Good as it may sound, big time is just too big, too power hungry, and too expensive for my pedal board. But I’m kinda gassing for a mood mkll again, lol. I don’t think they’ll do another special edition of it soon, but if they do another pretty one like the candy or light edition, I’m probably going to get one again.
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What are you missing from the Mood mk2?
Asking because I keep being tempted to sell mine. I do enjoy some of what it does but at the same time, some things annoy me and I feel like I’m just not getting as much out of it as I see people online saying its like the greatest thing ever.
But I wonder if I move it along if I’ll end up wanting to re-acquire one.
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it’s probably my favourite piece of hardware but each to their own: if it doesn’t work for you then no point forcing it, there’ll be other stuff that does no doubt!
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I had one for a few months and sold it for a microcosm (which I also sold a while ago). The main thing the mood mkll lacked for me was a tap tempo or an easy way of clocking in without all the CB midi hassle.
Everything else about it was fine and I enjoyed just playing with it with my guitar.
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I just love the weird lo fi and pitch shifting delays that you get out of the Mood when reducing clock time. I also love that you can just send in material and play around with parameters until you get something you would have never thought of. It’s just inspiring and fun and doesn’t require too much thinking and planning. It that’s not how you feel by now, it might just not be your thing.
I also much prefer the left side of the pedal. I rarely get good results out of the right side and if so, I wish I had two mix knobs so I could blend it just a tiny bit of the right side. The left side can also act as a fairly „normal“ delay and reverb, but I find that a bit underusing the pedal. You then might also miss tempo setting options like Python just mentioned. I don’t mind not having clock sync for how I use Mood, I embrace just making some chaos with it.
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That option is there on mood mkll. Hold both foot switches and turn the clock knob to adjust the relative level of each side.
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I think the thing that has bugged me is trying to figure out the best way to use the right side/microloops, and the other thing is I hate how jarring/obvious it sounds when you move the clock knob while playing and the pitch is transposed. It just sound really unusable to me, and I find it odd that others say they love ramping the clock etc.
With the microloops, I find that they are very dark/muddy and they only get worse if you’re overdubbing. They can spiral out of control very quickly.
All that said, when it works, its great.
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You can set the clock to smooth instead of stepped, which is how I prefer it. No jarring transitions, just buttery smooth.
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Yeah I tried that but I still didn’t find a use case because without the set intervals I got really weird out-of-key pitch stuff happening, but I’ll revisit it, thanks.
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Sneak peak at upcoming Big Time workshop taught by David Torn
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David posted this over on a fuzz thread at TGP. I’m not sure if this is in the workshop or an outtake, but he makes Big Time do some wild stuff. Sonically it’s very, very compelling.
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Seems like the output socket or something else is busted on my lossy pedal 
I only hear the effect on the right channel, the signal on the left channel seems to pass through the pedal unaltered. I tested it with a bunch of different cables and made sure it’s got nothing to do with miso or spread. In fact, the pedal just passes through the dry signal on the left channel no matter the settings on the dip switches.
Anything else I could troubleshoot before getting into contact with chase bliss?
I‘m a bit late to this thread but happy to answer some Big Time questions, as I was part of the CB crew at Superbooth and helped to demo it.
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I had this problem with L+F, CBA sent me some steps to test and they did work:
Let’s have you try a partial factory reset:
- Let’s have you run a dipswitch cycle. Turn all the dipswitches on and then off.
- Reset the Hidden Options. To reset all the hidden options to their default setting, flip the preset toggle to the left position and back to the center three times. Once the LEDS start blinking, press both footswitches simultaneously to confirm.
- Let’s also have you run a dry-kill cycle. Try unplugging the pedal from power, then holding the left footswitch down completely while you plug in the power. Once the pedal is completely powered, release the footswitch. This will engage dry-kill. Repeat the same process to turn dry-kill off.
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You’re a lifesaver, thanks a lot!
Step number 3 did the trick and everything is working properly again. I’m very happy that it’s not a hardware issue and I don’t have to send it in for repairs. I’ll definitely recall the dry kill on/off trick the next time any of my CB pedals starts acting up again.
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Anybody with big time using it as a send effect as opposed to having something run into it direct
Yes, that is what I do
Grapevine says Big Time orders will begin shipping June 22.
And by grapevine, I mean Chase Bliss
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In the audio demos i’ve been missing headroom and 3d punch. It often sounds a bid blurred or flat. Am i wrong? Did the users in the demos drive the preamp too hot? I had a Prime Time back in the days and it it was much more transparent.