Thursday, June 28, 2012

It's core time!


This is new @ SV Guitars; it's a Nux CORE series pedal, the orange darling you see here is the delay unit.

What the Time Core offers is 7 delay modules ranging from vintage to a very contemporary voicing with tap tempo editing. Plus point? It has a locking switch so that your delay's decay won't be truncated upon deactivation. You won't need a pilot's manual for this so it leaves ample opportunity for experimentation. Tones? There is a good spread of warmth & contemporary ear candy to be heard but nothing too polished. The tape-echo emulation for instance sounds lo-fi & warm, a very convincing take of that vintage accent. I certainly enjoyed hearing the slap-back voicing in action, Nux didn't forsake the reverb  quality here so thumbs up to that.

I only wish it has a looping capacity because if that happens, the Time Core would be a rather comprehensive delay unit for a modest asking price: $89

4 comments:

The True Zachariah Elias said...

Ah! Maybe this is what I am looking for at a reasonable price :)

subversion.sg said...

no-frills performance: highly recommended. not for delay anoraks...

Died Young said...

It does have a looping function in that it has 'hold' mode and the user manual states that overdub is possible also...

subversion.sg said...

to hold & to loop is quite apart :-) in any case, it's a secondary feature, not offered as a main selection unlike TCE's Flashback Delay for instance.