Priceless! Vlad on shrooms 
Good to see a developer with a great sense of humour along with being so innovative and skilful.
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is this what my brothers and sisters across the pond call taking the wizz, lol I see it gets better
so does this firmware have the drift smear capabilities of the original videos as well?
https://somasynths.com/cosmos_firmware/
New Rhythmic manual (via link above) suggests that Blur now adds reverb instead and there are different time divisions for shifting patterns and pitch shifting options for each of the programs.
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Before seeing the video I wanted to try thisā¦ After seeing the guy enjoying that much I NEED it in my life.
really wish the Rhythmic features could be used in conjunction with the regular features
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I donāt have mine yet and havenāt really compared all the differences, but reading a bit through the manual for the rhythmic version, I am stunned about the possibilities this version also offers. I hope it will be as interesting in a different way as ānormalā mode. I liked what I heard through headphones watching Vlad doing his loving live presentation 
Manual for just the rhythmic version: rhythmic version of COSMOS
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Are there any of these in the wild yet? I did the original preorder from Soma and havenāt heard a peep since.
Me either - and I signed up pretty early. Iām guessing Soma are just building the hype up as they get closer to being available.
ordered mine from Detroit Modular pretty early no eta yet
My Thomann order says āprobably 30.09.ā Hard to believe though from what I am reading here 
My thomann order started as 06/09 but has now slipped into december on the website 
yeah itās interesting for sure I just donāt understand why they wouldnāt allow it to run with the main firmwareā¦ there wasnāt even going to be a regular looper function until everyone, their grandmother, and nick batts from sonic state stated the obvious, that we would love to be able to use the wonderful features of the cosmos (just as they are) in conjunction with a simple standard loop capability that we could use to build beds, tunes, beats, whatever with and Soma graciously listened to the request, but the request wasnāt for a competing firmware albeit special in itās own rightā¦ now if you want to use the main firmware youāre still going to have to use an additional standard looper/loop method to achieve what was supposed to be the whole point in making the request in the first place.
still looking forward to it but ya
When I ordered the cosmos I also ordered a regular looper, the Boss RC 500, because of the unpredictable nature of the Cosmos, which is nice but not always wanted. So, I should be fine using the main firmware with my Boss looper, but it would probably be much nicer to have this all in the cosmos instead of having to use two devices, ya, still looking forward very much though.
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From what I understand the original firmware works on the basis that there is no fixed loop length. Isnāt that the whole point of it? Sounds you record with it drifts out of time. So Iām guessing it was not possible for them to combine the two concepts (fixed and drifting length loops) into one workflow. But Iām just guessing here.
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I can only assume the same as you, I just think Soma are so good at what they do I wish it was easier to believe they couldnāt add standard features to the existing firmwareā¦ a disable setting for the drift or somethingā¦ but I guess I just gotta get over it but damnā¦ we were so close, I think the look on nick batts face when he reviews it again will express how I feel more eloquently
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There are plenty of looper devices, so Iām confused why folks would want cosmos to be another one. I like the concept of cosmos for exactly what it is designed to be. Something different, something meditative and not confined within certain boundaries. I dunno, just my two cents.
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itās not that we want it to be just another looper, I love the concept just the way it is like you, but Iād like the ability on the same pedal to be able to record loops of all of that experimental output in a controlled way to build upon it. Iād love to be able to set down a groove and then go cosmos on top of it, but all in the same pedal/timeā¦ I definitely do not want the cosmos to be a standard looper pedal, I just wanted a standard looper function to be available on the cosmos
looks like they did something cool, by adding the capability of essentially another cool version of the cosmos via firmware, donāt know why they didnāt call it the Rythmos but anywayā¦ that doesnāt stop anybody that wants to do something as simple as I mentioned above from having to use a second looper in conjunction with the cosmos
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BTW three programs from the main firmware are present in the rhythmic version.
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Soma replied to me earlier saying they should be on the shelves by the end of the year, though Gear4Music was saying Mid October, which I doubt is realistic