INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW
This is the sound of nostalgia. Chase Bliss Audio & Cooper FX are
teaming up once again to take everything you love about the original
Generation Loss while making some tweaks based on customer
feedback and adding the additional control Chase Bliss is known for.
Generation Loss
™
brings together all aspects of tape degradation
and uses a combination of effects to hone in on that sound we’re all
familiar with. Generation Loss refers to the decrease in sound quality
and introduction of noise and sound artifacts each time a copy is made
on magnetic media such as tape. Random pitch fluctuations, filters to
cut down on the signal’s bandwidth, sample rate reduction, and noise
are all brought together in this pedal to mimic that sound without the
need for a broken VHS player.
aspect of analog tape degradation, this control is useful
to have in any lo-fi effect.
HP
Sets the cutoff frequency for a resonant high-pass
filter. Turn clockwise to sweep from no hi pass filtering,
to heavy filtering. This has a “brightening” effect on
the audio.
LP
Sets the cutoff frequency for a resonant low pass filter.
The sweep is the opposite of the high pass filter, in
that more of the audio is filtered as you turn the knob
counter clockwise. Used in conjunction with the HP
knob, the user can really narrow in on the high and low
frequency signal attenuation to get that tape sound.
AUX FUNC TOGGLE
This toggle selects the function applied to the signal
when the AUX stomp is pressed. When the toggle is
set to the MOD setting, both the WOW and FLUTTER
controls will be maxed out when the footswitch is
activated. Setting the toggle to GEN will allow the
user to change between the max Gen setting and the
knob defined Gen setting each time the footswitch is
activated. Finally, the AUX stomp can be used to bypass
the filters by setting the AUX FUNC toggle to FILTER.
DRY TOGGLE
This toggle selects the amount of dry signal that is
mixed in with the wet signal. The user can select from
NONE, SMALL, or UNITY. When set to SMALL, a little
bit of the dry signal will be mixed in. There is a trim pot
that allows the user to select how present the dry signal
WOW
This control refers to the lower frequency pitch
fluctuation that can affect audio played back on tape
machines. Turning the control clockwise will increase
the depth and speed of the random pitch fluctuations
allowing for random vibrato and chorus sounds.
FLUTTER
While WOW describes the slow gentle pitch
fluctuations, Flutter refers to the relatively fast,
random pitch fluctuations that are in large part
responsible for “that” tape sound. Instead of sounding
like vibrato, flutter causes more of a timbral change
to the incoming audio.
WET (RAMP)
When there are no dip switches assigned to ramp
any controls, this knob controls the level of the wet
signal. The volume of the wet signal increases as the
user turns the knob clockwise. This is useful to make
up for signal loss due to use of the filters. If a dip
switch is engaged for ramping, you can set this knob
to control any of the five parameters individually or
simultaneously (Wow, Flutter, Gen, LP, HP), and have
it either modulate (Bounce) or ramp-and-hold (rise or
fall) via dip switches in the back of the pedal. In this
case, this knob controls the ramp time in which this
takes place.
GEN
Gen controls the sample rate of the wet signal.
At its max, the audio quality is as pristine as it gets,
but as you turn the knob counterclockwise, the audio
becomes increasingly lower quality. While not truly an
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2) this device must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause undesired operation.
