Generation Loss MKII // Walkthrough

[@audiosemaphore7983]

I love that this has been developed by actually studying and analyzing tape devices and their intricacies and idiosyncrasies. I've tried a bazillion lofi pedals at this point, and have never found one that matches the vibe of the Gen Loss, and am super pumped to get a mkii!! Amazing work!! P.S. - If you want to go ahead and make some "What is wow?" t-shirts, I think those would be a hit.

[@everonlyallforthee]

What's been your favorite so far, other than the Gen Loss?

[@audiosemaphore7983]

@@everonlyallforthee probably the shallow water, but it’s a totally different vibe and I would hesitate to called it “lofi”. It’s a great pedal!

[@amuletsmusic]

Seriously such an honor to be a small part of this epic and exciting pedal! 🙏🖤

[@DopAscetik]

Broken thing!!!

[@pudakak]

OF COURSE you had to be involved with something like GLMKII ❤️

[@balloonhead61]

I shall name my newborn 'broken thing' in honour

[@timrabjohns]

Some epic tape knowledge on this pedal! 🔥

[@90mphsleep]

@@balloonhead61 naming something after something.. the opposite of generation loss

[@JamesCorbettMusic5000]

Sounds so good, and good to hear synths through it. So many guitar vids that don’t show a pedal to its full potential

[@mobdividual]

i have two different microcassette recorders, a 4-track, 8track reel, radio shack recorder, a vintage porta-reel, a vcr (and its just too damn laborious for me to use all that stuff on a regular for making music... even though thats where my heart truly is...) and grew up in the 80s listening to music on walkmans and i just cant believe how close this is to all of that AND then some - please keep this in production, guys, (as much as you can) i cant afford it right now but can save up. but there's zero chance ill be able to afford the aftermarket prices. this thing, jeez, is just everything! 🤘🏾🙌🏾

[@AndyAcker]

Same here on owning a bunch of old tape machines. I use a micro cassette and portastudio mostly, but the analogue gear needs dedicated repairs, maintanance, transport, set-up, etc. I like the idea of this mkii having options all in one pedal, in a decent form factor. Also with you on the money thing. I can't justify slapping down a $400 deposit on something that isn't guaranteed, given the demand. And the aftermarket on previous versions is so insane. Guess I'll just sit back and watch this play out, after 3 years of some version of the Gen Loss or another prominently on the wishlist. All in all, it's awesome to see this new version come together.

[@mobdividual]

@@AndyAcker well and putting it that way in terms of cost of that type of analog gear now, this is cheap! and even just as a pedal for what it does, its a great price. and yeah all in all just super glad this came together, its going to change the types of devices others make and hopefully the approach they take to making them

[@ejjes]

It's supposedly entering the standard lineup at CBA. They clearly dislike how much scalping is going on 👍

[@BinxKnight1488]

I have a few portastudios i use regularly but im excited to get this in the mix too. Love tape magic but the ability to control so many different aspects of the sound is tantalizing lol

[@mobdividual]

@@BinxKnight1488 my acoustic guitar and micro cassette recorder is where i caught the recording bug; ima bust out all my old stuff this weekend. im inspired all over again!

[@theuniverseinstereo3453]

We bought our generation loss directly from Chase bliss and have been using it in our music videos, it is easily the single most amazing pedal I have ever used in 40 years of recording music! Thanks so much!

[@ChaseBlissAudio]

Awwww! Thanks!

[@stefankarlssonice]

Amazing work Tom - knocked it out of the park!

[@TheTomBrookes]

I f'ing love the little wink by Cooper at the beginning!!!

[@christopherecatalano]

I had to go back and see that. Amazing❤️

[@CoreyZ232]

I am so stoked to finally get a Gen Loss straight from the sources and this one looks so killer. Thanks for your research on the pedal and excellent work on the demo!

[@RustyTonesJr]

Incredible pedible! I finally listened with headphones. Yikes. So many sounds. Thank you CB! At a bare minimum, this will be my new overdrive pedal. I can't see ever turning it off. I'm definitely gonna get cramps from turning the knobs.

[@Tree_Strings]

Speechless. This is going to find its way onto alot of cool music in coming years. Incredible

[@Wolf_K]

I got my first CBA pedal last week. The Gen Loss. While I’ve barely scratched the surface of its potential I can already confirm I love it. Beautifully made as well. I use it in parallel with my Zvex Lo-Fi Instant pedal (another Joel Korte pedal IIRC), the Lo-Fi Loop Junky and a RC-2 looper. The Gen Loss and Lo-Fi Instant are basically always on pedals for me. Thanks guys! PS Tom, I like the classic mode a lot as well. Thanks, man!

