Chase Bliss Mood MKII: The ultimate ambient music pedal?

[@DavidHilowitzMusic]

I triggered a lot of well-meaning people by referring to my Nintendo DSi as a Gameboy. Apologies everyone! And yes, I was running the KORG DS-10+ synth on it.

[@ShignBright]

Wait so that wasn't an intentional joke?

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@ShignBright the winky face definitely made me think it was deliberate, I think the apology is just for the people who didn’t realise?

[@lucabarbagallo7313]

I thought it was a funny joke. No need to apologize right?

[@drindy5166]

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[@ProfessorSaibertin]

Thx for the overview!

[@ideatorx]

6:15 dear freaking god. Genius. I've never wanted a pedal so badly. Just get blazed and make ambient music for hours.

[@Fabermorrow]

you could literally just do this on ur computer but infinitely more deep and interesting, you could play all the notes on ur keyboard! OR even could use ur phone, you have to have either one of em seeing as you left the comment.

[@yungerrx]

@@Fabermorrow ye but it ain’t as fun as with a real pedal

[@andrew-11]

@@Fabermorrow some of us don't want to be attached to a computer. i do that shit all day. play video games. music is a different space for me physically and mentally

[@Fabermorrow]

@@andrew-11 totally get ya, and totally agree just some people don't realise they can do anything with the things they already have and get stuck buying things to make something instead of just making something

[@Fabermorrow]

@@andrew-11 and also some of us only use our computer for music like myself so i have a special connection with it

[@kaitlyn__L]

I’m always impressed by how you manage to do so much with just one or two pieces of equipment. I’m still very much having to fight that maximalist urge to do a million things on every track and never finish anything.

[@taylorvistheguy]

I feel you bro ✊🏿🥲

[@Npakaderm]

That urge is the hardest thing to deal with, I swear. Sometimes I have to remind myself that less is more.

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@Npakaderm for sure. I keep wanting to layer more subtle variations on the synth patch or stack a chord full of extensions and I have to keep reminding myself to scale that back and save it for big moments. Also sometimes sound design can get your perspective skewed. The other month I was trying to make the beefiest saw/PWM patch I could with intermodulating LFO resonance, LFO phase, overdrive, etc, and kept going “no… it needs to be fatter!” Nevertheless I recorded noodling around for 10 minutes, then when I came back to it a couple months later I was like “jeez this is thick as treacle, you can hardly tell the chord as it is, this is plenty fat enough!”

[@mycosys]

'Art is never finished, only abandoned' - DaVinci. 'All art is knowing when to stop' Toni Morisson. Tho tbh i kinda admire ppl who can fit a million things in a track.... i get to like 6 tracks and im like...... nothing else can fit XD Also, never forget that art is not a product, its a process. & Music is a communication game. You play music, you dont produce it.

[@NoBandwidthHere]

When you plugged in the pocket Miku, my soul nearly left my body.

[@MatsuHiroshi]

You managed to make something that sounds great very quickly with that pocket Miku. Fantastic work as always!

[@andthensoclear]

This seems to be a remarkable pedal, and I really like how you use it. I especially like how you combine it with the voice synth 😄. Thanks David for all your creative work, and for the effort spent on the Decent Sampler. I use it almost daily.

[@mikey4554]

I've been watching your content since I was 10. Now, I'm 20 and I still watch your content, I love your work, man, and I wish I could be music maker like you. Keep up the good work.😊❤❤

[@RGoots]

As always, a fantastic review, demo, and video that fills me with the urge to continue creating - especially exploring more sound design elements. You and your channel are a large reason my first synth is the microfreak that I recently got my hands on and have been loving making my own patches for.

[@SalutanisOrkonus]

0:18 weird lookin gameboy you got there

[@klonewavverr2909]

Yeah, it's a Nintendo, not a Gameboy, duh.

[@DavidHilowitzMusic]

you're right. for some reason I’ve always thought of the DS as a Gameboy

[@MaxKhilo]

I do not understand half of the information in videos, but each time the end result is just mesmerizing 🙂.

