Source Audio Artifakt | Secret Weapons Demo & Review

[@78awhite]

Source Audio is a company I'm always rooting for. I love that they've done this. If they continue to put out new/niche/can be weird pedals, I think they will find increased success. They are great algo creators and their pedals always sound great. Great job, Mark!

[@orange-rv9ek]

They absolutely deserve more love. We got companies like JHS, who I have nothing against, in the top 5 but yet companies like Source Audio are still scraping by when they obviously release superior product.

[@RhombiClan]

My best friend works for them as Brand Manager and I couldn’t me more proud of how this sounds, hope to see more from source audio

[@mattygunn3852]

As a guy in my mid-50's I just took up playing the bass 9 months ago. I am taking lessons and loving learning bass and my fave songs from eh 70's-90's. As I have ventured into pedals for fun, my only other is the Aftershock by Source Audio. My instructor recommended it. WOW! What fun! That thing is amazing! Then he and my awesome sales guy at Sweetwater referred me to this pedal when I got interested in some delay and other effects. WOW! I simply love the sounds I heard on other reviews. But, this review by Mark! Probably some of the very best gear review I have watched, and that includes all of the gun gear vids I have watched over the years. So, after watching this, I made the instant purchase! My Artifakt is due here in three days and I can't wait to have fun with it! New subber to the channel! Thank you Mark!

[@SuddenSoundStudios]

I've only made it to the intro section and I had to pop int to the comments to say: that bass tone! Seriously amazing.

[@matthewgrassi4937]

One of the best and most interesting pedals I have seen come out in a long time. Really excited about this one, I think it is a must have!

[@michaelpizza4657]

Just purchased. As always excellent and informative video..thx

[@thefrankly]

You save us all so much time with these videos.

[@daveedmunds1770]

Another excellent video. Both entertaining and extremely informative

[@Money-Fast-Plan-a]

Your commitment to delivering valuable content is remarkable.. Keep up the fantastic work! -- "Success is not given; it's earned through dedication and determination.."

[@colinclark1981]

this is perfect for the music i want to make. oh my god

[@yb-g8015]

Damn these chorusy and flangery sounds I'm looking for. Don't understand I'll have to look into a lo-fi pedal to get this modulation ! Thanks for the demo

[@dorseia1600]

Really nice work Mark. I’m always on the fence with these kind of pedals that can be used in very select circumstances but I have to say this pedal has a wide range of use. Love my chase bliss generation loss but I always struggle to find real case uses for it. This pedal is different has some beautiful tones, I was surprised with the reverb, really cool. I’d like to think Kurt Cobaine would have used this pedal, some Seattle grunge to this.

[@sons7429]

Man, this thing has a ton of sounds!

[@patrickr6505]

I agree..A lot of bang for your buck..This is Chase Bliss territory and just as feature packed..It's made me change my mind to get this pedal instead of the Onward..

[@RjBenjamin353]

Wow, sounds great! I’m gonna use it for my bluegrass band

[@michaelscottpettis]

Dang source audio, they just killed it with this pedal. Excellent playing, every algorithm is so musical

[@jyoshii]

Great video! Your demo helped me get a good sense of this pedal more than other videos Do you think this pedal can go in the end of a signal chain? I want to use amp reverb and replace my reverb pedal with this

[@joeymc5272]

I have their eq2 and still swear by it.

[@kyordy]

Wait. How many CBA pedals are behind your head…..

[@lgrcallum]

Only at the start of this video and maybe it’ll be mentioned somewhere but damn I need to know how that bass tone is accomplished from the intro song!

[@markjohnstonofficial]

My normal bass rig reprocessed through Artifakt on ladder mode

[@lgrcallum]

@@markjohnstonofficialthank you!

[@YourHomeSmart]

Hey Mark. Just watching the video right now. What's the headroom like on this pedal. Will it handle a powerful drive pedal in front of it without distorting the signal coming out of the Artifakt?

[@markjohnstonofficial]

I ramped by recorded line level bass and drums through this without issue so I'd say the headroom is pretty solid

[@YourHomeSmart]

@@markjohnstonofficial Thanks!

[@wolvesandguitars]

Seems to sound like the Console in many ways .! That’s a win. Just Hifi goodness

[@ManeshwarSingh]

what are other comparable pedals that can do lo fi? Digging this one, but wondering what else is out there.

[@Guitarwoerke]

Yep. This is one of those instant buy situations (where you just ran out of money to instant buy). Is there another pedal out there like this? Kind of wild to think that this hasn’t already been thought of, feels almost obvious now that it’s here. I guess maaaybe elements of the Chroma Console but this has way more tweakability?

