The Hologram Electronics Microcosm is a Hologram Electronics delay pedal. Close alternatives include the Rainger FX Drone Ranger Digital Delay and the Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man. It pairs well with the Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ Combo and the Mesa/Boogie JP-2C John Petrucci Signature 60/100-Watt.

Hologram Electronics Microcosm

Hologram Electronics · pedal

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.

What stands out

  • “It fits best as a centerpiece effect for ambient, shoegaze, or experimental setups”

    — from the reviews

  • “, 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”

    — from the listing

  • “reviewers describe its tones as lush”

    — from the listing

  • “Its rhythmic, tempo-synced modes give it real compositional utility for building loop-based ambient pieces on the fly, while its looping functionality doubles as a creative sketchpad”

    — from the reviews

  • “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”

    — from the listing

  • ambient
  • experimental
  • drone
  • lush
  • modulation
  • delay
  • drive
  • shoegaze

Good for

  • Live
  • Studio

Genres the Hologram Electronics Microcosm is commonly used in

  • Ambient
  • Shoegaze
  • Experimental
  • Electronic
  • Post Rock
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
  • Lo Fi
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.

Amps that pair well with the Hologram Electronics Microcosm

Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ Combo

Mesa Boogie

17% match
$2999via Reverb

Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ Combo stacks high gain on top of the mid-forward already here

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Mesa/Boogie JP-2C John Petrucci Signature 60/100-Watt

Mesa Boogie

tonal match

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Mesa/Boogie JP-2C John Petrucci Signature 60/100-Watt stacks high gain on top of the mid-forward already here

Marshall Studio JCM900 SN20H

Marshall

tonal match

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Marshall Studio JCM900 SN20H stacks high gain on top of the mid-forward already here

Friedman BE-Mini Head

Friedman

tonal match
$195.67via Reverb

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Run mid-forward into Friedman BE-Mini Head for more high gain on top

Hughes & Kettner Warp 7

Hughes & Kettner

tonal match
$901.54via Reverb

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Run mid-forward into Hughes & Kettner Warp 7 for more high gain on top

Egnater Tourmaster Combo 4212

Egnater

tonal match
$380via Reverb

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Egnater Tourmaster Combo 4212 stacks high gain on top of the mid-forward already here

Hughes & Kettner Coreblade

Hughes & Kettner

tonal match

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Hughes & Kettner Coreblade stacks high gain on top of the mid-forward already here

Synergy Friedman DS Module

Synergy

tonal match
$399.99via Reverb

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Put Synergy Friedman DS Module in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward high gain

Pedals that stack with the Hologram Electronics Microcosm

Greer Black Mountain

Greer

17% match
$199via Reverb

Run mid-forward into Greer Black Mountain for more fuzzy on top

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Walrus Audio Eons

Walrus Audio

17% match
$210.04via Reverb

Put Walrus Audio Eons in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward fuzzy

Comes earlier in the signal chain

MXR ZW90 Wylde Phase

MXR

10% match
$125.99via Reverb

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Run MXR ZW90 Wylde Phase after Hologram Electronics Microcosm in the signal chain, where it won't crowd Hologram Electronics Microcosm

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Heavy Metal FX HMFX Phase Riot Factory Second

Heavy Metal Fx

10% match

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Keep Heavy Metal FX HMFX Phase Riot Factory Second after Hologram Electronics Microcosm in the signal chain, where it won't crowd Hologram Electronics Microcosm

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Death By Audio Destruction

Death By Audio

tonal match
$137.70via Reverb

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Death By Audio Destruction layers fuzzy onto an already mid-forward signal

Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler V2

Dr Scientist

tonal match
$204.36via Reverb

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Run mid-forward into Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler V2 for more fuzzy on top

Subdecay F-Bomb

Subdecay

tonal match
$229.95via Reverb

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Subdecay F-Bomb stacks fuzzy on top of the mid-forward already here

Warm Audio Jet Phaser

Warm Audio

tonal match
$109.01via Reverb

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Put Warm Audio Jet Phaser in front of Hologram Electronics Microcosm: modulation lands before the repeats, so the echoes stay defined

Alternativessee all similar tone character →

Rainger FX Drone Ranger Digital Delay

Rainger Fx

54% similarity
$299via Reverb

Similar role and voicing

Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man

Electro-Harmonix

50% similarity
$171.62via Reverb

Shared character: delay, ambient, modulation

Red Panda Particle 2

Red Panda

50% similarity
$329via Reverb

Shared character: delay, ambient

Pigtronix Echolution

Pigtronix

50% similarity

Shared character: delay, ambient, modulation

Catalinbread Echorec

Catalinbread

49% similarity

Shared character: delay, ambient, modulation

Boss DD-500 Digital Delay

Boss

48% similarity
$308.99via Reverb

Shared character: delay, ambient, modulation

Boss RE-202 Space Echo

Boss

47% similarity
$237.88via Reverb

Shared character: vocal, delay, ambient

Red Panda Raster 2

Red Panda

47% similarity
$329via Reverb

Shared character: delay, ambient, modulation

Old Blood Noise Endeavors Bathing

Old Blood Noise Endeavors

47% similarity
$329via Reverb

Shared character: signal chain, ambient, modulation

Universal Audio Uafx Del-Verb

Universal Audio

46% similarity

Shared character: signal chain, delay, ambient

Pigtronix Echolution 2

Pigtronix

46% similarity
$199via Reverb

Shared character: delay, ambient, modulation

JHS 3 Series Delay

JHS Pedals

46% similarity
$99via Reverb

Shared character: delay, ambient

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Questions people ask

What are good alternatives to the Hologram Electronics Microcosm?+

The closest matches in character are the Rainger FX Drone Ranger Digital Delay, the Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man, the Red Panda Particle 2.

What pairs well with the Hologram Electronics Microcosm?+

Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ Combo, Mesa/Boogie JP-2C John Petrucci Signature 60/100-Watt, Marshall Studio JCM900 SN20H — Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ Combo stacks high gain on top of the mid-forward already here.

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