Tour de Hologram Microcosm

[@allwaysdigital]

a year ago, having no idea what I was doing, I Twitter DMed you about how MIDI cables worked. You responded, which was surprising. I now make shitty EDM in my underwear every night wearing cowboy hat, and it possibly saved my life/sanity during the pandemic. You, sir, you sir, are special.

[@j.du6]

Mee too, sans underwear 😵😁

[@RedMeansRecording]

Bwahahahaha ♥️

[@byron2837]

On that note how do midi cables work? I’m about to get my first synth and I want to hook it upto my computer and I have no idea how to do that. Any recommendations on people to watch or pages to go too? I’m such a noob! 😅😅

[@mwood1618]

This thing is pure magic. I run my Pocket Operators through it, especially the PO-12, and it just blows my mind. It's like strapping a rocket to a hot dog.

[@tenzinaerbender143]

Very precise and equally funny comparison :D

[@thebiblegroup7454]

That's nuts. Good description.

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Best pedal ever. It might even be the best effect ever - hardware or software. It never ceases to amaze me and feels like an endless wellspring of creative ideas and magic. Hologram, if you're reading this - THANK YOU!

[@grimbakormusic]

Once again you not only show a piece of kit but surround it in a great sound to really let it shine. Great demonstration and some great algorithms.

[@darkuniversesound]

Was running the MC almost exclusively on the Soma Labs Lyra-8 - the literal best pairing of two things evaarr, IMHO.... Now, i've started running IT with my Dark Microverse setup (Circuit Tracks, Nymphes, Typhon, TR-6S, KP3+, etc.... Amazingly lovely stuff coming out of there right now! And as usual, thank you so much Jeremy for a thorough and thoroughly-entertaining tour through everyone's favorite FX box of the New Millennium! 😃🙏🙏🙏🌌

[@MilesKvndra]

Loving my Microcosm so much. Have been using it a lot with Digitone and OP-1 lately and it has been such a joy. Thanks for the great video Jeremy!

[@JeffBarrows]

Awesome video as usual, thanks for all of the continued work! I like my Microcosm so much that I created a free and open Max4 Live MIDI device to interface and control it within Ableton. The device basically adds some modulation sources which help you add variation to many of the Microcosm settings (Activity, Space, Filter, Repeats, etc...) over time. Not sure I can add links here, but search youtube for MODOCOSM and you'll likely find it. I hope other Microcosm users find it helpful.

[@chandlermiller3944]

I got this for my birthday and now it stays connected to my Subharmonicon. Its a wonderful pedal.

[@Sevendrones]

I bought a Microcosm from the second batch (I think) and have been using on almost everything since then, but now I feel that I still have a lot of great sounds to discover. Thank you for an awsome demo!

[@feegee_official]

I was planning to buy one of these. Now I am determined. Thank you again, Jeremy.

[@magical.frequencies]

Watching this made me realize that I'm in love with music, in awe of how we we are even able to play with sound! Thank you, this was a beautiful experience and I'm def gifting myself one of these now :D

[@TRDRT]

Really excellent showcase, never thought about drums through the microcosm but immediately want to try it 💜

[@anagraphical_angel]

Honestly, I can't get enough of your content! Very interesting product, definitely added to my wishlist!

[@ModePhaser]

Love this thing. Love using it in conjunction with the Octatrack and the Korg KP3 plus. Great little box of inspiration. Absolute stellar job of showcasing it. Thank you!

[@Subtronik]

Sounds exceptional, thank you for the in depth review. My wife and I are starting a new project and the Microcosm will be our Christmas gift to ourselves 😊

[@themurphyshouse]

Thanks for making this video, it was super helpful and fun to watch. Your demos are beautiful too.

[@davidriddle6798]

Your video is so useful to anybody that has a Microcosm. Thanks Red Means Recording for making this. I see a lot of people putting effects/effect pedals before or after the Microcosm for even more tripped out sounds. I am recording drums going through it, then chopping up and sequencing glitches.

