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Cosmodio Instruments Launches the Pet Yeti

Cosmodio Instruments Launches the Pet Yeti

Cosmodio Instruments, a new effect pedal and electronic musical instrument manufacturer based in Massachusetts, has launched its first product: the Pet Yeti distortion and fuzz pedal.


The Pet Yeti is an all-analog distortion machine designed to offer a massive variety of distortion sounds that can range from refined to extreme and even bizarre. It delivers a completely novel design, not based on any pre-existing circuit or pedal archetype, and offers musicians a fresh take on distortion and fuzz. Itā€™s purpose-built for use with any instrument and excels at processing not only electric guitars, but also bass guitars, drum machines, acoustic-electric stringed instruments, and synthesizers.

The Pet Yetiā€™s distortion capabilities include an expansive gain range with cascading gain stages, selectable clipping configurations (including symmetrical, asymmetrical, silicon, germanium, and op-amp clipping), and an analog bit crusher. The pedalā€™s five-knob control set includes Gain and output Level knobs; a Shape knob for controlling pre-distortion low-end; and a Tone knob for adjusting post-distortion EQ. It also offers a Clean knob for controlling a parallel unmodified signal path that can be independently mixed into the output signal. This Clean blend allows for layered, multi-dimensional tones, and retains low-end and crystalline transients that are critical to instruments like bass and percussion.

The Pet Yetiā€™s tone sculpting capabilities are enhanced by three toggle switches:

  • ā€œVoiceā€ selects between three different clipping configurations ā€“ essentially different flavors of distortion and tone.
  • ā€œBiteā€ activates/deactivates the analog bit crusher, which smashes your signal into a square wave to provide some of the most extreme hard clipping and gating physically possible. At lower gain settings this produces fun gated lo-fi video game-like tones. At high gain settings, it becomes a searing torrent of extreme blown-out fuzztortion.
  • ā€œStrengthā€ controls the first gain stage which boosts the input signal to determine how hard to hit the main gain stage. Choose ā€œLoā€ for more headroom, ā€œHiā€ for more breakup,ā€œMaxā€ for all-out mayhem.

The Pet Yeti is approachable and easy to use, despite its advanced feature set. Its carefully spaced control layout is optimized for easy spontaneous adjustments. Its top-mounted input, output, and power jacks ensure an efficient footprint on a pedalboard or desktop. You can choose between two color schemes: ā€œNeon Nuclear Wastelandā€ and ā€œDark Doomy Deathscapeā€ featuring stunning faceplate artwork by accomplished pop-artist GOLDSUIT.

Pet Yeti features include:

  • True bypass switching
  • 9-volt operation via external power supply - no battery compartment
  • Built in USA

The Pet Yeti carries a $219 street price.

For more information, please visit cosmod.io.

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