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Here's a demo of the Convulsion CN-2 by Audible Disease. Their site is: http://www.audibledisease.com
(I'm not affiliated with them in any way, just thought you'd like to know where to get one!)
I felt that the demos of the CN-2 weren't really doing this pedal justice, so I decided to make a video showing some of the sounds a guitarist can get out of this very versatile stomp box.
This pedal has been a wild addition to my board. I love that it starts at a filthy distortion (yet very usable and not outlandish) and from there can be crept through increasing degrees of chaos until it eventually melts down and self-destructs. Not just for 'noise' players; this pedal is perfect for players who want to explore some true sonic insanity.
A rundown of the pedal:
Top left: Volume. Heavily boosted, so matches the dry signal at about eight o'clock, Past that, you can overdrive another pedal or your amp. In the demo I run it into a Blackout Effectors Mantra, and use the Mantra level to control the volume.
Top right: White Noise. This adds a white noise to the effect. It's very subtle unless you've got the level cranked.
Bottom left: Cough (Oscillation knob)
Bottom right: Spit (Decimation knob)
Here's an explanation of some of the things I do throughout the video:
Please note: I kept playing that same (eventually annoying) riff so that you could hear the different way the pedal responds. I hate demos where some guy sets the pedal one way, then goes off for two minutes on some endless jam. Turn the damn knobs!
0:30 - This is about where I set the pedal for normal-ish distortion.
0:41 - I've turned down the Cough knob just to the point where the pedal starts to have trouble tracking the pitch.
1:13 - I push the pedal further past the breaking point.
1:32 - What happens when you turn the Cough all the way down.
1:52 - With the Cough just past the break-up point, I use the spit knob to help the pedal track the pitch. Changes the overall tone of the pedal.
2:20 - I let the note die away, showing how different input levels affect the tracking. This can also be played with using your volume knob. You can sneak down, cause the weird sounds, then turn back up (works great with compressor). Another neat thing I do is run sustained notes using a equipped with a sustainiac pickup. I can turn down your volume just enough to start the break-up, then hold it as long as I like!
2:38 - With the spit cranked the pedal cleans up the Cough in an interesting way.
3:12 - Again, I turn down the Cough and break up the signal.
3:38 - The Spit all the way up, while the Cough is at noon. More dirty, but very 'usable' distortion.
4:00 - A quick demo with both Cough and Spit cranked. Not a huge difference, but still has a unique quality.
4:30 - Here I briefly show what the volume knob is capable of. The digital camera started clipping almost right away, so you can't really hear what it sounds like anyway. (what you hear here isn't the real sound in the room, it's the camera being overloaded).
4:50 - At this point I turn on the Mantra (set the low OD) and turn down it's volume to control the output of the CN-2.
5:15 - A quick show of the sustain from the boosted signal caused by the CN-2 volume knob being turned all the way up.
5:35 - With the volume up, I play a bit more with the Cough and Spit knobs.
6:08 - I show what the Noise knob does.
7:04 - What the hell, lets just turn everything up. (Okay, maybe cut the white noise for now)
8:05 - Sorry about the radio signal, it's not the pedal. I pick up some signals in this particular jam space from time to time. Remember, the volume is all the way up as well.
8:15 - I threw this in just for fun: At this point I actually turn on an auto filter (Subdecay Proteus) before the CN-2. One day I discovered that the CN-2 starts screaming at me when I have the Proteus on. I have no idea why this happens, but it's awesome. This is just one example of the weird sounds I've come up with by staking this pedal with others.
Hope you enjoyed the demo!
Go get a CN-2. It's crazy!
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Audible Disease Convulsion CN-2 and a Sustainiac Pickupby TimothySmith684 views
Finally, someone demoing this pedal with...a GUITAR ! I'm WELL familiar by now with how this would sound, should I ever want to go to the pawn shop and buy a Play-Skool keyboard, but...and I KNOW I'm being totally insane and unreasonable here...I wanted to see how this GUITAR effect sounds with a GUITAR. Send me to the psych ward, I guess.
gwugluud 8 months ago 6
this is a goddamn good pedal review, i'm impressed at how thoroughly you covered all bases, both in playing the pedal and the presentation of this video. youtube needs more of that! thanks for this, i'm so close being 100% on getting myself one of these, but i also want to look into the audible disease thirty-three tt1.
slowcreature 11 months ago 5