Chase Bliss - Dark World

[@geirs5662]

Great! Gonna buy it, play it, not sound like Knobs, forget it, watch another knobs video and repeat forever.

[@Titantitan001]

Yeah he mixes these videos really well. Not to mention half the time pedals like this serve no real purpose other than its just cool. Synth can make all those tons.

[@JimSargent]

You think that’s bad? Every pedal purchase ever reminds me that I can’t play half as well as Stefan from The Pedal Zone.

[@gammakeraulophon]

Hah hah hah... Yep, that's about the extent of it... Bought into a Fairfield Shallow Water some 18 months back as a result of the Knobs wizardry... It's hung around on and off my board ever since... Never could get it to sound as good.. even wondered whether I had a duff or off calibration unit. Sold it last week. Never look back.

[@dalebrindley7818]

Story of my life

[@bonusflaps1749]

@@Titantitan001 Yes synths can make those tones. Which would be a relevant statement if this were not a pedal MADE FOR GUITARS.

[@Anjiruu]

Petition for a Knobs compilation album

[@whiterhino414]

hell ya

[@MC-wh3xm]

I would like to sign your petition

[@ronbrunton1205]

Word.

[@madebythebird]

YES!!!!

[@auxorion]

plzz

[@gregthomas8166]

Knobs videos are music therapy. Thank you, Knobs

[@paradoxdrifter]

I second. This just help break a day long bit of anxiety that's been building. Thanks!

[@YannGuillermou]

Yeah it feels so good when you get one of those pedals and realize you weren't lacking the pedal but the skills.

[@OHHnoYOUdidntMAN]

This is genuinely an innovative pedal. It’s feels GOOD knowing something new can be done.

[@alienboy2783]

I agree. The reverb pedal to rule them all?

[@aeoteroa818]

i think youre correct. ive never heard a pedal do this and it doesnt sound derivative of anything else

[@secretreleases]

This video contains some of the most beautiful and enchanting sounds ever heard in this world.

[@madebythebird]

I saved for a few months. Found a UK store and haven't been able to stop experimenting since this beautiful little thing arrived. It's absolutely beautiful and inspiring, vocals, synth, and cello; whatever i've thrown at it so far. Thanks to knobs for pointing me in this direction! To the people complaining that this mono… you should know better! This pedal mixes itself and there's so much magic in double tracking with this baby. love love love.

[@LoVeAmBiEnT]

Yeah people complaining about that basically are newbies, slunderstand that not everything needs to be stereo and something like this pedal,…..you don’t want it to be stereo because it will absolutely take up all the room in your mix. My opinion

[@KodyXXVll]

@@LoVeAmBiEnT unless it's the only pedal in your mix then it def should be stereo, i mean it's called a freakin DUAL reverb. it has two separate channels of reverb that sound totally different. of all the extra shit CBA adds to their pedals, they couldn't make a dual reverb with stereo outputs at least? i mean it could have had both mono/stereo options so easily. just........why

[@anthonyfox1436]

​@@LoVeAmBiEnTI have found your comment to be true

I'd like to just lay down and put my favourite records through the Dark channel's Mod at 100% wet

[@joemorris6465]

Knobs, I’m convinced you and my credit card company are in cahoots.

[@jessecrone9036]

9:18 sounds like the intro to Daydreaming by Radiohead

[@2balon162]

That's

[@Slappaccino]

Suddenly I desperately want to hear Omar Rodriguez-Lopez tearing through some Chase Bliss pedals. Can't imagine the sounds he'd squeeze out of these beautiful boxes.

[@alanredversangel]

How can anyone listen to this demo and complain? It's one of the most unique guitar effects I've ever heard. And no I don't own any expensive or experimental gear.

[@bonsaibloom]

and here i am, still saving up for my thermae :(

[@hongsiahseow5969]

food is overrated

[@BowlChamp]

Itll still be totally worth it though!

[@andrewtucker94]

It's taken me 6 months and I haven't scratched the surface with my Warped Vinyl. CB are good value for money

[@bonsaibloom]

@@andrewtucker94 oh yah, no doubt, all there pedals are crazy im depth! It's just not often that i have a spare $500 around you know ? :/

[@ModularLanding]

Keep saving, man. The thermae is awesome.

[@wilhelmmatthies5921]

I have heard this one several times, but always feel that you did an excellent job Knobs with explaining how the pedal works while also making very musical examples at the same time (no mere demo).

