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Title: Cosmo Demo
Post by: slimtriggers on April 07, 2013, 01:53:35 AM
Finally got around to doing a demo of this.  It's kinda boring, but I tweak the controls and play a few chords.  Gives an idea of the range of tones in it, anyway.  I really, really dig this pedal!

Audio/video don't line up exactly.  I recorded the audio in Reaper and shot the video on the iPod, then put them together in iMovie on the iPod.  Worked OK, though.

Title: Re: Cosmo Demo
Post by: jimilee on April 07, 2013, 02:08:07 AM
Wow,that has a nice fat sound. Very cool.
Title: Re: Cosmo Demo
Post by: slimtriggers on April 07, 2013, 02:48:02 AM
Thanks for checkin' it out, Jimi  :) 
Title: Re: Cosmo Demo
Post by: jprizz on April 07, 2013, 05:42:01 AM
I'll second Jimi on that, sounds really good. Can't wait to get mine done.
Title: Re: Cosmo Demo
Post by: wolfingsworth on April 07, 2013, 06:21:40 AM
Thanks for the demo! Chords aren't boring to pedal geeks  :)
Title: Re: Cosmo Demo
Post by: slimtriggers on April 07, 2013, 11:46:07 PM
Quote from: wolfingsworth on April 07, 2013, 06:21:40 AM
Thanks for the demo! Chords aren't boring to pedal geeks  :)

That was kinda my thinking, too  :D  I just did what I wish more Youtube demos did: tune my guitar first, and no talking.
Title: Re: Re: Re: Cosmo Demo
Post by: jimilee on April 08, 2013, 12:44:03 AM
Quote from: slimtriggers on April 07, 2013, 11:46:07 PM
Quote from: wolfingsworth on April 07, 2013, 06:21:40 AM
Thanks for the demo! Chords aren't boring to pedal geeks  :)

That was kinda my thinking, too  :D  I just did what I wish more Youtube demos did: tune my guitar first, and no talking.
My last guitar demo I was thinking the same thing. Should've tuned my guitar first! The bass was spot on though.
Title: Re: Cosmo Demo
Post by: whitebread47 on April 08, 2013, 03:30:37 AM
Sounds great.  The audio quality is much better than most You Tube demos, which I greatly appreciate. 


*Props to Reaper too for creating a fully functional DAW for less than executive prices!*
Title: Re: Cosmo Demo
Post by: Bret608 on April 08, 2013, 02:19:26 PM
This does have really nice sound quality. And...it reassures me that my Cosmo actually sounds like it's supposed to!  ;)  I was playing through it yesterday and am still floored by the sound quality. I love it with the brilliance cranked and the shape all the way back like you did near the end.
Title: Re: Cosmo Demo
Post by: Cortexturizer on April 08, 2013, 02:58:59 PM
Fabulous sound!
I gotta make me one of these ASAP
Title: Re: Cosmo Demo
Post by: fendman on April 08, 2013, 03:16:13 PM
Yeh, agree entirely. It has to be built, Nice demo ;)
Title: Re: Cosmo Demo
Post by: DutchMF on April 08, 2013, 03:44:49 PM
Man, that sound so freakin' close to mine, did you use the transistors as per the docs? Good demonstration of the ridiculous amount of different tones in this pedal! My favourite: amp (Marshall) set for some medium grind, then slam it hard with the cosmo with Fuzz quite low, gain about 1 o'clock, volume almost maxxed, adjust Brill and Shape to taste, nasty!!

Paul
Title: Re: Cosmo Demo
Post by: Bret608 on April 08, 2013, 05:28:43 PM
Ah, I bet that would sound sweet! Hadn't thought of trying it into a dirty-ish amp.

Mine sounds so close to this as well, but I used a BC108 (hfe 680) and a 2n1304 (hfe @ 50 IIRC). I think the circuit is particularly forgiving as long as you're in the ballpark on the trannies.
Title: Re: Cosmo Demo
Post by: slimtriggers on April 08, 2013, 11:55:07 PM
Quote from: DutchMF on April 08, 2013, 03:44:49 PM
Man, that sound so freakin' close to mine, did you use the transistors as per the docs? Good demonstration of the ridiculous amount of different tones in this pedal! My favourite: amp (Marshall) set for some medium grind, then slam it hard with the cosmo with Fuzz quite low, gain about 1 o'clock, volume almost maxxed, adjust Brill and Shape to taste, nasty!!

Paul

I bought these for Q3 http://www.smallbearelec.com/servlet/Detail?no=921.  I think they may be 2n170.  They look like THIS (http://semiconductormuseum.com/MuseumStore/MuseumStore_2N170_Index_files/image006.jpg).  The first one I grabbed out of the bag sounded good, so I didn't bother trying any of the others.  The gain is 67.  I don't recall the leakage, but it was pretty low, IIRC.

Had an NOS BC109 in Q2, but somehow killed it.  I just replaced it with a BC109b from Tayda.  Everything is built to per the docs, no mods or anything.  Most versatile fuzz I've ever tried!
Title: Re: Cosmo Demo
Post by: slimtriggers on April 19, 2013, 06:24:53 PM
Did another quick "demo" in a mix.  I'm really really digging this pedal!!

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Title: Re: Re: Cosmo Demo
Post by: ch1naski on April 20, 2013, 03:40:47 AM
Agreed, on all of the above. Nice demo, the chords and riffing give a good sample of the nice sounds this pedal seems to ooze.
It's on my "to-etch" list.8)

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