I understand the possible disappointment during the first few days… My girlfriend gave me one for my birthday a month ago and on the second day I was like, damn, not sure how much I’ll use this but I can’t get rid of it so might as well keep at it. After a night watching some YouTube videos (loopop’s was very helpful) everything clicked and now that I know what I’m doing it is very fun to explore.
I would still love to have a Blooper though… and several other Chase Bliss pedals…
Yeah I can imagine I’ll want a few more of their pedals, they look really great and with almost full midi implementation they’ll pair nicely with my Elektrons
I got a Blooper back in April, and quickly picked up a Mood. I’ve posted it in another thread, but I did an album with the two - each track is live, one take. (links below)
I wanted to mention to you mono/stereo-concerned people - if you have a stereo synth, and are concerned about mono effects, pick up a Radial Key Largo. There is an effects send that you can configure as mono. The effect channel runs parallel. So, if you aren’t using sends on a mixer, this is a great option as a little mini stereo mixer.
Album - Saxophone > Blooper > Mood. Very ambient. Very David Lynch soundtrack.
This is lovely work. A strong combination of solid musicianship and clever use of technology. I love the atmosphere as well as the progression. Hell, I just love it.
Anyone adjusted the internal trimmers at all to boost the loop side signal? The manual hints at the capability but I haven’t seen any specific documentation as to which trimmers effect that. Ive been running an as-1 through it. It sounds great but with no incoming signal, the looper seems particularly quiet.
I realised, months after I sold it, the stuff I recorded from it, I keep coming back to and use in all kinds of contexts. I’ve had the Blooper for some time now and I don’t get nearly as much use from that one, as I got from the Mood.
So now I’m getting a Mood again and Blooper is out.
Yeah, but I’m not getting anything out of the Blooper I can’t make even better with the Blackbox. The Blackbox is quite an incredible looper in itself.
And it has sixteen of them going at once. In stereo and shit
So it’s not so much that the Blooper isn’t awesome, but more that I’m already covered with a solution that works better for me.
Ha, yeah I’d boxed mine up to sell it because it really seems like a pedal made for people who play live, rather than sequenced music. Then one day I was jamming and decided to run my 606 through it, and it sounded amazing.
Similarly with my MS20, it really adds some interesting textures, especially once you start playing with the LFO…
