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Soma Labs COSMOS Review // 8 performance tips and ideas // Full tutorial

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Get more generative ideas, tips and insights from this video and all my others in my ever-expanding book of electronic music ideas, tips and tricks here:
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FOR THOSE ASKING ABOUT NOISE: I did amplify the intro a bit and other parts in this video because recording levels were low, but like I mention in the video, distortion and compression bring noise levels up in relation to other signals. If you keep those knobs down the signal is very clean, but if there's even just a bit of noise, a few compressor and distortion loops will bring it up.
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TIMELINE:
0:00 Intro
1:30 Overview
4:30 This setup
5:15 Two delays
7:05 Four delays
7:45 Blur & Drift
9:35 Giant reverb
10:20 Granular delay
11:30 Feedback
12:00 Compressor
13:10 Suppressor
13:45 A FEW TIPS
14:00 Simple looping
14:40 Direct 2 phase
15:20 Blur freeze
16:00 Spectral control
16:35 Pass it on
17:10 Reverse toggle
17:40 No undo
18:00 Always record!
18:20 Pros & cons
20:55 Cosmic drift
Submit review and video ideas here (sorry I don’t offer 1x1 sessions/setup/purchasing advice):
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NOTE: Occasionally I’ll try out affiliate marketing and include affiliate links. This means that I may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via affiliate links. The content of this clip is entirely my opinion, and was not paid for or dictated in any way by the company creating the gear. Without addressing the particulars of products shown here as they might be under NDA, gear shown on this channel may be either sent by the manufacturer, on loan for review or bought at a discount.

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@loopop 3 года назад

For those asking - price check links are in the description. Want some more audio? Check out my Cosmic Drift #2 here: instagram.com/tv/CRyxLS-jYvV

@turfoid7899 3 года назад

Can u recommend a good low latency sound card for recording?

@loopop 3 года назад

@@turfoid7899 Your computer speed will impact latency more than the audio interface. Regardless, I recommend direct monitoring if that’s what you need low latency for. In that case it doesn’t matter much how fast your computer or audio interface is

@RedCloudServices 3 года назад

I was today years old when I learned I have needed this piece of gear my entire life.

@KunchangLeeMusic 3 года назад

Honest question : why is it so expensive do you think it’s overpriced or not ???

@Ratskank Год назад

@@loopop did you make a vid on the new firmware? If so, I can’t find it

@StudioMagnetique 3 года назад

Whether you want it or not, a release from Soma is always a game-changer and worth paying attention to. I love these guys. Another seriously interesting product.

@robert__ 3 года назад

Thom Yorke: give me 6 of these

@kevinbatchelor9566 3 года назад

I thought of him immediately as well.

@shelbymccool 3 года назад

Ooooppeennnnn yoouurrr mmmoouuuttthhhhhh WWWWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDDDDEEEEEE

@poisonousbirds 3 года назад

@@shelbymccool best comment

@cesarsjogren 3 года назад

Lol you win the internet for this one😅

@jnny7182 2 года назад

HA, yes perfect!

@Chasing_Thoughts 3 года назад

A new loopop is way better than TV ever was !

@helpmeiaminhell Год назад

This arrived yesterday. Only played with it for a little bit but I'm already in love. After tinkering for less than ten minutes i made an entire ambient track. It's a keeper for sure.

@brthrm1511 3 года назад

Oh, here's another episode of "gear on my wishlist that I'm about to love and be obsessed about even more"

@tohellandbacknoface4091 2 года назад

got anything ur bored with? 💪

@JayaLove 2 года назад

Yep. I immediately became obsessed with this. Can’t wait till I can afford one!

@danpreston564 2 года назад

This is the first piece of gear I have instantly wanted in a long time. I’m imagining pairing it with the Arturia Microfreak for some spice and dice loveliness. Beautiful stuff.

