Meet Drumboy - 24-bit Drum Machine
and Synthgirl - 24-bit Wavetable Synthesize
I feel like those desperately need a controller attached to be able to get the most of them because pressing + and - hundreds of time to make modifications is going to get old fast.
Drum boy synth girl
Gonna take you 'round the world
They should of done the teenage engineering trick of holding the + so it sweeps the frequency at roughly the right speed.
Hitting steps multiple times for filter would drive me potty.
looks neat for the price.
wont buy tho. if everything is going to be touch why not just get an app on my phone?
Oh thank goodness! They got rid of the ukulele music! Their demonstration video shows music near-directly being made from both devices!
What a relief!
Edit:
And they moved the specs to the end of their duo demo video!
I’m so proud of them!
You might need more gain on the sarcasmatron, its not quite cutting through the mix.
An AI voice over might fix it but.
I’m not being sarcastic. I was FIGURATIVELY pulling my hair out at their marketing fumbles with their first demo push.
There might be slight issues with their current videos, but none as glaring as those first few videos
I posted in the crowdfunding thread on these two being active and available now on Kickstarter.
It has occurred to me that given they are open source, and that they are so similar, that it is likely possible to modify the code slightly and run that code on the other device. In particular, running the Drumboy code ( modified ) on the Synthgirl hardware, since the Synthgirl has a few more buttons right bellow the screen.
Almost certainly you would not be able to create software with both codes together, though having both sources would likely be of assistance for anyone considering more freehand modifications.
( I don’t know, a drum synth with wavetable drum sounds ?? )
I’m not sure if there is a more recent thread, but they are doing a big one. Looks fun !
The devices themselves look great and interesting. The problem here, for me, is the terrible interface. As a dyslexic person, I simply can’t read what’s displayed on the screen. This device requires a completely different graphic solution, and it seems to me that the simplest solution would be a tracker interface.
I understand part of the allure is the hackability, this Drumboy Pro looks like a cool platform to hack on.
Drumboy pro launches tomorrow, looks pretty cool. Watching the project with interest but I’m not super keen on sending money through kickstarter.