[@thomasmehl63]

Thanks for the inspiring tour. It made me re-wire my interface so I can send Ableton tracks into Microcosm via Octatrack. A few hour later I found out how great Microcosm can be with vocals - if you’re lucky you can catch really atmospheric loops by engaging the looper.

[@LoudPaul1]

Not trying to be negative but am I the only one who doesn't like this pedal? I've tried it IRL a couple times and it tends to make things sound indistinct and needlessly obscured... My music isn't really reliant on lots of "texture", but even if it were I would want to have more control over that texture than this pedal can provide. The reverb in it is pretty nice, but I couldn't easily find a way to isolate just that part of it, which is what I ended up wanting to do. Anyway, if you have Ableton you can spend a few hours and make all these effects with gates, reverbs, beat repeats, pitch shifters, delays etc and put them into perfect little chains with macro controls, and save them forever and use ur midi controller on them if you really want to. Also, some aspects of the way that this company is marketing their pedal is a bit icky imo. Just my $0.02, not hating on anyone who uses this thing. Thanks for coming to my TED talk

[@sstrudeau]

depends where you land on the spectrum of "happy accident hunter" and "control freak" I guess :)

[@djpuzzleofficial]

The magic is in the looper IMO once you start layering in the looper specifically guitar layers , playing them in live with the effects in the loops and then slow/pitch it down you’ll start to find some inspiration IMO but again it’s very textural and ambient sounding.

[@goerri27]

Genuinely curious, what aspects of holograms marketing are icky? I haven't noticed anything unusual.

[@GuitarGod666]

I can see where you are coming from. . . I was trying to get away from my computer so got this, but I still think in Ableton -- "I want it to do this crazy thing and feed that into whatever random thing, and then I wanna sequence the slices to blah blah blah." And this is more like a crazy ass delay pedal with a pretty awesome reverb and low pass filter.

[@CaidicusProductions]

I own a Microcosm, got it recently. I'm not sure good with it, yet, but I'm working on it. Anyhow, background aside, I think there's nothing wrong with your feelings towards it. Not everything will appeal to everyone, different people have different expectations. I quite like the Microcosm, I got it after months of watching videos and being specifically aware of what it does, how it excels, and what it also isn't for. That makes my expectations for the pedal quite reasonable, I guess. There are people who buy wah pedals and fuzzy pedals, or distortion pedals. I couldn't see myself buying one of those, or any of those. I don't like them at all, don't like their sound. That said, I can understand that there are others, obviously, who love those effects. Not for me, but I can see why it's for them. It's just what they want. Anyway, nice comment.

[@estes_was_here]

your music makes literally anything shine my guy i love mosaic mode most as well, really makes this friend sparkle lmao

[@UsernameInvalid48]

Two of my favorite sounds. Una Corda is amazing. Glad to see you giving it some love.

[@vicesquadpunk]

Very good indeed, I’m a guitarist I bought my Hologram pedals years ago and haven’t used them anywhere near as much as I should. Thanks for the inspiration 🙂 regards from London 🇬🇧 UK

[@danielpirone8028]

Definitely pedal of the year if that is a thing- thanks for the great demo!

[@andyburt9342]

Amazing overview, this is my favorite music toy and you do it more justice than anyone else. So happy to own a Cyclical Michael.

[@BR1NSOP]

Hell yeah, that voice box into arp clip is stellar!

[@franciscolaguna81]

Thanks for the great explanation and demo of each algorithm. Super interesting :)

[@LeoPerantoni]

I got a Microcosm last week and I can relate to the 'default to Mosaic 4' mood. It is such a great sounding preset.

[@IanWaugh]

Hey Jeremy - This is a super demo 👍 I did some Improb jams with the Mix set to fully wet - playing the Microcosm as an instrument. Massive fun! Really like your Glide demo - Great way to use it with drums 👍

[@CaidicusProductions]

Red Means Ridiculously Excellent. Thanks for another amazing presentation, Jeremy. I've loved watching your videos for years, starting with all the stuff you did/do with the OP-1.

[@CaidicusProductions]

I bought a Microcosm a couple of weeks ago, and while I've played with it, there was a lot of mystery in my mind about how the knobs actually affected things. Watching you play with it in real-time has cleared up a lot for me.