@lawr.h 3 года назад

Like so many other products, this thing gives me so many ideas for things to try with my Octatrack... That sampler has saved me a lot of money at this point ❤️

@drahtmachine4601 3 года назад

Exactly I hear Thom Yorke Bloom aswell, I think he did it with the Morphagene

@bricelory9534 Год назад

Your final performance is truly emotive and grand - a beautiful work that I'd absolutely love to hear more of. Wonderful

@rdomain 3 года назад

Your first sentence finally explained what Cosmos does! After watching all the Soma videos etc, they never actually said what it was doing so thank you! Haha. Very nicely jam at the end too.

@WildernessMusic_GentleSerene 3 года назад

$619.00. Such an incredible imaginative product from Soma! My greatest concern is that the effect will be identifiable like FM DX7 sounds were in the 80s, or Eventide Space and BigSky pedals are today... and therefor not an original creative addition to our compositions. Next concern is the price, with my present rig I have been making wonderful polyrhythms for 5 years now, combining my poly designs with a creative effects pedal like the ZoomMS70CDR I can already create the Cosmos effects in a very similar way, although more work and time on my rig, but with more controllable and repeatable results. Heavy complex effects have a signature sound to them, identifiable sometimes. For half the price I may have considered it. Thank you again loopop for a near perfect review on a product I would never had seen otherwise. The product has opened my mind to new possibilities with my present rig.

@aawagga6841 2 года назад

wtf are you talking about, the only reason those sounds became so recognizable is because they were new and original

@WildernessMusic_GentleSerene 2 года назад

@@aawagga6841 No reason to be angry about a synth device. Calm down and listen to my comment, you seem to have missed the point.

@adamnesbitt11 Год назад

The percentage of listeners who can pick out a Strymon or Eventide reverb from anything else in the context of a song is probably 0.00000001.

@niloben659 Год назад

@@adamnesbitt11 Not really, I can recognise an Elektron box in a track pretty quick

@do_happywork 11 месяцев назад

@@niloben659 LOL

@hipsterscout1 3 года назад

This is like someone saw Thom Yorke's Bloom For Solo Piano and Voice and thought "Yeah lets make a box for that"

@Yamil97 3 года назад

THAT’S EXACTLY THE SOUND

@tomjepson2295 3 года назад

I came to check out COSMOS and was sold within the first 28 seconds of the video. Good work, sir. Good work.

@phpn99 3 года назад

Instant Philip Glass. Just add water

@EdSchroedinger 3 года назад

...with a grain of Bugge Wesseltoft

@atomboyd 3 года назад

DISCLAIMER: SOMA SYNTHS DOES NOT RECOMMEND ADDING WATER TO THEIR DEVICES

@Shmoe54 3 года назад

Or, more accurately, Instant Steve Reich...

@amerlin15 3 года назад

Please do a MegaFM review next! Very good review :)

@jamesherndon8066 3 года назад

The different types of loopers and delays these days are intense. I have been looking into getting an unconventional looper to add unique textures to tracks. I was sort of sold on saving up for one of the chase bliss loopers but now my mind is being changed. If you ever get the chance loopop, I’d like to see you do a video comparing loopers or just more looper performance ideas (maybe even looper on looper action). Another thought is how awesome would this thing be with the subharmonicon! My final thought is keep up the excellent work loopop!

@loopop 3 года назад

Thanks! There are SO many loopers a comparison isn't likely - this however, is very much unlike anything else I'm familiar with. This with a subharmonicon as a sound source would indeed be great, but not when its sequencer is running IMHO, that could be quite a mess...

@DynamicaMusic 2 года назад

This is locked in as a future purchase, but your comment had me research Chase Bliss. I ordered two pedals. Thanks for the lead.

@gnarlysoundscapes7210 3 года назад

Soma definitely makes my kind of gear... all the cons sound like pros to me, lol. I love unrepeatable, unorthodox flows of organic sound. With no undo ability, it becomes proper art, where you have to go with whatever you put down and make it into something beautiful, rather than just hit undo and try again.

