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Well your kind of music …no need for cosmos…also the demos you provided in this video are far from optimal usage of the beauty called cosmos . I had to skip a lot of ear piercing sections

I loved my Cosmos as well. I thought it was an amazing piece of kit, but it does have some serious limitations: no MIDI for sync, no user presets, that damn noise gate issue, ....and a few more................I love so much of what Vlad creates, but that doesn't mean that it's going to fit in with everyone's personal style or workflow................So much great gear out there that does delay and time based processing - no point holding onto something that doesn't inspire or offer you new ways of working, etc. ..... A great video BTW. I think it's really important that people out there here these stories, talking about gear that we fall out of love with - helps to suppress a little of the G.A.S. that's so rampant in the synth community.

Yup … the voltage was an issue for my xor eurorack sequencer .. guess I’m getting one of these … looks to come in handy for a lot of different things 😎

Wow 🙂👍

Nice video. I totally felt in love with this machine. Had tons of recordings that mean that it will stay for long ! I didnt find any other gears that deal with this kind of sup/comp feature. It’s a real legacy of Music culture in a box ❤ And it fit so so so well with the terra! I mainly use them together. Terra is giving a lot of movements and subtleties and the cosmos is catching them perfectly :)

I want one because I built one in VCV and it’s so cool, but it’s a bit rich for my wallet. I’ve got modular to buy. I’ll just stick to my budget one for a while.

I ditched the Cosmos for reasons of anti-creativity ;-)

Lyra 8 was the one I let go as it simply did not thrilled me after a while. COSMOS is a keeper. (And I also own Microcosm and Mood II. ) The layering and hold time variations and unpredictability are just superb .

Yes please! It fits my minty green Pulsar and Lyra 😊

Follow your music. That really is the only rule a musician needs. For me, I think that a Soma Cosmos might be a very good fit. I can spend hours with echos and loops. From listening you play with it, your music doesn't sound like tape loop/musique concrete territory. Just like clothes fitting the person, the instrument needs to fit the musician.

this is some kind of really helpfull vid!! thk u so much!!!!!!

Thanks for the voltage info in the end!

I don''t buy hardware brands affiliated with Putin

At first I hoped it was click bait, but you made some good points, and didn't rob it of any luster. No, in spite of it all, I'm still in love with the Cosmos, or at least the idea of it. (I cannot afford one, haha.) For me, its use case offers a unique blend of advantages, control, disadvantages, and chaos. All of which I find very beautiful and inspiring (even ugly stuff on this thing sounds more beautiful for having transported you so completely into the world of that sound). In a lot of ways I imagine using it like an instrument, not only in terms of how it is played, but in the kinds of things you play with it, much in the same way that you would write music suited for a particular instrument (you wouldn't typically write for a piano the same way that you would a violin, etc.). But I also think of it in terms of figuring out how much I can expand and push its use case, and to what effect. And I think about it in terms of orchestration, too. How to sculpt the textures it generates. What to fit inside it and what not. What new and interesting ways I can find to use it, and to the betterment of the piece as a whole. I could imagine losing many hours just playing in and exploring soundscapes that may never be heard again, and what fun that must be. How therapeutic. In a lot of ways it takes the work out of creating vibrant and mesmerizing soundscapes. Maybe too much so. (At what point are you no longer the author? Etc.) But still, it's just too beautiful not to play with, if you can. And certainly, if you don't limit how and when you use it, it will limit what you can write with it. Sometimes to the detriment of your composition. And what it offers is not for everyone (especially at its price point). But my goodness, if my income could support spending that kind of money on something just for me, I would happily spend it.

Will you get a terra or the flux?

NO LO SABES USAR !!! ☹️

Nice Bob Ross collection!

I love the Cosmos, it was an instant buy for me. It's tricky and demands to be played like its own instrument, unlike a typical pedal. It's based on the tape stuff Eno & Fripp did, and in those recordings, Brian Eno played with the tape loops as Robert Fripp played guitar. I think that same kind of workflow is important.

Hello everyone, my moog subharmonicon stopped working after the update. The oscillators do not respond to parameter changes, the seq oct and quantize buttons also do not work. I updated through the audio interface from native instruments. After contacting moog support, I was given the option of a replacement, but unfortunately this is not possible from my country. Has anyone encountered such a problem?

the cosmos is great... i will not sell it ever

I'd advise that the Cosmos needs to be played like a synth, constantly tweaking and adjusting it. Never set it to static positions to go play other instruments, play the Cosmos always listening to what it's giving you. Otherwise I think you are right it fights to be the lead instrument.