[@domingoleija3436]

Thanks for breaking it down slowly. I dig it and it's a rare Gem 💎

[@maunstermusic]

Very surprised by the Rev example. Sounds fantastic.

[@p.meyerhiggins3157]

Excellent! I particularly enjoyed your "ARP" jam ('voice box into arp).

[@hannesbengsch5515]

My first thought in the second effect demo in the moment you touched the knob and with my slight perception delay. „Wow. This thing not only adds rhythm, that sounds like a decent hi hat to me too“ The Plonker part of me.

[@Zsklar]

This pedal is EVERYTHING! Mine arrives in two days! I'll be sitting by the door waiting for Fed Ex! Thanks Jeremy, I'm sold!

[@artysanmobile]

Fantastic piece. My kind of box.

[@estes_was_here]

Ive been looking forward to watching this all day :)

[@music4screens]

This pedal is amazing! Thanks for the demos!

[@CoolBreez69]

Wow! at 19:40 in, yet another outstanding piece of artistry! It makes me think of a possible sequel to Kubo and the 2-strings.

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

Great video Jeremy! I'm working on a Microcosm video currently too, and I must say it's fast becoming my fave pedal as well :)

[@sstrudeau]

Perfect timing. I just traded my Morphagene for a Microcosm and have been getting to know it. I've been avoiding bringing together my in-the-box and hardware music experimentation worlds but hearing these virtual instruments through the pedal is having me rethink my studio setup.

[@m.g.kroger]

Amazing video (as usual). I need to try it with midi clock as shown here. The textural side is the main reason why I bought Microcosm and it shines.

[@555atU]

This is great! It's my favorite pedal and you don't have to throw much at it ... just let it do the "work" for you. It never disappoints.

[@ShelbyWatson]

Wasn’t planning on ordering a pedal today, but here I am.

[@darksiderahb]

Came here for the Microcosm, stayed for the excellent shorts…and the Microcosm.

[@tnycrmb]

Is it okay to nerd out for a minute and notice that you matched the instrument cables perfectly to the mc logo? ❤️🤓 Any chance you know who makes them?

[@hannesbengsch5515]

And in addition. This is one of these episodes that make me wish you would release a dj kicks styled( nicely faded driven with the effect ) mix of the demo tracks.

[@TheAutoKite]

Love this demo! Thanks Red, stay cool !

[@b4k4squared]

Demo #2 stunned me. I didn't expect to hear any post-rock stuff here, and yet you just produced stuff that sounds like it should sit next to my Mogwai, God is an Astronaut, and Tides From Nebula album. Where do I preorder? That being said, RMR never ceases to amaze me. Now, after two years of watching your channel, I have a bunch of gear (yes, Hologram Microcosm included - if The Sponsors are reading this I'm happy to provide the proof of purchase :D), brain full of ideas, and a feeling I should be working less and doing more bleep-bloops on synths, because it's fun!

[@snoogllies]

Oooh thank you for this. I've been needing to get in depth with my microcosm so I actually use it.

[@LoudPaul1]

If you don't use it you should sell it?

[@snoogllies]

@@LoudPaul1 Well I haven't used it much because I haven't taken the time really understand it properly.

[@djpuzzleofficial]

Very cool! I love my hologram microcosm and I actually use it with my guitar which seems to be rare lol even though it’s a guitar pedal first. Of course it’s great on synths and other things like you’ve displayed here. Honestly I feel the strength is in the looper. I love the looper and what you can record into it with the built in effects always sounds great and then you can change the speed of the loop which pitches it down or up which also sounds way cool especially when slowed down.

[@mmckmusic]

The Microcosm could be amazing but its issues with clicking (like the samples it generates often aren't faded appropriately) and gain sensitivity (which can be notably variable between algorithm patches and easily result in digital clipping) really take off some of the shine and lead to loads of otherwise unnecessary retakes and/or editing. Hopefully Hologram can sort these in a firmware update....

