Chase Bliss Mood MKII: The ultimate ambient music pedal?

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  • Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2024

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  • @DavidHilowitzMusic
    @DavidHilowitzMusic  Год назад +493

    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
      @ShignBright Год назад +46

      Wait so that wasn't an intentional joke?

    • @kaitlyn__L
      @kaitlyn__L Год назад +21

      @@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
      @lucabarbagallo7313 Год назад +15

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

    • @drindy5166
      @drindy5166 Год назад

      ​@@B4_J20💯%

    • @ProfessorSaibertin
      @ProfessorSaibertin Год назад

      Thx for the overview!

  • @ideatorx
    @ideatorx 7 месяцев назад +79

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

    • @Fabermorrow
      @Fabermorrow 4 месяца назад

      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
      @yungerrx 4 месяца назад +1

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

    • @andrew-11
      @andrew-11 Месяц назад

      @@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
      @Fabermorrow Месяц назад +1

      @@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
      @Fabermorrow Месяц назад +1

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

  • @NoBandwidthHere
    @NoBandwidthHere Год назад +80

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

  • @kaitlyn__L
    @kaitlyn__L Год назад +168

    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
      @taylorvistheguy Год назад +2

      I feel you bro ✊🏿🥲

    • @Npakaderm
      @Npakaderm Год назад +4

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

    • @kaitlyn__L
      @kaitlyn__L Год назад +3

      @@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
      @mycosys Месяц назад

      '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.

  • @MatsuHiroshi
    @MatsuHiroshi Год назад +86

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

  • @andthensoclear
    @andthensoclear Год назад +127

    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.

  • @MaxKhilo
    @MaxKhilo Год назад +5

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

  • @mikey4554
    @mikey4554 Год назад +6

    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.😊❤❤

  • @mpingo91
    @mpingo91 7 месяцев назад +1

    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! 🤩

  • @TheWolfboy512
    @TheWolfboy512 Год назад +20

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

  • @straightup7up
    @straightup7up Год назад +43

    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.

  • @SalutanisOrkonus
    @SalutanisOrkonus Год назад +51

    0:18 weird lookin gameboy you got there

    • @klonewavverr2909
      @klonewavverr2909 Год назад +5

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

    • @DavidHilowitzMusic
      @DavidHilowitzMusic  Год назад +18

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

  • @RGoots
    @RGoots Год назад +9

    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.

  • @Domzdream
    @Domzdream 8 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @alfberger3150
    @alfberger3150 Год назад +10

    Almost a granular synth with cool effects! Beautiful sounds!

    • @uv77mc85
      @uv77mc85 Год назад +2

      Its more expensive than some granular synths.

    • @katrat5450
      @katrat5450 Год назад

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

    • @gastarbeiter8384
      @gastarbeiter8384 Год назад

      @@uv77mc85 yea its so expensive…

    • @mycosys
      @mycosys Месяц назад

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

    • @mycosys
      @mycosys Месяц назад

      @@uv77mc85 and does more.

  • @max_gensler
    @max_gensler Год назад

    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
    @lowandodor1150 10 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @thankyoumisterspell
    @thankyoumisterspell Год назад +7

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

  • @armilacho5616
    @armilacho5616 10 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @BaronBlackmore
    @BaronBlackmore Год назад +23

    Chase bliss pedals are basically instruments by themselves - so intense

  • @Lv-eg4xh
    @Lv-eg4xh 2 месяца назад

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

  • @blueberry.soundscapes
    @blueberry.soundscapes Год назад

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

  • @kiregenofficial
    @kiregenofficial Год назад +3

    Thank you, David! Thank you for every video you have made. You're the only person, who could inspire and encourage me to write music. I love quality and style of your videos. And the way you make beautiful music out of anything is just unbelievable. Keep making the same gorgeous videos! Yet again, thank you!

  • @normg2242
    @normg2242 9 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @gilesmoss5860
    @gilesmoss5860 Год назад +3

    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.

  • @guitarben2000
    @guitarben2000 3 месяца назад

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

  • @L.G.
    @L.G. 10 месяцев назад

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

  • @neekonsaadat2532
    @neekonsaadat2532 Год назад +1

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

  • @sr60030
    @sr60030 Год назад +2

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

  • @crtzmo
    @crtzmo Год назад +4

    Another beautiful arrangement - thank you David!

  • @RemitheDreamfox
    @RemitheDreamfox Год назад +2

    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

  • @mycawild
    @mycawild Год назад +5

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

  • @andrewiantorno6942
    @andrewiantorno6942 Год назад +1

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

  • @katrat5450
    @katrat5450 Год назад +1

    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!!!

  • @deltaunder1872
    @deltaunder1872 Год назад

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

  • @dumbmonika3188
    @dumbmonika3188 Год назад +3

    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 .

  • @drcockles
    @drcockles Год назад

    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

  • @Loneranger670
    @Loneranger670 Год назад +1

    That hand synth was incredible

  • @kaff_1o169
    @kaff_1o169 Год назад +4

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

    • @BullyMaguire4ever
      @BullyMaguire4ever 8 месяцев назад

      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.

  • @realperson2208
    @realperson2208 Год назад

    You have such a good ear for beautiful melodies!

  • @Neotoribaru
    @Neotoribaru Год назад +2

    Love the two screened Gameboy^^

  • @TacoMaster3211
    @TacoMaster3211 Год назад +356

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

    • @DavidHilowitzMusic
      @DavidHilowitzMusic  Год назад +71

      you’re right ;)

    • @bricelory9534
      @bricelory9534 Год назад +38

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

    • @looigaming3380
      @looigaming3380 Год назад +6

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

    • @burywite
      @burywite Год назад +7

      No, it’s a “Natendo” 😂

    • @BigBoots-ms5fq
      @BigBoots-ms5fq Год назад +2

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

  • @Peter28148
    @Peter28148 Год назад +1

    amazing job!! i live it so much!!

