Do you mean “claiming” a refund via Kickstarter ? Typically you can’t do that. It is left entirely up to the maker whether they do that, and it is uncommon that makers do.
You might consider asking Aodyo if you could “upgrade” your pledge to the keyboard somehow. Not sure how possible that might be at this stage in manufacture, but perhaps that’s possible.
It was a no-brainer for me to go for the keyboard version. With all the different interfaces on this – as for instance the breath controller – together with the keyboard made total sense to me. I also have a Hydrasynth keys and an Osmose, ( and the Phi ), so a Fatar poly-aftertouch keybed makes sense to me too.
I like the idea of having a multitimbral poly synth with such a diverse set of controls on it, along with the flexibility in the patch design, live on the synth.
Indiegogo in my case but yeah, I see in my profile that there is no way back. I had misread the FAQs. Thank you for pointing this out. Yes, I’ll reach out to Aodyo. For them, it’s a few hundred euros more.
Desktop / Keyboard, I get what you mean, but I don’t like to have duplication in my setup. If a keyboard comes in, a keyboard must go out.
Great hearing more about how Aodyo has had such success with the development of the ribbon ( aka " multidimensional tactile ribbon" ) for these two. That it exceeds their expectations has me very pleased, and i am looking forward to seeing more on this as well as the rest of what is new on these projects soon. There will be the nitty gritty detail at Synthfest France no doubt. ( That’s in a month ! ) Expecting that “new product” announcement then too.
ADDED : I notice they are no longer listed as exhibitors at SFF.
They set a very high standard for the Omegas. Glad to hear today of the success.
Anyway, I think it’s brave to announce a new Kickstarter when you have customers waiting for the last one, but I’m happy they are this brave. This Loom thing looks like a subset of the Omega and it can be only good that they continue building this platform they are starting to have.
Also, I want to think that this new crowdfunding campaign combined with the last Omega updates means that they are confident about the Omega distribution and sales start. And I bet they have a Q&A ready saying that all Loom development work is going to benefit Omega users with future updates and vice versa.
They do have their work cut out for them with the Omega development, and so that they are holding their feet to the fire, and staying in the office to work, shows dedication.
By the way, i am thinking we’ll get a complete update on the Omega status, in a few days.
@Jukka Actually, as most of the the hardware is common to the Loom and Omega the ribbon surface will be quite similar (which means all the playing modes of the Loom will be also available on the Omega Desktop or Keyboard).
The main differences will be the extra action zones and side slider and bar which are specific to the Loom.
