Cosmodio Instruments Horoscope Echo Sequencer

Ever since the Pet Yeti Distortion Fuzz arrived here in early 2024, I look forward to every new release from the wacky crew at Cosmodio Instruments. Their Gravity Well, Glitch Witch and Splinter Twin really turned the pedal world upside down, and I’m so stoked to be helping with yet another of their creations today! The Horoscope Echo Sequencer features delay and reverb, plus a whole lot of other options, knobs, switches and incredible sounds coming from every which way. Hold onto your hats, this one’s gonna take you for a ride…

The Horoscope Echo Sequencer is a delay and reverb pedal that manipulates clock speeds to turn echoes into evolving rhythms and melodies. It begins with the technique of jumping delays to different time divisions to simultaneously shift delay time and pitch, and then expands that phenomenon into vast new musical spaces. Construct psychedelic pitch-shifting delay patterns, lush drifting ambient textures, or heavy industrial pulses. It’s a musical kaleidoscope that can reflect, expand, and compress sound. And underneath it all, a fully featured delay and reverb.

Horoscope draws from the world of electronic music and synthesis to incorporate quantized arpeggiation, sequencing, and accented glissandos. It taps into ancient tuning theories with scales as simple as pure octaves and perfect Pythagorean intervals, or as rich and microtonally subtle as just-intoned pentatonics and diatonics. Chance operations, stochastic behavior, and genetic mutation keep everything interactive and evolving. Most importantly it lets you apply all of these interwoven phenomena not only to a delay, but also to a diffuse ambient reverb.

KEY FEATURES:

Mono, stereo, or mono-to-stereo operation
4 customizable presets
Mechanical bypass or buffered bypass with echo trails
Tap tempo control over sequencer step rate and base delay time
Expression pedal and CV (0-5V) control with customizable mappings over every parameter
Artwork by Katie Guarnaccia

Yes, the demo I made is kinda long, but that’s because I couldn’t stop playing this pedal once I started, which isn’t really a bad thing…right?? Following in the footsteps of other Cosmodio creations, the Horoscope Echo Sequencer seeks to redefine and reinvent what effects can and should be doing: pushing the envelope, and expanding the entire creative musical process. Love the stuff these guys are coming up with – be sure to visit the Cosmodio Instruments website for ordering and more info, and check out the rest of their lineup, too…you won’t be disappointed!!