[@alfberger3150]

Almost a granular synth with cool effects! Beautiful sounds!

[@uv77mc85]

Its more expensive than some granular synths.

[@katrat5450]

That’s exactly what I thought when he said how the stretch Motorworks, my mind went to granular synthesis

[@gastarbeiter8384]

@@uv77mc85 yea its so expensive…

[@mycosys]

@@katrat5450 Your English is excellent - i wouldnt have noticed but for translating engine as motor

[@mycosys]

@@uv77mc85 and does more.

[@armilacho5616]

Man that Miku voice hit hard, almost cryed fr 6:19, beautiful tones David

[@max_gensler]

My wife and I watched three of your videos. High af she said " this guy is amazing, he's literally American Paddington" and it couldn't be more true. Love your videos!

[@lowandodor1150]

I love that final melody....how good to have found you!

[@mycawild]

That was an amazing demo of the pedal and I loved the loop you made ❤

[@TheWolfboy512]

That's such a beautiful sound. Thank you for your videos and the incredible Decent Sampler.

[@RemitheDreamfox]

AWWW YEAH, I was really hoping you were going to do a video on the Mood! Awesome video, fantastic work with the miku part as well, it sounds so cool :3

[@crtzmo]

Another beautiful arrangement - thank you David!

[@BaronBlackmore]

Chase bliss pedals are basically instruments by themselves - so intense

[@ChrisCadenhead]

Agreed!

[@gilesmoss5860]

Great video! Yet again I'm in awe of how beautiful the melodies you come up with are. I always think this, whenever you seem to pluck one out of mid air it always makes me think there's no way I could have come up with something so lovely.

[@Lv-eg4xh]

One of the coolest pedals I’ve ever seen in my life. Waiting on mine in the mail

[@straightup7up]

Your videos are simple but so vivid. The purple MOOD looks pretty under that lighting. It's a great channel, David, keep up the good work.

[@thankyoumisterspell]

The little bit with the Miku sounded fantastic! Been wanting a Mood for a long time, I might have to go after one soon.

[@L.G.]

That way you layered in the Pocket Miku was fantastic! Great video!

[@neekonsaadat2532]

This is a beautiful demonstration of the pedal, thank you 🙏

[@kaff_1o169]

Simply. This is a Radiohead pedal! I hear this pedal screaming, "Eeeeeee-eed!" and wobbly Greenwood guitar!

[@BullyMaguire4ever]

More like an Ed O’Brien pedal, but surprisingly he doesn’t seem to use any chase bliss on his most recent pedal board build.

[@blueberry.soundscapes]

I almost closed the tab with this demo. But then the part with the clock know started. It's just awesome!

[@mpingo91]

0:31 Wow, that manual! Reminds me of my chemistry books (special editions for children and teens) I read with bated breath when I was a teenager. Love the style! 🤩

[@seijiarita]

As always your videos brighten my day, great melodies as always, Bravo!

[@sr60030]

Really enjoying listening something out of your typical I-IV progression The miku jam was superb man

[@Domzdream]

I’ve been looking for a whole for a pedal to play ambient sounds. I’ve found it on this video. Thank you!

[@drcockles]

Lovely demo, it simplified the controls in a way that is easy to understand and showed the musical and creative possibilities of this gem of a pedal, thanks

[@FreedomIsntFree-gd2hg]

Just a word to the wise: I’ve had my Strymon Big Sky for 3 years. It does this and more(with the exception of delay). The Cloud setting is amazing. (Research it). Spend the extra $79. You’ll be glad you did.

[@mycosys]

LOL

[@katrat5450]

Stretch mode works in the same way as granular synthesis. Each one of those slices is referred to as a grain cool to see it applied on a effects pedal!!!

[@aqueiz2009]

Whenever you post a new video you make my day. Thank you for the effort you put into these amazing videos!

