Generation Loss by Chase Bliss: An instant nostalgia machine
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
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Drummer: "Hey, play that last riff again."
Guitarist: "We will experience the heat death of the universe before I get this pedal to do the same thing twice "
Lmao
Generation Loss is such a good name. Not only for its effects and its literal meaning, but also for the feeling it invokes. Almost as if saying these sounds are from a generation lost to time. Love it
No shit
@@nicememe3793 lmao find happiness bud 😂
Are gen-Xers "lost"? What do you mean?
Really well said man
@@Thoracius Yeah. Lost Boys, Land of the Lost, A Land Before Time, wait. what am I talking about
My first impression it’s a “Boards of Canada Pedal”! “Music Has the Right to Children” is the sound of my high school alienation and this captures that 70’s Canadian nature documentary sound.
Absolutely - BOC in a Box™
Absolutely! I thought of this immediately when I heard it and so happy to read this comment. This has such a wonderful sound and can’t help but think of BOC. Fantastic. Reminds me of being a teenager.
I love this comment and agree. You should also check out the Wires plugin from Heibbach along with the Mellofi plugin from Arturia
@@thebkstank2095 Oh I follow Heibbach as well. Good call!
Yes! Everything you do is a balloon 🎈
Instant Boards of Canada ❤️
My first thought too!
god i love this band so much
From the opening note of this video that’s the exact thing i thought, lmfao. nice catch.
That font too
I think the logo has something to do with that too
I turned 13 in 1980. I grew up listening to records and tapes. When CDs came out the promise was: No more skips or record noise; No more tape hiss, wow or flutter. Nobody was thinking, “Golly, I think I’m going to miss these old media artifacts.”
This whole phenomenon is similar to the evolution of guitar (and other instrumental) amplification- when solid state emerged and began to replace tube amplifiers, few people thought they were going to miss tubes. Tubes are fragile, they degrade and need to be replaced and can be expensive. Even so, tube amps have made quite a comeback.
Ok, I’m going to eat some Rice Krispies and listen to an LP.
Yup. My favorite thing was to slow down any recording with the flick of a switch on the turntable. It was like a New World opened up.
Can we all appreciate how The Caretaker virtually started this movement? ruclips.net/video/LL998ajnjN4/видео.html
Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit - all of these will be cherished and emulated as soon as they can be avoided. It’s the sound of failure: so much modern art is the sound of things going out of control, of a medium pushing to its limits and breaking apart. The distorted guitar sound is the sound of something too loud for the medium supposed to carry it. The blues singer with the cracked voice is the sound of an emotional cry too powerful for the throat that releases it. The excitement of grainy film, of bleached-out black and white, is the excitement of witnessing events too momentous for the medium assigned to record them. - Brian Eno
@@maxspencerkarinen6463 such a great quote
I can tell you hatred for cd*s was faster than your first sip of Yuban...
And the echoplex space echo stuff ruled from the first dripping spring;.
See if you can find Are We Still Rolling by Phil Brown, sound engineer memoirs of the guy who did Talk Talk, Marley, Zep, Roxy Music and on and on...
It's not hypocrisy to doubt that On again Off again isn't hypocrisy.
Solid state amps never replaced tube amps in any meaningful capacity, pretty much every band you can think of continued using tube amps long after the introduction of SS amps. It's not like synths where analog pretty much disappeared after digital synths took over.
This is making me think about these 'imperfection simulators' and how we tried to listen through these sounds when they were part of our equipment, and now we try to listen TO these sounds when our equipment can render sound 'perfectly'.
Perfection is boring
quite the turn isn't it?!
This sounds incredible. Never got to grow up in the 80s for this sort of sound, but I have a weird nostalgia for retro sounding audio technology. Got an original Tascam 4-track for my birthday this year, I absolutely love it
That's so cool! I just got my hands on my first Tascam a few weeks ago. :)
Congratulations on the birthday Tascam! That should be fun.
Heh -- I having actually grown up in the 80s, and having gotten started on a Tascam 4-track mixing down to cassettes -- I was thrilled when I got my first DAT machine to mix down to and was eventually able to record into Sound Tools (this was before Pro Tools). The noise, the warble, lost of high freuqency, the frustration knowing the tapes I made for my friends didn't sound as good as the originals, all of that drove me bonkers.
That said, there was something to the discipline of recording to tape, and trying to work around its sonic limitations, that was very educational.
I don't miss my Tascam 4-track, but I hope you enjoy yours! (Although I did pick oine up to back up my old 4-track tapes to a DAW)
i got a tascam on my birthday too, but mine was digital, its cool other people are also getting tascams for gifts lol
@@pigslam oh neat! Also I love your pfp, Ween’s like my second favorite band
This seems like the type of thing that plays in a vaporwave song or Minecraft song.
