Microcosm pedal hologram mod#

It just ads random modulation and also contains a lpg which sounds pretty warm. Crispy crunchyДЇairfield Circuitry Shallow Water is pretty weird but subtle and not super flexible. Can be glassy and sweet or add some crunch and gritДedalo FX A57 Aliaser - sample rate reduction controlled by an envelope follower. Solidgoldfx Oblivion - Great sounding flanger with 3 modes, each with their own degrade/lofi options.

Can get really glitchy and digital sounding (even tho it's analog) or act like a tremelo with the freq being modulated by the envelope.

Microcosm pedal hologram mod#

Lastgasp Art Laboratories Tone Mosaique-sort of a ing mod with an envelope follower, which responds really well to synths. Can sound really fat and metallic in a good way It's a PLL/Fuzz pedal, but I dont fully understand the pll part. Industrialectric Generator- another fuzz that is kinda hard to dial in, but can be so varied that I always find a sound I like. You can set various intervals that will be 'reaynthesized' (not sure of correct terminology) an octave below and an octave up from your input signal, all with independently controllable levels Sounds good, but itвЂ™s hard steering into a particular sound direction with any precision.I'm a recovering pedal addict and really like using the weird stuff for making leads or drums more interestingД«eetronics Swarm is super weird and synthy, but needs a low input to work properly, so I always use a reamp with it. I feel like IвЂ™m stumbling in the dark half of the time. I guess thatвЂ™s my main gripe with the pedal: with so many unknown variables inside the algos, the abstracted-away controls, and scarce documentation, itвЂ™s frustrating trying to learn how it actually works and what each knob does. And even after several days I only have a vague idea of how it affects the sound. It also seems quantized, with only a few discrete wave shapes, instead of morphing like youвЂ™d expect. And why the hate for high frequencies? Where are the HP, BP filters? It limits the usability of the filter a lot for me, since I like my high freqs.

The filter itself is very quantized and steppy when resonance is turned up, with only like 6 discrete values over the whole range, which doesnвЂ™t sound good to me. I wish there was a separate вЂњthing 1/2вЂќ knobs for controlling sub-effects within the presets, like bitcrushing or filtering, since that may not be everyoneвЂ™s cup of tea. ItвЂ™s easy to get something that sounds good, but I donвЂ™t feel like itвЂ™s my doing, itвЂ™s more the pedal playing by itself. The only two real controls are the Activity and Repeat knobs, and even then they are macros, not individual controls. Some presets seem to just cut out the high frequencies for no reason, while others have an LP built in by design.

It sounds good, but the overall character seems a bit subdued, with lots of forced LP filtering. Like, why are there non-removable LP filters in some of the algorithms, and why does the Space knob control the reverb dry/wet mix instead of reverb time? Why does setting Activity to anything other than square kill high frequencies? The thing that bothers me the most is lack of control and pretty arbitrary design choices. My feelings are pretty mixed, even though I had pretty much zero expectations going in. I got it second-hand from a local classifieds site for about $500. Here are my thoughts on the Microcosm after playing with it after a few days.