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Nemesis Delay User's Guide
Welcome
Thank you for purchasing the Nemesis Delay. This powerful stereo delay pedal features a collection
of meticulously crafted sounds ranging from analog, tape, and slapback to multi-tap, filtered, pitch-
shifted, bit-crushed experimental effects charting new sonic territory. With an intuitive and simple
control set, the Nemesis can work in a wide variety of musical settings, and the powerful MIDI and
Neuro App control options (iOS/Android) provide access to a vast array of additional tonal
possibilities.
The Nemesis is housed in a durable, extruded aluminum housing, packing rack mount power and
flexibility into a compact, easy-to-use stompbox.
The Quick Start guide will help you with the basics. For more in-depth information about the Nemesis
Delay, move on to the following sections starting with Connections. Enjoy!
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Page 1: Welcome
Nemesis Delay User’s Guide Welcome Thank you for purchasing the Nemesis Delay. This powerful stereo delay pedal features a collection of meticulously crafted sounds ranging from analog, tape, and slapback to multi-tap, filtered, pitch- shifted, bit-crushed experimental effects charting new sonic territory. With an intuitive and simple... -
Page 2: Overview
24 Diverse Delay Engines – Choose from vintage delay tones such as Analog Bucket Brigade, Tape, and Slapback, or delve deeper into unique sounds cooked up in the Source Audio lab. 12 factory delay engines are available out of the box, 12 extended engines can be recalled via MIDI or loaded via the Neuro App. -
Page 3: Quick Start
To power the unit, connect the included 9V DC power supply to the jack labeled DC 9V on the back panel. Warning: Using a non-Source Audio supply, especially an unregulated supply, could damage the unit. Please be very cautious when using 3 -party power supplies and refer to the power supply requirements printed on the bottom of the Nemesis housing. - Page 4 Automatic Stereo Detection: When a plug is inserted into the stereo output, the Nemesis will automatically detect it and generate a stereo ping pong delay effect for any of the delay machines. The Nemesis monitors its input and output connections and configures itself to the appropriate SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide...
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
MIDI ............................... 41 USB ................................. 42 Specifications ............................42 Troubleshooting ............................. 43 Frequently Asked Questions ........................44 MIDI Implementation ..........................45 Rubber Feet ............................46 Waste Disposal Notes ..........................46 Warranty ..............................47 Version History ............................48 SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide... -
Page 6: Connections
Neuro-compatible pedal in the chain, provided that a TRS cable is used. The audio signal (if applicable) will be on the tip contact of the plug, and the Neuro App data will be on the ring contact. This allows audio and Neuro data to flow on the same cable. SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide... - Page 7 2 acts as a data connection for the Neuro App, passing data from the UTPUT Nemesis to the next Source Audio effect in your signal chain. You can daisy-chain the Neuro App data regardless of whether O 2 is configured to output audio or not. Connect O...
- Page 8 For more information about the Nemesis’s USB capabilities, refer to section of the User’s Guide. Control Input The 3.5 mm C port connects to external control devices such as the Source Audio Dual ONTROL NPUT Expression Pedal, Reflex Universal Expression Pedal, Neuro Hub, and Hot Hand Motion Controller.
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Page 9: Delay Engines
There is also some subtle filtering to shape the sound of the repeats. Time Knob Range: 30 milliseconds to 2.6 seconds Mod and Rate: Control time (pitch) modulation depth and speed. SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide... - Page 10 Time Knob Range: 20 milliseconds to 1.2 seconds Mod and Rate: M controls wow and flutter depth and R controls tape speed. Intensity: Controls the amount of filtering, noise and distortion applied to repeats. Bright, Clean Saturated, Warm SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide...
- Page 11 Intensity: Controls the pitch shift interval applied to repeats from an octave down to an octave up. Six pitch shifts are possible: down octave, up minor 3 , up major 3 , up perfect 4 , up perfect 5 , and up octave. SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide...
- Page 12 Intensity: For a pure, single reverse, set the I to minimum. Turn the I NTENSITY NTENSITY up to mix in additional layers, creating a thicker, complex and more ambient reverse sound. Single Reverse Multi-Tap Reverse SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide...
- Page 13 Rhythms 1 through 4 are straight rhythms based on subdivisions of 4. Rhythm 5 is a syncopated rhythm based on subdivisions of 8. Rhythms 6 through 8 are swing rhythms based on subdivisions of 6. SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide...