[@0713mas]

IDK if they have best pedals but they have the best demonstrations of their pedals!

[@andrewbird8624]

Knobs, just make a 1 hour continuous album please. You choose the most pleasant chords every time, even when they're meant to be creepy…!

[@wickeddubz]

On this channel Like & Play should be merged into a single button. Or knob

[@yungxosama2574]

9:36 is what sold me I NEED this pedal

[@handyboy2000]

Came here convinced by Knobs that I must have a Red Panda Particle. Leaving confused by this Dark temptation. Knobs, why do you torment me so?

[@ranchmantubularspacesausag5709]

When all other music just wont do it for ya anymore, thanks knobs

[@littlehelix]

beautiful sounds

[@rwalshphotos5626]

If only i could miraculously end up with all of the chase bliss pedals without the 50 years of saving up for them

[@cartercasteel2513]

I’m actually going to die

[@Knobs]

Hey don't though

[@Dismoeyy]

We all will

[@burninglcd]

@@Dismoeyy the difference between the living and dead is the time you check in on them. We will all be food for worms one day, and nurse their young in our rotting guts. A home for the spineless. ;)

[@akaleri]

I'm 52 seconds in, and I'm already going through the same thought. Woah...

[@neonether]

@@burninglcd Worms ain't eat ashes. One up them.

[@ts4gv]

What guitar do you use for these? Not like it matters too much once the effects really kick in... or does it?

[@onandofff]

I love the aesthetic of your videos

[@awfulvics]

man this channel demos are so insanely good

[@Julius_Seizure]

The only Chase Bliss pedal I can afford is Faves...

[@SofaJams]

I was waiting for this. Glad we get to know your take too. Awesome Pedal, awesome sounds!

[@markhammer643]

Basically, the same design concept as the Brothers pedal, except that instead of the Brothers' stacked drives, it offers stackable reverbs. I respect the comments here regarding the absence of stereo, but quite honestly, very few average guitar players make use of stereo options, even when they are available. I regularly have to explain to guitar players what they can do with their stereo pedals. For some players, stereo is a must have. For others, it's a nice-to-have. But for a much larger share, it is unfortunately a WTF ("what's-this-for?"). I await, with great interest, demo videos using the expression pedal input and the rear skirt dipswitches.

[@unoaotroa]

Mark Hammer Guitarists in general are really ignorant people in terms of technological use. Most don't engage in critical thinking, and thus, don't know how things actually work and resort to using 'recipes' instead.

[@markhammer643]

I wouldn't be *quite* that critical of guitarists. I'm sure folks who engage in studio recording make a point of learning about the stereo capabilities of pedals. But for many gigging musicians, "stereo" implies lugging around two amps, which not only increases expense, but stage requirements and back-strength requirements as well (and a bigger car to bring those two amps to the gig). I lament their lack of interest in what a stereo pedal offers, but fully understand why they don't pursue that avenue. People are generally only as smart as life requires them to be, and in the ays life requires them to be.

[@unoaotroa]

Mark Hammer Mark Hammer Your last thought I found very wise. Nonetheless, I'm not expressing myself as a gigging musician but as a sound explorer. I tend to get very nerdy (technical) and philosophical about these things and often see very outdated or unpractical information being spreaded by these people, where many 'solutions' involve buying and selling stuff instead of understanding some very basic principles and use them to modify what they already have. Guitarists themselves are their own worst enemy.

[@markhammer643]

@@unoaotroa Thanks for the nod. I think we agree fully. People tend to ration their curiosity, allocating a little more of it to this than to that. Again, I lament what they are missing out on, but understand that it's their priorities, not mine. Joel and I have had many discussions about the need to demo and explain - so as to encourage - how the dipswitches and expression pedal can be used. He's made some efforts, but there much of the lead-a-horse-to-water-but in the guitar world. I imagine plenty of his customers have never gone beyond the top-mounted knobs and switches. But then there are even more people who have bought pricey synths and never gone beyond the presets the unit came with. Like I say, folks ration out their curiosity.

[@francismcfadden3305]

Would be soooo awesome if it was stereo though. Those sounds are amazing. It's literally all it's missing unfortunately and it would really make THAT much of a difference as it comes to recordings. Still cool asf.