[@allfluxedup6924]

I really appreciate your earnest approach to this video. A lot of other pedal maker videos are either straight sales pitches or trying to be ironically funny, but I'm bored by both of those and just want to hear people being real. Thank you 🙏

[@ianpullman203]

Pre-Ordered this with some excitement, now I’m over the moon excited. Can’t wait!

[@jt3483]

I'm so excited about this pedal! More than any of the other recent Chase Bliss pedals or any other company release really. It sounds so amazing, and I can easily understand how I would use it. Thanks for this video! I already had placed my pre-order, and now I'm just more hyped. Congrats guys!

[@Genshi]

Wow! I don't know how I missed this pedal before, but I have to get one (unfortunately I'm so broke right now.) Would make a great pairing with my Buchla Music Easel. If you guys want to send me one so I can do a demo of it with the Buchla... ;)

[@kitespongan]

Wow that would be incredible! Did you end up getting a Gen Loss?

[@Genshi]

@@kitespongan I did. Videos on my channel. Need to do better ones though to do justice to both the pedal and the Music Easel...

[@kitespongan]

@@Genshi Oh wow I’m a subscriber ha. I’ll give it a watch!

[@lophiile]

MK1 was one of these craziest pedals I've ever messed with... absolutely beside myself I snagged an MK2 preorder... just pure genius engineering

[@jesseasch-ortiz6136]

I love that im watching a Gen Loss vid in 2160p 4k right now :P

[@skeletal_glowers4997]

The dog side-eyeing the amp makes this video 1000% more awesome

[@JohnWWarrenGuitar]

Very excited about this pedal; ordered it the minute it came up for pre-order. This video just makes me more excited.

[@subradial]

Amazing, can't wait to get it when available, it delivers all the stuff I always loved growing up with 8-bit computers, VHS and copied compact cassettes, I don't have it but I already feel it's one of my favourite pedals...

[@StephenMcLeod]

Is that the OB-6 demo track I hear at about 8:52?!

[@TheFakeMikeLWatts]

This is really an incredible feat of engineering. Holy sheets. Thank you for creating mkII!

[@Drewmedin]

I am so stoked for that Saturate knob. You have no idea!!!!

[@LauraSquirrel]

I am so psyched for this! The fact that it is stereo is perfect for my set up.

[@pudakak]

Incredible! Thanks for diving deeper into analyzing the tape decay and for keeping this one as a cb staple. This deserves to be used and heard for years to come. So much love for you all.

[@ChaseBlissAudio]

thank you!!!

[@cosmicevan]

Dang you folks. I almost made it 3 mins before hitting pause and dropping in a preorder. Bravo.

[@cosmicevan]

Oh wow...just watched the rest of the video. You've really outdone yourselves.

[@TylorDory]

I was already happy I pre-ordered this, now I’m….. Double happy? It’s sounds incredible! Just have to make an album with this beast on every single track this fall/winter.

[@KodyXXVll]

this is going to be an incredibly popular pedal. chase bliss is the best pedal company....ever.

[@chamberfield1]

Pre-ordered! Great work guys, this looks awesome.

[@El...Presidente]

Ahhhh all these broken sounds are so soothing to my broken soul 🫠

[@xorshidjomjomeh80]

I just love everything about chase bliss you all sound "LIKE OLD FRIENDS"

[@DenManTau]

This is sooo good. Well done Cooper and everyone else ! :)

[@degradedecho8397]

Cooper is so lovely. This offering sounds/reads incredible!

[@ejjes]

Oh my god, Cooper's wink at the beginning 😍 Can't wait to get mine. I'm deciding an entire stereo send & return for this baby 🤘

[@neoaureus]

Joel and team .. I loved TEFI Labs Golden Era ... now sold out everywhere... I thought they had it figured out... You guys have blown the roof off the concept. I own a bunch of VST cassette and vinyl effects .. .but this takes the cake !

[@PedalPlayhouse]

Oh god I can’t eat for mine to be shipped now ahhh! Soo good! The attention to detail with tape sound that was put into this is really inspiring already. Well done guys! I’m excited to send habit into the Gen Loss!! That’s gonna be amazing!!

[@dwellerinblack7816]

Oh my God! I also eat my guitar pedals!

[@PedalPlayhouse]

@@dwellerinblack7816 damn I thought I was alone!! Jaws of metal Solidarity dude!

[@dwellerinblack7816]

@@PedalPlayhouse I can't wait to taste the painted aluminum casing and the circuitry fillings 🤤

[@PedalPlayhouse]

@@dwellerinblack7816 it’s a total solder SNACK! 😋

[@dwellerinblack7816]

@@PedalPlayhouse Mmm, yummy! 😝

[@seibeltron1593]

Instant preorder! I’ve always wanted one, so stoked! Reminds me of jogging with my old Walkman when I was in high school listening to a crap copy of a copy of yngwie malmsteen… so yeah I’m stoked.

