Preamp Mkii Overview (Deep Dive)

[@ScottGailor]

Paul has the most relaxing voice on the planet

[@Paul_Uhl_]

Scott Gailor Thanks! Not intentional!! LOL! I picked up a 1938 RCA ribbon mic and it’s dreamy.... Maybe I’ll do an anonymous guided meditation series... haha

[@accurtis2763]

@@Paul_Uhl_ I'm in!

[@planzed463]

@@Paul_Uhl_ 😂

[@planzed463]

Yup 👍🏼 what a great tutorial... he should be the voice & energy of ALL tutorials

[@williehayes8584]

I know im asking randomly but does anyone know of a tool to log back into an Instagram account..? I was stupid lost my account password. I appreciate any tips you can give me!

[@DillanWitherow]

Paul is a legend watched the whole thing without any skipping

[@Paul_Uhl_]

Dillan Witherow Thanks, man. I appreciate that a lot.

[@STEVEFINNERTY]

Thought you loved skipping

[@dougtolley]

Paul, you did a superb job with this video. Such a clear explanation as always. Plus, it sounds just incredible!

[@Paul_Uhl_]

Thanks so much, Doug!! XOXO

[@SpaceDisco1]

Seriously, was kinda worried about preset selection live, but the jump feature handles that perfectly. Nice job

[@Grant_Ferstat]

I'd still need to use MIDI for immediate access to presets ...even with jump you still have to cycle through. You can't one button push to say one of 4 settings that might be your core sounds.

[@SeanPierceJohnson]

Man...I need this thing in my life

[@SorenAraujo]

You guys have got be the most innovative company out there 👌

[@kingfisher7960]

Marshall is....

[@jeff_left]

@@kingfisher7960 😅

[@tim2468]

The Easter egg with the jump button is great!

[@CarlyonProduction]

This is what a modern preamp pedal should look like. I could imagine putting this last in the chain before my amp sp that every patch on my pedal board hits my amp at optimum level. Just make a patch for every pedal board patch, incredible!

[@ScottGailor]

Great Video Paul! The bar has been raised again .

[@Paul_Uhl_]

Damn... Thanks, brother. I appreciate that so much

[@playmoreguitar5393]

Sold. This with a Specular Tempus, and MC6 and I can conquer the world. Going to try find one to try out. Amazing CB.

[@JohnsDough1918]

I know right? I wanted to make a smallest possible but still adaptable pedalboard around an Empress Zoia. Thing is, my boost, drive, fuzz and EQ are all essential in practice but take up a lot of real estate. If the Automatone can effectively replace them all, and proves to be solidly built for the long term, it can be a great alternative.

[@sph33_]

Can't wait for this to arrive to my house. You beautiful bastards.

[@CoenBijpost]

Please tell me this pedal isn’t limited edition, because I’m going to stop eating the next few years to afford one 😂

[@odallard]

It’s here to stay, from the looks of it, so save up your money (and your energy 👍🏻).

[@camenskycameron8413]

3 years later I can confirm that it is still in stock on their website.

[@ChrisBuonoGuitar]

Excellent job, Paul.

[@pascalgalipeau8760]

This is cool stuff!

[@christopherpederson1021]

I need to hear this on drums and bass

[@neenerheaddj]

😳😍😀❤️👍🏼 YAS!!! Obsessively checking my email every few minutes since the 28th, waiting for my shipping notice. Lol

[@gbills]

got my shipping notice just a few minutes ago! 🤘🏼

[@sph33_]

gbills do you know what your order number was by chance?

[@gbills]

sp33 56

[@neenerheaddj]

Dang. I’m 122. Looks like it could be a week or more before mine ships, at this point... I wonder how many preorders there were. I ordered on the first day and it was open for a long time...

[@iamjackmccoy]

neenerheaddj where are you seeing your order number? I only have an invoice number and it’s in the 4000’s...

[@jamieholmes6087]

Paul, love your CBA tutorials. Do you know you've got an unintentional ASMR voice - so relaxing.

[@Paul_Uhl_]

Jamie Holmes LOL! I keep reading this in the comments... what is this?

[@jamieholmes6087]

Hi Paul. Its stands for Autonomic Sensory Meridian Responce. It's a wonderful sensation of tingles around the back of the head that can be caused by various pictures and sounds. In many cases and mine, the trigger is the soft tambre of someones voice. There's a whole community of ASMRists on YT.

[@leohernandezcolonful]

Can you run it as a preamp into the Effects return?

[@druwk]

Revolutionary pedal? Super smart and the sounds are amazing! Still would have a steep learning curve getting around the presets? Seems totally inspiring.