[@disfibulator]

I'm almost angry at how cool this is and how good it sounds, but overall pleased that Chase Bliss keeps blowing my mind

[@popphilosophy7509]

Can shim just be a filter or does it require looping? (sorry if dumb question)

[@alanwomack9948]

Knobs.... if you were me, and didn’t have any decent Reverb pedal, would you hold out for the Dark World, or buy a Empress Reverb? That’s what I had my eye on, but then I heard this.....,

[@neonether]

5 years later...given the rate at which CB is releasing MKIIs as stereo, there is now hope for all of us "newbs who don't understand stereo mixing" of getting a Stereo Dark World in the future. I will happily let this sound take up all the space in my mix...for a little while at least!

[@darionbuck4614]

Tomorrow!

[@BrockDavisson]

@@darionbuck4614 nope

[@kvnvk8947]

Dark World was just discontinued yesterday, could a stereo MKII version actually be on the horizon?

[@tendingtropic7778]

So is this still one of the best in 2022? or should I consider other pedals if I want reverb+lofi touch?

[@Skitchhiker]

The sections at 1:48 and 9:45 are some of the most beautiful sounds I've ever heard come from a single pedal, and a guitar. I'm sold on it. As soon as I can get some cash up, I'm going to get one. any chance you could tell me what the dip switch settings were at those points?

[@chinmeysway]

Blizzard birds of feather caverns and sweet unborn stratospheric microbial primor-dials!

[@wifi-toaster]

:o

[@estateownsghostshow]

I pretty much knew I was going to buy this on day one as soon as read "Dark" "Chase Bliss" and "Reverb" - Knobs just poured gas on the fire.

[@KodyXXVll]

pretty much decided i needed it before i even heard it lol.

[@apollo69ss]

Are the settings in the video the actual settings used to create the sounds at the time the settings are displayed? Thanks!

[@Knobs]

Yup!

[@apollo69ss]

@@Knobs Awesome! Love your demos! Thanks for sharing, and thanks for the super fast response. -ER

[@DivKid]

absolutely lush

[@tokiboi6777]

I just remembered why I don't need a modular system.

[@theonygard5694]

Why?

[@daemonelectricity]

I have a modular system and a bunch of pedals. They are like comparing two continents. They have a lot of the same things, but it doesn't take a lot of looking around to see how generally different they are. There is no complex modulation or step sequencer stuff here. Yes, you do get some of the twiddly ambient sounds that are the atmospheric ballpark most people interested in modular are going for, but in order to be good with either, you have to _really_ know your gear, and there is just no where near the modulation craziness of modular synths in pedals. You can create a ghost in the machine with pedals, but you can build entire worlds of sound with modular without multitracking or looping. It's like comparing a finished painting to a box full of paints and brushes.

[@ufosigma]

@@daemonelectricity Thats a good analogy. What I would really like is some pedal that is as powerful as a modular synth but in a pedal body.

[@dillipphunbar7924]

This was a very nice sounding/looking pedal and Knobs always does very professional and friendly videos. These 'boutique' pedals are great but you can easily spend a fortune on them. Laptop/tablet+usb audio interface+VCV rack maybe a more affordable way to go.

[@Ghoopty]

Maybe more affordable, but “does it SOUND better?” is the ultimate question.

[@mougabo]

are you placing some sort of stereo signal pedal right after it???

[@ReddenDoom]

Been out a while, really wondering how this thing holds up to an R1, Empress Reverb, Alexander Space Force, or Dr. Scientist Atmosphere. Any thoughts welcome!

[@fray3dendsofsanity]

Dark is like the cookie dough chunks and chocolate chips, World is the ice cream itself. They make each other bigger and better than they would be alone. Best reverb pedal design I've seen in a while. It's too bad it isn't stereo but I can live with it because it's phenomenal sounding

[@jeremychamplin1078]

Sounds amazing! I love how the dipswitches are easily accessible.

[@Robguitarjarvis]

Fab pedal, I own the eventide h3500 plus the Eventide space, and h9 Max they’re the best Reverb’s I’ve ever heard and they’re all stereo. Alas this sounds blooming awesome and why worry about stereo when you can just send it through two channels of a mixer and pan hard left and right adding if you like other stereo modulation or delay to the signal? Being mono for me is not a deal breaker at all. Chase Bliss are next level perfection!

[@ignaciopadilla-ts4jx]

Este pedal es para usar sintetizadores también?

[@ringhof]

Ahh finally back to pedals!