[@natetorres2451]

Just wanted to say, Ya'll are killing it

[@MrGeoffashley]

I cannot wait to get my hands on one of these. Beyond my music projects, this will be a perfect audio effects unit for film projects…I already know how to make the destroyed video visuals, but this takes all the audio work and breaks it down to a handful of knobs. Brilliant work!!

[@RQ3S]

I have an OG Gen Loss and I've used the hell out of it for recording. It's tricky live though with the level drop out. I've missed the boat with every version since. I'm beyond stoked for this ultimate version!

[@Erickchicas]

After watching the video I'm even more excited about this!! the hard part comes now, waiting for it to get here!

[@lifecycles590]

Very cool, but one humble suggestion/request: is there a possibility of making saturation and maybe failure accessible in 'Classic' mode via some kind of button press or whathaveyou? I'm sure a lot of people would like to retain the full filter capabilities while being able to mix these in. The models are probably cool but being able to tune your own bands was kind of essential. I'm very thankful that you kept the ability to switch back to the classic type but that saturation would be so nice to have while still being able to tweak frequency bands.

[@grzzl]

5:55 and I've melted ❤

[@jonaseggen2230]

Yes! I Wanted MK1 but when I got the money it was sold out so I bought the Warped Vinyl Hi-Fi instead, (Facepalm!, I was looking for Lo-Fi) So I sold it and got Shallow Water and later the T-120 Video Tape Echo and El Capistan, second hand. So one might think that I got enough of varble and tape destruction in my rig, (Eurorack btw) but, in short, no. Only regret is the lack of Cooper on the pedal.

[@ChaseBlissAudio]

Don't worry his face is on the foot of the pedal

[@jonaseggen2230]

@@ChaseBlissAudio "Oh my!" Judy Garland The following video describes how I feel about this : )

[@josephbruceryan6438]

But we still don't have an answer to the most important question - do we get pictures of Cooper if we buy this pedal?

[@obtusetm7808]

WOW I almost bought a V1 yesterday. Very glad I waited

[@JoshBeavers]

I'm just gonna keep watching this everyday until mine arrives

[@adamcarignan7199]

Beyond excited for this one, nice job fellas!

[@Duskmos]

So excited to get mine! It sounds SO GOOD (or so bad, haha, depending on how you want to look at it). Can't wait!

[@deafmutenurse]

So stoked! Thanks guys!

[@dazeja]

Goooooot Damn Chase Bliss. Generation Loss, Habit, Mood, Blooper, Thermae? I can’t afford all of this but I want it.

[@mitchwoodbine]

Never preordered anything this quickly before! So excited!

[@XIIMonkeysMusicGroup]

My Gen Loss MkII is on order! Can't wait till it arrives!

[@captainlovett4724]

The ultimate tape emulator ? I would say so. The stereo imaging is delightful. Can’t wait to add to my CBA collection 🙏🏻

[@ChaseBlissAudio]

thank you!!

[@jessejarrar]

Beautiful! I can’t wait to run some synths through this thing!

[@vhs.ghost__]

I’ve never been so excited to get a pedal

[@Subtronik]

Just ordered one. So excited.

[@ThePonDePon]

I'm so happy this exists, I was devastated when the v2 was no longer produced and prices shot up

[@filipedelbel]

This pedal looks so inspiring, I would love to get one of this anytime soon! Cheers guys

[@TheMachinesWon]

Great walkthrough! Can we get a no talking demo soon too?! I want to listen to it all day until my pedal arrives. Loving the addition of stereo

[@SublimeSynth]

I keep watching this because I can't wait until the next batch ships but then it makes it harder to wait so I have to watch this again. Much excite!

[@scottjennings2942]

Oh my goodness. I’ve always loved these things, but the V2 is just out of this world.

[@GrzegorzBojanek]

I can see that you can pre-order it in Euros - so it means that it will be delivered from the EU headquarters. Hope that Habit will be there, too!

[@VitaEx]

Man you guys i do not have the money to be preordering this right now lol I mean I do and shouldn’t but insure as hell did ….. it’sits speaks to me like everything I’ve ever wanted Don’t know if you realize how much synthwave and vaporwave have take off but I’ve been begging people to make a dedicated pedal for them. Now I don’t have to this is gonna be the holy grail of lo-fi I’m just so blown away totally rad

[@HenricWallmark]

Great!! Looking forward to it. Wonder what will come next to guitar tone now that wow and flutter level is competed.

[@DanielHolter]

holy wow, and much respect to all... just fantastic work all around

[@Dungeon_of_Regret]

Did you ever try baking the tape? My favorite cassettes growing up baked on the dash in the Texas summers. My Depeche Mode Violator sounds like no one else’s. It’s mine and it’s better.

