THERMAE: Analog Delay / Pitch-Shifter Tutorial w/ SEF (Your Favorite Enemies)

Today we have a very special tutorial from our friend SEF from the band Your Favorite Enemies. Shot in their studio in a repurposed church in Montreal, SEF shows off several of Thermae's features (from relatively simple to advanced). Here are the sections:
0:23 - intro
1:34 - set up basic delay w/ modulation
2:44 - step vs. sequence mode (sequence mode example)
3:51 - step mode example
4:48 - glide knob explanation (and ramping glide knob example)
6:34 - midi / preset explanation
7:19 - SEF thermae jam

[@homeslice1479]

When is SEF's audiobook series coming out? I could listen to him all day. Great demo!

[@SefLemelinOfficial]

Thanks a lot! All day… Dude… You'll get even crazier than me!!!

[@davidkristian6606]

I've owned this pedal for quite some time now and these are settings I've never tried, and then some! Amazing.

[@cujocommander]

I just got this pedal I needed help, but that just ruled. All around inspiring 🤘

[@aliciaramama5387]

Always in love with Sef's french accent! 😍😍😍

[@SefLemelinOfficial]

Hope you're able to understand me!!!! ;)

[@ancientmartianunderground6413]

Epic..... Rasputin presentation sets new level while pedal shines just as bright

[@RobFlaxMusic]

This is the best demo yet... Super creative uses of the insane feature set. I’ve spent the last seven months touring without my Thermae, but I miss it dearly. Gonna have to pick up a switcher soon...

[@SefLemelinOfficial]

Thanks a lot, Rob! What kind of music are you doing? Dude… You must put it back in your pedalboard! It can expand your possibilities quite a lot to work with it!

[@RobFlaxMusic]

@@SefLemelinOfficial It's on one board with one band, but I've been doing lots of solo dates with a very tiny fly rig. Empress ZOIA covers a lot of ground, but Thermae is magic... I will probably have to make a second small board that I can have a few more pedals, and the Thermae is one of the ones on that little board!

[@SefLemelinOfficial]

@@RobFlaxMusic Thanks for sharing man! That’s the kind of pedal that pushes me to explore new territories! The Empress ZOIA is a crazy beast as well, you enjoy working with it? I’ll use the Thermae and MOOD from Chase Bliss on our European tour!

[@RobFlaxMusic]

@@SefLemelinOfficial ZOIA is incredible, yes! You can even control Chase Bliss pedals with the ZOIA, creating really complex Midi stuff on the pedal to control other pedals... But I'm not there yet haha.

[@timblackwood6068]

Sef's FB post got me here! Don't understand much about pedals but he makes me want to buy it anyways! :) Love you from the heart dude!!!

[@SefLemelinOfficial]

Love you too brother! I'm grateful to be able to live this sonic adventure with you!

[@KunchangLeeMusic]

Love my thermae 🌊

[@SefLemelinOfficial]

This pedal is so innovative and the concept is brilliant! Have you had it for a long time? What kind of music do you play?

[@KunchangLeeMusic]

Sef Lemelin I’ve had it for a month now - I’ve been for the longest time a fingerstyle player - everything from classical to contemporary stuff - but just recently got into pedals - love the way a great pedal can inspire you to play in a new way

[@therealnafis3637]

This video is just as inspiring as the the pedal itself. Thank you Chase Bliss Audio and thank you Sef!

[@SefLemelinOfficial]

Thanks a lot!!!

[@johnnyandthedinosaurs]

Thermae is just amazing, best pedal I own! Great tutorial!

[@Matthew-b2i]

First I was scared, then I was intrigued, and then... I was sold.

[@bplimpton]

i'm liking this before I finish

[@SefLemelinOfficial]

Thanks a lot Ben! I like doing this and I must admit that the Chase Bliss pedals are getting me crazy!

[@PinkBoardProducts]

This video was an absolute pleasure in every way

[@SefLemelinOfficial]

Thanks a lot, really appreciated!

[@jordanshoemaker1817]

That last minute got me! would love to hear this with my ms-20!!

[@SefLemelinOfficial]

Thanks Jordan! It’s so cool to see how this passion we both share for sound and music can trigger us to push our own limits!

[@accurtis2763]

Sef is too amazing at this.

[@thomashudson6234]

I have that same jazzmaster...such an incredible guitar.

[@Vitaphone]

Thomas Hudson what’s with the paint job? Is it legit worn in, or is it some kind of distressed finish?

[@thomashudson6234]

That's the original finish...it's called transparent forest green. I believe it's a satin finish

[@SefLemelinOfficial]

Hey Thomas! That's freakin cool! I did some mods on it! I changed the bridge pick up for a Curtis Novak JM-FAT and I changed the bridge for a Mastery Bridge!

[@thomashudson6234]

@@SefLemelinOfficial ha that's incredible...mine's got a mastery bridge and a Novak Tele pickup in the bridge.

[@markhammer643]

Joel always comes to the Festivale Sonore in September at UQAM, along with the "Ottawa Pedal Mafia" (Guillaume Fairfield, Steve Bragg, Tim Larwill, myself), Scott "knobs" Harper, and a number of other Canadian pedal makers. I hope we can meet at the next one. VERY nice demo. We need more showing the use of the dipswitches.

[@SefLemelinOfficial]

Thanks a lot Mark! There are so many possibilities with this pedal! This kind of “internal expression pedal” is a brilliant concept and the MIDI capabilities are offering me everything I need to work live with it!

