Pladask Elektrisk Baklengs Demo

Today I'm demonstrating the Baklengs by Pladask Elektrisk. The Baklengs is a granular synth pedal, a glitchy weird delay, and an all-around sound mangler. Definitely my kind of pedal!
I'm coming back from a bit of a hiatus, and I was hoping my comeback video would be a short, quick, succinct and easy demo. I picked the wrong pedal for that! The Baklengs, despite its size and appearance, is extremely complex and incredibly deep.
Before I got into this demo, I was a little surprised at the lack of "deep-dive" demos on this pedal, and now I understand why. I hope I was able to effectively show you what it does... because it is a very innovative and powerful pedal.
00:00 Intro
01:04 Right Footswitch (Bypass)
01:39 Volume Knob (VOL)
02:03 Mix Knob
02:36 Modulation Knob (MOD)
03:33 Right Toggle Switch (Octave)
04:46 Clock Knob (CLK)
06:58 Time Knob
12:48 Middle Toggle Switch (Direction)
15:41 Loop Section
16:00 Loop Knob
19:50 Left Foot Switch and Left Toggle Switch (Loop)
23:03 Closing Thoughts
23:39 Turning the knobs (No talking)
25:42 Power Requirements
26:18 Final thoughts
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Analogman King of Tone
Chase Bliss Blooper
Pladask Elektrisk Matrise
Strymon Iridium
Reverend Descent W
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Hi everyone, I’m Aaron. I’m the lead guitarist and composer in All Fires For Love. I love writing music and geeking out about guitar pedals. I’m still quite new at releasing content on KZbin, but I’m really excited about the channel. Thanks so much for watching… I hope you enjoy the videos.

[@PnuemaMan]

This is hands down the best overview of the Baklengs on KZbin. Thanks for taking the time to explain it all so clearing and with great audio examples. Mine just arrived in the mail, so I’m excited to dive into all it’s complexity and quirkiness.

[@AaronRusch]

Thanks so much for the kind words! I hope you love the pedal :)

[@ThePedalboardOrchestra]

I love my Baklengs, such an awesome pedal. Your demo is great and covers all the features in a easily comprehensible way. Best demo of the Baklengs here IMHO 👍👍 👏👏

[@AaronRusch]

Thank you!!! I really appreciate the compliment! :)

[@trainsurfer7593]

Honestly, this is a fantastic demo, if I could like it again I would! I watched it a little while back when I had my Baklengs out on loan to a friend, and finally got a grasp on how it works. Having gotten it back again, I'm rewatching and following along with your examples and I've fallen in love with the pedal all over again. Thank you so much.

[@GuitarWithGabe]

VERY well done explaining this inexplainable pedal. I've had mine for a while and it's been impossible to explain tot anyone, b/c I could barely understand it. But this video really helped me wrap my head around it in a practical way. Thanks for that!

[@AaronRusch]

I really appreciate the feedback, thank you for watching!

[@jmanpop]

I've watched this like 5 times. thanks so much! It really helped me love this pedal even more!

[@AaronRusch]

I really appreciate the kind words, thanks so much for watching!

[@stagnatic]

Pretty great demo, thank you-have and love this, even more so now. Cheers.

[@AaronRusch]

Thank you!!!

[@JoelGilardini]

I own the Bakfram (the previous version of Baklengs) and I love it! To me (compared to other these pedals like the CBS Mood) is very intuitive to use. You get what you see, no menu diving, no dip switches, no tstrange under the hood tricks. I used also to have a Baklengs at some point, but I like better the Bakfram.

[@AaronRusch]

Totally agree about the value of intuitive design! I wish I had a Bakfram to compare against the Baklengs, I'd love to see the difference first hand. Thanks for watching!

[@0002keap]

This looks amazing. Does it have tap tempo?

[@JoelGilardini]

@@0002keap nope

[@ArtOfShredYT]

I got one from their drop a couple months ago. Still haven't recorded a demo, but can't wait to watch yours!