Very peaceful.
It's definitely synthwave/retrowave in a pedal yeah, and I am here for it.
the price of this pedal is PSYCHOTIC.
The sound makes me remember my childhood and made me cry, flashback to the life of a child that has no problem and always happy
I'm not sure how The Algorithm knew I'd be so interested in this since I haven't been producing or even "playing around" with keyboards for far too long but this is a fascinating pedal 👍👏
It is a lot of fun. I love that you capitalize The Algorithm the way I do.
@@DavidHilowitzMusic In school they teach you to capitalize a person, place, or thing. It's up to you what The Algorithm is.
Be aware of a slight, but noticeable latency. I sent mine back because of this. However, I love what many are doing with this pedal, who can ignore this issue. I'm very happy for those who can make it work for them.
I thought I was the only one sending the pedal back because of this...!
@@PabloOrtegaMusic unfortunately, no, you're not alone. The premise and the way many use it is really good. It just doesn't work for me.
@Collen Flarity nope. It's not supposed to be
a latency/delay pedal
You could still use it for sampling and sound design so it would still work. I would still say they should offer a discounted price for the limitation..
@@mikedegrazia absolutely one could...I'm very sad it didn't work for me. I do use Aberrant's Sketchcassette to add this type of effect, post recording or programming. That way I can record my faster guitar phrases without any latency and treat them accordingly.
“Failure Knob” was my nickname in high school
im morbidly interested in how that came to be. :P
Its such a lovely but clumsy sound. Gorgeous pedal
Thank you for sharing about your mom, it's incredible how our lives are shaped by something seemingly so insignificant but here we are, trying to recapture that bliss. You're right it's a mix of beautiful and the utter tragic.
This reminded me of "A Quick One Before the Eternal Worm Devours Connecticut". I don't know why but every time I hear this song, it makes me cry. It makes me feel like I'm waiting for my end peacefully. If that even makes sense...
This is like the Fez soundtrack in a pedal, I love it
Exactly what I thought
Whoa, was scrolling to see if someone would mention Fez. still an awesome surprise.
Fun fact, most of the Fez OST was done on NI Massive. Lots of the Dimension Expander reverb, a good bit of nice white noise blended in, and a really masterful use of the 'TrR' (Trigger Random) modifier macro applied to parameters like pitch and filter cutoff. You can find it on YT if you search up Disasterpeace Music Workshop FEZ. It's a lovely video that reveals a lot about the sound design approach for FEZ.
He put out another workshop on Organic Synthesis this past year 2022, and he's still heavily using NI Massive. Just thought it'd be worth sharing because a lot of people think Massive is overly cold and digital, but it just proves that any synth in the hands of the right sound designer can be brought to life and sound analog.
@@LETTMusic I’ve watched that music workshop so many times over the years lol. I didn’t know he had a new one out, I’m gonna check it out
@@KidGhost23 Haha, I didn't know either, but watching it currently, and it still blows my mind the things he thinks to use to modulate parameters. I mostly use Serum these days, but so many good ideas to pull from how he approaches sound design with utilizing randomness and cross modulation (modulation being modulated by something else, like an LFO rate itself is being modulated by something, that then modulates something else.) I love that he still reps OG Massive all these years later. Everyone thinks of it as the heavy dubstep bass synth, yet he's making beautiful expressive chiptuney sounds out of it.
This is why Look Around You season 1 was so effective. This thing makes it sound just like those old school tapes.
Dude. This is my new favorite. I was instantly inspired with this library and love the vibe of it. I appreciate all the work you put into it and it's gonna be fun to implement into many tracks.
Ok so I clicked on this because it was called Generation loss and thought it had something to do with Ranboo. Didn’t expect this at all but worth it.
I’m not sure anyone gets close to your production quality for your videos. Amazing.
I'd never thought i needed a pedal until now... this is lovely warm and melancholic, perfect to fulfill my Kid A vibes
Reminds me of Disasterpiece. I loved their music from Hyperlight Drifter and FEZ, but always found something sad in their music. This perfectly encapsulates the style of their work.
Forgot to mention it also resembles the music from Hypnospace Outlaw.
I see we have a man of culture! Grandiose OST from disasterpiece, 8bits, crust, weirdcore... Love it so much, reminded of it also ;)
this is awesome, a hardware version of the RC-20 Color VST
Just discovered your channel. Your visual style, taste in pedals, sounds produced, everything about this channel is top notch and right up my alley. Incredible work.
jesus. your content is so good. love this pedal too, gonna have to save up for one
This sounds really interesting and it does a lot of things. I like the range of effects, especially the little details that really nail the vintage sound, like the little crackles, wow-s, and such.