[@richnewman]

Looks like the freeze FX are gone from the V2, so I will be holding onto that pedal (and getting this one, too, of course).

[@Standard.Candle]

So the pedal can support a hot line-level signal? Is the OB-6 synth connected directly to the pedal?

[@Standard.Candle]

To all concerned, I spoke with Tyler at Chase Bliss and he confirmed that the OB-6 was directly connected to the pedal, and apparently has "lots of headroom". Success! Thanks Chase Bliss!

[@henryhill92]

@@Standard.Candle Was scrolling for this answer. Thanks!

[@hristiangeorgiev5236]

On the Genloss 2 there is a freeze aux function. Is this function present here? And also the noise control is really smart - to the left - static noise, to the right like a gated noise appearing only with incoming signal. Is this also included in the new version? Thanks. Great work.

[@je7647]

ur speech hAS improved a lot joel congrats

[@TylerOKC]

That bypassed sound at 8:50 is such a great sound to start out with.

[@RustyTonesJr]

I can't stop watching this clip. There are SO many sounds in this pedal it's unreal. Can't wait to put my Nord 3p into a Nightsky then this. I wanna mangle my reverb real bad. Then my guitar. Yikes. So exciting!

[@wearysounds4188]

Sounds lovely, can’t wait to try it !

[@lcglazer]

Can we talk about those matching jumpsuits?

[@HatfieldCreek]

pedal is amazing, but how is no one talking about Zack's beard, bravo good sir!

[@Dogboy73]

Does it come in Eurorack?! :D

[@neoaureus]

Guys ... you are making history... out of history.

[@marcusjones8016]

Wow! That’s cool. My mind is blown.

[@luispereztasso]

I'll wait until the regular batch :D Totally worth the wait.

[@iamsushi1056]

I can’t wait for a full Chase Bliss Workstation based around a blooper/habit interface with all sorts of other things like this that can be all mixed together as one box of magic.

[@brian-baker]

Sounds great!

[@deadscenerecords]

Really wish y'all would make stereo plugin versions of your pedals, Logic Pro Audio Units in my case. :)

[@MrVictorjenkins]

😭 I can’t wait!

[@travisraab]

jesus. it sounds really cool

[@thobraa]

20th century had Einstein. We got this guy 🙌

[@gurrgurr1023]

Preordered! So excited. Saturation sounds soo god here. Any idea on adding a freeze function. Would be great.

[@happylittlesynth]

Ordered. Stoked.

[@ChaseBlissAudio]

🥳

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

I was managing my GAS until you guys messed with the “spread” knob🤣 holy cow!!! Pre Ordering now👍🏼

[@christopherecatalano]

This would seem to be the GOAT Lo-Fi device. Wow. Maybe…goodbye Shallow Water? The search for the ultimate warbling, degrading, aging, nostalgia inducing box may now be over. Please consider putting them into regular production, if you have not already, because how this looks (stunningly beautiful colour and design) and especially what it does will have them flying off the shelves…

[@calebriley7466]

This is EPIC

[@Digiphex]

Looks like my dream pedal.

[@Kkidzz]

Can't wait to run my CR78 through this chain: Thermae > Loss MKll > Blooper..........see you in three centuries.

[@EricAndre615]

This is a really cool pedal. It would go great with something like MakeNoise Morphagene. It would be so cool to take this technology and put it in a Eurorack for with cv ins for the various controls. But still really cool as a guitar pedal.

[@JeffPrater]

Nice jumpsuits! Does Steve Albini know you stole his look? 😜

[@aseomg]

Tape is the new reverb.

[@eric_james_music]

just ordered mine yesterday. This is the most excited i've ever been for a pedal. especially as a huge boards of canada fan. can't wait to make strange lofi projects with my guitar and spoken word vocals. should be interesting to pair with my lofi junky and ring thing

[@jacobprestidge5487]

Could someone please tell me if there's still a way to access blend control on a knob as opposed to just a 3-way toggle on this new version? I love all the advancements here, but a sweepable blend is essential for me with this pedal and I haven't been able to confirm whether it has or has not been limited to toggle blend only on this new version.

[@blackcoffiendillustration4819]

Do these work like delay or reverb or is it immediate effect? I don’t know much about generation loss pedals as a concept, but looking into the Dark World brought me here. I love this idea so much!

[@ChaseBlissAudio]

It is an immediate effect. No Reverb or Delay effects are available on Gen Loss.

[@neoaureus]

Touche guys..... I have destroyed lot of tape... opened up VCRs when I was 8 years old.... great to see this ... edited tapes by cutting with a blade ... still live with 500 audio cassettes and at least 100 VHS cassettes