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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Overview Setup Getting Started Controls Hidden Controls Clock Wet Channel Micro-Looper Channel Spread Routing Classic Mode Customize Ramping External Control Power req: 9V DC Center Negative ~270 mA...

  • Page 3: Overview

    If you’re familiar with the world of MOOD, good. MOOD MKII picks up right where you left off – What makes it a little different is that the two same controls, same spirit, but with a bunch of...

  • Page 4: Setup

    Setup If you have a mono input and want to split it to Let’s get MOOD settled into your environment. If stereo output, turn on the MISO dip switch. you’re experienced with pedals, you can probably ignore this bit and dive right in. And if you want unique stereo processing, turn on the SPREAD dip switch (pg.

  • Page 5: Getting Started

    Getting Started Let’s use MOOD to turn a few simple notes into Play a few notes, then a textural symphony. turn on the Micro-Looper. Start with both channels bypassed. Now, let’s smear it with the Wet Channel. This is where things get interesting: Start to roll back the CLOCK, get some texture in there.
  • Page 6 Shared Controls Sets the balance between your input signal and MOOD (controls both channels simultaneously). If ramping is engaged (pg. 46), the function of this knob will change. It now controls the speed of the movement instead. CLOCK Sets MOOD’s sample rate. This controls length resolution CLOCK...
  • Page 7 Wet Channel Controls TIME The function of this knob changes depending on the mode. Reverb - Decay / size Delay - Delay time Slip - Refresh rate TIME MODIFY The function of this knob changes depending on the mode. MODIFY Reverb - Smear Delay - Feedback Slip - Playback speed and direction...
  • Page 8 Micro-Looper Channel Controls LENGTH The function of this knob changes depending on the mode. Env - Slice size Tape - Loop length Stretch - Slice size LENGTH MODIFY The function of this knob changes depending on the mode. MODIFY Env - Sensitivity Tape - Playback speed and direction Stretch - Stretch amount and direction MODE...
  • Page 9 Hidden Options TONE A simple hi-cut filter for mellowing the Wet algorithms, helpful for sitting back in the mix or matching the sound of the original MOOD. MODIFY STEREO RAMPING FADE WIDTH WAVEFORM STEREO WIDTH Sets the panning of the Wet Channel LEVEL DIRECT when SPREAD is engaged.
  • Page 10 Hidden Options Continued TRUE BYPASS MOOD uses buffered bypass. The RAMPING WAVEFORM bypassed signal completely Selects the shape of the ramping analog, but if you prefer true bypass movement (pg. 46). The shapes we’ve built in a way to do that: smoothly warp from one to the next: Simply tap both footswitches three Triangle, Square, Sine, Random,...

  • Page 11: Clock

    Clock What makes it interesting is that it moves in The CLOCK knob controls everything. musical, harmonized steps. For example, lowering the sample rate from 64k to 32k will half-speed your micro-loop as well as your Wet Channel effect. Try this: Play a single note, and while the reverb TIME...
  • Page 12 CLOCK is tone, length, and quality, all in one. Want something ambient and gritty? Lower the CLOCK. Need something more pure and hi-fi? Turn it up. Introduce aliasing, set the length of your micro-loops, extend delay time. Etc. It’s your partner in SMOOTH CLOCK New for MKII is the ability to smooth out the sweep of the CLOCK knob.

  • Page 13: Wet Channel

    Wet Channel Freeze Ideas REVERB PATTERN TIME MODIFY REVERB TIME The Wet Channel is With MODIFY turned down, your a twist on the familiar frozen reverb will sound like a ambient palette. percussive pattern. You can turn up MODIFY MODIFY once frozen to smudge the It’s a collection of pattern, but note that you won’t be real-time effects...
  • Page 14 Reverb Mode Delay Mode Multi-tap ambience. Clean, looping delay. MOOD’s reverb is a dense cluster of This is MOOD’s simplest mode, but echoes that can be smudged and it has some unexpected abilities. softened into a beautiful haze. You It’s the key to passing sound back can use it for clean echo clusters, and forth between MOOD’s two washed-out...
  • Page 15 Slip Mode Auto-sampler. Slip is an oddity. It samples your input continuously and spits it back out at a speed and direction of your choosing, generating whimsical harmonies and pitch-shifting. TIME Sets the sampling size. Lower settings will produce more instant results and function like a pitch-shifter, while higher settings will create harmonized phrases that follow behind you.

