blooper
Bottomless Looper
Performance looper with additive sound design.
The dream of blooper was to merge high-fidelity looping with creative manipulation, allowing you to steer recordings to new and extraordinary places. Sync, loop and layer, then edit your creation with two channels of immediate, hands-on modifiers. Save, come back later, and keep going.
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Knobs
3 Degrees Audio
Use Additive mode to record modifiers directly into your loop.
8 layers of undo / redo for time jumps and carefree overdubbing.
Save and transfer up to 16 loops with layers stored and separated.
Age and analog-ize your loops with the help of Stability.
Additive Recording.
blooper’s sooper power.
In Additive mode, any modifications you make to a loop are recorded into your overdubs, like live editing. This includes knob movements – if you hear it, so does blooper. Cook up radical breaks and transitions in real-time, or loops that continuously evolve. Use the Layers control at any time to jump back to where you began.
Layers
The Layers control can be used to navigate your loop history, like jumping through time. 8 levels of undo / redo, mapped to a knob.
Sampling
Play your recordings one-shot like a sample, or explore a fast, interactive alternate to standard looping.
Stability
Move your loops into the physical world with Stability, gradually introducing a number of artifacts reminiscent of an old tape reel.
Modifiers.
With the bloop troop.
blooper has two channels or modifiers that can be used simultaneously to contort and reimagine your loops.
Smooth Speed enjoys bending time in a fluid, organic way reminiscent of a tape machine. It excels at slowing things to a crawl.
Oop! Dropper is your clumsy saboteur, injecting moments of silence into your loop. Each drop varies in smoothness and duration.
Trimmer makes that big old loop of yours littler. Handy for tweaking timing, creating interruptions, or discovering loops within loops.
Stepped Speed is all about efficiency and precision. Speed up or slow your loops in musical steps of fifths and octaves.
Scrambler just can’t keep it together, breaking up the timeline of your loop, jumping here and there to create patterns or random departures.
Loop feeling busy? Shrill? Big whoop. Pop on the dual-mode Filter and tidy things up to mellow those pesky highs or create space in the lows.
Once you swap, the fun don’t stop. Swapper allows you to replace parts of your loop, either manually, or with your playing dynamics.
DJ time. Stutter—sometimes known as beat repeat—latches onto the current moment and repeats it, like scratching a record.
Speed Trimmer allows you to shrink your loop by precise subdivisions, so your adjustments fit nicely into rhythm.
Stretcher allows you to explore the microscopic world hiding within each loop or condense it into a blur. All without affecting pitch!
All good things come to an end. Stopper eases that transition, introducing either a volume fade or a tape stop.
Pitcher allows you to transpose your loop without changing the speed, with an outrageous three octave range up or down.
Expand and integrate
blooper features advanced connectivity and customization options including MIDI, CV and Expression control, syncing, loop saving, and internal modulation of any or all its knobs.
Specs
Mono I/O
Loop saving (16)
Internal modulation (Ramping)
MIDI (PC, CC and Clock)
CV (control and sync)
Expression control
External footswitch control
USB customization
Analog dry thru
Buffered bypass
9V Center Negative ~150 mA
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Is there an overdub limit?
Yes, blooper can record a total of 16 overdubs. Within an overdub you can record for as long as you like, it’s only stored and counts towards the limit when you enter playback or stop the loop. The first 7 overdubs are stored on their own layer, while the 8th is a “super layer” that stacks up all the rest of your overdubs.
Why does my blooper seem to come in late when synced to external clock?
When you press record while externally synced, you’re essentially arming blooper. It then waits for the next clock pulse to start recording. So what you need to do is press record just before your intended starting point. Choosing longer quantize times can make this process easier and feel more natural.
Why can’t I connect to the BLIP interface?
Some USB cables won’t make a good connection with blooper, or won’t transfer data. Use the included USB cable if possible, make sure the pedal is powered, and the rest is a breeze.
Why won’t blooper save the modifiers I chose on BLIP?
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Why do I see "Connected But Not Responding" on the BLIP interface
This usually happen because you have multiple tabs of BLIP open or multiple programs trying to connect to Blooper’s USB MIDI. Be sure to close all other programs and tabs in your Chrome browser and refresh the BLIP page.
How do I access the alternate modifiers?
The Bank A and Bank B dipswitches give you access to two different sets of modifiers. You can also choose your own modifiers and arrangements using the BLIP interface.
Why is my loop getting weird when I record modifiers in ADD mode?
It’s supposed to! You may notice the start / end points of your loop changing places, or other weird behavior when you record certain modifiers. This breakdown should really help.
Can I save control settings?
Short answer: No.Long answer: Unlike other Chase Bliss pedals, blooper saves audio rather than control settings. This way, when you load up an old loop the controls won’t be invisibly locked to their saved position – what you see is what you get.
Can the transition between layers be smooth?
Short answer: No.Long answer: The layers system works like 8 levels of undo & redo. It’s an immediate effect – take away an overdub, or put it back in.
Can layers be isolated?
Short answer: No.Long answer: Because of blooper’s unique additive abilities, each layer contains all the audio from the previous layers. This makes it possible to completely transform your loop with stability and the modifiers, instead of those effects simply getting piled on top. You can go forward and backward through your layers, but you can’t isolate the audio on just one layer.