Dreadbox has announced that it is reissuing its Hypnosis Time Effects Processor as a DIY kit.
The Dreadbox Hypnosis features Chorus/Flanger, delay and spring reverb effects, along with LFOs for modulation. It can be used as a standalone module or integrated into your Eurorack modular system.
Hypnosis is available as an assemble-yourself type kit, as shown below:
Features:
- Analog Effects Processor with 3 effects
- All Analog warm BBD Chorus – Flanger circuit
- Hybrid Delay based on the Erebus synthesizer onboard effect
- Real Spring Reverb with unique variable time pre Delay
- 2 x wide range LFOs
1 hardwired for the chorus and 1 free for patching - Wide input range – It accepts from guitar/mic levels up to modular gear
- 11 patch points
- Desktop or Eurorack Modular format
- Compact, USB powered, 42HP
Pricing and Availability:
The Dreadbox Hypnosis is available now for 200 € (excl. VAT).
Argh! I played with a PWM Malevolent into a Hypnosis at Knobcon, fell in love with the effect and almost bought a used one yesterday… now this is here.
On the plus side: this one costs half as much as a used original Hypnosis. The patch points would be marginally useful at times and it’d be pretty easy to integrate with my modular stuff. Assembly looks easy, no soldering required.
The minus is that it’s mono. That’s sad news for the chorus/flanger, which on the original can be wonderfully trippy and gooey. Also a slight downside for the delay — I’m not usually into pingpong delays but it actually works really well in this case with short delay times, high feedback and some modulation.
Mono and, while I hope I’m wrong, the LFO cannot sync, either. So close to purchasing the original, but these two stopped me.
but the original is not Mono, it’s stereo isn’t it?
The chorus and delay on the original are definitely stereo, the spring reverb is mono (leaving the stereo stuff dry) which is pretty normal for reverb anyway.
If I remember right, it’s MONO IN, stereo out on the original. My handful of hardware FX connected to my interface as send fx are all stereo. But this kind of effect would go great tethered to a mono synth
It’s stereo in/out but the right in is normalled to the left, so you can use it for mono-to-stereo.
Why on earth is it all mono?! It’s for synths that only get better when stereo, not guitar amps?
This, but double the price and stereo versions of all of the FX would be great!
(and no, just buying two isn’t the same thing)
Mono is a no go for me
Wow, it being mono is quite the omission from their sales pitch. It only pops up all the way down in the specs list. Nobody wants a mono chorus. It’s not how chorus works.
CV controllable now so you can animate it! – makes it an insta buy for me.
(i do not need stereo.)