2020 Happenings! (BOSS Strikes Back)

[lordgalvar]

Machine Vexter screen printed by Myrold?
Maybe Joel made a digitally controlled butane regulator for a new vibrato.

[MrNovember]

To my tastes, those demos demonstrate a tool for easier access to mediocrity

But I will keep an open mind. Need more of an understanding as to what is going on because it just appears to be a more glorified Guitar Hero thing. Maybe I'm just not understanding?

I think the one thing the demos really don't show off are the possibilities for really odd rhythms; from what I read in the link, the spinning disk has 128 evenly spaced holes for the "picks", so you could definitely set up something interesting with that. That being said though, it would be a nightmare to set this up live unless you're just going to use the same rhythm for every song.

I also like this idea:

Each string has its own output captured by a hexaphonic pickup, which can then be amplified, recorded or processed through music production software. And six switches determine whether the signal passes freely to an amp, mixer or computer interface, or to the buttons that will release it only when pressed.

Overall, though, it's just a guitar that strums itself, which frees up your right hand to do other stuff...

[whoismarykelly]

The circle guitar thing is like the difference between playing drums and programming drums. Someone who can play drums can just play whatever they want whenever. If you have to program stuff it can be tedious and time consuming to program a complex part and then it just does that one thing. This instrument seems like the kind of thing you would see in a pop artist's band for a song or two to get a very specific sound. Its more about the show of playing it than what it really does.

[MrNovember]

The circle guitar thing is like the difference between playing drums and programming drums. Someone who can play drums can just play whatever they want whenever. If you have to program stuff it can be tedious and time consuming to program a complex part and then it just does that one thing. This instrument seems like the kind of thing you would see in a pop artist's band for a song or two to get a very specific sound. Its more about the show of playing it than what it really does.

Can't really argue with that

[codetocontra]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLzI4OibyHg[/youtube]

HEXE teasing some chiptunes.

[Dandolin]

[cantremember]

Ummmm yes, please!

[Eivind August]

Oh damn, that is amazing!

[zeravla]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLzI4OibyHg[/youtube]

HEXE teasing some chiptunes.

Is this thing from 7 years ago finally coming together?

[MrNovember]

So the Arturia MicroFreak Vocoder edition looks pretty cool. I've always been a little tempted by the MicroFreak

[coupleonapkins]

Someone at TGP spotted this, but still likely of interest here:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_ ... 1236702796
For those who cannot read it, post mentions a kid he hired out of college (probably Joel Korte of Chase Bliss) and a collaborator pedal combining their best efforts due in a couple months and that it’s “freaky.”

Speculation is fun.

I was just thinking about last year's surprise release of the CBA Gen Loss and how we might be due for something like that soon.

The CBA/ZVEX "Seek Instant Ring Factory"?

another Fuzz Factory doesn't seem "freaky" enough. Unless there's a Halloween theme we're missing.

FF with control ramping could actually be a fun extension and a freakening out of what is honestly not a particularly tame circuit to start with, even after all this time. Stabilizing germanium parts or swapping with solid state transistors would probably be necessary for stable presets, tho.

If the chop mod Gravitas side of the Ayahuasca is thrown into the mashup I’m very interested. I liked the trem and the ramping quite a bit more than the inherent modded Mutantes fuzz without those elements. So apply that to a (Fat) FF or a Wooly Mammoth/Mastotron and I’m onboard.

It will most likely be a Warped Vinyl + Fuzz Factory combination, especially since the last and final batch of Ayahuascas sold out this past weekend in less than 10 minutes (it was only offered to mailing list peeps, I'm afraid). I dunno how that would work in the traditional CB enclosure design, but I'm sure they'll figure it out.

So the Arturia MicroFreak Vocoder edition looks pretty cool. I've always been a little tempted by the MicroFreak

Big same / tiny microphone gauntlet has been thrown I need a freek

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79awR3hfayg[/youtube]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79awR3hfayg

[coldbrightsunlight]

microfreak vocoder could be fun!? I already liked the look of the regular one

[UglyCasanova]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLzI4OibyHg[/youtube]

HEXE teasing some chiptunes.

wtf? why isn't this in my life?

[Dandolin]

just how long has this been in development (did I miss a v.1 or sumpin")?

Is there an explanation of just what this is doing other than furthering the ILF dream of an SNES holocaust?

[codetocontra]

Dunno. But there was this video from 5 months ago.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiJJFGbQI6o[/youtube]