@JayaLove 2 года назад

Mine is being delivered today! Here I am watching this amazing demo in anticipation!

@CrazyAboutVinylRecords 3 года назад

Dude, you are the Carl Sagan of electronic music. 👍

@james9789 Год назад

😅such a complimentary and yes accurate in my opinion comment of loopop.

@matt-marque 2 года назад

This thing sounds like if Ólafur Arnalds was a guitar pedal. It's awesome and I am counting down the days until mine ships.

@jackduxbury1632 3 года назад

Wow - that final Jam was genuinely beautiful and inspiring - 👏

@loopop 3 года назад

🙌🏻🙏🏻 ❤

@casuallyabandoned 3 года назад

This looks like a great tool. It doesn't need to be a traditional looper, because, frankly there are already too many options. It's great that it does something different. That said, regarding "rhythmic" looping capabilities, when a some manufacturer has the sense to create a looper that allows you (me) to set a loop time with a bpm knob paired with a 1 bar/2 bar/4 bar toggle, they will have created something beautiful. If anyone reads this and builds such a looper, please throw me a discount. Thanks.

@MrEMann 2 года назад

This feels like a beautiful black box full of magic for making ambient music. Sign me up!

@winstonelectric 3 года назад

ugh i can't stop listening to this demo. so excited for cosmos.

@SpikesStudio3 3 года назад

Ziv, pretty stoked with the way you look at music tech. You say "Hold on a second, have you tried this?" Its a wonderful insight into evolving technology. Been a patron for a couple of years now....

@loopop 3 года назад

Thanks for the comment and ongoing support!

@lone_buddha Год назад

This is such a great video. Mine actually arrived today cannot wait to delve into the mysteries of the cosmos ;).

@mgscheue 2 года назад

Watching again because I pre-ordered in February and I just got the email saying it’s ready. Very excited!

@PaulBoos 3 года назад

This may be the most beautiful sounding effects unit I don't need... I love everything about it.

@JP-pt3ud 2 месяца назад

Did anyone else hear “Still D.R.E. “ starting to form at the beginning? It almost got there!

@frantsel5711 Год назад

Soma Labs are such a blessing..

@NicleT 3 года назад

Very interesting device. A quite new _Reich-o-matic_ on board.

@Brumata 3 года назад

I’m glad you got to do a video on this one. Very helpful! Didn’t know what to think of it when it was announced, but this solidified its place on my wishlist.

@rushess 3 года назад

Amazing! Very Steve Reich piano phase.

@musicalstatues73 2 года назад

Haven’t watched the channel in a bit and you’ve raised your game! Dope jam at the end and as always very informative.

3 года назад

Drift reminds me of Granulator II in Ableton Live, amazing to have something like this at your fingertips while you play, and not in post-processing.

@ThreeBeingOne 3 года назад

Novation launchkey SL mk 3

@coversauce4786 2 года назад

SLO mode and reverse functions are on the keeley eccos too. You can record at slow speed and speed it up for sped up tape effects

@rogier5591 2 года назад

Yep, EHX Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai does this aswell. Can highly recommend it to anyone looking for a more affordable alternative. 30 seconds Stereo Looper with delay, reverse delay and the ability to filter, reverse, slow dowm or speed up the loop. It's a workhorse!

@tubasco504 3 года назад

thanks for your overview! On point as always. 💯🙏🏻 I cannot wait for this thing. I instantly joined the pre-order list the moment it was announced. I make my rc505 do many of the functions that these algorithms do. So stoked

@blackknightsatellite3847 3 года назад

Same here. Instantly preordered it after the first Presentation. Can't wait to play with it

@tubasco504 2 года назад

@@blackknightsatellite3847 were you notified yet by Soma EU? I paid a few days ago and am waiting for shipping confirmation!

@blackknightsatellite3847 2 года назад

@@tubasco504 Got a mail from Soma some Days ago that my unit will be shipped within 3 Weeks after payment

@blackknightsatellite3847 2 года назад

@@tubasco504 I was notified that they received the money 1 Day after I made the payment. Have you received the Notification now?