[@STEVEFINNERTY]

The preset explanation on this video has totally over complicated then preset setup,

[@ZenMountain]

Great video.

[@Michael_Is_Avg]

Mine is supposed to be arriving tomorrow! Trying to learn all I can before then.

[@adamh.2345]

What are the dimensions on this pedal? I can't find them anywhere...

[@Paul_Uhl_]

Adam H. This isn’t official... Just got out the measuring tape haha... This is what I got: 5 3/4 wide 6 5/8 long 3 tall (including the faders positioned at the top)

[@adamh.2345]

@@Paul_Uhl_ Thanks so much!

[@timdavis6538]

Would anyone know as to if you need to place this pedal before your buffer due to the fuzz selection?

[@heyitsDevriss]

Is this a prank? This is insane dude.

[@carlosloor88]

I wonder how this would work on bass

[@Paul_Uhl_]

Fantastic

[@joebarkan]

Kudos for using Red/Blue LEDs, instead of Red/Green, which are unusable for us colorblind guys. Do you get that all other gear manufactures?!?

[@joebarkan]

Whoops, spoke too soon. You're using red/green for banks. Oh well.

[@Paul_Uhl_]

Pretty sure I could mod one to be red/blue for the banks. I have those LED’s at home... Not a promise... but I’m pretty sure I can

[@mikeroadblock]

It’s also matrix. ?

[@kaustik185]

OK so just a question.. Since LED yellow is just a green and red diode, not actual yellow, can you or can't you see it?

[@nervecrush]

Would this be good plugged directly into Audio Interface?

[@bla_blub]

I'd totally buy one, if it had an effects insert between the fuzz and the preamp.

[@ElectricNimPedalsPhilippines]

Are diodes wired as soft clipper or hard clipper? The effect seems like hard clipping to my ears

[@STEVEFINNERTY]

Please explain the noise ?. Its all amazing ,that one factor is stopping me ordering, it's almost to good to be true and the noise is 'it' it seems ?.

[@tendingtropic7778]

what does the pre/post mean in terms of making sounds. what is better? what audible difference can be expected?

[@sunguraja]

How much mA does the pedal need?

[@changsoolim7437]

could you plz let me know how to make the factory reset?

[@WingmanStudios]

I was interested in testing one of these out until I saw a review on Reverb that says the mids circuit is noisy. Unavoidably noisy. It had a lot of thumbs up, which tells me that other users are having the same experience. On a pedal this expensive ($750+), I expect better. Chase Bliss, is this claim true?

[@user-oy7gz5bf2h]

It's noisy at high volume i.e. when the volume is set high on the pedal. Just got mine and to get unity gain, the volume is set low enough that the problem is non existent. There might be some applications where it's not ideal.

[@jammer777]

Umm, clean tones? Or is it just best for fuzz?

[@mathmusicstructure]

Seems great but I wonder how long until those slider motors give out

[@ChaseBlissAudio]

We had a unit set up to constantly cycle the faders up and down, and after 6months of non-stop fader movement, we had to finally unplug to when we were moving our shop. That same unit is on one of our trade show demo boards, and is still going strong near 4 years later.

[@mathmusicstructure]

@@ChaseBlissAudio Thank you for your reply! That's certainly impressive.

[@michaeltier9315]

Just purchased one. For anyone else who has this pedal: do you typically place it in your pedal chain where the overdrive/distortion pedals would go? If so, how would the fuzz sound if placed after other pitch shifting pedals?

[@user-oy7gz5bf2h]

By now you probably know! If so, tell us how it is. I'd guess it's a matter of having a buffer before the fuzz, which is not always great.

[@michaeltier9315]

@@user-oy7gz5bf2h I'm using it where the overdrive and distortion would go and it sounds great to me. I should mention that I play bass, though. I think guitar players sometimes have to be mindful of running certain pedals through an fx loop, issues with buffering, and other weird things that don't affect me. So your results may vary.

[@nine9whitepony526]

Ive always wanted one of these but can't afford it.

[@at0mlee427]

Is it possible to factory reset?

[@dast1979]

i do have a question. what does gain control, when i'm using the fuzz circuit? can i adjust the preamp gain and the gain for the fuzz circuit independently?

[@drkevns]

Fuzz is set gain, however I heard there is an internal trim pot to dial it back.

[@davidhammers9708]

how is it with synths and bass?

[@nathanschneider1805]

Haven’t tried it on synth, but it f**** rips on bass

[@Paul_Uhl_]

@@nathanschneider1805 Yeah, that's true

[@Grant_Ferstat]

So you can randomly access presets through midi right. So in the case of the Morningstar for example you could assign each button to equal say a clean boost setting, a crunch rhythm, a lead setting a fuzz etc..? Really looking forward to some similarly detailed demos of the sounds. :-)

[@Paul_Uhl_]

Oh, good question! Yes! Absolutely... I should have mentioned that in the video....