  • Page 16: Micro-Looper Channel

    Micro-Looper Channel To get started, simply play a few notes and turn the Micro-Looper on. It will keep whatever was MOOD’s Micro-Looper played most recently and loop it. Now you can is a little different. It’s start modifying that sound or overdubbing on it. always-listening looper, which is a bit LENGTH...
  • Page 17 Overdubbing In practice this doesn’t matter much because Once you’ve snagged a loop, you can start to pile the loop will already be doing wild stuff, just toss sounds on top. some notes in there and see what happens. But for more traditional, predictable overdubbing, Simply hold the footswitch to start overdubbing.
  • Page 18 Env Mode Tape Mode Audio-controlled looper. Tape-style looper. Env mode lets you interrupt a loop Tape mode is a straightforward with your playing to create dynamic way to capture loops. It allows you stutters and frozen notes. It chops to adjust the speed & direction of your loop into slices, and whenever your loops in harmonized steps sound is detected at the input it will...
  • Page 19 Stretch Mode Time-stretching looper. STRETCHING 101 Stretch mode lets you zoom in and Here’s a good way to get to know Stretch mode: explore the details of your loop, Set both MODIFY and LENGTH to max, then slowly spreading short phrases into rotate MODIFY towards noon.

  • Page 20: Spread

    Spread With SPREAD on, your incoming stereo image will The SPREAD dip switch turns each of MOOD’s be altered and exaggerated. In this case, a sound modes into a stereo effect. panned 30% to the right will alternate back and forth between 30% to the right and 30% to the left with each echo: a ping-pong delay that mirrors You can use the Hidden Options to apply SPREAD...
  • Page 21 Spread (by Mode) REVERB WET CHANNEL REVERB - Pans each of the Reverb’s various taps to a different place, resulting in reflections that “scatter” across the stereo field. DELAY - Ping-pong effect where echoes alternate back and forth between the left/right channels. DELAY SLIP - Smooth panning effect.

  • Page 22: Routing

    Routing The middle toggle controls MOOD’s routing. ENGAGED It decides what gets processed by CHANNEL MICRO the Wet Channel, and it only LOOPER BYPASSED applies when both channels are on. There’s one important aspect of MOOD’s routing to be aware of: When the Micro-Looper Channel is in its always-listening state (bypassed), it will record the sounds from the Wet Channel INPUT ONLY...

  • Page 23: Classic Mode

    Classic Mode CLOCK The original MOOD had all kinds of flaws and MKII – Noise-free idiosyncrasies that we’ve cleaned up in MKII, but Classic – Noise-full sometimes those misbehaviors are just what Turning the CLOCK down gradually introduces noise. you need. MICRO-LOOPS CLASSIC MODE brings them all back, while still MKII –...

  • Page 24: Customize

    Customize TRAILS Allows the Wet Channel modes to smoothly fade The purple-labeled dip switches on top of MOOD out after the pedal is bypassed. allow you to configure it for your setup and fine-tune things to your liking. LATCH The hold function for each footswitch is now The dip switch settings are saved with your presets.

  • Page 25: Ramping

    Ramping START CLOCK Now MOOD will steadily move between different CLOCK settings. The position of the knob you’re controlling is important, because it either sets the maximum or minimum point of the range (depending on the SWEEP setting). By default, bounce is a triangle wave, Ramping gives you the ability to automate but you can use the Hidden Options to choose MOOD’s knobs, either as a one-time movement...

  • Page 26: External Control

    External Control MOOD MKII is CV range = 0-5V compatible (higher voltage with MIDI, CV, or any negative expression, voltage can 1. Choose which knob(s) and external damage the 2. Choose the sweep. you wish to control. footswitch. pedal). MIDI/EXT EXP/CV 3.

  • Page 27: Bye

    This is the end of the MOOD manual. Hope you’re feeling wise and capable. Write us anytime if you’d like to know more: help@chasebliss.com We’re happy to help. Enjoy!

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