2020 Happenings! (BOSS Strikes Back)

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Gone Fission wrote:Is that a fixed model or custom? I caught some mention of full rosewood necks being available as a custom option on a bunch of Fender models. A rather exuberant way to celebrate the recent CITES exemption.

Solid rosewood used to be a thing 20-30 years ago but fell off a bit. Roasted maple seems to be the thing these days. Still curious to try a full rosewood.
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The Sunbox has been in development for over a year, but there's been no commitment to specs or a price. It's described as generative, polyphonic, and Axoloti-based.

(latest sketch/teaser)

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echorec wrote:https://www.hologramelectronics.com/microcosm

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Inconuucl: I can shoegaze that tune with 5 pedals.
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Inconuucl: I can shoegaze that tune with 3 pedals.
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echorec wrote:https://www.hologramelectronics.com/microcosm

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Preorder'd

The first two Hologram pedals didn't really do it for me but this one has a hardware format and feature set that feel more up my alley.
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echorec wrote:https://www.hologramelectronics.com/microcosm

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My first thought was that it looks like a Mood but more controllable.
Then I realized the looper doesn't seem to do anything weird and it looks like pretty straightforward reverb.
I guess the interesting thing is the 11 granular effects and I'll be curious how they sound.
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innterestesting - how much control is exposed to midi?
a) every knob
b) every knob + stuff that's under the hood
c) just clock
d) cookies

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Dandolin wrote:innterestesting - how much control is exposed to midi?
a) every knob
b) every knob + stuff that's under the hood
c) just clock
d) cookies

???
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I didn't know Harmony was making guitars (or revamping the Silhouette) in the USA, but even at 1K this looks pretty alright (gold foils, hard tail & a 12-inch radius)

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I mean, it's no Squier Mini Jaguar for around $149, but what even is? :cool:
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oldangelmidnight wrote:
echorec wrote:https://www.hologramelectronics.com/microcosm

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My first thought was that it looks like a Mood but more controllable.
Then I realized the looper doesn't seem to do anything weird and it looks like pretty straightforward reverb.
I guess the interesting thing is the 11 granular effects and I'll be curious how they sound.
I got super pumped for this, but then in the clip, I was a little underwhelmed as I don't really hear anything that's to far outside of what other pedals are already doing. I guess it's cool that you get so many different types of effect in this one box, and if you didn't already have a bunch of weird glitchy pedals this could certainly scratch an itch. I just thought they might have pushed the envelope a bit further with this one. I guess I should just wait to hear a longer demo before passing judgement.
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oldangelmidnight wrote:
echorec wrote:https://www.hologramelectronics.com/microcosm

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My first thought was that it looks like a Mood but more controllable.
Then I realized the looper doesn't seem to do anything weird and it looks like pretty straightforward reverb.
I guess the interesting thing is the 11 granular effects and I'll be curious how they sound.
This looks like what I wished the Blooper could’ve been with a ton of granular effects built in, plus some MOOD thrown in. You can change the order of effects/loops to print or not which is cool. I’m hoping the looper and sync to MIDI. Looks awesome, preordered.
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coupleonapkins wrote:I didn't know Harmony was making guitars (or revamping the Silhouette) in the USA, but even at 1K this looks pretty alright (gold foils, hard tail & a 12-inch radius)

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I mean, it's no Squier Mini Jaguar for around $149, but what even is? :cool:
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The best thing about the microcosm is that it doesn't have side jacks
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UglyCasanova wrote:The best thing about the microcosm is that it doesn't have side jacks
Hahahaha!! At least they learned something! :yay: :lol: :excellent:
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I love the sounds and options on the pedal. For me though, I know I won’t use it. I’ll play it for 15 minutes, get bored and sell it. Sigh. I have issues. So, I’ll pass for now but looks and sounds killer.
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