[@Emmanuel_DH]

Gerting a Knobs video as a pedal manufacturer is like a free 10M$ campaign

[@pookievanderbilt6889]

I would really love to see what notes Nd things are being played on the guitar to get these things to happen. I love what I hear but wonder what’s being done in order to achieve the sounds

[@Lobberzillo]

This sounds incredible crazy!!

[@thiskingbusiness]

thanks knobbles

[@victoreijkhout6146]

That Freeze mode sounds much more organic than the EHX freezers. Maybe time to replace my SuperEgo. This sounds better and does more.

[@saint-cetacean]

Look at the Infinite Jets too, that's another SE-killer, but obviously quite a bit more expensive

[@victoreijkhout6146]

@@saint-cetacean the demos make it sounds very glitchy. I'm hoping for something that sustains smoothly, but not with the glassy sound of the SE.

[@saint-cetacean]

@@victoreijkhout6146 you should be able to do pretty simple freeze sounds with it too iirc

[@Metron3]

Oh my fuckkk I need this

[@watchaddicts1213]

I am so late to the party, but... HOLY MOLY! Very glad I didn't push BUY on Empress just yet.

[@darionbuck4614]

Gwt with the times bro. This pedal was not very well received. People do not like the spring,plate and hall side. Empress reverb is waaay better

[@vhego]

Justin Vernon would love this.

[@BloodFireDoom]

If I owned this I probably wouldn't leave my house for a month

[@itsmemattt]

I think you jinxed the world

[@keep-it-real-1389]

say sike right now

[@dalisllama]

@@itsmemattt definitely glad I bought this 😂

[@chamberfield1]

Outstanding!

[@VolcaRock]

as always amazing presentation of a great new FX unit

[@SeanBoke]

Beautiful

[@AVDATheProducer]

Oh my!!! This world is perfect!

[@foramejora]

NEW KNOBS BABY

[@kgbinfo]

wow. this thing sounds alien and unusual and strange and beautiful.

[@keyoui2269]

Is this finally an all-digital Chase Bliss pedal? Is the filter on the tone knob analog?

[@Knobs]

Digital through and through

[@coopdiggitydawg13]

What synth is he using at the end?

[@TechnoShamanism]

wow, fantastic pedal it seems!

[@crouton3455]

I'm not a BEAR

[@chucklepadory]

Saving as we speak

[@Leo_Fender]

Dang dood! Knobs got serial #2!!

[@midnightsocean2689]

I love your vids and I don't even own a guitar anymore. Just wanted to let you know.

[@Jay7Fox]

Totoro !!!!! \o/

[@mikec6733]

I like demo videos where a guy comes on says "hi", and immediately goes ahead to explain and demo the pedal.

[@harfenspieler]

Otherworldly. Curious how it will go with harp... BTW, greetings from a fellow glider pilot! :-)

[@HauntedLabs]

Well done.

[@WingmanStudios]

Serial #2? Huh, it seems like you were probably given this pedal straight from the factory. How'd that happen?

[@PoyanPourshian]

Put out an album of all of these pedal demos. I'd buy that!

[@Firejowl]

Can someone explain to me what mono means me how it affects this product?

[@TimotheCatlin]

One input One output. Some pedals and many reverbs have a stereo output. I would say most guitarists historically only run one amplifier so mono is fine for most people for a guitar effect. So far, Chase Bliss Audio has not released a stereo effect. Perhaps one day.

[@Firejowl]

@@TimotheCatlin thank you

[@gumz4183]

Great video as always! Love it! I have a question, do you know of software VSTs that are similar to any of the pedals you showcase? Reverb, delay, effects, whatever. I can only find standard reverb, delays as VSTs. Import tax + delivery + high price = unable to purchase these in my country. VSTs are a more viable option but I am unable to find ones with similar effects as the pedals on your channel. Anyone know?

[@gumz4183]

anyone?

[@unoaotroa]

Hello, if you want to achieve similar results to the ones heard in Knobs' videos you can try experimenting with the topology of effects routing. Search google for "Brian Eno's sound treatment topologies" for more information.

[@LunaticTheCat]

You won't find any VSTs that do what this pedal does.

[@KodyXXVll]

@@LunaticTheCat i mean i'm sure one could easily be made. it's just a generation loss, +1/-1 octave shimmer, freeze function, plus keeley plate hall and spring reverb. in fact it would probably be exponentially easier to put all of those functions in a VST than it would a pedal, and cheaper too.

