Source Audio President Roger Smith Talks About Developing the Perfect FX Pedal.
How do you balance the vision of engineering "artists" with the wants and needs of real performing musicians? Roger Smith, the President of Source Audio, recently sat down with Alec Lee of The Gear Page to talk about how listening to musicians on gear forums is crucial to the development of Source Audio guitar and bass effects pedals: "You really need to allow engineering artists to have a certain amount of latitude to bring their ideas to life. I think it's always a good idea to give the technical creators in your company a certain amount of leeway in developing their ideas... and then allow their ideas to then percolate throughout the forums to get feedback before eventually turning them into a product."
When this interview ran, the C4 Synth was still in development, and we shared its progress with players on The Gear Page. The C4 has since been released: a 4-voice "modular synth in a box" with serious envelope filter possibilities.