Cheers. Im hoping to make it. Good luck with that gig, ill look out for you.
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I’ll make sure to stop by!
FYI if anyone hasn’t booked a hotel room yet, they ran out of the main block of rooms, but you can still call to reserve something for only slightly more (as I did yesterday).
Last year was my first Knobcon, and I didn’t know what to expect. It was actually smaller than I had imagined, but it was the perfect size! I’m used to massive conventions where there’s no way you’ll even see half of what’s there, and you end up exhausted at the end of the day. Knobcon, by virtue of being in the more niche world of synthesizers, all fits neatly in a mid-size convention hotel and has much more of a community feel to it.
There’s plenty to see, but you can take it all in without feeling overwhelmed. You can take your time chilling out to a modular performance or playing with a Jupiter-4 at the Syntaur booth without worrying about a hundred other things you’re missing out on. If you’re on the fence about attending, I highly recommend it!
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One week one day left.
Definitely looking for a few good announcements maybe a day or two before the show, so on the 7th or the 8th. Not sure what they’ll be. It’s not going to be as big as before the other monster shows but there will be a few really good announcements, as there are so many good companies exhibiting, and this being the most important show around at this time of the year.
Syntaur isn’t on the list of exhibitors. They were there last year. Maybe try the Synth City booth, ( they are a show sponsor ) and they are bringing a Colossus to the show, hopefully for fingers on stuff. Analogue Solutions maker of the Colossus is also there.
With a similar name and at the show is Synthstrom Audible. I missed them in my list above.
Another sponsor of Knobcon, is a company not very familiar to me, Detachment 3, of Poulsbo, WA. They make a sequencer Archangel, that has been around for thirteen years, so maybe something new from them. Detachment 3 also has a an engineering service division, that will design and manufacture electronic hardware for others. They did the Vector Sequencer hardware for Five 12 who is also at the show.
Archangel
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Synthstrom will be there and are claiming they’ll be demoing some new features that they’ve never talked about before from upcoming firmware updates.
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Any speculation on what ASM might be doing? And vague social media posts about something new? I seem to remember @Jukka saying each of their last visits unveiled a new product.
Edit: it’s in this very thread. Fingers crossed for something as comprehensive as Hydrasynth
Yeah i posted this. Also i dreamt up some possible Hydrasynth things ASM might do, over in that thread as well.
No real strong clues about this. Glen has said they are working on something, but not what. Also he is scheduled to give a presentation on using the Hydrasynth the end of October at Synthplex.
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A drums / percussion companion would be 
You don’t happen to remember if ASM ever did teasers before the other releases, do you? Or was it just BOOM, we’ve got this synth?
Hi Peter, thank you for writing in.
Sorry we did not get back to you quickly, we are currently moving buildings.
The Music Easel is indeed in development and on its way! We are hoping to launch the Music Easel, Lem 218, and 218 module alongside the program manager within the coming months.
A prototype Music Easel will be shown at the Knobcon show in Chicago, IL in 2 weeks as well.
Please stay tuned, we hope to launch before the end of 2022
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This. Glen is very definite on this. He has no use for teases and pre-announcements ! He even was almost apologetic for the time between the first announcement and ship, but it was unavoidable to get distribution channels set up.
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That wait after the hydra reveal was quite long if I recall. Or maybe it just felt that way waiting for my preorder to arrive lol
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Seeing that Elektron are at knobcon. What are the chances a new product could be announced?? A flagship like one. Is it beyond the realms of impossibility? Theyve revealed products early so far but is this a chance. Or will it be just a yawnfest stand?(only kidding guys) :). Maybe more wishful thinking than anything else. But it is a show afterall with all the media and major players there.
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i remember them saying they are releasing more than you’d ever imagine a few years back
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Modal had designed and progressed with several Eurorack modules back a ways, when their products were the 002 and 008; before the Craftsynth, Skulpt, and Argon / Cobalt. They changed their mind and reorged. I liked the original modules they did, so this is nice too. But why Kickstarter ???
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Yeah, everyone I know who has attended a large event in the past few months has gotten COVID. I don’t blame you at all.
Whats the best channel to watch of the event?
Less than six months after Syntakt, I highly doubt they’ll be announcing a new flagship. I’d be very happy to see a new, redesigned Power Handle, though!
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I supposed it helps with risk mitigation and gives project starter some awareness and mileage with the prospective buyers.
There is a press release from IK Multimedia that they are sharing a booth with Hammond Organ. They helped them do a virtual B3. You can see the details here, but be warned it is pretty ho-hum. Beyond that IK says they are showing off their products.
Michigan Synth works is previewing their things from Knobcon on their Instagram.
Syncussion clone and some kind of software synth Eurorack module called Brainstorm. Oh and a faderbank it seems. The Brainstorm seems pretty interesting - still to be revealed what it is actually.
https://www.instagram.com/p/ChqTPUvuMPT/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
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I’m thinking about booking a ticket to Chicago tomorrow night and come back Sunday night.
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