Tone Report Weekly Issue 129 | Page 66

CHASE BLISS AUDIO TONAL RECALL REVIEW BY SAM HILL STREET PRICE $399.00 Chase Bliss Audio has found a way to perfectly marry old school analog goodness with state-of-the-art digital technology. This holds true with its latest entry into the pedal world, the Tonal Recall analog delay. Like other pedals from the company, it comes in a cool wooden box, ensuring your investment is protected in transit. Looking sharp in a chrome casing with nifty blue knobs, the Tonal Recall looks like its siblings with six knobs, two footswitches, switches for delay subdivisions, SLB (Short, Long, Both), and modulation waveforms, as well as a switch that selects between 66 GEAR REVIEW // two onboard presets. More presets are available via the pedal’s MIDI capability. An optional expression control jack allows you to control your preferred parameter in real time with an expression pedal. And like the other pedals in the Chase Bliss Audio lineup, there are 16 easily-accessible mini DIP switches that allow you to tweak to your heart’s desire. As far as analog delays go, this one is pretty dark. It can get into brighter territory with the Tone knob, but what it really excels at is warm, fat, full-sounding analog delay. The accompanying modulation will give you Chase Bliss Audio Tonal Recall everything from the most subtle modulated edge to all-out seasick vibrato. With short delay times, you can get some great modulation sounds out of this box—something to think about if you’re a MIDI user, as there are a ton of presets available. One of my favorite features on this box is the SLB switch, which allows users to choose between short delays, longer delays, or both at the same time. Using both delays with a bit of modulation, with the mix set lower to keep the delay in the background, and a generous amount of repeats, I was treated to an