[@michaelscottpettis]

Chase bliss has a few pedals in a similar space, though they kind of focus on one sound per pedal, where this seems like a multi effect.

[@Guitarwoerke]

@@michaelscottpettis mmm yeah sorry I should’ve been clearer, I meant is there another lo-fi multi effect pedal out there.

[@orange-rv9ek]

I saw some people on Facebook acting like there are a million pedals like this but I can't think of one multi FX lofi pedals​@@Guitarwoerke

[@michaelscottpettis]

⁠@@GuitarwoerkeWalrus Audio M1

[@michaelscottpettis]

@@Guitarwoerke Walrus Audio M1

[@burywite]

Oh no, now I need to decide between this and the CBA Generation Loss 😅

[@jcshirke]

Where do you think it would be best to place this pedal in a signal chain? Before or after drives? Before or after other delays and time-based fx? Or just experiment and see what works as usual?

[@sourceaudioeffects]

We always recommend experimentation, there are no wrong answers when it comes to the order of the signal chain. That said, if I had to make a choice, I would put Artifakt after overdrive and modulation effects, but before delay and reverb.

[@jeffshirkey3085]

@@sourceaudioeffects Thank you. I really look forward to trying one soon.

[@truce11]

(0:40) ok let's go then....

[@henryspencer9849]

This company is soon to be absorbed by Chase Bliss! 😄

[@markjohnstonofficial]

Seems unlikely

[@patrickr6505]

Hope not..Chase Bliss are in danger of bringing out variations of Mood continuing with Onward..This stamps all over Onward in terms of variation and variety.. I'm getting this..And I love my Mood 2 btw..

[@markjohnstonofficial]

Onward isn’t a variation on MOOD though. It’s a mode from now defunct CooperFX’s Outward, reimagined with a bunch of new features. And this is an entirely different device than onward

[@patrickr6505]

@@markjohnstonofficial Oh yes I'm aware it's a spin off of Outward pedals..And this is a different pedal..I was talking more in terms of variation etc..I don't know what it is about Onward but something is holding me back..whereas Artifakt got me excited just like Mood 2,and I always go with my gut instincts,plus for my set up I think Artifakt will give me more variety sound and texture wise than Onward..both great pedals though..

[@henryspencer9849]

Come on guys, that was only a joke...

[@theouterplanet]

Here is my dry tone....

[@baseboardmatt]

I love Source Audio.. but at $350 I’m gonna pass. Chroma Console is only $50 more than this. Woulda been a winner at $250. Harsh reality. Sounds cool though!

[@BrockDavisson]

This can do way more then chroma console!

[@baseboardmatt]

@@BrockDavisson oh! I missed where it has delay and reverb and fuzz! My bad

[@geoffblack9655]

Kind of

[@skepticalbystander]

I only have one because of my Sweetwater gear card through financing :P otherwise ya, price is steep. I feel it with Source Audio stuff, Chase Bliss stuff, and Gamechanger stuff, I seem to want everything those companies make, but obviously can't afford it :/

[@baseboardmatt]

@@skepticalbystander I actually ended up buying one and I LOVE IT. It does way more than just crackly lofi stuff… it’s my main tremolo pedal now, among other stuff like vibrato, and doubling. It’s so great!

[@broughttofruition7377]

It's 350.00, Hard Pass! If it was 250.00 I would entertain getting it. But for 350.00 you can get a pedal with far more options than just lo-fi.

[@markjohnstonofficial]

👍🏼

[@BrockDavisson]

This is way more then lofi. Basically a modulation unit!

[@middaymeds]

I have an HX One which is priced similarly. When you factor in the Neuro editor, this pedal can do wayyy more in depth lofi tones than the Line6. The Tape Eater lofi effect is the only one on par with this pedal, and even then it only has a few parameters you can control. Source Audio let's you basically design your own pedal from scratch.

[@straunwagner6322]

It’s 2024. A chicken sandwich costs $350

[@KirLazare]

just a toy for a lone musician, it's useless for playing in a band

[@markjohnstonofficial]

that lacks imagination

[@jessedalewest]

I guess if you're in a boring band...

[@KirLazare]

@@jessedalewest what is the name of your band? I want to see how you use the pedal

[@dasczwo]

finally. get of your asses developers. only last year somebody tried me to sell their new innovative shimmer reverb. yaawn. it so cool what you can put together for free in vcv/cardinal a long those lofi lines… only the difficulty getting that sound in apedal keeps that market going. hope digital comes back down to sane levels. below 200. so bravo source audio: there are two pedals i can spot immediateley in any recording: microcosm and soundblox multiwave distortion… true innovation. keep at it! and dont make me buy extra boxes to access features. it sucks. i wont.