Cozy
Cozy is sort of a V.2 of the Möist pedal. The same LFO is being used as the analog signal for a S&H circuit. So together with Analog Weapon I developed a couple of modes for how to control this S&H and create all kinds of strange modulated, automated and innovated delay sounds.
Cozy User Guide
The pedal uses 9VDC power (2.1mm jack: center-negative).
Input is on the right side (black ring) and output is on the left (white ring).
Triple Bypass:
This pedal uses a unique bypass switching system that I call “Triple Bypass”, where you have three different “modes” for turning the pedal on and off:
- Short Press: Works like any regular pedal. Press to turn it on and then press to turn it off.
- Momentary/Hold: If you press and hold for about 1-2 seconds the pedal will enter a hold mode. Here it will simply stay in the state it entered when pressing down the button, for however long you decide to hold down the button, and then return when you release the button. So if you press down when the pedal is turned OFF it will stay ON for as long as you hold the button pressed down, and vice versa.
- Tap Tempo Bypass: If you quickly double tap the bypass button (either when on or off) the pedal will enter the Tap Tempo Bypass mode. Here the pedal automatically turns itself on/off in whichever tempo you tap. So to change tempo you simply tap a new tempo.
N.B. Cozy continuously counts the time since your last tap. So if you have been in a tempo for some time and give the footswitch another single tap, it will set your new tempo based on the time between the pervious tap and the new tap - upto a maxium length of around 1min.
To exit Tap Tempo Bypass you simply press and hold the button for about 2 seconds. Note that when exiting this mode the pedal will be ON (regardless of if the pedal is in an OFF or ON state).
Info:
Cozy is a PT2399 delay with the time parameter being controlled by a sample and hold (S&H) circuit.
It has two different modes of operation - which you change by simply pressing and holding the left footswitch for about 2 seconds:
- Manual Mode, where you sample by either pressing the left footswitch or connecting a 5V CV-Clock to the 3.5mm mini-jack on the back. Additionally the “Tap Tempo Bypass” will sync to the S&H in manual mode so that every time the pedal turns back on, it has sampled a new signal.
N.B. Whenever entering manual mode from tap tempo mode the S&H will be in a “open” state of constantly sampling the analog signal. This makes it follow the LFO directly and you now have a more traditional modulated delay. To end this you simply tap the left footswitch once and you are back to regular manual mode.
- Tap Tempo Mode, where the S&H is automatically sampling and holding. You set the rate by either tapping on the left footswitch or adjusting the speed knob (C). It will automatically switch over to whatever you change last.
Controls:
The top-left “X” knob is your Mix control. From 100% dry, to introducing delay, to slight overdriving of the delay lines
The center-top “F” knob controls the Repeats/Feedback. Fully clockwise to self-oscillate (more in shorter delay times).
The top-right “T” knob is your Primary Time control. It sets the range of the S&H’s effect on time. Fully clockwise for maximum range.
The bottom-left “L” knob is your LFO Speed control. It sets the speed of the analog signal which is sampled by the S&H.
The center-bottom “C” knob controls S&H Speed. It sets the rate of sampling.
The bottom-right “D” knob is your S&H Depth control. It’s a depth control of how much the S&H will affect the delay time.
N.B. Going fully clockwise on both the S&H Depth and Master Time can make it to much for the PT2399. Meaning that it will silence until it get's a new sample within a functioning range.
Inside Trimpot: Inside the pedal on the Cozy PCB there is a LFO Shape trimpot. Since the LFO is analog you tune the waveform yourself with a “voltage divider”. The sweet-spot is between 1-3 o’clock, but too far in any direction and the LFO stops working. Experiment and enjoy!