The reverb itself is so lush and beautiful, it could be a pedal on its own. Microcosm has 4 different reverb algorithms (you can change the algorithm by holding shift and using the Space knob) and they all sound great. Space: Space is the control for the Microcosm’s reverb. So, having the ability to cut some high frequencies is much appreciated. The filter is super useful since some effects are very prominent, even in very low Mix settings. By holding Shift, you can increase its Resonance.
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Its secondary function, it’s the Mod Rate of the Pitch Modulation.įilter: A very nice Low-Pass resonant filter. But what does the waveform does? It’s applying a contour to the effect’s volume and filter adding some extra movement. Shape: With Shape, you can change the waveform shape. The Repeats knob also has a secondary functionality of the Mod Depth. Time & Repeats: In a nutshell, these controls will handle your delay time and feedback. You’ll have to tweak it for every effect to find out since it works differently for each effect type. Sometimes it adds a bitcrusher and sometimes it will affect the grain size, etc. In general, it controls the density of each effect but that’s an oversimplified answer. Let’s also do a brief walkthrough of the knobs:Īctivity: The Activity knob is a macro control for different parameters on each mode. A great way to use the pedal hands-free and explore its sounds and different modes. An amazing fully featured looper in itself and 2. In Quantize mode, your loops are quantized to the tempo to reduce the gaps you accidentally create while looping and in Burst mode you can create short micro loops for some glitchier stuff! A lot of delay pedals include a looper, just for the sake of having a looper, but in Microcosm’s case, the Looper is 1. You go as far as 4X and 1/4X of the speed, you can reverse it, have the loop before or after the effects, or even just use it as a standard looper by enabling the Looper-only setting. As expected, you can record and overdub layers but it gets way better once you start playing with the playback speeds. As we all know, everything sounds better in reverse!Īnother core functionality of the pedal is its Looper. On every effect, you can press the Mode selector knob, to have the effect reversed. In this case, you can get some “standard“ delay effects with PATTERN while with WARP you get darker & pitch-shifted delays. Multidelay: The last one is the only category with 2 effects and it’s similar to Micro Loop. Another great mode is ARP which works like an arpeggiator adding a lot of movement. Glitch: As the name implies, in this mode the sound is re-arranged in different intervals, creating glitchy sequences and patterns. It’s much like a reverb but with more texture and variations.
Granules: This is a granular mode where small chops of your signal are played back creating a swarm of small fragments. It’s, like most people, my absolute favorite of the bunch. Mosaic does a lot of pitch shifting and creates a beautiful melodic pattern even if you play just one note. Probably the most famous effect of the Microcosm lives in this category, is the Mosaic. Micro Loop: Here, your sound is played back with a new rhythmic pattern with notes being sequenced, pitched up or down, with glides between them, etc. To make things a bit easier to process those 11 effects are grouped into 4 main categories. Yes, it has 11 effects with 4 variations each so you’re getting 44 different presets to tweak and adjust to your taste. Delay in the sense that it repeats the sounds you play in 44 (!) completely different ways. Microcosm is essentially a delay pedal with a looper and a reverb.
So let’s try to explain what the Microcosm does and how you can get the most out of it.
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