[@SamP-wx6yh]

Man I would love to see what the guitar player is doing. Just so I could hopefully learn their technique.

[@coreyw5981]

Right like that weird poppy raindrop type stuff

[@nickc4276]

has anyone tried connecting a cheapy kids toy keyboard from the 1980s and running it through a pedal like this? i bet it sounds amazing.

[@benj4087]

how do you get those juicy lil scraping noises on the strings when you play? super satisfying

[@rickc2102]

Small pick scrapes.

[@gdawgs101]

Scratching the pick along the wound strings

[@KirbyDee]

Amazing.

[@ModularLanding]

Great demo and looks like a great sounding pedal. I’m stoked. This and the thermae are ambient wacky godsends. CBA hitting it out of the park consistently. Yes I also might have liked stereo as an option but it’s not a deal breaker by any means.

[@pjsalty]

This is amazing. A modulation lovers wet dream. Or maybe wet nurse.

[@KodyXXVll]

honestly i had dark world listed on two sites for sale, and I watched this video with the intention to convince me not to sell it, and less than 5 minutes into it i ended both listings lol. thanks for the inspiration.

[@tendingtropic7778]

haha me too

[@KodyXXVll]

@@tendingtropic7778 it's amazing how different pedals are today than they were like 10 or 20 years ago. Now I'll have a pedal for years, read the manual multiple times, and still not have it dialed in until after like 3 youtube tutorials lol. (meris enzo is the biggest culprit of this)

[@Pandamasque]

Don't take this the wrong way, but in Knobs demos every pedal sounds like the Knobs. I'm not sure if I'd recognize the basic tubescreamer in one of your demos :D

[@chadcdavis]

Knobs should sell the very creative loops that get put through the pedals. I'm relatively positive all you need is that + any modern reverb + any modern delay to achieve this vibe. Knobs would make $$ and everyone would save ($350 x $numberOfPedalsReleased).

[@tommyconancoates7097]

@@chadcdavis just make a simple cassette loop and run it through a delay or/And reverb

[@Skwirl719]

Looking forward to it. I'm a fan of your videos & Chase Bliss, so this is really cool. I like the fact that a loop can still be kept pure if desired. Looks great, too (go with that)! Will there be a one-shot option so some samples are not automatically looped? For suggestions: TRS jacks to support both balanced & unbalanced applications, instrument/line/mic level switches for both I/O. Another thought: what about having a microSD card that can be unstalled internally as a secondary bank/onboard librarian? A user could have several banks of loops or samples for various applications (guitar, vocals, sound effects/samples, certain performances, etc.). The user can load one bank at a time to the Blooper's 1GB internal storage for immediate access from the controls. It could be handy for how some users arrange their archived loops and for last-minute changes to a setlist.

[@amuletsmusic]

ooo need to run some tape loops through this thing!

[@markolijus]

Oh yes sir, can't wait for that!

[@wickeddubz]

Do it please. You have those magic tapes

[@sprungingforvoltage]

love it.

[@scarfycoolcat]

this totally beats listening to annoying riffs like other pedal videos. this guy actually lets the pedal speak for its self.

[@bryangray4178]

Been waiting for this 😬

[@marcryan8169]

On some of that intro, is the the MOOD from Chase Bliss happening too?

[@bryansmith7758]

yea, it's all pretty and everything, but can it play 0-3-5?

[@lancecamposano3633]

I hope they make stereo version of dark world :(

[@narudh]

can this take modular levels? thanks

[@Knobs]

I wouldn't expect any pedal to take modular level. It's really loud. You'll have to attenuate the signal before you send it to a pedal (there are modules specifically for this, like the S.B.G by ALM or Merge by Adventure Audio)

[@TimotheCatlin]

+Knobs Analog Craftsman makes a module for interfacing with pedals as well.

[@narudh]

oh my god this pedal is fucking amazing

[@hyphield6471]

so does chase bliss only make reverb, delays and looper pedals???

[@tendingtropic7778]

nope also preamp distortion and fuzz lol

[@beef88]

Nice.

[@angelmariscal9838]

Why do all the pedals that you show have to have such a limited stock 😔

[@adamkempa4488]

this effect could rearrange some artists' pedalboards down to this one effect. Im thinking Eric Chenaux or some of Brian Eno records.

[@nicolascheca4619]

Please! Release the album!!! I'm desperate!