@tubasco504 2 года назад

@@blackknightsatellite3847 mine is going to arrive this Wednesday (in 3 days) according to the tracking!

@iamnebu 2 года назад

Cosmos arrived yesterday and I love it! It should be called Stevereichisator :)

@friedhelm5845 2 года назад

man...one minute into it and I was already lost. thanks a lot, very inspiring.

@AboveTheTrees00 Год назад

been wanting one since it came out and finally pulled a trigger few days ago, can't wait for the package to arrive

@walrtbstudios5430 4 месяца назад

Nice nod to Douglas Adams in the intro- thank you.

@ubahnrider1337 Год назад

is there any vst out there that does similar things? and im not speaking about these typical multi-fx units (which are cool), but effects that have their own character and alter sources into something extremely etherealy and spacy

@AtomkeySinclair 3 года назад

Great content as always. I've noticed you have a Blooper Pedal from other videos. I can't find a review from you on that in your content listing. I see one for the MOOD. Please consider making one when time permits. Thanks.

@XanderEwald 3 года назад

Great video, thanks! Lovely like everything SOMA does, preordered right away.

@falazarte 3 года назад

The looped melody at the bugging was beautiful.

@gesslr 3 года назад

Me want one. Period. Already dropped them an email about ordering one. Also told them to thank you.... LOL

@ts4gv 3 года назад

i dont understand why the filters aren’t controlled by knobs, other than that this thing is cool

@m.g.kroger 3 года назад

I wonder how the Cosmos may sing together with the Microcosm... an infinite dream machine...

@savvidi Год назад

Bro, you amazing musician. Please write more music. Cheers

@giohernandez9932 3 года назад

Getting Bloom (Radiohead) vibes from the intro.

@mikemorrisonmusic 3 года назад

Same!

@loopop 3 года назад

Yes I think I listened to that a bit too much before making this video…

@giohernandez9932 3 года назад

@@loopop Nothing wrong with that!!

@GuillaumedeMachautsferret 6 дней назад

Is there a simple Boomerang-like mode on this? Ie. the loop length is set by the record button. I've got a Boomerang and I'm very interested in this thing but I'd really need it to be able to function in a standard loop manner as well.

@CO5MA 3 года назад

I want mine 👌🏻 Thanks Loopop for that review 👍🏻

@pamdemonia 3 года назад

I really just wanna play my flute through this! And my Lyra-8. But mostly my flute.

@dudekdenis7418 Год назад

J' adore ce principe, merci de la démonstration, c' est juste génial

@Wildwiidmike 2 года назад

Did you ever leave any comments about the rhythmic firmware? A year after ordering I've finally got my hands on cosmos and this video is as helpful as ever

@loopop 2 года назад

Glad it's helpful, no, I've not produced any content about the new firmware yet

@MichaalHell 3 года назад

loved that performance in the end. mezmerising

@n0tett Год назад

Just off the initial intro... it seems like an rc-505 can do this (all with a little bit of a workaround). That said, this is the most interesting piece of gear I've seen in a loopop recommendation for a while.

@JCBudro16 3 года назад

"If you hold the record button it activates the slow mode." So kind of Soma Labs to add a Hainbach mode!

@ryanmartinez2876 Год назад

Just beautiful. Brilliant & more brilliant

@MikeUIibarri Год назад

I really, really want one! Would love to experience a shoot-out type video with similar products! Seriously.

@loopop Год назад

I'm not familiar with a similar product - I made a patch the takes inspiration from a small portion of this on Hector, but nothing matches the whole thing that I know of.

@GrizzlyWang 3 года назад

nils frahm vibes right off the bat

@worblyhead996 3 года назад

Got in on the preorder when they first announced it and am jazzed for September to get here. I can't wait to run my guitar/ebow through it. I would also like to see what possibilities there are by feeding one of the outputs back into one of the inputs.

