The Empress Super Delay set the pace for nearly every ambitious delay release we've seen in the following decade and a half. It offered a path towards practical, all-in-one delay solutions as well as some of the most ambitious and creative delay implementations. Today we take a look at a standout mode from that modern-turned-original classic; lovingly called Reverse Mode C, rebuilt and recontextualized as an ambitious, modulated, and drifting reverse delay sound design tool.

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Signal Path:
Chase Bliss Preamp mkii
Benson Boost
UAFX Ruby
Chase Bliss MOOD MKII
Chase Bliss / Empress Reverse Mode C
Chase Bliss Generation Loss MKII
Chase Bliss CXM 1978

Timecodes:
00:00 Intro Song
02:19 Review
06:48 Context & Clean Tone
07:58 Mix & Feedback
10:27 Filter
13:06 Balance - Isolated Voices
15:47 Balance + Spread
18:14 Balance + Spread - Mixed Voices
22:11 Time
24:27 Offset
33:57 Modulation - Isolated
44:56 Modulation - In Context
53:53 Sequencer
01:13:20 Footswitches - Infinite Hold & Half Time
01:19:07 Cascading Octaves
01:24:03 MIDI

Recorded in Universal Audio LUNA

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