Description
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Product Overview
MOOD MKII is a two-channel spatial multi-effect (of sorts) with a micro-looper channel designed by Drolo FX to focus on a very short moment of time, sample it, and repeat it. The other channel is a collection of spatial effects designed by Old Blood Noise Endeavors.
Each channel is interrelated, transforming the audio signal as it moves freely back and forth. Signal freeze, blur into space, and diffuse into stereo space. Time-stretched loops are run into a cloud sea of delay taps and sampled again. The result is playful and immediate, with endless pops of beautiful textures that color the space.
The MKII has many updates, including stereo support, loop channel overdubs, MIDI clock sync, signal freeze, fade-outs, filters, channel balance adjustment, blending, and smooth clock changes. Effects have also been upgraded and sound quality improved, but if you love the "quirks" of the original, you can always go back to it in Classic Mode.
Musical chemistry experimentation tool. A compact and surrealistic watercolor palette. Repeated transfers and fusions invite you into a never-ending world of polarized sound.
MOOD, the bestseller that defined the reputation of Chase Bliss, has been significantly enhanced as MKII!
The MKII incorporates all of the most requested requests and updates from the original. MKII has been carefully developed to be a natural extension of the original without losing any of the instantaneousness that made it so versatile at any given moment. And if you love charming "flaws," just turn on Classic Mode and everything is back to normal.
MOOD MKII has evolved into a more sophisticated, more flexible, and more professional device. But the underlying Chase Bliss-like "playfulness" and "goofiness" are the same from the original.
Musical Clock Control
The CLOCK control is the most important feature that makes the MOOD MKII a unique effect. This is a new parameter that controls the "processing speed" of the entire pedal by varying the clock speed/sample rate.
The micro looper channel changes the maximum number of loop seconds, playback speed, and sound quality. And the spatial effects channel changes the delay and reverb character, resolution, blurring, maximum time, etc. By accelerating/decelerating both channels simultaneously, a multifaceted transform is achieved.
The microloop is momentarily slowed down to half speed and pitch-shifted down an octave, and at the same time the reverb goes to a pale, hazy, fluid blotch. Then, the speed is quickly increased and the loop becomes the twittering of a living creature. Such dramatic changes can be created endlessly by simply twisting the CLOCK knob.
The CLOCK knob is quantized to harmonize the range of changes so that it does not deviate from the musical key, and the landscape is repainted one after another in any setting while maintaining a pleasant musical feel. Even the bleak white noise and artifacts in the extreme settings are beautifully and creatively textured.
MKII now has a fluid smooth variable with quantize turned off, and a noise elimination option.
Micro Looping
MOOD's right footswitch is set to an ambitious micro looper designed by Drolo FX. This looper is always in recording mode, so you'll never know what will pop out the moment you press the footswitch until you hear it.
It is as if fishing out sound material. No need to use the same technique as a typical looper; fun sound textures pop right out. The three modes, which allow you to change playback speed like a tape machine, stretch and stretch without changing pitch, and insert new plays, are designed for musical playfulness and immediacy.
The MKII has been significantly updated with twice the maximum loop time and overdubs. The micro looper can be used as a real-time effect, and a fade-out can be applied to play like a delay.
Unique spatial effects
Three spatial effects designed by Old Blood Noise Endeavors, a company known for its isolated worldview, stand by on the left footswitch. From standard effects to twisted effects such as reverberation with descending frequency shift, skipping doppelganger, and auto-sampling, these effects can be dynamically controlled with only two knobs.
The CLOCK setting has a great deal to do with the resolution and lo-fi/high-fi character of the spatial channels. Depending on the setting, high frequencies can melt, freeze, meltdown, watercolor-like blurring, and even bit crash. Combined with microloops, you can get impressive ambience that dominates the scene in an instant.
The MKII features a revised effects algorithm and improved sound quality. A new freeze function that infinitely stretches the effects has been added, allowing them to be treated like a secondary looper.
Transform by interaction, evolving signals
The two onboard channels react to each other in separate and unique behaviors. Audio signals pass from the micro looper to the spatial channel, and signals processed in the spatial channel are returned to the micro looper. This means that a signal that has been blended with delay or reverb can be looped again and further effects can be layered on top of it.
The real fun of MOOD begins when you pass the signal between the two channels and edit the interaction of all the parameters; MOOD is a color palette for your musical experimentation.
Expanded, Integrated Controls
MOOD MKII introduces the deepest MIDI integration in Chase Bliss history, allowing you to transpose the output from the spatial channels with a MIDI keyboard (or equivalent). All parameters, including secret options, can now be changed externally via MIDI messages, and synchronization to a MIDI clock is also supported.
All other modern controls are fully supported, including CV and EXP pedal controls, preset settings, etc. You can also modulate parameters with the Chase Bliss-style ramping control, which allows you to modulate the knobs with the pedal itself.