Source Audio Announces the Spectrum Intelligent Filter

September 5, 2019 · 6 sources

Source Audio announced the Spectrum Intelligent Filter, an envelope filter pedal the company calls an "all-in-one filter extravaganza," built to work with both guitars and basses¹²³. The pedal had first been unveiled at Winter NAMM 2019, and at the time of the announcement MusicRadar reported it would be ready to ship in Spring⁴⁵.

Source Audio describes the pedal in its own words¹:

The onboard presets range from vintage sounds inspired by the Mu-Tron and the discontinued Lovetone Meatball to contemporary envelopes that incorporate phaser-filtering, distortion and OC-2 style octave effects²⁶. The Neuro editing tools add 29 different filter options².

Key facts as announced:

• Type: envelope filter pedal¹
• Maker: Source Audio¹
• List price: $219.00 sale price¹
• Voicings: Tron, Dumpling and Crier, selected by a mini toggle switch³
• Controls: four knobs covering eight parameters, including Input Level, Envelope Sensitivity, Filter Depth, Wet/Dry Mix, Frequency, Speed and Mix³⁶
• Presets: 6 accessible via the pedal's toggle switch, 128 via MIDI¹
• Power: 9V DC, negative tip, power supply included, 165mA current draw⁶
• I/O: twin inputs and outputs, stereo⁵¹

The pedal's designer was Bob Chidlaw. Source Audio's Jesse Remington said of the brief: "I told Bob Chidlaw I wanted the undisputed greatest stereo filter pedal of all time. He not only did that with Spectrum"⁶.

Gearnews reported that the Spectrum would be the first in a new line of C4 Synth pedals, a line that later produced the C4 Synth⁵. The pedal's other features included Universal Bypass, selectable between true bypass relays and analog buffers, a brushed anodized aluminum enclosure measuring 4.6" x 2.75" x 2.2", and a 2 year warranty¹.