While Repeats controls the number of times each tap sounds. Turning up the Activity increases the number of “taps” or delay lines. A simple example of this would be in the Pattern effect which is a rhythmic multitap delay. They’re also highly interactive - meaning changes you make to Activity can impact the way the Repeats control behaves. In short, they’re macro controls that aren’t mapped to one specific parameter and instead control a host of things depending on which effect you’ve chosen. “In general, Activity gives you ‘more’ or ‘less’ of what each preset does, and Repeats controls how long the effect goes on for.”
HOLOGRAM MICROCOSM REVIEW MANUAL
The manual breaks it down pretty well, though: (The secondary controls in light gray are accessed by holding down the shift button.) I say relatively because, while it’s fairly obvious what “mix” does, the “Activity” and “Repeats” controls are a little vague. The eight knobs to the left all have relatively clear primary and shift functions. Those lights also show value levels, the direction of audio playback and are how you navigate the global menu.
Each effect lights up as it’s selected and the four lights above the middle footswitch (which turns the pedal on and off) indicate which particular preset of that effect you have selected. The lone encoder on the right navigates through the various presets. There are a number of buttons, lights and knobs on the front that might seem a bit intimidating at first, but it’s easy to figure things out once you get going. (This turned out to be a real godsend since my cheapo pedalboard power supply introduced a lot of noise.)
HOLOGRAM MICROCOSM REVIEW PLUS
On the plus side, Hologram Electronics includes a power adapter in the box, which almost no pedal manufacturers do anymore. This is fairly uncommon on synths and other guitar pedals and means you might need a TRS to dual TS cable to hook up your gear. My one complaint here is that the stereo input is a single TRS jack as opposed to separate right and left ones. Around the back, you’ll find the requisite audio ins and outs, along with 5-pin MIDI In and Out/Thru, and an expression pedal jack.
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