How do you like it so far?
Lol, in this video, at around 4:30, she is using a CXM1978 with the Reverse Mode C pedal.
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And I just bought one for the 2nd time.
Butā¦ Iāll pass on this one. Itās a nice pedal, but for how Iād use it, it would be very limited.
@tendingtropic @MichaalHell I definitely know that feeling, but I think its a good thing really. I donāt think thereās a universal great, so even if you end up on the outs with something itās good to be confident that it doesnāt work for you.
I still love Bim, Bam and Zen Delay. I sold Blooper even though it was fun. I love MOOD and probably donāt use it the way others do. I love the harsh textures and sound I can get messing with it. No ambient usage from meā¦ itās hard to get in that headspace (for me)
Yep, but mostly because whatever she makes thru whatever kit, it always sounds great 
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Definitely, i cant deny that the designs are incredible. But itās just not for me
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definitely is a keeper, I hope they expand on the FXs, but I love the controls and the LFO you can add to an effect or the way you can route multiple FXs at the time.
Always wanted the AH for its distortion and saturation but I love how you can half sculpt a sound with it.
After some months of use the Gen Loss MKII wasnt used as much as I wanted to as it made most recordings sound āsameyā.
The combination of the warble FX on the AH+FX and my Gen Loss cartridge on the Arcades made the CBA pedal expandableā¦
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Like a few others I think that the format just isnāt good for these pedals. Itās hard to get excited about it even though it sounds really good, because I know that Iām not going to be able to remember all the functions, and will routinely mess up when Iām trying to record something. And dip switches suck. Even just two more knobs and a slightly wider pedal with jacks in the back would be a fantastic change.
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Harsh you say? Iād love to hear an example!
I gotta say, I donāt like the way this pedal looks and I think the name is also kind of bad, but the sounds Iāve heard from it so far are absolutely beautiful. I canāt wait to get my hands on it!
I agree, itās the worst CBA design Iāve seen so far. Maybe they should have paid less homage to the original, which didnāt look too great to begin with. I kinda like the name for itās no bullshit vibe, but not a particularly evoking name like Thermae, Generation Loss or Bliss Factory.
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most touring bands have their set down to where theyāre mostly just stomping on the switches to engage the pedals; and likely using the presets to recall the sounds. theyāre unlikely to get on their knees and start flipping dip switches, etcā¦ Iām sure it does happen though, if the pedal is utilized a good bit throughout their songs. though I think that with pedals like this (and a lot of the recent CB pedals) a song or two is about all youāre going to use 'em for.
yeah this is my biggest gripe about CB. not using a given pedal for a while and then coming back to it is like taking a cognitive test, trying to remember wtf everything does. itās nice to have the quick reference manual nearby.
my other big gripe with them is that thereās no quick way to go back to the main control that the ramp knob does. which is usually mix. so you introduce ramping via the dip switches and then start to get a good vibe going but want to change the balance of the effect in the mixā¦ guess what? now you have to disengage the dip switches to change the mix, then re-engage the dip switches, and now the ramp knob doesnāt reflect where the ramp is actually set to. super annoying.
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Iāve realized I might rather look for plugins than pedals. As nice as they are, itās halting my whole workflow. Maybe you also find some nice suggestions here or can contribute:
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Any new gear or plug-in will halt or slow down your workflow until you will have fully absorbed it into your workflow. This integration process will be much more targeted and therefore quicker if you encounter insurmountable limits with your existing setup. Absent such a good reason, the process will be longer and more frustrating. Frustration will ironically lead to more GAS.
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While I agree with this in principle, itās a bit too broad and general here imo. I already know that I like the effects Microcosm and other effects are making to the music I write. I already have an idea of how to use them and how not.
Without getting into too much detail, letās say I have an okay setup and workflow for recording down with song mode and recording track by track while turning knobs. The slowdown comes when I have to send these back to the hardware sphere to record them while playing with effects pedals knobs and then move that back into OT to work further. It would definitely be a lot faster if I could just do the effects part in the DAW and then export these stems into OT.
But youāre right that GASing for other pedals slows me down additionally. I hope trying out plugins will solve both problems, thatās why I was asking.
Agreed. I like the pedals Iāve kept, but in most cases for me they are an impediment to getting something done rather than a helpful tool. Iāve got a small board for the microfreak and then five loose pedals that I use on whatever. I rarely use the loose pedals even though they sound incredible.
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About this, the manual of MOOD MKII says:
You can still adjust MIX while ramping by holding down the left footswitch as you move the knob.
It may or may not work on other CBA pedals as well.
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Annoyingly itās sometimes a different footswitch on other pedals I think but yes, thereās always access to mix.
manā¦ I was sooooo hoping someone would say this, and that Iād just missed it in the manual(s) like a goober. I donāt have Mood mk2 and donāt see it in the mk1 (which I do have) manual. I see it in the manual for the Habit (though itās the right switch as @yokermoon mentions), but not Gen Loss mk2. and not in Tonal Recall or Dark World. hmmā¦ maybe Iāll just play with 'em to check. more fun anyway. 
still annoying it kills your knob position for the two settings of course; but as a synth nerd, nothing Iām not used to.
Most CB pedals look great aesthetically, but the Habit was horrid looking. The Reverse Mode C is pretty meh looking.
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Agreed. They used to have a beautiful, elegant aesthetic (Brothers was my favorite), but lately they seem to just go for the most annoying aspects of 80ās design.
One exception for me is the regular Gen Loss Mk2. Love that one.
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