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Page 14: Extended Delay Engines
The center settings are more balanced and resonant. The higher settings are brighter and clearer. Resonant Dark Bright (13) REMOLO The delayed signals pass through stereo tremolo processors which modulate their volume over time. SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide... - Page 15 (16) HORUS Repeats are sent through a stereo chorus effect for a warm modulation sound. Time Knob Range: 50 milliseconds to 2.6 seconds Mod and Rate: Controls the amount and speed of the chorus modulation. SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide...
- Page 16 Similar to the RHYTHMIC setting on the front panel, this engine uses 4 taps to create a wide variety of 4-note rhythms. Time Knob Range: 200 milliseconds to 2.6 seconds Mod and Rate: Control time (pitch) modulation. SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide...
- Page 17 Like a vinyl record that was left out in the sun, this delay engine warbles, wobbles, and creates that great slightly-out-of-tune sound you might hear on an old LP that has seen better days. Time Knob Range: 10 milliseconds to 2.6 seconds Mod and Rate: Controls the amount and speed of warble. SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide...
- Page 18 Mod and Rate: Control time (pitch) modulation depth and speed. Intensity: Changes the color of the repeats from very dark to somewhat dark. True to the nature of oil can delays, there is no “bright” setting. Darker Darkest Dark SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide...
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Page 19: Controls
CONTROL INPUT button. This allows tap 2 to be set to a limited number options without needing to use the Neuro App. There are four delay times for tap 2 relative to tap 1 time: Swing 8ths Dotted 8ths Quarters 8ths SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide... - Page 20 Mod Knob Controls the depth of the modulation LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator). This can affect different aspects of the sound depending on which delay engine is selected. Usually, it controls the time SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide...
- Page 21 Hardware Options menu of the Neuro App. Hardware Bypass mode is global parameter and NOT saved per preset. On/Off LED The ON/OFF LED above the O indicates if the delay effect is active (lit green) or OOTSWITCH bypassed (not lit). SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide...
- Page 22 TAP footswitch while the effect is engaged. When HOLD is activated, no new audio will be sent to the delay effect. The dry signal will continue to pass through normally. While HOLD is active, the TAP SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide...
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Page 23: Preset Storage And Recall
When the effect is bypassed, you can press and hold the TAP footswitch to perform the same function as the SELECT button to cycle through the presets. Connect an external footswitch to the PEDAL IN jack and use SWITCH mode to step through presets. SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide... - Page 24 LED should continue to blink RESET UTTON RESET rapidly. This indicates that the Nemesis is in copy mode. Send a desired MIDI Program Change number to indicate the desired copy destination for the preset. SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide...
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Page 25: Universal Bypass
The following sections describe the various routing options available on the Nemesis. All effect engines use the Default –Auto Detect option out of the box. This usually creates stereo ping- pong on the outputs. To select other routing options, use the Neuro App. SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide... - Page 26 Mono In, Stereo Out w/ Soft Bypass: This mode takes a mono input and creates a stereo delay effect, with the input signal being split and mixed into the wet signal for both outputs. A Soft Bypass path is used to maintain the Output 2 signal during bypass. SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide...
- Page 27 Output 2 of the Nemesis, and connect the external effects pedal’s output to Input 2 of the Nemesis. Warning – be careful when switching routing modes with an external loop configuration. If another routing mode is selected, an infinite feedback loop can be created accidentally. SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide...
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Page 28: External Control
TAP footswitch. A Source Audio Tap Tempo footswitch can also be connected to the CONTROL IN jack using a 3.5mm (1/8 inch) cable. If you wish to use this function, you must enable the function globally using the SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide... - Page 29 ONTROL NPUT In the case of an expression pedal with a TRRS plug, like Source Audio’s expression pedals, the tip connection is power, the first ring is the X axis expression signal, the second ring is the Y axis expression signal, and the sleeve connection is ground. In this configuration, the Nemesis uses the X expression signal as its expression source.
- Page 30 O . The C will now blink even faster OOTSWITCH ONTROL (about 4 blinks per second). Note that you may control one or more knobs with the expression pedal, up to six total knobs. SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide...
- Page 31 The C should be lit red. ONTROL NPUT UTTON ONTROL 2. Press and hold the C until the C begins to blink slowly ONTROL NPUT UTTON ONTROL (approximately one blink per second). SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide...
- Page 32 Hot Hand Input The Hot Hand 3 Wireless Effects Controller can be connected directly to the C jack for ONTROL NPUT wireless motion control of the Nemesis’s effects parameters. The Hot Hand has two axes of SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide...
