Alexander Pedals Radical 3 mod Digital Delay vs Hologram Electronics Microcosm

The Alexander Pedals Radical 3 mod Digital Delay and the Hologram Electronics Microcosm are both pedals sharing modulated, ambient. The Alexander Pedals Radical 3 mod Digital Delay leans octave and shimmer.

Similarity
citedBlended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.

44% — somewhat different

Shared genres
citedGenres both listings are associated with.
  • Ambient
  • Experimental
Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • modulated
  • ambient
Citation fame
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Price

$199.99via Reverb

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Description

The Alexander Pedals Radical Delay is a compact three-mode digital delay inspired by 1980s clean digital aesthetics in the NEO Series. Three modes: MOD delivers crystal-clear delay with the Tweak knob adding chorus clockwise or vibrato counterclockwise to the repeats, GLITCH adds pitch artifacts and synth-video-game weirdness to the repeats for experimental and chiptune-adjacent sounds, and BEND pitch-shifts every successive repeat spiraling up or down by an octave depending on Tweak position. Features tap tempo integrated into the bypass footswitch, 4 onboard presets, and MIDI.

The Hologram Electronics Microcosm is a granular, glitch, and looping effects pedal that reprocesses a guitar or other instrument's signal into stutters, arpeggiated fragments, multi-tap delays, and layered loops, with MIDI support for syncing and external control. Rather than emulating a specific classic effect, it is built to transform an input into new textures, ranging from expansive ambient pads and deep drones to tempo-locked rhythmic patterns and loop-based soundscapes. It is aimed at guitarists, vocalists, and other musicians working in ambient, experimental, and atmospheric styles who want a single pedal capable of radically reshaping their source sound. Reviewers describe its tones as lush, deep, and evocative of space, calling it deeply inspirational and highly distinctive, functioning almost like an interactive playing partner that responds to input in real time.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
  • Post-Rock
  • Shoegaze
  • Electronic
Tonal lean
  • octave
  • shimmer
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Good for
citedOccasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.
  • Live
  • Studio
  • Live
  • Studio

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