Bob Ross student.. or collector? ..just put a little tree here... this is your world..

PIcked it up out of curiosity. Paired it with the microcosm tonight, and kind of liked the results. Can't say I understand the unit. The basic functions sure. But it seems to operate pretty subtlety. It was meant to replace another delay unit I sold, and it's not quite what I expected. I'll probably work with a bit more, and see. The great thing is that it seems to sell at almost full value, so it won't be a big loss IF sold. Liked hearing another perspective on the device.

Nobody cares, poof

I enjoy using the Cosmos a lot. However, if you want to enjoy this device, you must allow it to become more like a band member with a mind of its own. You cannot fully control it. It's like it has a mind of its own. I'm also used to play free improvised music live. So I have to listen a lot and try to find my little bit of sound to add to it. This also doesn't work out for most musicians either, so it makes sense that I feel that the two things are related. Also I'm surprised that many demos out there on RUclips don't really live up to what can be done with the Cosmos. Not even these of the its maker Vlad Kreimer.

I’m actually more interested in it, after watching this video, lol … At least it sounds better than it looks. Everyone frothing over the Nightverb atm, and I think that’s the opposite (looks better than it sounds).

Kudos for sharing about your condition so openly. I don’t have tremors, but I got the knobs for my Subharmonicon, DFAM, and Mavis (x2). The larger radius makes fine adjustments easier.

It is not negative...i understand you. I wanted to buy it too but after seeing thousands of videos with it i made a conclusion. Everyone sounded kind of the "same". To speak the truth it is an expensive pedal and i cannot afford a "mistake" when buying something.

Do u have ginormous hands or is the pulsar 23 smaller than I thought?

If I had one I'd seriously regret selling it

Thanks. This is validating. I love the Cosmos, but I find myself fighting with it as often as I find myself collaborating with it. I've made great music with it, but it REALLY wants minimal inputs and lots of sonic space. I got it for my harp, for which it's great, but it's eating up studio space for my synths. If I had endless space, time, and money, I would love it.

I think I'll never get rid of my cosmos, it's too important for my mind body and soul.

NGL having a similar experience with obne dark light spent hours and hours researching what reverb I wanted, thought it would be perfect....and well it's not that it's a bad reverb it's actually beautiful sounding. But it just doesn't work for me. Can't really put my finger on it. For whatever reason the sound doesn't fit and that's all that matters....what sounds good to you

I like the stuff you made with the Cosmos, especially together with Pulsar and Subharmonicon... 😀 but I understand your reasoning behind selling it...

Really appreciate your experience and perspective.

Hmmm, I'm unsure why RUclips recommended this to me but I'm glad it did, this was interesting. It sounds like you've thought this through and that it just doesn't fit well with your other gear.

Yes, exactly, the instrument must "fit" the musician. If something doesn't work for you, then you won't be using it.

That Hydrasynth beat was very cool. Great variety with all the combos. I love that you do great demos to justify getting rid of something. I like the institutional green on your ex-Cosmos, good choice. Good on you for moving on. Thanks.

Great video. Stimming (my favourite producer) uses this device very well, it is a really beautiful piece of gear you can search "Stimming - Live Studio Session - Piano Amoll Mayhem" if you'd like to hear :) You have an awesome setup man!

Great video! I do think this thing is pretty nifty, but also at the same time, I haven't had a chance to mess around with one

I had quite a similar experience with the Cosmos. Ultimately sold it as well.

very nicely done, sir. bravo!!

I like Soma stuff, especially my Cosmos. But the Lyra 8 sounds crap!!!

sounds dope, wish you'd shown more of what was going on in the patch bay though

You can open the gate with the CV gate input. Much more useful and full control. With some imaginative settings you can 'stimulate' the lyra to come to life with a great deal of precision via the CV Gate input. The lyra IS very much controllable from another synth with a CV gate output .

A W E S O M E !🔥

Do you know where they make it and if its an ethical production? thank you

Thank you. This has unlocked something I had been wanting to do for a while using my Touché to open the gate of a nicely tuned Lyra chord.

Which Key Lab is mapped for Pigments please. Will Keylab Essential 88 do.

Sounds awful to honest