2021: A Year in Gear (What You've Bought or Want to Buy in 2021)
- KVRAF
- 9800 posts since 18 Aug, 2007 from NYC
I honestly did not like it as much as I was hoping and ended up selling it to buy MOOD and Blooper. Microcosm works much like a gated delay, but with prefixed effects instead of repeats. I was hoping for something more flexible than what it can do.
The prefixed presets don’t have the greatest range, but must be perfect for some others.
I wished I loved it. Microcosm is one of the best looking pieces of hardware I’ve ever had. Everything down to logo, is just great design (IMO).
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- KVRAF
- 12943 posts since 30 Apr, 2019
Interesting, I was wondering how you changed settings with Microcosm and looks like the answer is you can’t. Unless there’s some USB or MIDI sys ex editor available.
- KVRAF
- 2231 posts since 23 May, 2005 from West Country, UK
Each to their own I guess. The Microcosm is lovely and is, again, fully controllable with Midi. I have only 3 pedals (Microcosm, Night Sky & Zoia) and it is my favourite. The potential gotcha is that being a pedal it loves plucky sounds - it won't trigger unless there are transients. The other gotcha is that you have to go into its settings (not difficult) and set whether you are feeding it a mono or stereo source - if it is on 'Stereo' and you feed it a mono source you will again have triggering issues. Some sources, with some algorithms, need to be 100% wet too for best results I have found. Its reverb is worth the price of admission alone - it's lovely, and has four algorithms. I prefer it to the Night Sky.
- KVRAF
- 12356 posts since 7 May, 2006 from Southern California
I also love my Microcosm. The looper can be do really interesting stuff and sequencing parameters via CCs really takes it to a different place. I send it CCs from my Octatrack or Zoia. I tend to use it on a send and run it 100% wet, so I can send signal to it when I want.
- KVRAF
- 5756 posts since 29 Sep, 2010 from Maui
Hmm, well I appreciate all the viewpoints anyway. Certainly it's worth some serious researching at least. TBH, I got so much gadget freak in me that I would truly be surprised if I didn't like either the Microcosm or the Nightsky or the BigSky, or the OTO Machines BAM or Dream Sequence etc...
And therein lies the problem...
And therein lies the problem...
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- KVRist
- 63 posts since 8 Sep, 2015
got MC-101.
this is a perfect combo (and my smallest setup)
this is a perfect combo (and my smallest setup)
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- KVRAF
- 12356 posts since 7 May, 2006 from Southern California
I hear you! I can have fun with anything, which is dangerous.
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- KVRAF
- 12943 posts since 30 Apr, 2019
We had a bat with a ball attached in my day. And think we were lucky!
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- addled muppet weed
- 105872 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
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- KVRAF
- 8074 posts since 16 Oct, 2006
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- KVRAF
- 12943 posts since 30 Apr, 2019
Andertons are a Behringer 'Super Partner' whatever that means. Well I do know what it means, it means they're never ever going to have a bad word to say about their gear in any of their videos.