Dark Star meets Sunlight in this combo offering. It can be used as a single mono effect, or as a series/parallel duo verb. A run of 2,000 units will begin shipping in mid/late-January.
Paradox is dropping a 303-inspired acid filter on January 25th. Retail is 3,999 MXD (approximately $235 USD). The product page has some isolated guitar & bass clips.
Goodhertz is offering discounted pre-orders for their DC19 delay plugin. ($39 down from $79, estimated for Spring '24) It's an experimental delay engine, designed with desktop tweakers in mind.
The GR-1 is evolving into the GR-Mega. It will retail at 1500 (minus VAT), and down payments are being accepted for the first batch, which is targeted for early February.
multitimbrality with 4 layers
20-voice of polyphony per layer
5000 grains in total on all four layers (4x more than GR-1)
128 grains per voice
5 engines: sampler, granular, tape mode, granular/sampler slice mode, and spectral
maximal sample length of 60 minutes – 3 minutes max in granular (polyphony restriction)
48kHz with 32 floating point
mono/stereo support
granular engine with various arp, loop, rate and spawn modes
3-voice phase vocoder with up to 8192 FFT size
12dB/oct LPF/HPF filters per voice
...I'm not sure that I see the viability of 4-part granular. It feels like a lot of textures will just cancel each other out. I'm intrigued to hear more demos though.
Re: <<24>> is the magick number
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 3:19 pm
by dubkitty
boy, is Andy Bell out of Ride gonna be bummed...he bought both the Dark Star and the Sunlight as discrete pedals for his Andy Bell Space Station project.
Notch enuff nacho cheex jokes, but I'll take what eye can ghett
Speaking of future Intersounding, Steve @ electrical mentioned this lil nugget which I hope somebuddy takes the bait & cracks a room full of altimeters juance & feral
While I love all the attempts I've heard on the IVP in peddleland........he's rite, you know
Also, mebbe Scott & co. will rise 2 the occultation & reissues the Goodbye 24 fer fecks sake (like a poor man's CT5!), in a suede bag & somme poutine machinin' etc.
Re: <<24>> is the magick number
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:51 pm
by echorec
Dunlop/MXR dropped the first delay of '24 with the Joshua® at midnight. (80s rack delay tribute that can cop Edge or Gilmour's galloping repeats) It seems like something that would stack well with other delays. For SOS stuff, it'd be great for ambient textures at $240 street. I find it humorous that they trademarked the name...other than JS, I can't imagine too many people clamoring for the coveted Josh name.
From demos, it appears you can do freakout stuff without blowing up your amp...
(not sure how long this nickel finish will be available)
Flower Pedals will be begin shipping a robust dual analog delay in February. It's priced at $499, but I imagine there will be a couple of sales in '24 for those who are wanting a smaller footprint feature-laden analog delay.
Stylophone unveils two new instruments for pre-order. One is a beginner-friendly Theremin, and the second is a desktop drone synth. They're offering a reserve option with no money upfront, for anyone wanting to order from the first batch.
12 patch points
analog oscillators
connects to larger modular systems
no MIDI
battery option for portable usage
approx $259 / €239 / £209
I dig both of those stylophone devices. The theremin would be fun for performance.
Re: <<24>> is the magick number
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2024 4:34 pm
by dubkitty
¿Stylophone?
Re: <<24>> is the magick number
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2024 4:36 pm
by dubkitty
holy shit, you can do fake Ondes Martinot with that thing?
i preordered the theremin. i'll probably regret it all in the morning (h/t Richard Thompson), but that looks like a potential add-on to the Mothership.
Re: <<24>> is the magick number
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2024 4:49 pm
by Seance
echorec wrote:More Mother preamps from Science Amplification are coming...
Beetronics unveils a tropicália-inspired fuzz, which is a bit of an homage to the DIY fuzz units utilized by bands like Os Mutantes. ($289 list, but I'd estimate more like $180+ on the secondhand market, and there are other similar fuzzes being made by small companies)
Yamaha has unveiled their take on an OP-Z portable sequencer. It's $399 and has no display, but it's supported by an external app for deeper editing and you can create/record your own visual show.
echorec wrote:Beetronics unveils a tropicália-inspired fuzz, which is a bit of an homage to the DIY fuzz units utilized by bands like Os Mutantes. ($289 list, but I'd estimate more like $180+ on the secondhand market, and there are other similar fuzzes being made by small companies)
I'm intrigued to hear more demos though. 