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Page 33: Neuro App
Make sure the headphone volume on your mobile device is set to maximum when using the Neuro App for the most reliable device to pedal communication. SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide... -
Page 34: Main Menu
You can also explore sounds and settings made by other users. allows access to the global options for the hardware. Global options are ARDWARE PTIONS “set and forget” type settings that are NOT saved per preset. SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide... - Page 35 NTENSITY affect the sound. The Neuro App allows these knobs to be reassigned to other parameters. These options appear at the bottom of the parameter list in the S screen. OUND DITOR SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide...
- Page 36 Create New Sound Closes the current sound being edited and opens a new sound for editing with default settings. Browse Sounds Returns to the B screen, which displays a list of user and web presets. ROWSE OUNDS SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide...
- Page 37 To do this, follow these steps: Load the sound in the Sound Editor. Hit the Send All button. Hit the Burn button. Select one of the Effect Selector positions to overwrite. SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide...
- Page 38 Presets are divided into four sections: : Presets that you have created and saved. : Presets that were created by Source Audio. New presets will automatically be ACTORY added to this list as Source Audio creates them. ...
- Page 39 Input MIDI Channel Selects which channel (1 to 16) the Nemesis will respond to on MIDI and USB-MIDI inputs. Enable External Tap Tempo Switch Allows the Source Audio Tap Tempo switch to be connected to the C ONTROL NPUT Preset Extension Mode Allows the Nemesis hardware user interface to allow access to 8 presets instead of just 4.
- Page 40 Out to Amp Neuro In Neuro Daisy-Chain (Data on Ring) Source Audio makes couplers that are designed specifically for connecting multiple One Series products in series. These couplers are available on the Source Audio Online Store. Mono-To-Stereo Audio Path with Neuro Daisy-Chain In the case of a signal path that splits a mono input to stereo outputs, the Neuro data can be input to the first effect directly from the mobile device and then carried on to the second effect via TRS cable.
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Page 41: Neuro Hub
One Series families to create a single, stage-ready system. It features shared MIDI, passive expression pedal input, Hot Hand connectivity, and USB, and can connect to up to five Source Audio pedals. The Neuro Hub features a powerful scene saving functionality, which allows you to create up to 128 multi-pedal presets known as scenes, each recallable via MIDI program change messages. -
Page 42: Usb
USB cable. The computer will automatically recognize the Nemesis, which will be identified as “One Series Nemesis Delay” in the operating system. USB connectivity brings many benefits, such as the ability to download firmware updates to the Nemesis, configuration of advanced parameters, accessing new effect engines created by the Source Audio engineers, and MIDI connectivity to audio production software running on the computer. -
Page 43: Troubleshooting
Ground loop with amp: Make sure your Nemesis is running on the same power mains circuit as your guitar amplifier. Hot Hand Doesn’t Work Low power: Ensure that the proper power supply is being used. Not calibrated properly: Calibrate the Hot Hand. See the Hot Hand Input section for more details. SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide... -
Page 44: Frequently Asked Questions
Therefore, it is recommended that you use a high impedance (Hi-Z) input on your recording interface or mixer to avoid signal loss. SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide... -
Page 45: Midi Implementation
The Nemesis responds to MIDI beat clock (decimal 248, hex 0xF8), which should be sent at a rate of 24 ppqn (pulses per quarter note). The Nemesis does not respond to clock start (0xFA), clock continue (0xFB), or clock stop (0xFC) messages. The Nemesis does not respond to MIDI timecode. SA260 Nemesis Delay User’s Guide... -
Page 46: Rubber Feet
The default MIDI map provides control over parameters using specific Continuous Controller messages (described in the Nemesis MIDI Implementation document available on the Source Audio website). It is possible, however, to override the default map and create a custom mapping. There are several important things to note when setting up a custom MIDI CC mapping: ... -
Page 47: Warranty
Source Audio. Warranty Information Source Audio may, at its option, require proof of the original purchase date in the form of a dated copy of the original authorized dealer’s invoice or sales receipt. Service and repairs of Source Audio products are to be performed only at the Source Audio factory or a Source Audio authorized service center. -
Page 48: Version History
The foregoing limited warranty is the only warranty given by Source Audio and is in lieu of all other warranties. All implied warranties, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for any particular purpose, exceeding the specific provisions of this limited warranty, are hereby disclaimed and excluded from this limited warranty.