Review: Chase Bliss Audio Automatone CXM 1978
(WorldNews Music)

Chase Bliss Audio has been at the bleeding edge of effects pedal innovation in recent years, and 2020 saw the release of perhaps its most ambitious and striking unit to date, the Preamp MKII. A collaboration between Chase Bliss and Benson Amps, the debut Automatone pedal blended the DNA of the Benson Preamp with fuzz, resonant parametric mids from the now-discontinued Chase Bliss Condor, MIDI control, programmability and motorised faders that move automatically as you cycle through presets. For Automatone pedal number two, Chase Bliss has attempted something even more impressive and teamed up with Meris for the CXM 1978, a “modern take on vintage studio reverb.” Read more: EarthQuaker...