Hologram Microcosm: How to Be Advanced

Here's 5 ways you can use the Microcosm as an engine for designing brand-new effects. Settings and timestamps below. Additional graphics and animation by John Marty and Greg Sadetsky.

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*NOTE: All secondary parameters are set to their default positions unless otherwise noted

PRO-TIP #1: GLITCH CONTROL
Glitch: Blocks
2nd preset
Activity: 3:00 o'clock
Shape: minimum
Filter: maximum
Mix: maximum
Repeats: 2:30 o'clock
Space: 10:00 o'clock
Loop Level: minimum
Mod Freq: 11:00 o'clock
Mod Depth: 11:00 o'clock

PRO-TIP #2: WEIRDNESS FROM THE FUTURE
Granules: Tunnel
1st preset
Activity: maximum
Shape: minimum
Filter: maximum
Mix: 12:00 o'clock
Repeats: maximum
Space: minimum
Loop Level: minimum
Mod Freq: 1:00 o'clock
Mod Depth: 12:00 o'clock

PRO-TIP #3: INFINITY TOWN
Micro Loop: Seq
1st preset
Activity: maximum
Shape: maximum
Filter: maximum
Mix: maximum
Repeats: 4:00 o'clock
Space: minimum
Loop Level: minimum
*NOTE: for the particular song I recorded with these settings for this video, I used MIDI to set the BPM of the Microcosm to precisely match the track I was trying to put together. (It was 159 BPM.) I've never been good at dialing in tap tempos, especially when it needs to be dead-on the way it didfor this particular track. If you're good at tapping your foot though, you may not need to resort to MIDI.

PRO-TIP #4: INDESCRIBABLE
Granules: Strum
2nd preset
Activity: maximum
Shape: maximum
Filter: maximum
Mix: 2:00 o'clock
Repeats: minimum
Space: 10:30 o'clock
Loop Level: minimum

PRO-TIP #5: NOT-TRENDY LO-FI GUITAR
Granules: Haze
1st preset
Activity: maximum
Shape: maximum
Filter: 4:00 o'clock
Mix: maximum
Repeats: 2:00 o'clock
Space: minimum
Loop Level: minimum
Mod Freq: low
Mod Depth: moderately high

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
0:30 Pro-Tip #1: Glitch Control
1:11 Sound Example #1
2:09 Pro-Tip #2: Weirdness from the Future
2:51 Sound Example #2
3:49 Pro-Tip #3: Infinity Town
4:25 Sound Example #3
5:09 Pro-Tip #4: Indescribable
5:25 Sound Example #4
6:15 Pro-Tip #5: Not-Trendy Lo-Fi Guitar
6:41 Sound Example #5