01—Chase Bliss Audio
MOOD MkII
The granular ambient pedal that defined a generation of post-rock looper performances.
If you make ambient music, this is the pedal. If you don't, it'll change what you make. One of Chase Bliss's most important boxes.
02—On the bench
Two independent channels: a granular micro-looper and a stereo time-effect engine (delay, reverb, modulation). Designed in collaboration with Drolo and Old Blood Noise Endeavors, MOOD MkII is less a delay than an evolving texture machine — you feed it a phrase, it crumbles, stretches, smears, and replays it as a granular ghost while you keep playing on top. The MkII upgrade brought stereo I/O, two voices instead of one, expanded loop modes, and Chase Bliss's bent-volt-style preset system. It's not a delay you reach for to subtly thicken a clean chord — it's a sound-design pedal that rewards players who let it disagree with them. Lives on ambient, post-rock, and modular-curious boards.
- 01granular textures that drift away from the source
- 02stereo voices interact unpredictably
- 03the 'reverse' clutch behaves like another instrument
- 04presets recall full evolving states
- 05best when you let it hijack the song
03—In the room
Where else this pedal lives.
- Andy Othling
- Christopher Tignor
- Sarah Lipstate
Hologram Microcosm covers similar granular territory with a more presets-first interface.