@EdgarWiersocki Год назад

Man! You are amazing player!!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@cometodolly 3 года назад

that is stunning! Man, i love this channel. :)

@oliverpilatiz5533 Год назад

The outro blew me away...Mr. Zimmer...😉❤

@martinnonstatic7435 3 года назад

one of the best introductions !! perfect video

@manuelrichter6699 2 года назад

I'll get mine in a few weeks 😀 Yehaaaa

@xperimentador 2 года назад

Thanks for the great informative review. One thing I am not sure about: The Cosmos will not change anything of you musical input without using the record button in ON position, correct? So when in OFF position nothing happens, or will modify your sound using any of the buttons. So the Record button is like an ON/OFF button, you must start with the Record button in On position to create.

@skipstream2 3 года назад

Is there a plug-in that can do this kind of thing?

@RubenSainiuc 3 года назад

Leaving a dot here, for when someone replies with one

@PrimitiveInTheExtreme 3 года назад

Wonderful. A unique loop station.

@nebuladus7850 3 года назад

Hello loopop🎹🎸🔊🎶🎶🎶thank you for your channel✌🏽💁🏿‍♂️

@mooseyard 3 года назад

Can’t figure out whether to get this or the Microcosm. The latter is a bit cheaper and seems to have more variety, but Cosmos sounds beautiful and I’m already a fan of the Lyra-8.

@benamad 3 года назад

This one seems to respect more what you are playing. I owned a microcosm, it makes beautiful things but tends to make its own music with the material you feed on it (including the sound). I don't have a Cosmos yet but when I listen to all the demos, Cosmos seems more respectful of the ideas and the sound of the musicians. I think it depends on what you want. Microcosm has a powerful looper, does a lot of quantized rythmic things. It's not the same product.

@ShaighJosephson 2 года назад

No comparison really... If you can afford it, run this into a Microcosm for endless creative possibilities...

@Rgdonaire_07 2 года назад

I always love the Radiohead nods In your videos

@soerenraudonis 3 года назад

I saw your reminder review, than the gr-1, I saw reviews of the t-resonator, thanI decided to get the latter one, now this... I guess I'm Good with my decision 🙂

@perrypelican9476 3 года назад

Time for a series on iOS apps. There are so many incredible new ones. And you make great videos. You should have a different channel for that. It wouldn't take long for it to take off. Also an idea is integrating iPads with laptops and synths etc. You are good at that and I think there is a need for advanced integration using cool gear like midi thru boxes. There are powered midi thru boxes that are simple but amazing.

@skelly790 9 месяцев назад

Yeah. I so very nearly bought this, then realised I could feed my Lyra or anything else through a looper and a copy or two of Other Desert Cities for a fraction of the price.* iPads are class compliant, so you can plug just about anything into them. I've tried a Digitakt and a Focusrite 18i20. Just worked. Then you get those expensive FX for a low, low cost. Or roll your own if you like. And quite a nice interface, to which you can probably add a couple of pedals to use as switches. Haven't tried that yet. *excluding iPad.

@t1merickson 3 года назад

Love the sound of it, but it's unnecessarily large and expensive for a digital pedal.

@bitspacemusic 3 года назад

It's up against some real stiff competition, like Strymon Volante or even El Capistan. Their disintegrating looping is just gorgeous.

@sonickitchen 3 года назад

@@bitspacemusic this is SOMA though, a very different experience.

@stevenplawecki6685 3 года назад

Why doesn’t this exist as software

@sensiblynumb 3 года назад

It just occurred to me that you sound similar to the late great Carl Sagan. Carry on...

@loopop 3 года назад

It's the only right way to explore the Cosmos...

@KEKuu 3 года назад

Shout outs to Carl Sagan

@jontodd5887 4 месяца назад

Sounds fantastic! You mentioned that you have the Arturia connected via USB to your computer . How an are you connecting your computer to the mixer to get audio to run into the mixer and into the cosmos? I want to be able to run audio from my computer vsts using my Arturia to make soundscapes/ ambient . Thank you !

