Chase Bliss Lost + Found is the company’s first multi-FX pedal, featuring 12 strange but inspiring, original algorithms to explore.
Effect pedals these days often contain far more than just a simple effect. Complex engines or complete multi-FX chains usually reside behind small pedals. One company that has so far eschewed multi-FX concepts is Chase Bliss. But that’s a thing of the past.
Chase Bliss has today unveiled Lost + Found, their first multi-FX pedal, and of course, it’s not a bread-and-butter FX pedal.
Chase Bliss Lost + Found
Lost + Found is the second pedal in their Small Batch Bliss collection. Unlike their regular pedals, it’s a made-to-order line of special edition pedals available to everyone who wants one.
There is no limit or selling out — order within the month-long preorder period, and they will make a pedal just for you.
Lost + Found has two channels (left/right) where you can assign different effects to them. The individual effects are accessed via two three-way switches and a continuously variable A/B control called Modify.
Chase Bliss has backed 12 unique stereo effect modes into the new Lost + Found pedal in different categories that can be blended in countless ways.
- (1) with two reverbs: slow-verb (shoegaze, wobbly reverb), and “useful” ambient reverb with less modulation
- (2) two pitch effects – orchestral swell and pitch repeater.
- (3) two modulation effects – pinging phaser and spectral modulator.
- (4) tape delay and grain tumbler (granular delay inspired by the Reverse Mode C)
In the last two categories, you will find very weird and special algorithms, which will allow you to go on a very crazy effects journey.
- (5) Impulse Synthesizer + Sympathetic Resonator
- (6) Ensemble Expander + Gen Light (a simplified version of Generation Loss MKII)
Combine And Explore
The Lost + Found is straightforward to use and is arguably the company’s simplest to operate pedal to date. Each channel has a modify parameter on which two effects are mapped (A/B).
Turn the modify knob to the left (A) in category A, and you will hear the slow reverb in the left stereo channel. Go all the way to the right, and you get the ambiance reverb. There is also a time knob for each channel.
It becomes exciting when you reach the between positions that give you different effects, mix/combinations. That’s not all. You can also mess them up with the dedicated blend knob.
Additionally, Lost + Found contains a bonus compressor/saturator at the end of the chain. Use it to give your sound a nice finished quality right out of the box, or to blow things apart.
Connectivity
Advanced customization options like internal modulation are available on the backside that are programmable with the best-known dip switches.
Lost + Found also offers advanced connectivity, including MIDI, CV, and expression control. The pedal also allows you to save presets.
First Impression
Lost + Found looks like an inspiring pedal that lets you immerse yourself in some bizarre soundscapes. I like that it’s easy to use. That’s been less the case with Chass Bliss pedals so far.
Chase Bliss Lost + Found is available now for pre-order for 469€ until August 31, 2025. Pedals will begin shipping in September, in the order received.
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