[@GreatistheWorld]

20 minutes in and I still have no fucking idea what is going to happen to my ears next. Music is great!!!

[@StephanieSante]

Wonderful. Thank you so much. Are you using as Audio Effects Send in Ableton?

[@raytbrown2]

Awesome overview video. Thank you.

[@GeorgeDaDragon]

Microcosm is for sure on my list of will gets, once I've saved up enough

[@domingoleija3436]

That was a Zen approach without rushing through. I've a slow learning curve but I teach quich by breaking steps down.

[@TheMikeHaskew]

So beautiful as always, thanks Jeremy. I just got the MC and love it. Do you have any advice or tutorials to point to for routing external effects with Ableton? I’m trying to use the pedal the same way you are here, but not sure how best to connect everything. Thanks!

[@jaaz7835]

as im in aww and thinking how cool that was you pop up saying isnt that cool lmao loved it

[@blaaaaaaaaaaaaargh]

Dreamy and creamy as always and awesome! But I'm currently saving up for an Endorphins Ghost and Mordax so.... this one goes in the waaay later GAS pile.

[@86owen]

some beautiful tunes

[@joshjaren5408]

Me after finally saving up enough to buy this, my first effect pedal ever, but wondering if I maybe should go Empress, or Zoia, or what if it disappoints, but that's so much money, but it's clearly chill and amazing, but how can I actually know, and... Me after seeing this video: "Yes, Universe. You are right. I will order this with no Remorse. This is the Way. Praise be to RMR. Praise be to the Way."

[@darksiderahb]

I’m in the same boat. I keep going back and forth between the Zoia and Microcosm. So much so, I’ll likely pick up both. Makes way more sense than buying more synths…😂…right?😅

[@joshjaren5408]

@@darksiderahb Totally. I can see the need for both - one for immediacy (Microcosm), one for deep dive. For now, I'm opting for immediacy. Good luck, my friend! :)

[@EZBOT_]

Why you make such pretty sounds?! 🥹

[@mathieumartin9344]

I love this thing. Currently out of my price range - but wow is it cool.

[@desioart]

Hi, great video and demonstration of what this "little machine" can do! I would like to ask your advice on how you connected it to use it together with a Kontakt instrument. I use Logic Pro and Audient iD44 sound card. Thank you if you take the time to give me an answer.

[@boombap08]

So my sister bought me this cause I told her about it and then after my gf bought me one so now I have two! Is there a good reason to have two of them or should i sell one and get the new sp404? It also has efx and its nice to have another sampler!

[@chetplease]

WOWIE ZOWIE -- favorite part

[@cal-scot]

I am In bit of a predicament you could say in that regard. I've recently went DAWless (coming from a sampling background) and I now heavily lean on physical products that have a straight forward easy to use interface. My setup as it stands the now is a RC505mk2 looper, korg Mikrokorg being controlled by a keystep 37 which also controls a single NTS-1 which is linked to two PO33's. So basically my current turmoil is deciding do I get another NTS-1 and pick up a Microcosm and link them together, or do I save some cash and not bother. It is probably worth noting aswell is that a lot of the work I produce is ambient scores rather than actual tracks. Any feedback/ideas welcome

[@matijsboeckx]

Do you need to reamp the sound from NI vst's to the pedal? Or just straight from the out to fx pedal, to input?

[@RedMeansRecording]

Straight out

[@Blancmanuk]

Really inspiring video..thanks. Could you give a brief explanation of how to connect the microcosm to get the soft synths playing through it. Sorry it’s a newbie question but I have my Eurorack modules playing through the unit but am at a loss as how to get my Arturia vst’s to work with it. Cheers Phil

[@thibaudkellerhals2938]

That was truly beautiful

[@bwest6275]

Utterly magical.

[@judahorsie7094]

Love this video, inspired me. I'm trying to find out how to route my midi keyboard like this, could you explain your routing to me in this video? For example I want to play Una Corda and use my microcosm pedal with it. I have an Apollo interface.

[@domingoleija3436]

Muchos Gracias

[@davidRios622]

Is this like a hardware version of Infiltrator VST ?

