Ciat-Lonbarde Cocoquantus 2

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Published on Aug 23, 2016 Smog Filter

"Was messing around with the envelope follower on the Ciat-Lonbarde Cocoquantus 2 and thought you might be interested to hear a bit. I record a sample with acoustic guitar and loop it, then patch the envelope follower to modulate the pitch and loop speed. After recording the loop I turn down the volume on the dry signal so all you hear is the loop being modulated by me playing the guitar over it.

acoustic guitar into barcus berry 4000xl into coco into interface"

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"If you're into unusual synthesizers this won't require an introduction. I bought it brand new from the man himself last year. It's not an analogue synth per se, but I know it's the people who refresh the analogue synth page every 20 minutes who will be interested in it. I love Peter B's stuff and I did mess around with this unit a bit but it proved to be one step of complication too much for my rig. Basically this is comprised of multiple delays in series that interact in various ways and cause all kinds of interesting, organic effects. Also, it has a microphone jack so it's a bit more prepared for acoustic sounds than the average delay

This unit has been used only in my smoke free studio and has been treated with great care. It's somewhat rough hewn from wood so no two are identical and it has the uniqueness and imperfection of any handmade craft. There's a bit of light scuffing on the bottom but other than that it's identical to the day I bought it. 100% functional. Comes with original box. (which is nothing special but does have Ciat-Lonbarde stamped on it) It didn't come with a manual but there's generous documentation online and it's been extensively discussed on the gear forums. Links on request. I find there tends to be a bit of a learning curve with Peter's stuff, it rewards experimentation but definitely seek out the info if you have trouble figuring it out. It's kind of an experimental art object so if you want a straight forward delay this might not be the right choice.

From the manufacturer: it comes from a series of 8 bit digital delays, starting with the , then the , and most recently the . all had two inputs and two outputs, for two separate digital delays (stereo)
the digital delay being made from discrete silicon chips, it is "2012 ready:" with no flash memory 2 B erased by solar flares. as a discrete device it also offers unique possibilities for clock modulation of your samples.
it incorporates something from each of the previous COCO incarnations, but also stands on its own as a new synthesizer.

materials include: Walnut, Sassafras, Juniper, Cherry, circuit board, transistors, capacitors, and resistors. It is RoHS compliant.

the face of the instrument is an esoteric, Washington DC, spell, consisting of two obelisks and one pentagon in the middle.

inside each obelisk is a little "counting computer" that samples your inputs and "loops" them.
your inputs for each obelisk (COCO digital delay) can be a piezo via high impedance piezo input, microphone via XLR, or a low impedance synth input.

speaking of synth input, it is designed to go very well with the stereo gesture output of the .
the COCO devices on this version are the most fully tricked out ever. they include a standardized "dolby" filter to reduce silence-noise, which also can have a side effect of punching silence into that which is looped. alongside the dolby filter are verso and inverso VCA inputs for both input and feedback. speed knob, sp.af node (control of clock frequency), and affect knob, that allows you to dial how drastic or subtle to modulate. "iron cross" output node, that is a sort of "universal" frequency readout of the actual digital circuitry itself. flip and skip inputs, as always. sample switch enables the device to loop any sample FOREVER as long as power is continuous.

the QUANTUSSY in the middle, a pentagon design of oscillators, can demonstrate serious chaos, at low frequencies as well as audio rate... thus it is specially designed to give many options for modulating the COCO."