@loopop 4 месяца назад

I'm not sure which part of the video you're referring to because I made this a while ago, but if you want to run VSTs into this (which I do) you just need an interface with 4 or more outputs - 2 for your speakers/headphones, and 2 routed to cosmos. Then you make the mix in your DAW and send it to outputs 3&4

@jontodd5887 4 месяца назад

@@loopop Thank you !

@StephanieSante 3 года назад

Would probably work well with NDLR as well.

@robjacksonmusic 3 года назад

Very cool / I want one! Great demo as per.

@martingoldmannmusic 3 года назад

I like that thing! Thanks for the review.

@GNeuman 2 года назад

Love it! Great review!

@andrelafosse 3 года назад

Awesome looper, awesome video!

@JumboDubby Год назад

It’s like the Fugue Machine only as a Looper!

@zdravkodimitrov 3 года назад

Lovely! Can you please make a review of the new MOTU Ultralite Mk5? It has a ton of DC coupled outputs, many analogue inputs, MIDI, full digital mixer with effects, etc. I wonder how it will hold up in a hybrid studio.

@gyarmp Год назад

Thank you for this, I bought Cosmos after watching your video and really enjoying it. The rhythmic firmware is out - any chance we get an update on that?

@loopop Год назад

Thanks! Not saying no, but there's a lot going on so not likely soon

@mariond2654 10 месяцев назад

I love your video, it is always very good but I can hear a strong noise in the sound of cosmos (I am testing the cosmos right now). just to share the information with other people who might be interested. I wonder if this is especially this device or if all the delay devices have this noise.

@loopop 10 месяцев назад

Thanks! The thing about most delay devices is that the delays grow lower in volume, so noise is rarely a problem. Here, you want the delay lines to stick around, and as you keep layering, noise gets layered too. You can use the filters or turn off recording of new layers or lower drive levels to help minimize this.

@ioloavatar8430 3 года назад

Intro sounds like Moby from HEAT ( the motion picture) , Ending of the movie song" God moving over the face of the Water " .

@JayaLove 2 года назад

Exactly my thoughts. I love that piece so much.

@macronencer 3 года назад

OK, I need to buy one of these so I can hook it up to my Lyra 8 :D

@ShaighJosephson 2 года назад

I was wondering how this would handle drones from the Lyra-8... I was thinking that this would need distinct notes for the delays to latch onto...

@JanJaapDoeven 3 года назад

20 seconds in: Oooh the minimal music trick. 21 seconds in: OOOH HITCHHIKERS GUIDE REFERENCE

@macronencer 3 года назад

The great thing for me was that when I heard that I was drinking a cup of white tea :)

@theFloxie 3 года назад

My LYRA8 is amazing but hard to create musical stuff with, a hell of a lot of mostly noisy stuff. This one seems a bit more... usable? (depending on what you feed it)

3 года назад

Dude you don't understand the Lyra-8. It's the most melodic instrument I know. Watch Loopop's review of the Lyra 8 and then most of my videos clip feature music based on the Lyra-8. Listen to my tune "Un petit voilier vert ..." I wrote with Lyra -8 with Rusanda Panfili on the violin.

@driftlessgeardemos Год назад

This seems super interesting however the lack of midi or gate sync is a bit strange

@SqueeDee 3 года назад

Nice Douglas Adams Reference there.

@augustonicolasfigueroa882 3 года назад

Terry Riley in an effects module.

@percasynth 3 года назад

-notification..."new loopop review" -me .... "sigh" **checks bank account

@caesarsheadache 3 года назад

Great demo thanks 👏🤘

@caesarsheadache 3 года назад

Hi! Noticed someone in the commentary field mentioned Cosmos is very noisy? Does not make sense to me this should be noisy in itself? I would expect it to be as clean or noisy as th users setup. Can you please tell me if it is noisy or not, thanks. Best, Mik