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. Click here to listen to my album HARD FEELINGS on all platforms, it’s glitchy and hyper just like this video: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/cyb... If you would like to take Zoom guitar lessons from me, click here to get started: https://forms.gle/nFMVSEPoraq2LTPy6 *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