Soma Labs COSMOS Review // 8 performance tips and ideas // Full tutorial

[@loopop]

For those asking - price check links are in the description. Want some more audio? Check out my Cosmic Drift #2 here: instagram.com/tv/CRyxLS-jYvV

[@turfoid7899]

Can u recommend a good low latency sound card for recording?

[@loopop]

@@turfoid7899 Your computer speed will impact latency more than the audio interface. Regardless, I recommend direct monitoring if that’s what you need low latency for. In that case it doesn’t matter much how fast your computer or audio interface is

[@RedCloudServices]

I was today years old when I learned I have needed this piece of gear my entire life.

[@KunchangLeeMusic]

Honest question : why is it so expensive do you think it’s overpriced or not ???

[@Ratskank]

@@loopop did you make a vid on the new firmware? If so, I can’t find it

[@StudioMagnetique]

Whether you want it or not, a release from Soma is always a game-changer and worth paying attention to. I love these guys. Another seriously interesting product.

[@Chasing_Thoughts]

A new loopop is way better than TV ever was !

[@helpmeiaminhell]

This arrived yesterday. Only played with it for a little bit but I'm already in love. After tinkering for less than ten minutes i made an entire ambient track. It's a keeper for sure.

[@rdomain]

Your first sentence finally explained what Cosmos does! After watching all the Soma videos etc, they never actually said what it was doing so thank you! Haha. Very nicely jam at the end too.

[@robert__]

Thom Yorke: give me 6 of these

[@kevinbatchelor9566]

I thought of him immediately as well.

[@shelbymccool]

Ooooppeennnnn yoouurrr mmmoouuuttthhhhhh WWWWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDDDDEEEEEE

[@poisonousbirds]

@@shelbymccool best comment

[@cesarsjogren]

Lol you win the internet for this one😅

[@jnny7182]

HA, yes perfect!

[@brthrm1511]

Oh, here's another episode of "gear on my wishlist that I'm about to love and be obsessed about even more"

[@tohellandbacknoface4091]

got anything ur bored with? 💪

[@JayaLove]

Yep. I immediately became obsessed with this. Can’t wait till I can afford one!

[@danpreston564]

This is the first piece of gear I have instantly wanted in a long time. I’m imagining pairing it with the Arturia Microfreak for some spice and dice loveliness. Beautiful stuff.

[@lawr.h]

Like so many other products, this thing gives me so many ideas for things to try with my Octatrack... That sampler has saved me a lot of money at this point ❤️

[@tomexistsonline]

I came to check out COSMOS and was sold within the first 28 seconds of the video. Good work, sir. Good work.

[@bricelory9534]

Your final performance is truly emotive and grand - a beautiful work that I'd absolutely love to hear more of. Wonderful

[@amerlin15]

Please do a MegaFM review next! Very good review :)

[@JayaLove]

Mine is being delivered today! Here I am watching this amazing demo in anticipation!

[@drahtmachine4601]

Exactly I hear Thom Yorke Bloom aswell, I think he did it with the Morphagene

[@jackduxburymusic]

Wow - that final Jam was genuinely beautiful and inspiring - 👏

[@loopop]

🙌🏻🙏🏻 ❤

[@AVCOME]

Dont ask why Loopops video are view by 10 times if not more then others, they are simply the best by far.

[@Brumata]

I’m glad you got to do a video on this one. Very helpful! Didn’t know what to think of it when it was announced, but this solidified its place on my wishlist.

[@winstonelectric]

ugh i can't stop listening to this demo. so excited for cosmos.

[@mgscheue]

Watching again because I pre-ordered in February and I just got the email saying it’s ready. Very excited!

[@SpikesStudio3]

Ziv, pretty stoked with the way you look at music tech. You say "Hold on a second, have you tried this?" Its a wonderful insight into evolving technology. Been a patron for a couple of years now....

[@loopop]

Thanks for the comment and ongoing support!

[@CrazyAboutVinylRecords]

Dude, you are the Carl Sagan of electronic music. 👍

[@james9789]

😅such a complimentary and yes accurate in my opinion comment of loopop.

[@lone_buddha]

This is such a great video. Mine actually arrived today cannot wait to delve into the mysteries of the cosmos ;).

