Chase Bliss Thermae is a delay pedal that explains how to make sense of complex systems.

This is a Chase Bliss Thermae pedal. It's an analog delay with some interesting extra stuff in it that turn it into a kind of complex musical object. In this video, I use a sensemaking model called Cynefin to try and help myself understand how the pedal works and how to get it to do what I want. Dave Snowden himself, explaining the Cynefin framework:    • The Cynefin Framework   Chase Bliss mini-documentary about the Thermae pedal:    • Thermae: Analog Delay / Pitch Shifter || M...   Chase Bliss Legacy site where they're still selling them as of 01/18/2025: https://www.chaseblisslegacy.com/thermae (not an affiliate link) Excellent explainer re: bucket brigade delay chips that helped me understand the topic: https://www.premierguitar.com/gear/be... 00:00 Intro 00:40 What is a Thermae pedal? (Bucket Brigade Delay explanation) 02:44 What sets Thermae apart from regular delay pedals 03:31 The Mystery Box promotion 06:04 Unboxing my Thermae 07:21 My big revelation 07:39 Introduction to Cynefin framework 11:08 The pedal itself 12:42 Visual explanation of the Thermae sequencer 14:14 Using Thermae as a complex system 14:58 Making Thermae simple: use it as a delay pedal 16:18 How to go and make things complicated 16:40 Reducing Harmonic complexity: Don't use 4ths or 5ths 17:41 Reducing Harmonic complexity: Use a Pentatonic scale 19:26 Reducing Rhythmic complexity: Use Step Mode 21:38 Reducing Rhythmic complexity: Use a MIDI clock 24:15 Thermae Chaos: self-oscillation 25:57 The Nyquist Theorem and aliasing 27:12 Do we need a stereo Thermae?