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[Seance]

Are people in this day and age expected to figure out tapped-temptos on their own without smashing things underfoot?

That's why they're injecting AI into pedals—to further grind musicians under the heel of our digital overlords.

While you could always use the two expression ports or MIDI, why would you want do any stomping? That's kids stuff. What you'll want is a neural implant, so you can just blink your tempos like Morse code.

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Blinking?

With your eyelids?


Kegeling is by far the more musical technique.

[echorec]

Kegeling is by far the more musical technique.

Speaking of the lower region, did you see that butt plug speaker at NAMM? I thought it was something like an April Fool's joke, but it's actually real.

It raised over $500K on KS last year, thanks to 1,500 perverts. (their target was roughly $10K) If you really think about it, 1500 adopters seems like a shockingly low figure. Maybe they're just waiting on 5* reviews, before taking the plunge.

Groove Thing: “The World’s First Internal Music Player”

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gr ... sic-player

https://musictech.com/news/gear/groove- ... plug-namm/

[Gone Fission]

What in the ass?

[Seance]

Kegeling is by far the more musical technique.

Speaking of the lower region, did you see that butt plug speaker at NAMM? I thought it was something like an April Fool's joke, but it's actually real.

It raised over $500K on KS last year, thanks to 1,500 perverts. (their target was roughly $10K) If you really think about it, 1500 adopters seems like a shockingly low figure. Maybe they're just waiting on 5* reviews, before taking the plunge.

Groove Thing: “The World’s First Internal Music Player”

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gr ... sic-player

https://musictech.com/news/gear/groove- ... plug-namm/

No I did not.

I hear it's a growing market though and there's a fortune to be made... if you get in at the bottom before things really start to go off.

[dubkitty]

seems sensible that only 1500 humans would show an interest. it’s enough for me if music fucks my ears.

[echorec]

Strymon shits their glittery, shimmery sheets...

Note that the NightSky pedal’s sequencing features are not included in the NightSky plugin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZJbfH2Apek (sounds only)

Musicians already have HUNDREDS of choices, when it comes to pedals, racks, desktop units, and software. The only thing that made the NightSky stand out just a tiny bit was the sequencer....and what'd they do? ---They removed it and slapped a $99 tag on a boring, fucking shimmer plugin. FUUUUUCK.

(yes, you can automate this stuff with external controls...but then why would you buy a NightSky pedal or plugin in the first place? without the sequencer, then it's just a cold, boring octave reverb)

[echorec]

In news that doesn't make me angry, Frap Tools announces that they're now shipping Magnolia units out. (things had been quiet, since the last trade show. I'm curious how many units were pre-ordered.) At about $4,829 (or $4,346 with a 10% code), they're not necessarily as out-there as I had feared. Between tarriffs and greedflation, I had worried about analog poly synths drifting toward $6-8K, while simultaneously losing features. (think Moog One prices with scaled-down functionality)

Some people billed this as a poly Buchla or a modular in a more standard keyboard setting, but much of what I've heard just sounds like a classic analog synth. (brass sounds, pads/cinematic soundscapes, I've not heard mid-century laboratory sounds...def nothing that made me think of a poly Buchla)

I will say I'm eager to hear more sounds from these out in the wild.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxnEjurNkcg (builder sounds)

Here's some audio of the Polymove function:

https://youtu.be/thd82TD_v1M?si=HyoNVcTJJZHV4dmP&t=726

“Polymove,” an expanded polyphonic randomization source.
A Macro knob assignable to every parameter.
16 modulation sources.
38 modulation destinations.
64 modulation slots per part

Isn't Magnolia gorgeous?

[le lambin]

Strymon shits their glittery, shimmery sheets...

Note that the NightSky pedal’s sequencing features are not included in the NightSky plugin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZJbfH2Apek (sounds only)

Musicians already have HUNDREDS of choices, when it comes to pedals, racks, desktop units, and software. The only thing that made the NightSky stand out just a tiny bit was the sequencer....and what'd they do? ---They removed it and slapped a $99 tag on a boring, fucking shimmer plugin. FUUUUUCK.

(yes, you can automate this stuff with external controls...but then why would you buy a NightSky pedal or plugin in the first place? without the sequencer, then it's just a cold, boring octave reverb)

To be fair…the onboard sequencer can only sequence reverb time, so it’s cool for a few party tricks but gets old…it is probably just easier to use Ableton to sequence any and all of the controls in the plugin anyway.

And hey, I use the night sky pedal in my looping all the time- I find there’s a lot of cool sounds in there if you put in the time to learn it. But I’m probably the only one in da wurrlddd so I get the hate

[Gone Fission]

Sunn Beta Mini head: $599 preorder ($1000 regular), 3.9 lbs, 200 watts into 4 ohms, switchable bass and lead modes. The email mentions a MOSFET power section, so the weight savings is probably all in a switch-mode power supply. https://sunnamps.com/betamini/?mc_cid=3 ... 753349e606

That actually seems potentially very cool and the preorder price isn’t crazy. Need to listen, tho. But as a bass-owning guitarist without a proper bass amp, this is very interesting.

[dubkitty]

i know people have attitudes about Behringer, but fuck me if the 8-voice clone of the Roland Juno-60 that literally just dropped isn't astounding. and less than six bills list price. potentially much more useful than the Grandmother i've been fixated on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfDbb7jAXdw

[echorec]

i know people have attitudes about Behringer, but fuck me if the 8-voice clone of the Roland Juno-60 that literally just dropped isn't astounding. and less than six bills list price. potentially much more useful than the Grandmother i've been fixated on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfDbb7jAXdw

It's a curious release to me, considering how heavily they borrowed from the Juno for their first foray into analog synths. From what I've seen and heard, the Deepmind was essentially a Juno 106 with a modulation matrix & onboard effects....so this is a bit of a step backwards. I've had time with the Junos (vintage units, software, Roland's digital tributes), and they've never 'wowed' me. I'd be happier with a virtual analog that does several synths, rather than something confined to the architecture of a single Roland.

I had the keyboard version of this, circa 2002, and I loved its 70s string fades and retro-future, sci-fi pads. I'd like to see something like this again.

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/E-mu/ ... VcQAvD_BwE

The Streichfett is nice, too, if you want 70s strings/pads. With effects, you can go between 'stringers' and edgier synth sounds.