[@jamesherndon8066]

The different types of loopers and delays these days are intense. I have been looking into getting an unconventional looper to add unique textures to tracks. I was sort of sold on saving up for one of the chase bliss loopers but now my mind is being changed. If you ever get the chance loopop, I’d like to see you do a video comparing loopers or just more looper performance ideas (maybe even looper on looper action). Another thought is how awesome would this thing be with the subharmonicon! My final thought is keep up the excellent work loopop!

[@loopop]

Thanks! There are SO many loopers a comparison isn't likely - this however, is very much unlike anything else I'm familiar with. This with a subharmonicon as a sound source would indeed be great, but not when its sequencer is running IMHO, that could be quite a mess...

[@DynamicaMusic]

This is locked in as a future purchase, but your comment had me research Chase Bliss. I ordered two pedals. Thanks for the lead.

[@frantsel5711]

Soma Labs are such a blessing..

[@friedhelm5845]

man...one minute into it and I was already lost. thanks a lot, very inspiring.

[@phpn99]

Instant Philip Glass. Just add water

[@EdSchroedinger]

...with a grain of Bugge Wesseltoft

[@atomboyd]

DISCLAIMER: SOMA SYNTHS DOES NOT RECOMMEND ADDING WATER TO THEIR DEVICES

[@Shmoe54]

Or, more accurately, Instant Steve Reich...

[@MrEMann]

This feels like a beautiful black box full of magic for making ambient music. Sign me up!

[@casuallyabandoned]

This looks like a great tool. It doesn't need to be a traditional looper, because, frankly there are already too many options. It's great that it does something different. That said, regarding "rhythmic" looping capabilities, when a some manufacturer has the sense to create a looper that allows you (me) to set a loop time with a bpm knob paired with a 1 bar/2 bar/4 bar toggle, they will have created something beautiful. If anyone reads this and builds such a looper, please throw me a discount. Thanks.

[@iamnebu]

Cosmos arrived yesterday and I love it! It should be called Stevereichisator :)

[@hipsterscout1]

This is like someone saw Thom Yorke's Bloom For Solo Piano and Voice and thought "Yeah lets make a box for that"

[@Yamil97]

THAT’S EXACTLY THE SOUND

[@colinhamilton2217]

Its available Tomorrow...comes in a Box​@Yamil97

[@PaulBoos]

This may be the most beautiful sounding effects unit I don't need... I love everything about it.

[@margg_names]

Haven’t watched the channel in a bit and you’ve raised your game! Dope jam at the end and as always very informative.

[@tubasco504]

thanks for your overview! On point as always. 💯🙏🏻 I cannot wait for this thing. I instantly joined the pre-order list the moment it was announced. I make my rc505 do many of the functions that these algorithms do. So stoked

[@blackknightsatellite3847]

Same here. Instantly preordered it after the first Presentation. Can't wait to play with it

[@tubasco504]

@@blackknightsatellite3847 were you notified yet by Soma EU? I paid a few days ago and am waiting for shipping confirmation!

[@blackknightsatellite3847]

@@tubasco504 Got a mail from Soma some Days ago that my unit will be shipped within 3 Weeks after payment

[@blackknightsatellite3847]

@@tubasco504 I was notified that they received the money 1 Day after I made the payment. Have you received the Notification now?

[@tubasco504]

@@blackknightsatellite3847 mine is going to arrive this Wednesday (in 3 days) according to the tracking!

[@rushess]

Amazing! Very Steve Reich piano phase.

[@savvidi]

Bro, you amazing musician. Please write more music. Cheers

[@NicleT]

Very interesting device. A quite new _Reich-o-matic_ on board.

[@walrtbstudios5430]

Nice nod to Douglas Adams in the intro- thank you.

[@matt-marque]

This thing sounds like if Ólafur Arnalds was a guitar pedal. It's awesome and I am counting down the days until mine ships.

[@oliverpilatiz5533]

The outro blew me away...Mr. Zimmer...😉❤

[@EdgarWiersocki]

Man! You are amazing player!!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Drift reminds me of Granulator II in Ableton Live, amazing to have something like this at your fingertips while you play, and not in post-processing.

[@ThreeBeingOne]

Novation launchkey SL mk 3

[@ryanmartinez2876]

Just beautiful. Brilliant & more brilliant

[@falazarte]

The looped melody at the bugging was beautiful.

