they had a really good demo video, and the aesthetics will appeal to many - but I feel like this can be also a bit predatory. But I dont want to knock them too much, they found a niche and capitalized on it, i think it’s a bit phony to market it as an “educational” tool though
I don’t wanna knock it too much though, maybe for some people this will be the right thing
Updated with volume and panning per sample now…
What’s the “magic”? Reverb?
I love the chompi, it delivers exactly what it said it would, I don’t understand the disappointment some people have.
Chompi is heavily inspired by the K-Loop (over) Patches by Critter & Guitari’s Chris for the Organelle.
I think with Orhack the exact behavior can be a single patch, or with a slight modulation to map the clicky endless encoder on the Organelle to do the Tape tricks.
I also would only look into it < 200€, cause it feels like a supercharged op1 in the inconvenience factor.
Personally it feels to thick and quirky.
Which is sad, for that price and a slightly more focused product (overall thinner, the handle feels like it’s taking away some of the portability, better labeling, maaaybe a screen …
Ops is clearer and does support a screen through app. Seqtrak has an app. Both are cheaper and can do more.
None can do exactly what chompy can and workflow is always a factor to many ignore. But I have jet to read praises for the workflow.
It’s not custom hardware (daisy’s, mechanical keys), the case is plastic in a simple to produce form. (Why the sharp edges).
For education it’s clearly to expensive and to obtuse, not much knowledge that translates well. And not open enough to be a tinker platform.
Organelle seems like what chompy wants to be.
And all that at someone that loves the core idea with the jogwheel and a modern sk1 style sampler.
the Organelle M is absolutely underrated.
it’s quiet perfect in imperfections and really the ONLY experimental Sampler everyone should own, therefore more inspiring patches would evolve. 
Correct me if I’m wrong but the case is metal.
Is it?
Could be,I thought I have read that it’s a thick plastic housing.
Then the mor boxy form factor makes more sense.
Maybe it is, it feels like metal but upon closer inspection it does look like thick pcb material.
New firmware, with send and return monitoring mode, and other new stuff.
Not much love for this here. I picked one up from Elevator sounds the other day. Something about the quirky asthetic and workflow appealed to me, and although expensive it’s a lot cheaper than an OP1F which is kind of reminded me of in some respects.
I’m not totally sold yet. It certainly has some workflow ‘quirks’ which I’m having to try to get used to. But for a device that quickly and easily creates wonderful soundscapes I like it a lot. I use an SP404mk2 a lot and I know that can do similar things, but there is something about the simple and tactile workflow here that gets me there quicker and in a more enjoyable way.
The new update and chance bliss colab is nice as well.
Just not totally sure it’s worth the price at the moment, if it was £350 rather than £550 I wouldn’t even give returning it a second thought but….
Any other users out there?
Been really digging the Chompi! So easy to just get washed away in ethereal soundscapes…fun and immediate!
It’s great at what it is but it’s just a chromatic sample keyboard with a looper and a few fx. No sequencer. It’s a great couch toy but at almost $1000 CAD (!) I do regret buying it new. Don’t see a lot of room for major additions. A few usability quirks aren’t really roadmapped to be fixed either
Yep all true, and I can certainly agree with some of that. Whilst I love elements of the workflow, and the vari-speed sampling is great, it is a lot of cash for what it does.
Having said that- aside from the ep133 what other samplers out there do polyphonic chromatic sampling with FX and resampling? I think those are the features I most enjoy out of chompi.
Everything else I have tried (sp404, digitakt, circuit rhythm etc) falls down on polyphony. Gutted the DT2 doesn’t have it. I know the MPC can do this, but it feels bloated (to me and cumbersome).
SP-404 MK2 has oodles of polyphony - it can play a stereo sample polyphonically without needing to resample. 
Will never forget the workarounds employed on the OG 404 units and the DT. Fun times. 
Ep-133 is great for polyphonic chromatic sample playing, with scales even but no looping. Also no resampling (yet?).
Yes-I tried the EP133. I did like the way it handled samples but didn’t quite click with the way samples were stored or the sequencer. And the lack of resampling at this point in its development was an issue for me as well. I may well rebuy in the future but it didn’t do it for me as well as the chompi. Lovely bit of kit though.
Can it!?! How? I’m probably missing something (there is lot in that box!!!) I get that I can sample a different note across each pad and play that back polyphonically - but if I have one sample (say a piano ‘c’ note) and then I go into chromatic mode that only pays the sample back monophonically doesn’t it??
Recording a note to each pad is fine, but not as quick as grabbing a sound and having it automatically mapped to a keyboard which I am enjoying with the chompi
Press ‘remain’ while in chromatic mode to change between mono, legato and polyphonic.
