I was gutted about that. Filter sweeps of glitched ambience seemed like an essential feature to me.
I just sold it.
I just spent a whole week trying to use it exclusively for some loop building and texture stuff with a bunch of various instruments. I went page by page through the manual, I watched a ton of videos to see how other people were using it, etcā¦
It was never love at first sight for me, I fell for the hype and it was just kind of an āok, thatās pretty coolā, and the things I mentioned in my post above.
So, I tried real hard to LOVE it, but it just never materialized. I think in the end, the lack of control over parameters and the filter thing, and the overall āsame-nessā of the various effects just donāt wow me.
Like I said in my other post, I do like things that steer you on a journey, but I just didnāt really care about the journeys it was taking me on, I guess.
Iāve got a Mood arriving on Monday to take itās place. Weāll see if that scratches the itch any better.
On an semi-related note, I posted in another thread that I recently picked up the Death by Audio Rooms. Now THAT was love at first sight. So I know what it feels like. Without even tweaking it, as soon as I turned off bypass with a synth going through the Rooms I just smiled. That rarely happens these days.
Those are the things Iām chasing now. I want quality and I want to smile as soon as I turn it on.
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Totally agree. No doubt itās an awesome bit of kit in the right hands/situation, just not mine. I prefer the darker, more aggressive and brutal side of music recently so didnāt seem like the thing for that either!
Most definitely. The last time I has that was when I got DSI Evolver earlier this year. Actually this happened to me with all the gear Iām still excited about when I think about it. It would be great if I had the mental strength to sell the rest of the stuff lying around, but that never was my strong point!
Yeah, for sure
I think the Microcosm does it for a lot of people, thatās cool.
There just isnāt enough there to overcome what I donāt like about it.
Theyāll still sell a sh1t ton of them
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I feel like itās more aimed at people who donāt have time / knowledge and just want to have an insta-ambient-effect, hence they have sold loooads. But I donāt think itās a pedal for people with high standards who are really particular about what theyāre creating. Taking cost into account, it was definitely the worst pedal I ever bought, I donāt think Iāve ever re-sold something so fast.
I agree
Sometimes, I donāt mind gear that has knobs that are simply āturns the effect up or downā, but for some reason, that just doesnāt work for me on this pedal.
I probably didnāt give it a proper run but Ā£500 for something I wasnāt sure about after trying was hard to ignore (I funded a Nyx & Erebus mk1)
Anyone have a weird issue with it where it transposes the looper by -13 semitones instead of by an octave when changing the loop speed via shift + time?
Maybe itās user error, and I havenāt been able to replicate it since, but the other day I was playing with it, and instead of shifting the loop in octaves, the loop went down by -13, making everything else sound out of tune.
Ricky Tinez
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Mark Johnston.
Hi, Iām having an issue with sending program changes to the microcosm and Iām hoping for a bit of help. Iām able to manually control the microcosmās program/preset selection by turning the program change knob on the MIDI section of the digitone. However when I trigger a new pattern that contains a different program, the program change always jumps to Haze #2 no matter what program number I have selected. Any suggestions?
Do you have a Trig on the first Step of your MIDI Track?
oh snap, thank you! new to MIDI on the DN and didnāt realize I needed to lay down a trig.
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Does it work now?
Weāre in business! Thanks buddy
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You can also p-lock the PC.
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Four Outputs on her Harp, itās just amazing. Her Jam with 4 Hologram pedals (2 MC, IJ and DS) is mesmerizing. I love Emily Hopkins.
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Did any one sort out how the Microcosm reliably starts with each new cycle of the Elektron sequencer? I always have a 50:50 chance that it will only play the first play of a sequence and then stop processing sound when the loop comes around for the second time.
My setup is Analog Four Headphone audio out mono - Microcosm audio out l/r - Digitakt Audio In l/r - Digitone Audio In - Headphone out Digitone into Headphone. And Midi Out AF - Midi In DT - Midi Thru DT - Midi In DN - Midi Out DN - Midi In Microcosm.