[@AaronRusch]

Thanks! :)

[@kellymassey2318]

Love the demo, I've got one of these and absolutely love it! You mentioned Meris, you should definitely deep dive the enzo, not only does it have since great synth tones, but the delay, and pitch functions are incredible. One of the better delays ive used.

[@AaronRusch]

Hi Kelly, thanks so much for the recommendation! That pedal is very high on my "need to buy" list right now, maybe I need to move it to the top :)

[@wintermute101]

Came back for a refresh ahead of this weekend’s drop and man, this thing is awesome! I think I’ve finally matured enough for this pedal! 😂 Incredible job breaking this down and making it understandable! Thanks Aaron!!

[@RustyTonesJr]

Wow. Great tutorial. Must have taken a long time to do this. This pedal really gets deep. You set up a perfect diving board into oblivion. :)

[@AaronRusch]

Thank you! Yeah, it seemed like a nice, short demo video at first, but Baklengs is surprisingly complicated and did not cooperate with my "short video" plans. I need to do a one-knob overdrive pedal demo next, something like that sounds nice :)

[@RustyTonesJr]

@@AaronRusch I got it today and played for 2 hours straight. Wow. Best sounding guitar synth I've ever heard.

[@Farold_Haltermeyer]

Thank you so, so much for this, really is the perfect manual for a VERY complex creation

[@AaronRusch]

Thank you for watching the video, I'm glad it helped!

[@Farold_Haltermeyer]

...can you do something similar for a CB Mood? Both pedals seem to cause me amnesia mid-gig!

[@markusmai4091]

That was (is!) extremely helpful! Thanks so much. There seems to be slight differences depending which Baklengs edition you get. Mine does not this kind of taperecorder pitch shifting when I turn the time knob (yours does ) and turning the clock while having activated the caged infinity symbol with the left footswitch does real pitchshifting with the new pitch staying. Depending where you start and using the octave switch you can go to absurd lows and highs... Have a great weekend and thanks again!

[@AaronRusch]

Wow, I had no idea there were differences in the pedals... thank you for letting me know, and thanks for watching!

[@juanrajara2887]

How do you go about selecting where the loop repeat cycle begins and ends? It's a little hard for me to understand with your other loop constantly playing at the same time.

[@hankvansickle]

Great video, thanks!

[@AaronRusch]

Thank you for watching!

[@HugoArgentina]

I too start stretching after noon

[@sons7429]

Great explanation!

[@AaronRusch]

Thanks so much Steve!

[@TheGreenKingdom]

I think this pedal would provide what I wanted out of the Mood and Ct5, with a more intuitive control set.

[@AaronRusch]

I do love the controls on this pedal, I prefer pedals that don't require a look to the manual every time I want to turn a knob!

[@YourHomeSmart]

Nice thorough demo. For me, it would be much better if you changed up the loop because it gets too monotonous. I know why demo guys do it this way but for the listener, it's tough to listen to for near 30 minutes. Other than that, thumb up!

[@AaronRusch]

You're absolutely right about that- I'll keep that in mind for future demos. I do really appreciate the feedback. And thanks for watching!

[@KunchangLeeMusic]

Is this pretty similar to the Cooper fx outward - I feel like I’m hearing similar sounds

[@AaronRusch]

Unfortunately I don't have the Outward (I wish I did!), so I can't do a true comparison... but I'd say there are definitely some similarities.

[@BigMusicEnergy]

Clearly a pedal that needs pre-planning if you’re going to use it on stage!

[@AaronRusch]

I can see this pedal absolutely ruining the sound engineer's night :)

[@derrickhinman271]

I wish more of these types of pedals were STEREO.

[@AaronRusch]

Me too. I think that is the trend in pedals, I'm seeing more and more stereo. Since Pladask released a stereo Matrise, I'm wondering if new stereo versions of their other pedals will come along someday? One can only hope!

[@boimesa8190]

Really not so complicated...

[@matteomidas638]

The only real criticism is that this pedal doesn't have presets and midi. It can do million amazing things but you can only enjoy one at time.

[@tonedaddyei5884]

That’s life.