[@MichaalHell]

loved that performance in the end. mezmerising

[@gnarlysoundscapes7210]

Soma definitely makes my kind of gear... all the cons sound like pros to me, lol. I love unrepeatable, unorthodox flows of organic sound. With no undo ability, it becomes proper art, where you have to go with whatever you put down and make it into something beautiful, rather than just hit undo and try again.

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

Wonderful. A unique loop station.

[@MikeUIibarri]

I really, really want one! Would love to experience a shoot-out type video with similar products! Seriously.

[@loopop]

I'm not familiar with a similar product - I made a patch the takes inspiration from a small portion of this on Hector, but nothing matches the whole thing that I know of.

[@CO5MA]

I want mine 👌🏻 Thanks Loopop for that review 👍🏻

[@Wildwiidmike]

Did you ever leave any comments about the rhythmic firmware? A year after ordering I've finally got my hands on cosmos and this video is as helpful as ever

[@loopop]

Glad it's helpful, no, I've not produced any content about the new firmware yet

[@coversauce4786]

SLO mode and reverse functions are on the keeley eccos too. You can record at slow speed and speed it up for sped up tape effects

[@Rogerthat144]

Yep, EHX Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai does this aswell. Can highly recommend it to anyone looking for a more affordable alternative. 30 seconds Stereo Looper with delay, reverse delay and the ability to filter, reverse, slow dowm or speed up the loop. It's a workhorse!

[@martinnonstatic7435]

one of the best introductions !! perfect video

[@XanderEwald]

Great video, thanks! Lovely like everything SOMA does, preordered right away.

[@manuelrichter6699]

I'll get mine in a few weeks 😀 Yehaaaa

[@cometodolly]

that is stunning! Man, i love this channel. :)

[@Rgdonaire_07]

I always love the Radiohead nods In your videos

[@wyromusic1937]

the track is amazing!

[@AtomkeySinclair]

Great content as always. I've noticed you have a Blooper Pedal from other videos. I can't find a review from you on that in your content listing. I see one for the MOOD. Please consider making one when time permits. Thanks.

[@gesslr]

Me want one. Period. Already dropped them an email about ordering one. Also told them to thank you.... LOL

[@dudekdenis7418]

J' adore ce principe, merci de la démonstration, c' est juste génial

[@nebuladus7850]

Hello loopop🎹🎸🔊🎶🎶🎶thank you for your channel✌🏽💁🏿‍♂️

[@schoolyardchampions]

Did they release the rhythmic firmware update?

[@loopop]

yes

[@m.g.kroger]

I wonder how the Cosmos may sing together with the Microcosm... an infinite dream machine...

[@StephanieSante]

Would probably work well with NDLR as well.

[@n0tett]

Just off the initial intro... it seems like an rc-505 can do this (all with a little bit of a workaround). That said, this is the most interesting piece of gear I've seen in a loopop recommendation for a while.

[@andrelafosse]

Awesome looper, awesome video!

[@percasynth]

-notification..."new loopop review" -me .... "sigh" **checks bank account

[@giohernandez9932]

Getting Bloom (Radiohead) vibes from the intro.

[@mikemorrisonmusic]

Same!

[@loopop]

Yes I think I listened to that a bit too much before making this video…

[@giohernandez9932]

@@loopop Nothing wrong with that!!

[@GNeuman]

Love it! Great review!

[@ubahnrider1337]

is there any vst out there that does similar things? and im not speaking about these typical multi-fx units (which are cool), but effects that have their own character and alter sources into something extremely etherealy and spacy

[@caesarsheadache]

Great demo thanks 👏🤘

[@caesarsheadache]

Hi! Noticed someone in the commentary field mentioned Cosmos is very noisy? Does not make sense to me this should be noisy in itself? I would expect it to be as clean or noisy as th users setup. Can you please tell me if it is noisy or not, thanks. Best, Mik

[@skipstream2]

Is there a plug-in that can do this kind of thing?

[@RubenSainiuc]

Leaving a dot here, for when someone replies with one

[@martingoldmannmusic]

I like that thing! Thanks for the review.