[@markhammer643]

@@SefLemelinOfficial I have to say, your verbal delivery is special. For a moment I thought I was seeing a gear demo from "Mad Dog" Vachon!

[@betweenthelines]

Who is this mystical tone wizard and where can we see more gear demonstrations from him?!

[@CultoftheMilkBird]

I’ve really liked this pedal since it came out but then I hear this demo and the one from pedalzone and I’m absolutely in love with it! So many options I didn’t know you could go to! Thanks for the killer demo Sef! Also, what’s that short scale bass you’re playing? Sounds/looks phenomenal in conjunction with the Tm Jazz!

[@bigpk2003]

I think it’s a tenor/baritone guitar

[@ScottGailor]

My brother! Such and amazing video! Great job Sef! (Damm autocorrect)

[@SefLemelinOfficial]

Thanks a lot brother! You're behind all this man! ;)

[@ScottGailor]

Sef Lemelin just bringing my brothers together!

[@homeslice1479]

This is why the ES-8 causes your rig to go Super Saiyan. If you know how to use it, it can unlock so much potential in your other pedals. There are smaller and cheaper ways to accomplish what he was doing as well, but the ES-8 is an incredible switcher as well and nothing matches its incredible feature set.

[@SefLemelinOfficial]

Totally agree with you! With the kind of music I'm doing, I would not be able to manage all my effects without my ES-8! Do you have one? What kind of music do you play?

[@Subtronik]

Rasputin has been reincarnated because I’m very excite.

[@masmachina803]

I love da Termay!

[@SefLemelinOfficial]

Yes, and I must tell you that there are other crazy mind-blowing pedals crafted by Chase Bliss!

[@masmachina803]

Sef, pray tell, but they are more?

[@mauadachi]

6:42 lol 😂

[@leptyga]

MEC! SEF! Trop fort ton englais! Poetic meme!

[@SefLemelinOfficial]

Hey mon David! Je pense bien que je serais le pire des poètes!!!!

[@ERIAGISAQ]

How did you make everything slower in 8min 36sec? Such a awesome sound. Much love from Nuuk Greenland

[@ERIAGISAQ]

Would love a reply here :-)

[@Racosz]

Love the intro music. Where does it come from? Sound fucking amazing.

[@SefLemelinOfficial]

Thanks a lot! The artist is Alex Henry Foster & The Long Shadows, it's the song Summertime Departures from the album Windows in the Sky: open.spotify.com/album/3jLB1LEluP22cZ3aqOuiuU

[@francismcfadden3305]

Is there a setting on the thermae that lets you use it like a regular pitch shifter? Like without delay? Like have the delay speed as fast as possible, no regen, and mix knob all the way up? Would that work? I'd totally buy it if so. Analog pitch shifters are hard to come by

[@samdeters6162]

Late answer , but the pitch shifting comes from modulating the delay time. So it's just a momentary pitch shift every time that happens. If you've ever played with the knobs on an analog delay, this basically allows you to do that instantaneously and rhythmically while hitting predetermined intervals. Although it's one of my favorite pedals that I own, I always thought that "pitch shifter" was a bit misguiding to those unfamiliar with the way that analog delays behave (me up until quite recently)

[@francismcfadden3305]

@@samdeters6162 Ah thanks.

[@andregodbout5444]

zing un delais...LOL..ton set-up ferait rougir Robert Fripp!

[@fjurden]

@4:00 amazing!

[@SefLemelinOfficial]

Thanks, Frank! This pedal has been a great challenge for me and it inspired me to create music for this video!

[@fjurden]

@@SefLemelinOfficial Question about the midi you're sending at 4:00: on the ES8, i assume you're sending CC# to the thermae, and youre toggling between two values? an octave up and octave down? i am very curious about that segment in the vid so any more details would be appreciated!

[@SefLemelinOfficial]

@@fjurden Yes, I’m sending CC# (CC# 93) to the Thermae to activate the pitch shifting manually. The CC# 93 is the Tap Switch of the Thermae. It’s easier for me to use a switch of my ES-8 instead of using the Thermea’s! The intervals used in this example are the -oct and +4th!

[@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer]

FYI; "Deelay" is Swedish for "delay."

[@jasper374]

ooooh

[@Trafffic1092]

Last 30 seconds sounds like it could be part of the Mirror's Edge soundtrack

[@alainauger1733]

Salut Sef! Excellent vidéo! J’ai une Thermae comme neuve à vendre, et là tu me fais hésiter... hmmmmm... anyway, je pense pas l’utiliser à fond.... donc si tu connais quelqu’un que ça pourrait intéresser... 👍

[@SefLemelinOfficial]

Merci beaucoup Alain! Si tu veux mon opinion, je lui donnerais une autre chance!!!! SI tu prends le temps, tu vas risquer de découvrir des choses complètement folles!

[@Kaleil]

Yo, can somebody give me an ID on that Mustang-ish bass?

[@SefLemelinOfficial]

It's a Warren Ellis Tenor Baritone from Eastwood! eastwoodguitars.com/collections/warren-ellis/products/warren-ellis-tenor-baritone-2p

[@ZenMountain]

Is that Borat?

[@sph33_]

I wish SEF was my friend

[@SefLemelinOfficial]

I believe friendship is fed through simple moments like this one where we can share about something we love! Happy to share this moment with you!

[@JB_Eckl]

I’m in the first 30 seconds and this already rips

[@f33fifofum]

Dee-lay

[@buckbumble]

French Jared Dines