[@btptpt]

Nice tutorial. I swore of pedals after going into modular (no good reason), but microcosm was the exception.

[@TheStutenberg]

I see Jeremy, I hit the like button

[@Indianabones007]

It’s my favourite pedal but I can’t figure out how to get my VST’s into it, watched a few demos but nothing works. I have Audient id44 and i4, using Cubase on PC

[@iNuchalHead]

28:17 That smile lol +1

[@Jimbo386000]

Damn this thing is beautiful...

[@JoshBrand]

sound sounds sounds good

[@manuelmatos8950]

Hey! One question for Microcosm users. How is it as a reverb pedal? Could I use it as my only reverb pedal and still enjoy the rest of the effects? Thank you

[@RedMeansRecording]

It's not a good replacement for a real reverb pedal. The reverb is good but limited.

[@aseomg]

I can't imagine RMR pedaling on racing bike wearing Lycra & a goofy helmet. Maybe a cargo bike with a dog & a picnic basket, 🤔 but then again...Red does go hard with the beats, like Tadej Pogacar goes up mountains 🚵🏻

[@georgepeshkov2747]

How do you track audio out of your DAW into the Microcosm? Are you just sending the output of your audio interface to it then having it go to the your speakers/recorder? Or are you sending audio out, threw the microcosm, then back into an interface and into DAW?

[@RedMeansRecording]

I have an audio interface with a ton of io so I can send outs into it and then back in and use abletons external audio effect

[@georgepeshkov2747]

@@RedMeansRecording thank you!

[@ChrisMercredi]

What would you recommend for a 7 or 10 year old, to get them into making/recording sounds?

[@j.du6]

An iPad 😉

[@Znatnhos]

Have a tiny little day. Sometimes that's what you really need. Not a big ol' scary day, just a tiny little manageable day. You can handle that, no problem. Much more manageable with these dulcet oscillations inducing sympathetic vibrations in my tiny little ear bones. Cheers (but just little ones. Tiny cheers).

[@kaitsobato]

I'm about to buy one for ~340€ but with the Ghost module now on the market... i am not sure i'm doing the right thing, i don't have the experience to make a decision, but the price is nice XD I guess it will keep it's value for sure so.. ^^ thank you for the fun video!

[@patrickr6505]

I decided to buy a Chase Bliss Mood 2 myself..It can get a lot of similar territory as Microcosm with a much smaller form factor..

[@MM-ib6qh]

Thanks for this... time to get that bad boy out again and tweak some knobs.

[@DriftMusiK]

Kiddie bumpkins? um. I'll just let that go. I've wanted to get a microcosm for quite some time. If I get one, I *might* let my son plug one of his many guitars in it some day. Maybe. Hearing the kontakt instruments through this just makes me drool even more for this treasure. Maybe I'll just sell one of his guitars and get one. Or you can give me yours. 😆 Okay. Drooled too much. Gotta go change now.

[@joesmoke530]

Hope you’re doing well

[@domingoleija3436]

Dat soundzZz delicious senor Means. My bday is March 7. Wish list in da cosmoz. Diggit

[@Stufffullofstuff]

Where can I get those shorts

[@FairuzOsman]

Urban outfitters

[@nPulse]

Is there any VST or IOS app alternative?

[@Synth-PatchesCom]

You can hear Microcosm and Una Corda playing together in this track: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYWZY31jZdWCnJI

[@Bfredproduction]

Nice !

[@PFSTR]

Cool shorts... Nice gams... May I borrow your tape measure? -Lil' Kitty Bumpkin

[@PFSTR]

*please

[@johnbaird2375]

so frekin cool

[@OscillatorSink]

MOSAIC 4 GANG REPRESENT

[@kevinclarke9406]

Especially at 30 bpm 😀

[@boombap08]

@Oscillatorsink Bro we need videos of you using this thing too. You are ridiculously talented. Especially with that digitakt.

[@BackspinZX]

...Shit. I guess I need a Microcosm, now, huh?

[@nathanboler2162]

those shorts slap.

[@1atomicsquid]

tattoo tour please :D