Chase Bliss Audio Announces the CXM 1978 Automatone
January 17, 2020 · 4 sources
Chase Bliss Audio announced the CXM 1978 Automatone, a reverb pedal built in collaboration with Meris. The pedal takes its sonic cue from a studio classic: Gearnews reported that the circuit is a modern-day take on the 1978 Lexicon 224 Digital Reverb1. Premier Guitar described it as a reverb that "dishes out nearly any kind of soundscape you could imagine"2.
"this futuristic reverb dishses out nearly any kind of soundscape you could imagine."
The CXM 1978 uses Chase Bliss's Automatone form factor rather than a conventional row of knobs. As Guitar Pedal X described it at the announcement, the pedal carries six sliders plus four three-way buttons with LED rings3. The maker's product page lists the pedal's core features:
Sources (4)
- NAMM 2020: Chase Bliss Audio teasing Automatone CXM 1978, www.gearnews.com, 2020-01-14
- Chase Bliss Audio CXM 1978 Automatone Demo, Premier Guitar, 2020-01-20
- Guitar Pedal X, Guitar Pedal X, 2020-01-16
- CXM 1978, Chase Bliss