[@Grant_Ferstat]

@@Paul_Uhl_ No probs. Thanks for the clarification. In a live setting I'd rather jump straight to a preset rather than need to cycle through.

[@gbills]

​@@Grant_Ferstat Yes, just hooked mine up to my MC8 and it goes straight to any preset with the corresponding Program Change MIDI message. Works awesome.

[@tompoynton]

@@gbillsThe Morningstar totally opens this pedal up

[@IamMusicNerd]

I love this pedal, but it costs more than my EVH amp! Lol

[@RiaRua]

Anyone use this with vocals?? Trying to build a vocal pedalboard based around one...

[@gigaha]

I’ve used this with vocals. Yes it works, but it’s more suited for those distorted radio-filter sounds. Then again, I prefer using a Hudson Broadcast for that kind of vocal effect. If you’re looking for a more typical/clean vocal EQ pedal, I would recommend the JHS Colour Box instead. The only reason I would use the Automatone for vocal EQ is if I was going to use that wah effect where the Q is swept while singing. All that said, if you’ve already purchased an Automatone, there are definitely ways to use this for vocals, and even clean settings as long as you’re very delicate with the Gain.

[@RiaRua]

@@gigaha Thanks!

[@RiaRua]

@@gigaha Thanks!

[@tendingtropic7778]

anyone know how many db boost this pedal can give?

[@danialikhsan6569]

Cannot find in indonesia

[@gauthiersoubirous2706]

Any feedback for a fender rhodes stage use ? Is it adapted ?

[@ChaseBlissAudio]

Should work just fine

[@neoaureus]

The Narrator does Hypnosis videos on the side....

[@Paul_Uhl_]

neoaureus Thinking about it...

[@ryanmaroney4793]

Is there a way to turn off the latency when the bypass switch is engaged? I just received my pedal and theres a gap between when I engage the pedal and when sound comes out. It's noticeably long making it hard to use as a boost or second gain stage.

[@ChaseBlissAudio]

So there’s actually no lag the pedal actuates on release of the switch (not the press) - does that make sense?

[@ryanmaroney4793]

@@ChaseBlissAudio Thanks that makes more sense. Can that be switched to the press instead?

[@ChaseBlissAudio]

@@ryanmaroney4793 no, we made that choice because it’s becoming more and more ubiquitous if there’s a hold function (like saving presets) otherwise you are forced to bypass / engage the pedal if you are just trying to save a preset

[@orkjokjo]

Smart

[@rockboy7105]

You can make a long video without talking (only pedal sound).

[@laikaproductions8062]

This pedal costs more than my amp and guitar combined.

[@beatuplexus]

Time to finance some gear

[@chriskilian2325]

@@beatuplexus never ever finance anything like this dude. Not worth hurting your credit score on these kind of toys. Save it for a car or a house. Credit card debt sucks terribly.

[@beatuplexus]

Chris Kilian obviously be responsible. When it comes to smaller things, only finance typically one item at time if you’ve calculated that it’s within your means. I’ve financed plenty of gear and my credit score remains above a 730. It’s possible

[@chriskilian2325]

@@beatuplexus good for you, your obviously an exception and the CC companies couldn't survive if everyone was like you. They bank on people falling for it and falling hard. They can't bank on people financing one pedal only paying 8bucks a month for 24 months. They know most people will buy 15 and carry 150 a month in payments. And then a guitar, and an amp. CC make it too easy to lose the grip on things

[@DannyCocke]

Man I wish this was stereo!!

[@Paul_Uhl_]

Put it before your stereo stuff... (unless you like dirt last in the chain) Our next Automatone pedal is a reverb and STEREO ;-)

[@nodfactor8808]

@@Paul_Uhl_ Can't wait for that one!

[@the_plutonion]

that hiss throughout the entire video - oof. such a shame because it really seems like a great pedal otherwise.

[@WingmanStudios]

This pedal doesn't include a power supply. Requires a 500mA draw for current. That's a serious power supply. Yet Chase Bliss doesn't include a power supply with the purchase. Yikes. There should be a warning in advance that a separate purchase is required in order to use the pedal.

[@mattgilbert7347]

It's noisy. Motorised! What's your price for life? Tomatotone! ... sorry I couldn't resist. Feel free to delete me. It's awesome but I found it noisy and...yeah. Pricey. Amazing feat of engineering tho, well done.