Just looking at it, I feel like I want one. I mean... aesthetically, it's stunning and lust worthy. Sound wise, it's also pretty cool. Thanks again for sharing another wonderful video, Loopop.
Thanks - it's quite a thing this pedal - the "outro jam" says it all (if you can call playing one note a jam) - you feed MOOD one note and it becomes a story
I had bought this and tried it, and had no idea how it worked, until I watched this video. You always make everything extremely approachable, loopop. Thanks
Normally a 20 minute review video for a pedal seems excessive, but this puppy warranted one. And you did an excellent job of making this complex unit a little clearer to understand! Thank you!
Best pedal I have seen in a long time. Great review! The break down on the left was the greatest thing ever. This should be the format for all, going forward.
As you mentioned it would be interesting to play it with a midi keyboard. But it actually can be mimic with the midi cc18 which can control the clock... It is easy to convert some midi notes to cc.. But indeed...there is not a big range of pitches here.... Only 11 as far ax I understand the clock knob
I own a MOOD pedal. I've had it for almost a year. Your review has really helped me understand all of the functions and how there work separately or together. The pedal is getting much better use now. I feel like I know what I'm doing... much more. I'm not just turning dials and getting crazy sounds, although that's fun too. Thanks.
Iys a pass for me for a couple fo reasons. Firstly i live in the uk and theyve managed to translate 350$ into £350. That is a bad deal. 2nd, no stereo. I can buy a 2nd hand clouds for anout £120 approx or a new mitable beads for £250 .
This is one of the only ones to properly describe Envelope and Stretch from the Drolo side. Too bad that you didn’t connect CV (it’s not as useful as I’d hoped, so might be helpful to see) or an expression pedal, but nobody is doing that either. Nice work!
I bought it about 3 months ago and tried really hard to like it. While there was a few happy moments, I spent most of the time trying to find a sweet spot and when I found something nice it quickly got repetitive and then had to try again to find a different sweet spot, and repeat. I'm not saying it's not a nice pedal but it's not for me because when using it, it was impossible to include it with other instruments in a coherent ensemble or to even use it in a subtle way. I think it may be more for someone enjoying turning knobs really slowly to discover unique soundscape with a single instrument. Also the lack of sync makes the internal clock almost impossible to pair with other clocks, and the pitch control is too restrictive, you can only change in the order and the tones already programed in the pedal.
I do really like this video though. These pedals do so much complex stuff, it really does need some scientific unpacking to even scratch the surface of their capabilities. Thanks very much I ordered one a couple of weeks back.
In stretch mode, when you slow a loop up to 2x or more, is the loop smooth or broken up? (I have the tensor, anything slower than 1.25x the loop breaks up)
So many of these granular effect pedals popping up lately... I feel like they're all still lacking something. In this case (and most others too), it being mono is the deal breaker for me. Most of these pedals also seem to lack focus, like they've just crammed in as much features as possible, instead of grouping some parameters into one knob, and/or come up with a limited, well thought-out combination of controls. Or a larger form factor, or even having some controls available over midi only! There's a lot of competition in this segment though, so I'm sure someone will eventually come up with something more optimised (and mostly more suitable for synths). Now is just not the time to buy one of these pedals imo.
I completely agree. With one exception.....maybe. Tensor. It still maybe needs stereo. Although it doesn't bother me that its missing. And also maybe longer loop times. But thats not really the point of the pedal sooooo
@@nathanricker1 Yeah, still mono and no midi, otherwise it seems well executed. I'd typically use a pedal like this on a send of my mixer... which is stereo, or after some other fx... which are also stereo. Besides, there's so much cool stuff you can do with panning in granular synthesis that it's a huge waste to do it in mono. The pedal in this video also has a delay/reverb, mono reverb is a no go for me. Modular (eurorack, modules like Morphagene, Nebulae, etc.) is also just too far ahead to seriously consider any of these pedals.
I have no problem running the CBA stuff in mono ahead of all my other stereo pedals. Sure it'd be better in stereo, and I used to bemoan the lack of - however I'm a happy CBA convert with 5 of their pedals now. Its also forced me to be more creative in how to deal with carving stereo space after the CBA line. I enjoy using a SupaTrem2 after CBA stuff if I don't want any further effects. It pulses as slow as 6 seconds with two independent trems for plenty of stereo field. It's also fun to go full wet and carve space aggressively all the way up to the hummingbird fast stereo term that it can do. Usually I;m running stereo delays and reverbs after mostly though. No love lost is all I'm trying to say from a used to be be-moaner if that helps anyone get past the mono thing.
Loo, if you had to get a unique multi fx pedal to make techno/electronica, what pedal would you get? Granular is awesome but what are your thoughts on what is out there for Xmas? Any older pedals even that may be little cheaper? I saw that Red Panda pedal? Thank yo
you know what I'm going to say.... never let anyone make the decision for you. personally, I don't like multi effects pedals at all with the exception of H9 which I see as one pedal with many effects if that makes sense
This pedal is a combination of a bunch of things, I'm sure there are products out there that do one or some of these things in different combos or more. Look for micro-loopers, reverse delays and granular effects to start
Is it possible to sync the pedal over CV or midi? I have it now, and would like to somehow sync the tempo accurately, so the buffers and clock could be lined up with multiples / division of a source tempo. thanks!
