the preset button? This was added late in the game. I will ask @NPappas to comment.
 
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bassbrad said:
Thanks @rsmith601 I may have just gotten it to work.
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Keep in mind that the 7 position selector was tuned with guitar in mind. With the edior, you will not be limited. That is indeed where you will want to be. Also, the collection of bass Neuro presets will continue to grow. We have a review meeting tomorrow on the editor. Should not be long.
 
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bassbrad said:
Thanks @rsmith601 I may have just gotten it to work.
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LMK if you're still having any issues. You need to tap ALT to go into ALT mode (you'll see the LED next to ALT start flashing yellow/amber) then press the PRESET button. The number of colored LEDs lit corresponds to the amount of banks that are active. so for example, all 4 colors (amber, red, blue, purple) is the "furthest" preset extension mode, which gives access to all 4 banks. Red, Blue, Purple = factory presets. Red is Old Machines, Blue is Modulation, Purple is Animation.
 
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It’s a shame I’m not more into lo-fi, it does all the pop, crackles and textures quite well. The new layout is great and the amount of control is just right without feeling cluttered. That said, I’ve always been a proponent of the Neuro app and look forward to being able to see what I’m doing, so to speak.

The first clip is my tweaked version of the Microtron preset, though I didn’t do a whole lot.


The chorus I made using the pitch vibrato. I also like to set the vibrato by itself to be really slow and deep, and this pedal does it at least as well as my H9, but I didn’t think you all would enjoy it as much as I do.


Looking forward to spending more time with the pedal and getting to use the mobile app. One last note is that while I’ve had very good luck using my other SA pedals without isolated power, this one definitely needs it, considering all it’s doing at any given moment. It’s very quiet once isolated though.
 
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