[@GrizzlyWang]

nils frahm vibes right off the bat

[@ts4gv]

i dont understand why the filters aren’t controlled by knobs, other than that this thing is cool

[@NickTheMuteChalntoupis]

were all the noise coming from ? the synths or the pedal?

[@loopop]

Cosmos itself isn't noisy but the compressor and distortion increase noise levels, plus I recorded the intro a bit too quietly and amplified it - so, all of the above...

[@robjacksonmusic]

Very cool / I want one! Great demo as per.

[@merlinoner]

The end was beautiful.

[@loopop]

🙌🏻🙏🏻

[@SqueeDee]

Nice Douglas Adams Reference there.

[@JCBudro16]

"If you hold the record button it activates the slow mode." So kind of Soma Labs to add a Hainbach mode!

[@macronencer]

OK, I need to buy one of these so I can hook it up to my Lyra 8 :D

[@ShaighJosephson]

I was wondering how this would handle drones from the Lyra-8... I was thinking that this would need distinct notes for the delays to latch onto...

[@worblyhead996]

Got in on the preorder when they first announced it and am jazzed for September to get here. I can't wait to run my guitar/ebow through it. I would also like to see what possibilities there are by feeding one of the outputs back into one of the inputs.

[@sebdos]

REQUIRED AN EXP PEDAL FOR MIX KNOB

[@pamdemonia]

I really just wanna play my flute through this! And my Lyra-8. But mostly my flute.

[@RitualTanz]

Always great videos. But your either too close to the mic or its clipping. Please lower your voice in your mix. Check your levels. Thanks

[@sensiblynumb]

It just occurred to me that you sound similar to the late great Carl Sagan. Carry on...

[@loopop]

It's the only right way to explore the Cosmos...

[@drahtmachine4601]

Nice review, great machine

[@JumboDubby]

It’s like the Fugue Machine only as a Looper!

[@MrPlayfromthesoul]

Nice Arthur Dent reference

[@perrypelican9476]

Time for a series on iOS apps. There are so many incredible new ones. And you make great videos. You should have a different channel for that. It wouldn't take long for it to take off. Also an idea is integrating iPads with laptops and synths etc. You are good at that and I think there is a need for advanced integration using cool gear like midi thru boxes. There are powered midi thru boxes that are simple but amazing.

[@skelly790]

Yeah. I so very nearly bought this, then realised I could feed my Lyra or anything else through a looper and a copy or two of Other Desert Cities for a fraction of the price.* iPads are class compliant, so you can plug just about anything into them. I've tried a Digitakt and a Focusrite 18i20. Just worked. Then you get those expensive FX for a low, low cost. Or roll your own if you like. And quite a nice interface, to which you can probably add a couple of pedals to use as switches. Haven't tried that yet. *excluding iPad.

[@petrusbarbatusberolinensis2102]

🤯 Where does the massive noise floor come from: the MEGAfm?

[@loopop]

MEGAfm doesn't output any noise when it's not playing (but it does a ton when it is...) - the compression circuit here does amplify noise

[@RonCavagnaro]

Can't wait to see how this works with my hologram microcosm hahah

[@loopop]

ha that's actually a good combo :)

[@RonCavagnaro]

@@loopop yeah I think it will just make music for hours

[@RonCavagnaro]

And I got my cosmos and wow so powerful and great results!

[@ShaighJosephson]

Put this in front of the Microcosm and you'll be busy in exploration for quite some time... ☺️

[@dotted9689]

Nice concept. I like it

[@GuillaumedeMachautsferret]

Is there a simple Boomerang-like mode on this? Ie. the loop length is set by the record button. I've got a Boomerang and I'm very interested in this thing but I'd really need it to be able to function in a standard loop manner as well.

[@framlucasse]

Interesting! So, what about the new firmware ?

Amazing outro cosmic drift, kudos!!

[@soerenraudonis]

I saw your reminder review, than the gr-1, I saw reviews of the t-resonator, thanI decided to get the latter one, now this... I guess I'm Good with my decision 🙂

[@JayHosking]

Really fantastic jam in this one.

[@Judasz696]

Alternatives? Can i sync it somehow with midi?

[@INTOTHETERROR]

Can you use this as a standard delay albeit different?

[@SPACEMUSICSOUNDSYSTEM]

super explenation thank you very much