THERMAE: Analog Delay / Pitch-Shifter Tutorial w/ SEF (Your Favorite Enemies) 

Thanks a lot! All day… Dude… You'll get even crazier than me!!!

Hope you're able to understand me!!!! ;)

Thanks a lot, Rob! What kind of music are you doing? Dude… You must put it back in your pedalboard! It can expand your possibilities quite a lot to work with it!

@@SefLemelinOfficial It's on one board with one band, but I've been doing lots of solo dates with a very tiny fly rig. Empress ZOIA covers a lot of ground, but Thermae is magic... I will probably have to make a second small board that I can have a few more pedals, and the Thermae is one of the ones on that little board!

@@RobFlaxMusic Thanks for sharing man! That’s the kind of pedal that pushes me to explore new territories! The Empress ZOIA is a crazy beast as well, you enjoy working with it? I’ll use the Thermae and MOOD from Chase Bliss on our European tour!

@@SefLemelinOfficial ZOIA is incredible, yes! You can even control Chase Bliss pedals with the ZOIA, creating really complex Midi stuff on the pedal to control other pedals... But I'm not there yet haha.

Love you too brother! I'm grateful to be able to live this sonic adventure with you!

This pedal is so innovative and the concept is brilliant! Have you had it for a long time? What kind of music do you play?

Sef Lemelin I’ve had it for a month now - I’ve been for the longest time a fingerstyle player - everything from classical to contemporary stuff - but just recently got into pedals - love the way a great pedal can inspire you to play in a new way

Thanks a lot!!!

Thanks a lot, really appreciated!

Thanks a lot Ben! I like doing this and I must admit that the Chase Bliss pedals are getting me crazy!

Thomas Hudson what’s with the paint job? Is it legit worn in, or is it some kind of distressed finish?

That's the original finish...it's called transparent forest green. I believe it's a satin finish

Hey Thomas! That's freakin cool! I did some mods on it! I changed the bridge pick up for a Curtis Novak JM-FAT and I changed the bridge for a Mastery Bridge!

@@SefLemelinOfficial ha that's incredible...mine's got a mastery bridge and a Novak Tele pickup in the bridge.

Thanks Jordan! It’s so cool to see how this passion we both share for sound and music can trigger us to push our own limits!

Thanks a lot Mark! There are so many possibilities with this pedal! This kind of “internal expression pedal” is a brilliant concept and the MIDI capabilities are offering me everything I need to work live with it!

@@SefLemelinOfficial I have to say, your verbal delivery is special. For a moment I thought I was seeing a gear demo from "Mad Dog" Vachon!

Totally agree with you! With the kind of music I'm doing, I would not be able to manage all my effects without my ES-8! Do you have one? What kind of music do you play?

I think it’s a tenor/baritone guitar

Thanks a lot brother! You're behind all this man! ;)

Sef Lemelin just bringing my brothers together!

Yes, and I must tell you that there are other crazy mind-blowing pedals crafted by Chase Bliss!

Sef, pray tell, but they are more?

Hey mon David! Je pense bien que je serais le pire des poètes!!!!

Would love a reply here :-)

Thanks a lot! The artist is Alex Henry Foster & The Long Shadows, it's the song Summertime Departures from the album Windows in the Sky: open.spotify.com/album/3jLB1LEluP22cZ3aqOuiuU

Late answer , but the pitch shifting comes from modulating the delay time. So it's just a momentary pitch shift every time that happens. If you've ever played with the knobs on an analog delay, this basically allows you to do that instantaneously and rhythmically while hitting predetermined intervals. Although it's one of my favorite pedals that I own, I always thought that "pitch shifter" was a bit misguiding to those unfamiliar with the way that analog delays behave (me up until quite recently)

@@samdeters6162 Ah thanks.

Thanks, Frank! This pedal has been a great challenge for me and it inspired me to create music for this video!

@@SefLemelinOfficial Question about the midi you're sending at 4:00: on the ES8, i assume you're sending CC# to the thermae, and youre toggling between two values? an octave up and octave down? i am very curious about that segment in the vid so any more details would be appreciated!

@@fjurden Yes, I’m sending CC# (CC# 93) to the Thermae to activate the pitch shifting manually. The CC# 93 is the Tap Switch of the Thermae. It’s easier for me to use a switch of my ES-8 instead of using the Thermea’s! The intervals used in this example are the -oct and +4th!

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I believe friendship is fed through simple moments like this one where we can share about something we love! Happy to share this moment with you!

It's a Warren Ellis Tenor Baritone from Eastwood! eastwoodguitars.com/collections/warren-ellis/products/warren-ellis-tenor-baritone-2p

Merci beaucoup Alain! Si tu veux mon opinion, je lui donnerais une autre chance!!!! SI tu prends le temps, tu vas risquer de découvrir des choses complètement folles!