Free The Tone announces Cosmic Wave CW-1Y filtering delay

September 22, 2022 · 3 sources

Free The Tone announced the Cosmic Wave CW-1Y, a compact digital delay the maker calls a "MULTIPLE FILTERING DELAY"¹. Delicious Audio reported the launch on September 22, 2022, describing it as a compact, mono digital delay with multiple filter functions².

The pedal combines a delay with four filter types that can be applied at once: Cosmic Filter, Bandpass Filter, 3-Band EQ and Tone¹². It also has an output bit adjustment from 8 to 24 bits in 1-bit steps, which the maker says can reproduce the sound of 1980s and 90s digital delays and a bitcrusher effect¹². Other features include a newly developed reverse delay, delay time shown in milliseconds or BPM, tap tempo by footswitch, a feedback level limit, Kill Dry, Trail On/Off and delay phase inversion¹². The dry signal passes through as an analog signal and is mixed with the delay sound in an internal analog mixer, and the maker's HTS circuit stays active when the effect is off¹.

Delicious Audio lists knobs for Time, Mix, Feedback and Tone, a small LCD screen, and push buttons for preset navigation, with two presets assignable to the right footswitch, which also handles tap tempo². Guitar World's review describes the top three knobs each adjusting two further parameters on the operation screens, and the Delay Time knob scrolling through the 128 preset slots³. The maker lists 128 user presets and 11 factory presets¹.

The maker's Japanese page lists a list price of 41,800 yen including tax¹. Guitar World gives a price of $318³. The two figures are in different currencies and are not directly comparable.

Connections are a 1/4-inch TRS input, three 1/4-inch TS jacks (OUT/L, OUT/R, EXP/CV/FS), a DC9 input and a 3.5mm stereo mini jack for MIDI IN¹. Guitar World lists buffered bypass and mono and stereo operation³. The maker's page also offers a firmware version 1.1 download¹.