Ah, you happened to mention “French In Action!” I took those courses back in high school, around 1993 to ‘96. Not many people seem to remember it.
That also happened to be the time I began composing electronic music, and purchased my first synthesizer.
I was born in the 80s but grew up in the 90s. I watched VHS and grew up with music tapes, then CDs and MP3 players. So happy I got to experience so many different types of media so I can appreciate them all. I think I need this pedal
Every time I’m on break at work I check RUclips and even if I don’t realize it i automatically check for a new video from you. This video is another banger that does not disappoint
Wish I could afford one. Sounds absolutely incredible.
It’s incredible how much nostalgia I felt while watching this and hearing you demo the different sounds!
I don’t think I had really considered just how different the recorded world sounds now.
Great video as always!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I was born in 88, but these sounds are still super nostalgic for me. I guess it was all the reruns on TV and parents still listening to old 80s stuff that did it
I was a small child in the Boston area as well, WGBH broadcasts continue to be very nostalgic in my life also
This pedal looks like a match made in heaven for the MicroFreak. Even the color palettes on the hardware are perfect for each other.
French in Action! For some reason I loved watching that show. very cool pedal, too.
Loved this pedal journey. Gonna check this out, appreciate it!
absolutely loved every second of this video. Thank you so much. This has been the first time in ten years that i got excited for a pedal.
Sounds like childhood to me! These tunes feel like coming home, but a long time ago...
I never thought it would be so interesting to watch a video about pedal. It's a very cozy video.
As someone who grew up in the 80's and 90's this video has some good sounds.
I'm reminded of early game music and logos from that era.
I love pedals like this and the Julia pedal by Walrus. Really cool and nostalgic effects that remind me how simple things were as a kid lol
It's amazing how as soon as you use that WOW effect I'm brought back to being five years old ... the nostalgia feeling is intense
It’s Boards Of Canada in a box!
I wanted to post the exact same comment, good thing I scrolled down far enough :D I love BoC and I never understood why their music gave me that nostalgic late 80's feeling specifically, but now I do!
I absolutely love this channel
As a GenX, I love this pedal!
This thing sounds sooo good...too bad they're not available anywhere right now 😥
They'll never be available from stores, you have to order them direct from Chase Bliss. You can order now but you won't see it until earlier next year
@@henryhill92 Thanks for that!
500 bucks tho..
Sounds like an omori pedal
It was really interesting to learn about these effects I heard before without knowing what they were, this pedal is pretty cool
This is an absolutely beautiful pedal
I think this is great! I remember in my grandparent’s room, watching various cartoons on tape. I love the whole imperfection vibe.
David, I was stunned to learn your mom taught at UMASS Dartmouth! I grew up in Dartmouth and even took art classes at UMASS Dartmouth. Amazing how you went from being a "RUclipsr from anywhere in the US" to a former (current?) Dartmouth resident!
Man your video has like..a vibe. Your voice tone and the uh..cadence? Idk the production value is so solid. You're a pro.
Asmr bro
It almost has the same feeling as the generation loss pedal. Like a nostalgic melancholy.
well he is a sound engineer...
That's crazy shit right there. I'm 57 and I don't remember how ANY of my old VHS sounded. Except maybe Debbie does Dallas. If you know, you know.
Thimbs up and subbed. God. This pedal is supremely nostalgic sounding.
I don't understand music theory. I don't really understand most of the mechanics of this really. Yet I know sounds and feels and vibes. It's almost unexplainable how these songs you're playing do infact sound like something I heard 15 or 20 years ago. Beautiful how music (new and old) can place so much feeling and memory. Truly more proof that music is something special
I've probably watched this video like ten times now. I love it every time
Brilliant! When I start my fake memories company, I'll come back to you.
hearing the sounds, it's like I time travelled back to the 80's driving on a peaceful mountain and feel the breeze. It seems like I miss something back in those years even though I was born in the late 90's
I'm still waiting for a guitar cable company to resell their defective cables: capturing that "bad cable nostalgia".
Excellent demo of an excellent pedal
Super super enjoyed relating this to that old show intro. Top marks👏👏
Fantastic video, thanks.
7:11 immediately transported me to my childhood, sat in front of Tv watching for the 20th or 30th time that rented cartoon I loved so much. I got my on Gen Loss MKII 2 weeks ago but haven’t been able to play enough with it, your video shows is very inspiring.
Love your videos! You already sold me on two Chase Bliss pedals. Mood mkII and Generation Loss mkII. Well done, sir 😊
This has got me excited and I'm not even a musician
Listening to it’s just a burning memory would be epic
Thanks for another incredible video. This pedal is absolutely fascinating. Beautiful.