This might be a dumb question but it wasn’t clear to me if it’s possible to have reverb and delay at the same time or just one or the other at once, anyway knows?
does anyone have this pedal? how does one control what gets recorded into the right side? i seem only be able to record the audio cable and not the left side. if i dont feed the pedal anything and do a microrecording then the buffer gets empty quickly and dont hear anything anymore.
Did you see my "6 ways" to eliminate ground noise video? Also try powering it with a phone charger or even better yet one of those power bricks that charge phones
Yes great point, a playable clock would be great... I hope this can implemented as an update. Though I also like non stepped quantised stuff as well , I though slip mode would be about that in an analog tape way...Great overview as usual. Got me in the MOOD for loop mangling.
Great instructional video! Can the Drolo side listen and play back instantaneously without recording a piece? Or do you have to record something manually in order to make use of it?
Thanks! If I understand your question... Drolo is always recording in the background, so you don't need to do anything, just hit the stomp when you want to use whatever was just recorded (based on the current size of the Drolo buffer), and it immediately plays it back.
loopop Thanks. But you couldn’t use it similarly like ex Pladask Fabrikat, meaning it could work kind of like a stretch delay of sorts... Always listening AND playing back your input, without having to record something manually?
I'm not familiar with that pedal (looks interesting!) but no, on the Drolo side you're either listening or playback. The left/OBNE side however does both listen and play back - if anything perhaps the Slip algorithm gives you what you're looking for - not sure - take a listen to that part of the video
Playable clock , please.... that would rejuvenate my use of Axon2 and DM2 apps , which I love its texture, but want play the sound engines instead of sampling...what options are there to make a playable pitch shifter thanks.
Another deep video, thanks! This seems like it'd make an amazing eurorack module. How is the sound? Any tape-like saturation? Does it have clean tails or does it break up (like a clouds module, for instance)?
The sad thing about those amazing effects pedals is that they are so immensely expensive (probably worth the price, still can't afford...). Does anybody know about nice (cheaper yet good) VST effects which create comparable effects?
yup.....the price tag is definitely a con - but its one of their cheaper chase bliss pedals! unfiltered audio have some cool stuff you may like that has a similar vibe - sandman pro was cool. someone else may have something more closer to the mood, but i really enjoyed this plugin.
Kunchang Lee the Hedra is primarily a pitch shifter, that also has delay. The Hedra gives you exponentially more control over pitch shifting, but not so much with the delay. The Mood is primarily a micro-looper + spatial fx (reverb, delay, etc.), which also has some pitch shifting. I demoed both the Hedra and the Mood in my local shop and loved both but ended up taking home the Mood. I play ambient music and the Mood is perfect for making textural layers. I plan on getting a Hedra at some point too. I would say go for a Hedra if you primarily want pitch shifting. It was a bit intimidating for me since my music theory knowledge isn’t great, but I bet it would teach me a lot about theory after using it more. Hope this helps!
very nice review I have to say - but are you sure that you can record back from left to the right channel - I can't hear it- I did everything and could not get it working too - also on the cba home page blog "MOOD vs. Blooper" it says "There is also no overdubbing ..." I hope I am wrong and just do something wrong :)
Thanks! There’s a difference between overdubbing - which is combining two layers and this indeed doesn’t do, and recording which as far a I remember it does
16 seconds (though you might pull off a bit more with the tape effect) - that said, quality degrades as you increase loop length because you're using a slower clock rate, not extending the buffer
@@loopop i look forward to your request in this episode being fulfilled , as the advanced midi , now has note on/off for playing the samples, and other extensive additions, i can't preorder as of yet, due to other financial priorities , so will live vicariously through your review, much thanks in advance .
@@loopop I was just looking at the Chase Bliss blog, they have an article about this. But it's not suuuuuper clear. But I think that Blooper is still going to be made. Release date TBD.
This is the by far best demo of this pedal so far. You feed it with a simple signal and show what it can do with it. Unlike a certain other channel, that sends absolute nonsense to it, and one never know if the pedal does the crappy sound or the guitar"player". Thank you for that!
@@Knobs oh snap! Sry man, now I am feeling bad :D For me, your videos are entertaining, but with some more complex pedals like this one, it's sometimes hard to keep track of what's actually going on. No offense and sorry for the "crappy". Don't mind me, I am just a rude ass on the interwebs :* Keep on doing things the way you want!
I have both, for me it's definitely Zoia, endless possibilities. Mood is more a love or hate pedal and sadly, after multiple attempts at liking it, I must say that I belong in the latter :(
@@loopop OK make it like this and be smart. Have a couple of buttons define the buttons as momentary switch. Give each button the correct value for the appropiate tempo. It worked for me on the microfreak, "playing" the sync tempo
Meh not sure about this one at all, the Tensor and CT5 already exist so adding reverb is not going to do anything for 99% of people interested in this sort of pedal
must to get pedal i think the blooper dropped off for the name choice in fav of mood, prbably some other company was coming with something similar i forgot the name anyway great demo loopop
@@loopop oh thats wonderful cause i was following that foe weeks and there was no indication of Mood so i though that became Mood good more reeasons to be poor now :)
