22, 2021 by Paolo De Gregorio Since it was announced in February 2020, the Hologram Microcosm has been consistently the most searched pedals on this blog (it’s July 22nd at the time of writing). I don’t own an Octatrack or Norns (I’ll be joining the Norns club soon, i have a Norns Shield kit coming) but i have a Digitakt that i play samples through and mangle them with the Microcosm and Mood. 3 Creative Features of the Hologram Microcosm: Hold Sampler, Arp Mode, Granules Updated Jul. I regularly flip gear when I get bored of it but both these pedals are inspiring every time i plug into them. I love both of these pedals, they are both special and different enough to justify owning both. The Mood spends 80% of the time on my guitar board, using the Drolo side for pads and freezing and the Old Blood side gives me the option of having an extra reverb / delay on my board.
HOLOGRAM MICROCOSM UPGRADE
Used it a few times on guitar but i prefer it with synths (mainly because i don’t want to upgrade to a bigger pedalboard!).
I’ll definitely be getting the CBA Faves Controller to access presets quicker and easier.įor me i use the Microcosm on synths, its easy to tweak and easy to see whats going on. Once i got into messing with the switches it opened up a million new things. For the longest time i was using it for droney pads and big reverbs or delay and not really touching the dip switches. I’ve had it for close to a year and i’m still finding crazy new things i can do with it. The Mood on the other hand, i’ve found to be a box of secrets. I’ve had it a couple of weeks and feel like i’ve figured it out already, i need some more time to really master it but feel i have a good idea of what i can get out of it. The Microcosm is more immediate and easier to use. It’s hard to compare them, while they are both granular glitchy pedals I find them really different.