I went to UMD. That was a neat detail to drop. I love that campus. Also, I like the way you format and edit your videos. Thanks for the cool content.
I checked out Chase Bliss' website and store after your video on that really wacky pedal with the memory function. They've got some super sweet hardware, it all seems to die for... but that price tag man. Sadly waaay above what I can comfortably afford. At least I get to vicariously live through the experience of owning one with your cool reviews. Thanks, David!
Man I miss the 80’s😢
I used to live right by Umass Dartmouth! Love your videos
Man I love this channel these pedal videos are always so good
Hoooly $hit that French In Action throwback did it for me 😂 Bro i havent even thought about that series since i graduated high school n ‘93! Wow. Thx 🙏🏾
Ooh yes, the, ahem, lovely Mireille.
@@blueconcretezebra 😄
What a great video. I really love the simplicity and detail of your videos. You really make complex things easier to understand. Great pedal. However it is so funny that after decades of perfecting sound recordings, the using digital methods to re-create analog sounds kinda makes you wonder why we dont just use analog gear. Thanks for making this so interesting.
Thanks for the great video. Someone was just talking me about this at a show. My son (like many younger producers I think 😃) are really into these lo-fi sounds. Thanks again! 👍🏻
this video sold me on this pedal
That pedal sounds so lovely ❤
It's wild to me that your channel hasn't blown up yet
I think it's in the process of blowing up! :)
"Right now what we're hearing is the clean signal..." No, we're hearing you talk.
Heh, I'm sixty, this nostalgia box bring me back when I had lots of tape cassettes ("musicassetta" in italian) and just a mono Philips player/recorder, that was all I had for enjoying rock and new wave music, along with an fm radio. Thanks for reviewing this lovely strange box 👍
Fantastic pedal, beautiful sounds and video, great work! can't wait for mine
Just beautiful!
Thanks for share🎹
we used to watch French in Action in my highschool french classes in the aughts
There is some gorgeous sonic exploration going on here. Don't get me wrong.
As an older person, the whole concept of taking clean sound and applying effects that mimic the faults we spent years trying to eradicate from our recordings is very strange. Struggling with tape to tape bouncing etc. Interference, distortion. Analogue oscillators going out of tune in different temperatures.
I love the fact that someone made this lovely little box do this and it will lead to some super sound design that, frankly, you'd never find on a digital synthesiser on its own.
However, the mindset is overwhelmingly odd to me and the advent of digital has confirmed in me a rejection of audio faults.
My intoxicating love of the music of LOW almost came to an end when their work became swamped with distortion. Couldn't hack it. Fingers crossed, they are coming through that phase now.
I, like you, spent years longing to be free of cassette technology-I was unable to appreciate the beauty of this sort of sound when I couldn't escape it. I think the key to my enjoyment of it is that I now get to _choose_ when to use it.
@@DavidHilowitzMusic I was imagining how lovely these warm warbly sounds would be set against a squeaky clean backdrop of pristine silence, punctuated by crystal clear digital interventions.😆
The Boards of Canada font was a very nice touch by the designers
Best pedal demo I've ever watched.
I knew it looked expensive but I wasn't ready for the price tag, 469€! It WILL serve as inspiration when adding plugins and effects pedals to my tracks.
I think my new Zoom cdr m70 should be able to do some of what the GL does albeit a bit less streamlined since I will have to move through separate effects menus to record realtime tweaking. Still, for the poor musicians out thrre the Zoom pedal has a lot to offer, stereo in outs and some of the less common effects like bit crushing, lo-fi stuff and other sound mangling toys.
Your not the only one who subconsciously fell in love with the Annenberg /CPB Project intro.
Well I need that! Def gonna check out the Patreon. Thanks a lot !
Awesome sound mods; like watching the movie Legend with Tangerine Dream's sdtk on dad's old VHS tape deck back when I was a kid...
Love that Example You gave at the end - Generation Loss... P.S. You are amazing!
Wooooow! Damn, this was amazing!
How dare you make me feel nostalgic..
Great review David! Thanks
This pedal sounds amazing! I want one and a synth just to make LoFi chillwave!
This reminds me of a lot of Weirdcore music. This nostalgic style is quite commonly found there! :)
excellent video. subbed. I can't wait to get my hands on one of these and habit as well. thanks for the info!!
Beautiful as it sounds, 469 for this though is biiig oof
where did you see it so cheep? When I looked it up it was in the $1000 range...
@@seafoodsalad3356 oh, ok. I just googled it and looked at offered prices. Thanks.
Beautifully put
Man we had to watch French in Action in my French class back in 95!
This channel is absolute gold