As expected, Strymon debuted their first plugin today. The virtual BigSky will run you $200, but there's a 7-day free trial. Personally, I like this much more than a hardware pedal for nearly $500---easier to navigate & much faster to save/recall presets.
$149 gets you all 7 MFers. ($249 after intro offer) I'm really pumped to be able to stack these in a DAW & finally save settings with something other than a pencil. Being able to stack 3 Murfs in series...5 delays in series & parallel...stacking 2-3 RMs in a row....I imagine the software Chorus/Flanger will also be slightly quieter than the noise from the physical pedal, which could be a bit excessive.
Shout out to echorec for posting so much great stuff in here and adding a bunch of awesome plugins in amongst the usual pedal stuff. Thanks a lot, buddy.
Re: New gear announcements for 2022
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 5:09 pm
by cantremember
Tempted by those Moog plugins. Hopefully they'll be on sale for a minute cuz I'm kinda broke right now.
Re: New gear announcements for 2022
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 7:00 pm
by friendship
Why does the Minifreak have piano keys, were the tactile thingies not great on the Microfreak?
Re: New gear announcements for 2022
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2022 2:30 am
by coupleonapkins
friendship wrote:Why does the Minifreak have piano keys, were the tactile thingies not great on the Microfreak?
They were pleasing enuff IMHO, but I believe the first shipped iteration had some mis-firing issues that was corrected on firmware updates. Also, lots of people complained that they weren't "real" keys, so I suppose that (along with probably supply chain issues) had something to do with the Minifreak looking so stale in comparison. I'd also imagine the far-out reach they were going for with the Micro was not welcome post-pandemic, as I guess people just wanna be boring? I have a theory that the smaller the synth, the more serious it has to appear as to be taken "seriously" (as well as prix-wise), but I would probably have bought more Volcas if the controls were labeled "Stink" and "Butt" and had 4th/5th party emojis (where's Don Bluth these days?), instead. Instead, I'm wondering how cheap that 4-deep stack of Microfreaks in the corner of my local Guitar Center's Used case I saw last week will be in five months, but I, sadly, already know the answer.
Re: New gear announcements for 2022
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2022 10:17 am
by retinal orbita
Mini Freak On A Leash
Re: New gear announcements for 2022
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2022 2:46 pm
by echorec
Dungus wrote:Shout out to echorec for posting so much great stuff in here and adding a bunch of awesome plugins in amongst the usual pedal stuff. Thanks a lot, buddy.
https://spectral-plugins.com/products/spacer (intro offer is $69, then this one is getting a 45% increase. 7-day trial is available. they also make a nice cassette simulator for only $15)
Philippe is offering a limited edition obsidian Arigato phaser bundle. A portion of the advance proceeds will go to the Innocence Project. The full November release features a faded coral/peach coloration.
For $2,500, you can own a modern Synclavier that can produce 12 simultaneous timbres. Original co-founder Cameron Jones is still a part of the design team.
I imagine a lot of people saw the new DBA Exploding Head already, but here's a synth demo & Ian's offering anyway. :shrug: It's my understanding more will be produced, but the initial merch bundle is sold out.
Original co-founder Cameron Jones is still a part of the design team.