  • @DaveFore_AudioEngineering
    @DaveFore_AudioEngineering Год назад

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

  • @FreedomIsntFree-gd2hg
    @FreedomIsntFree-gd2hg Год назад +6

    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.

  • @howdytherestranger2139
    @howdytherestranger2139 Год назад

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

  • @iowalks
    @iowalks 11 месяцев назад

    That voice pitcher thing with the anime is awesome 👌

  • @us3r11
    @us3r11 Год назад

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

  • @KazzArie
    @KazzArie Год назад +1

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

  • @TamDNB
    @TamDNB Год назад

    Those sounds got to me, absolutely gorgeous

  • @theflamerising1767
    @theflamerising1767 Год назад

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

  • @seijiarita
    @seijiarita Год назад +1

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

  • @JMLRecording
    @JMLRecording 8 месяцев назад

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

  • @davidgauntlett01
    @davidgauntlett01 4 месяца назад

    What a wonderful video. Thank you!!

  • @aliwankenobi
    @aliwankenobi Год назад +1

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

  • @Cold_Hearted_World
    @Cold_Hearted_World Год назад

    Just bought one because of your video. Cheers 👍

  • @aqueiz2009
    @aqueiz2009 Год назад

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

  • @jaimeflor4181
    @jaimeflor4181 Год назад

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

  • @ezekielm9966
    @ezekielm9966 8 месяцев назад +1

    THIS PEDAL IS INSANNNEEE

  • @ninjaowl9881
    @ninjaowl9881 Год назад

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

  • @thegrate1521
    @thegrate1521 Год назад

    ok that miku segment was beautiful

  • @winterkat8693
    @winterkat8693 Год назад +4

    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

  • @bilbydilby
    @bilbydilby 11 месяцев назад

    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

  • @edwardfletcher7790
    @edwardfletcher7790 Год назад +2

    Dammmn, it's Kitaro in a pedal ! 😲

  • @MusicalWizardryMarcoIannello
    @MusicalWizardryMarcoIannello Год назад

    What a lovely piece of equipment!

  • @ralbertbennett7180
    @ralbertbennett7180 7 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @The73rdSecret
    @The73rdSecret Год назад +2

    4:17 omg from this point on the song is so beautiful it immediately brought tears to my eyes

  • @tendingtropic7778
    @tendingtropic7778 Год назад +7

    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!

  • @Vercingetorix061983
    @Vercingetorix061983 Год назад

    That design is awesome!

  • @oliverziehme8981
    @oliverziehme8981 Год назад

    Beautiful soundscapes!

  • @PogaYlants
    @PogaYlants Год назад +1

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

  • @pequpequ
    @pequpequ Год назад

    Your videos are the best! Calm and sounds great. It’s so great that you go to the manual, it reminds me to do the same and not just rely on all the RUclips tutorials out there.
    Bravo to you sir! Keep up the fantastic job.

  • @manofthewest67
    @manofthewest67 Год назад

    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.

  • @Alfa75V6
    @Alfa75V6 Год назад

    the reverb is exceptional

  • @ChuckNorrissH8ter
    @ChuckNorrissH8ter Год назад

    This was awesome! I would be into a Mood series :)

  • @FE_O
    @FE_O Год назад

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

  • @Sokko13
    @Sokko13 Год назад

    floored. absolutely floored!

  • @toddmcdaniels1567
    @toddmcdaniels1567 10 месяцев назад +2

    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.

  • @theTrend7
    @theTrend7 Год назад

    These pedals are so awesome.....

  • @kikkirow
    @kikkirow Год назад

    This is so amazing

  • @sentriesband
    @sentriesband Год назад

    That miku jam was beautiful what the hell

  • @BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL
    @BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL Год назад +1

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

  • @Kim_Ilia
    @Kim_Ilia Год назад

    Amazing video and pedal!

  • @ThePedalboardOrchestra
    @ThePedalboardOrchestra Год назад

    Great demo 👍👍 This pedal is awesome 💜💜

  • @GirlfightClub
    @GirlfightClub Год назад

    This is so pure ❤

  • @CHodgy
    @CHodgy Год назад

    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 😂

  • @soutonco
    @soutonco Год назад +1

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

  • @chrisdaviesguitar
    @chrisdaviesguitar Год назад

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

  • @underwatersunlight3795
    @underwatersunlight3795 Год назад +1

    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?

  • @balhallak
    @balhallak Год назад

    Wow that is so beautiful ❤

  • @sons7429
    @sons7429 3 месяца назад

    Great video! Is that the chase bliss midi box?

  • @croatoansounds
    @croatoansounds Год назад

    Man this sounds great!!

  • @deniselias5405
    @deniselias5405 Год назад +3

    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
      @ftlaud911 Год назад

      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
      @mycosys Месяц назад

      Poly Beebo

  • @JoelBrownMD
    @JoelBrownMD 11 месяцев назад

    Incredible!❤

  • @RealMusicHype
    @RealMusicHype Год назад

    00:45 Very good!

  • @GucciGuilty
    @GucciGuilty Год назад

    This thing is so rad

  • @mikeshvedov6981
    @mikeshvedov6981 Год назад +2

    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
      @josephwright5921 Год назад +1

      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.

  • @LeLlaminator
    @LeLlaminator 11 месяцев назад

    Not sure how but this made me tempted to get a mk2 and and miku stylophone

  • @mikeyslowey
    @mikeyslowey 10 месяцев назад +1

    Bro took a tutorial and turned it into a beautiful work of art 🤌🏻

  • @Citracid
    @Citracid Год назад

    Gorgeous