I sold my Hologram Chroma Console after 2 days...

It's not the right effects box for me. Excellent unit just not for me.

[vintagestereos]

The point of this video is to offer a different opinion than you're likely to hear from reviewers of this pedal. My straight up, honest opinion. I don't do this for money or subs. I don't care about any of that. I'm just being myself and doing what I do, and I'm fully aware that I'm not for everyone.

[lostsauce]

Imho the oversimplification is the point. I buy hardware for a specific focus. Otherwise I would just use my PC and do whatever I want, but then I end up endlessly twiddling and lose the creative flow

[Godders]

I preordered from the January 24 run and I’m actually pretty encouraged by this because I want simplicity. Sick of menu diving and endless knob twiddling.

[MattDisbrow]

"I didn't even get a chance to really dive deep with this" ...seconds later... "at least I tried"

[Shoegaze]

You’ve sold me on this as I was worried about over complication. As a time poor person I don’t have the inclination to boldly dive into the inner workings of a pedal. Sounds great and even a great thickly like me can operate it. 😊

[KilledByKamadan]

Yo videos likes this are actually really helpful, thanks for making it!

[louismaiden]

Why didn’t you return it? Was it not an option?

[rhabdoX]

Bump was so fast, even Reverb missed it. I can't see any sale of a Chroma Console. It's a bit lame that you made 2 video's on the CC without playing a single note through it on either. Could have helped some people...

[kaykramer]

I guess, in this case it’s simply not the right tool for the job. Especially as the MPC has some onboard FX. I also would not use it for the Maschine, but rather for the Moog Grandmother or other monophonic voices of my eurorack… makes more sense for me

[zankfrappa]

this pedal seems to me like the equivilant of taking photos using instagram vs a dslr + pro software to process them. and thats not a knock on instagram filters either. sometimes its just nice to be limited in how much you can fiddle with something

[csaad]

I, like baseboardMatt, am curious why you made this video. Literally not mad, just curious on your motivation (if you care to elaborate - totally your prerogative if you don’t want to). Generally, a good video would go more into depth why It doesn’t work with your setup and maybe you’d try presenting another pedal that does have use on your workflow ( that may be similar to chromas functionality. Like the gesture recording)

[Kyle-wbwx]

I would love to see this as a plug in.

[McEnroe]

I'm interested in why you didn't like it.... but you never really told us.

[baseboardmatt]

This is the equivalent of a breakup using the excuse “it’s not you, it’s me”. Nobody needed to hear this. Wondering why you felt the need to post? Thx for bumming out everybody that ordered this device. Was hoping to hear some cool sounds. Thx again.

[goonfish]

Seems a ton of folks are *MASSIVELY* underutilizing its MIDI parameter control & automation, as they should open up a lot more control that isn't available within those two-knobs-per. But there's also the whole button-combo parameter mod system.
... but you/we all knew this going in _(unless the GAS fumes were too strong for some folks who didn't think to read the Quick Guide & watch the two promo videos)_, so not sure what you expected.

_"Well... I tried"_ is not how I'd put it; but I don't have mine yet so I'm keeping an open mind towards limitations.

[mudsharkbytes]

Based upon the quality of the Microcosm I immediately ordered this. Something that can be easily modded in a live situation is just the ticket.

[chrisbunchofflowersmusic]

Thanks for your honest opinion. I ordered the console and probably will receive it in February.... work since 1 year with the microcosm and being very content. If this is really more simplified.... I will enjoy it as well.
Many thanks and regards from Chris Bunch of flowers music

[TheFlutecart]

Keyboard folk tend to use MIDI different than guitar players, and it's in the gear itself and the way we use it from the controllers to the programming. With guitar style midi thinking, we could send a program change to change effects and use midi CC to control expression or even assign an LFO to a parameter. Keyboard people go a different rout, they think of MIDI as keystrokes, triggers and MIDI note information. Perhaps it's a fingers vs feet thing. But I can't recommend the Morningstar line of controllers enough, really full featured control at your toes. Makes all the diff in the world when toying with fancy guitar pedals. Cheers!

[bryanlemeilleurtexas]

I almost returned my EQD Disaster Transport Sr after a few days. Persevered and learned it. Still have it over a decade later.

[BrandonAdams]

This is an interesting study in psychology. Seems to be the RC-20 of effects pedals. Overhyped and pre-ordered, the pre-order trolls come to whine in anticipation of an effects unit that seems to look cooler than it actually is.