[@TacoMaster3211]

That's not a Gameboy, it's a DS.

[@DavidHilowitzMusic]

you’re right ;)

[@bricelory9534]

That's not a moon, that's a battle station!

[@looigaming3380]

this is not just a DS… not even a wii…. this is a nintendo switch!!!

[@burywite]

No, it’s a “Natendo” 😂

[@BigBoots-ms5fq]

@@bricelory9534that’s not moon, that’s mood!

[@guitarben2000]

Daughter just got this for her 3 album. Should make the sound even more dynamic. Great video

[@normg2242]

That's a very sweet melody you came up with there...!

[@Loneranger670]

That hand synth was incredible

[@dumbmonika3188]

Daaaamn this pedal sounds sooo gooooood btw the miku song you made sounded like something porter Robinson would make absolutely amazing . And kevin penkin needs to get on this pedal he will surely make some amazing staff .

[@ezekielm9966]

THIS PEDAL IS INSANNNEEE

[@andrewiantorno6942]

Definitely can make some Dark Ambient/Industrial noise with that. That's so damn cool.

[@aliwankenobi]

Miku voice over 👌 its a great tune you just came out with. Been digging this channel love work David. Its been inspiring and calm

[@Peter28148]

amazing job!! i live it so much!!

[@realperson2208]

You have such a good ear for beautiful melodies!

[@iowalks]

That voice pitcher thing with the anime is awesome 👌

[@deltaunder1872]

Came for the pedal review but looped the video so I could have that melody play over and over.

[@Zini-tortillini]

Reviews for chase bliss pedals are typically way too long or don’t help me understand the options. This video, however, is perfect. A really helpful representation of the pedal in 9 minutes

[@davidgauntlett01]

What a wonderful video. Thank you!!

[@Neotoribaru]

Love the two screened Gameboy^^

[@TamDNB]

Those sounds got to me, absolutely gorgeous

[@toddmcdaniels1567]

This is the sort of thing where they should just abandon the standard pedal size. The speed of playback/loop length should have a separate foot switch for each speed/loop length like the way one moves through presets in a POG. Bending over in the middle of a musical piece for a guitarist is wholly undesirable. That said, this has very attractive capabilities. I do want one.

[@thegrate1521]

ok that miku segment was beautiful

[@deniselias5405]

Hi David, I'm looking for a new FX, my first out of the box FX. What would you choose if you only could buy one. This one or the Hologram Microcosm? For Revery, Delay and pad stuff and other FX. Like as main FX thing to spice signals up.

[@ftlaud911]

Had the Microcosm. It can do some amazing sounds, but it's unpreditable. Also I felt thw sound quality was lacking. Wanted to love it, but sold it. The Mood MKII looks like a better unit imho. May get one soon to try it out.

[@mycosys]

Poly Beebo

[@tendingtropic7778]

wow! that pocket miku through the mood sounds great. could you make that into a decent sampler pack too? i'd defintely become a patreon!

[@bilbydilby]

im BEGGING you to make a full/slightly longer version of the Track you made with the Pocket Miku - it is absolutely fire and would love it in my library to listen to but also could see it going viral on tik tok or otherwise

[@KazzArie]

Sounds like a cross between m83 and… someone else I don’t recall the name. Beautiful sounds out of that pedal!

[@howdytherestranger2139]

lol the beginning of the miku melody sounds like meltdown, an absolute banger of a vocaloid track

[@JMLRecording]

The time stretching looper sounds like a granular sampler, like GR-1 tasty chips. Sick

[@edwardfletcher7790]

Dammmn, it's Kitaro in a pedal ! 😲

[@ralbertbennett7180]

Really enjoyed the video and the pedal. Is there a video on that cool DIY cigar box style guitar? Would love to see more on that.

[@DaveFore_AudioEngineering]

Mine is in the mail! Thanks for the cool overview!

[@us3r11]

This one really surprised me. Thanks for the review. Looking forward to it's availability in Europe. Cannot find it anywhere at the moment.

