Cosmotronic Cosmix User manual

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COSMIX
16 HP
REVERSE POLARITY
PROTECTED
+12V: 60mA
-12V: 60mA
COMPACT STEREOMIXER
4 MONO CHANNELS:
ACLICKLESS MUTE
BMONO SLIDER
CPRE/POST SWITCH
DPANNING
EAUX SEND
2 STEREO CHANNELS
ACLICKLESS MUTE
BSTEREO SLIDER
STEREO DUAL DRIVE
FTRUE BYPASS
GBOOST LOW FREQ
HBOOST HIGH FREQ
IMASTER VOLUME
JSTEREO INPUTS
COSMIXIS ACHAINABLE8-CHANNELSTEREO
MIXER WITHSTEREO AURAL ENHANCER.
ITHAS FOUR MONOCHANNELSWITHPANNING
ANDSWITCHABLEPRE/POST AUXSEND, AND
TWOSTEREO CHANNELS. THESE HAVETHELEFT
INPUTS NORMALEDTO THERIGHTINPUTS.
ALL CHANNELSHAVECLICKLESS MUTES.
THE AUXOUTPUT CANBE ROUTED TO AN
EXTERNALEFFECT, OR USED FOR FEEDBACK
PATCHING. THERE IS NO DEDICATEDRETURN
CHANNEL, YOUCANUSE ONEOF THE
AVAILABLECHANNELSINSTEAD.
A UNIQUE FEATURE IS THEDUALBANDDRIVE
CIRCUIT, INSPIRED BY THEBBE SONIC
MAXIMIZER.
IT HAS AHIGHANDALOWBANDSLIDER,
ANDLET'SYOUDRIVE THEGAIN FOR EACHIN
TRUE STEREO.
LOW DRIVE SETTINGS GIVE GENERAL SOUND
ENHANCEMENT, WHILE CRANKING UP THEGAIN
CREATES AMAZINGLY RICH SOUNDING DISTORTION
ANDINTERESTING CLIPPING BEHAVIOUR.
A DEDICATEDSWITCH LET'SYOUBYPASS THIS
DRIVE CIRCUIT. ITALSO ALTERS THEWAY THE
CONTROLSBEHAVE:
INDRIVE BYPASS MODE:
- ALLCHANNELSARE AT UNITYGAIN WITH
FADERS FULLYUP.
- ALLCHANNELSARE DC COUPLED
ALTERNATIVELYWITHDRIVE ENABLED,
- +3.5DB OF GAIN
- STEREO CHANNELSAC COUPLED
- WITHLOWANDHIGHFADERS DOWN
ALLCHANNELSARE AT UNITYGAIN
SLIGHTLY ABOVETHEWHITELINE.
THISWAY YOUCANPLAYWITHGAIN STAGING,
TO CREATIVELYADD MORE OR LESS DRIVE TO
EACHCHANNEL. IN COMBINATION WITHTHE
LOWANDHIGHFREQUENCYFADERS IT WORKS
WELLTO GLUETOGETHER ADRUM MIXFOR
EXAMPLE.
THE MASTER STEREO OUTPUT VOLUME CANBE
SET WITHTHEMAIN VOLUME KNOB.
THISALSO LET'SYOUATTENUATE THEOUTPUT
TO LINE LEVEL, WHICHCOMES IN HANDY
SOMETIMES.
PLEASE TURN OFF THEPOWER DURING
INSTALLATION. RED STRIPE(-12V) DOWN.

Input impedance: 30k
Output impedance: 1k
COSMIX CAN BE DAISYCHAINED TOGETHER,
TO CREATE LARGER MIXERS.
THE STEREO MIX BEFORE DISTORTION IS SUMMED INTO
THE NEXT MODULE.
THE AUX BUS IS NOT LINKED.
NORMAL OUTPUTS CAN BE USED LIKE REGULAR.
THERE ARE TWO SMALL CONNECTORS ON THE BACK
OF THE MODULE, LABELED INPUT AND OUTPUT.
USE THE SUPPLIED LINK CABLE TO CONNECT
THEM.
PLEASE BE CAREFUL, AS THE CONNECTOR
IS DELICATE, IT IS ADVISED TO USE TWEEZERS
OR ASMALL FLATHEAD SCREWDRIVER TO PUSH
IN THE CABLE.
ONLY CONNECT MODULES WITH POWER TURNED OFF.
THIS FEATURE IS COMPATIBLE WITH COSMIX MK1,
BUT PLEASE MAKE SURE THE RECEIVING MODULE IS
ANEWER MODULE (HAS POWER ON BOTTOM RIGHT)
BOTTOM SIDE
DOWNWARDS
COSMIX

COSMOTRONIC COSMIX SIGNAL PATH

COMPACT STEREOMIXER
POWER AND EXPANSION
MAKE SURE THE POWER IS OFF WHEN INSTALLING ANEW MODULE
IN YOUR SYSTEM, AND PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE ORIENTATION
OF THE POWER CABLE.
PLEASE NOTE THE LABEL “RED”ON THE BACK OF THE MODULE,
MATCH IT WITH THE RED LINE OF THE RIBBON POWER CABLE.
COSMOTRONIC MODULES ARE REVERSE POLARITY PROTECTED, BUT
WILL NOT TURN ON IF THE CABLE IS REVERSED.
NEVER CONNECT THE POWER CABLE TO THE EXPANSION PORT,
WHICH IS CLEARLY LABELED ON THE PCB.
WHEN NOT USING THE EXPANDER, JUMPERS SHOULD BE INSTALLED
IN PLACE.
LIMITED WARRANTY
COSMOTRONIC WARRANTS THIS PRODUCT TO BE FREE FROM
DEFECTS IN WORKMANSHIP AND MATERIALS FOR APERIOD OF ONE
YEAR FOR THE ORIGINAL INVOICE DATE. THE WARRANTY COVERS
REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR.
FINAL DISCRETION OF WARRANTY COVERAGE LIES SOLELY
WITH COSMOTRONIC.
CONCEPT AND DEVELOPMENT: MATTHIJS MUNNIK
CONTACT: [e-mail]
2021