Working With Chase Bliss Audio's CXM 1978 Automatone Reverb Pedal In The Studio

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Time Stamps:

Intro: 0:00 - 1:31
10 Presets: 1:32 - 5:47
CXM vs. 224: 5:48 - 5:55
Vocals: 5:56 - 7:14
Electric guitar: 7:15 - 8:25
Drums: 8:26 - 10:12
Synth: 10:13 - 11:34
Acoustic: 11:35 - 12:50
CXM Chorus: 12:51 - 13:40
CXM Modulated Delay: 13:41 - 14:16
Outro: 14:17 - 14:57

Performances by Olivia Millerschin (Vocals), Bryan Reilly (Acoustic Guitar, Drums) and Dustin McLaughlin (Electric Guitar, Synthesizer).

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Working With Chase Bliss Audio's CXM 1978 Automatone Reverb In The Studio

[weschilton]

The CXM sounds really great for sure. It was really cool seeing it used as a studio effect rather than just a guitar pedal.

[christopherpederson]

definitely sounds better than the UAD. holy shit those drums. sound good

[damiensmith]

Night and day between this and the 224 UAD plug. CBA1978 def the big winner! sounds gorgeous 🤟🏽❤️🔥

[dolovfm]

Sounds extremely usefull for a hands on mixer like myself. Better than the plug in no doubt.

[Jack]

Love the Battles riff @2:30, wasn’t expecting that!

[jordandangelo]

I just ordered one from you! It was supposed to arrive yesterday and I was super excited but FedEx sucks. You guys are cool tho and I Can’t wait to finally get the pedal. I can’t believe how good it sounds on every instrument. This is one of the best pedals ever made and probably the best reverb pedal ever made imho.

[RobFlaxMusic]

This is pretty astonishingly good, wow.

[watsonunlimitedmusic]

A lot more detailed than UAD.. Really liked the tails on drums, the UAD seemed a bit thin by comparison

[phladjki]

yep absolutely sounds better than the UAD. The grain is just better; smoother while still having that discrete kinda sound which gives it that fizzy sparkly flavor. I wonder about the room sound comparison - the UAD just sounded too dark; a settings / EQ issue?

[CLdwyer]

The depth and realism. Beating the UAD 224.

[csgband]

Great demo, I got mine a couple weeks ago. That Moog controller seems like a great idea.

[danymeeuwissen]

Way richer sounding than the UAD, which I think is a great plugin nonetheless.

[SAGABIJO]

This pedal destroys the UAD in all parameters on every source.

[ImagineRecordings]

I like both. The various 224 plugins out there and the CXM deliver excellent sonic flavoring either way; just different.

In my experience, when in "HIFI" mode, the CXM 1978 would probably be better compared head-to-head against a Lexicon 224XL or 480L, not so much the original 224.

Though in "STANDARD" and "LOFI" modes, the comparisons to the 224X and original 224, respectively, are certainly appropriate, albeit, the CXM's "LOFI" mode can go much more... well... Lo Fi (grainy, warbly) than the 224 hardware. Haha.

I like every Lexicon Reverberator Box w/ Controller/LARC combo that they released, and the CXM does an admirable, if not amazing, job at giving one the ability to dial in Lexicon 224-to-480L type sounds, textures and beyond... reliably... with ease... in a small, beautiful package. And the ability to save your settings as Presets and recall them later, is so welcomed.
I'd love to see a plugin that interfaced with the CXM hardware at some point; that'd be pretty neat!

Lastly, in my opinion, the CXM is going to be a modern classic, and soon enough it's going to catch on outside of the "pedal world" and gain more traction in the studio realm.
Then at some point, Chase Bliss/Meris will probably stop making it, and when/if that happens, I think the prices are actually going to go _up_ ...making the current prices seem "cheap" by comparison. I could easily see it going a similar route of the SONY C-800G.

Then again, maybe that won't happen at all. Either way, it's a special piece of creative equipment, in my book. :)

[RyanSommer]

Fudge. That thing just destroyed the UAD on drums...

[lastboxofsparklers]

Shit on it, I have the cxm and love it, but didn't really expect it to sound THAT much better than uad (which I have never used myself).

[verstaerker]

the 224 plugin sounds really great, but in direct comparison it sucks . The CXM sounds much more open, vivid, better.

[Jeeboo]

Great review, thanks. One question though: I heard the CXM1978 tends to distord / clip easily with hot signals (synths, bass etc). Have you noticed such issue during your tests? Any concern to have while plugging direct after a synth? thanks !

[NURREDIN]

Why doesn't this have XLR inputs and outputs for the studio?

[JimmyDevere]

Did you use the Merris mic pres on the UAD plugin as well?