[@theflamerising1767]

I’m glad I watched this video before getting one… it saved me a few bucks! Thanks buddy.

[@Vercingetorix061983]

That design is awesome!

[@Cold_Hearted_World]

Just bought one because of your video. Cheers 👍

[@Sokko13]

floored. absolutely floored!

[@soutonco]

Hey man! Awesome video! I have a question, when you unplug your input, does the loop still hold?

[@jaimeflor4181]

As someone that plays guitar and keyboard 🎹, I’m definitely interested in this pedal.

[@MusicalWizardryMarcoIannello]

What a lovely piece of equipment!

[@oliverziehme8981]

Beautiful soundscapes!

[@Alfa75V6]

the reverb is exceptional

[@hmr28]

I've never heard of pocket miku. Neat little device. Do you know of anything similar that sells now? I can only find this on ebay.

[@hmr28]

@nebula393 darn. Do you have suggestions for places to look to find one?

[@travisraab]

Hi! Great video. What camera do you use? asking for a friend

[@mikeshvedov6981]

The final song... has strange KITARO vibes (the one of the New Age music guys, who actually started that thing like in early 70s)

[@josephwright5921]

Vintage Kitaro is sweet, especially just about everything before 1986 or so. Too bad his entire back catalog has not gone onto Spotify. A few classic titles have gone missing.

[@kikkirow]

This is so amazing

[@ninjaowl9881]

Thank you so much for this, this video is incredible. I have to get one of those.

[@PogaYlants]

Your arrangement sounded a bit like Horn by Nick Drake at the beginning!! Great video!

[@GirlfightClub]

This is so pure ❤

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

The demos remind me of the old Zvex demos ….. which is a good thing.

[@underwatersunlight3795]

Hey Dave. Great video! How would you compare the Mood to the Microcosm? Which would you use for which purposes? Is the sound quality approx. the same or do you have a preference between the two?

[@underwatersunlight3795]

Can anyone here compare the two?

[@sentriesband]

That miku jam was beautiful what the hell

[@sons7429]

Great video! Is that the chase bliss midi box?

[@FE_O]

Arpegiating that thing just reminds me of Oliver Buckland, I NEED MORE

[@croatoansounds]

Man this sounds great!!

[@SteveAstronaut]

We need a comparison with the Soma Labs Cosmos.

[@jfairplane8520]

The midi keyboard.. is all knob need to be fit to a button on your keyboard and then you have the ,knob range, over the keyboard ? Thanks nice video demo !

[@winterkat8693]

I really like the music you play/make on this videos. Its very "Intersteller" "space" "now world" "emotional(melancholy like)" like feel to me. dont know the exact word but very soothing

[@CHodgy]

I love your 3-string guitar, sounds great! I was a huge Presidents of the United States fan back in the 90s, and strung my guitar with 3-strings. Im not sure thats where you would have got the inspiration from, but 😂

[@JoelBrownMD]

Incredible!❤

[@AthulK7-l6g]

0:17 its a not a gameboy, its a ds btw love your content 👍👍

[@Kim_Ilia]

Amazing video and pedal!

[@ThePedalboardOrchestra]

Great demo 👍👍 This pedal is awesome 💜💜

[@StudioOOMZ]

fantastic. thank you

[@manofthewest67]

You put this together and explained it very well, i watched this on a tablet and the stereo came out very clear and clean, i have a vampire modeling amp and a boss multi so not really in the market for a new pedal at the moment, if one came up on the 2nd hand market i may consider, thanks.

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

Legendary in ambient circles? I've never heard of it.

[@evanwilliams8908]

“Ultimate ambient pedal? “ normally titles like that are click bait, but when you see that it’s Chase Bliss, you know it’s legit.

[@theTrend7]

These pedals are so awesome.....

[@pedalscapes]

Great sounds thank you 😎

[@balhallak]

Wow that is so beautiful ❤