Superbooth 21

The Lounge General Discussion
#51

…seems to be a strange one this year…fully according to strange times…

no sunday tickets…all tickets from wednesday til saturday…each on a daily bases u have to chosse upfront…each day ticket has two versions…given u access to all the outside areas…but only a short time window to discover all the indoors…
one for first half of that day…the other for second half of that same day…

well…fez, the location whole thing takes place is same again and is always fun anyways…
but it will be a weird feeling this way, anyways…

#52

Yeah, it’s going to be a weird one for sure. I just hope I have enough time in the slot to say hi to everyone. In any case, will be nice to see some faces I haven’t seen in a while. :slight_smile:

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#53

…i’m all in first day for sure…let’s see with other days…not sure yet…
…let’s meet outside for a coffee later that day for sure… :wink:

aaand cenk…what ur up to…?..we really need to talk…
shame on both of us…

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#54

That looks mad! If I had it I’d feel like shooting aliens with it rather than making music maybe…

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#55

First time at a real world Superbooth is a somewhat unusual customizable controller the Erae Touch, made by Embodme.

Think of a larger more configurable polyphonic version of the now departed (?) ROLI Blocks with versatile gestural controls and MIDI 2.0. You compose your own interface from an array of 2D elements. The Erae Touch has just this month gone on sale, so this is a good opportunity for them to show what they can do.

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#56

The Sequential Take 5

ADDED: My opinion, this is very much in line with the direction for Sequential post merger, same great quality, and fun, with the fundamentals included, and a great price.

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#57

Agreed, everything about Dave’s and Focusrite’s approach to and motivations for the acquisition has impressed me. This is indeed a great price, can’t wait to see what they continue to produce together.

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#58

Another one running silent and deep at the moment, but who might pop up with a surprise is Waldorf Music. They have a booth, and while they may just be showing the Iridium, Quantum, and Kyra, along with there other quality hardware, it is also possible that they’ll have something new and surprising.

Rolf had indicated the possibility of a third something in the Iridium / Quantum line, in that video quite a while back. And i wouldn’t doubt the existence of new products in other categories as well.

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#59

Maybe they will go the Dreadbox way and produce affordable Synths.

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#60

Seems like the Kyra has kinda been abandoned. Happy to be corrected but I was looking at the FB group for it a while back and it seems like theres a lot of issues and no real noise from Waldorf about it. Always a bit hard to say with COVID etc, very hard to know what impact it is having on companies/teams internally. A shame though cause it seemed like it could’ve been a virus successor.

#61

Well it was only at Musikmesse 2018 that Manuel Caballero first showed the Exodus Valkyrie, now the Waldorf Kyra, so the product is still young. Caballero is no longer with Waldorf, he just joined Harman (a holding company owned by Samsung) so he won’t be at Superbooth with Waldorf, though likely there will at least be some people from Harman walking around at Superbooth.

Here is the announcement and a nerdy interview with Caballero joining Harman:
https://www.harmanluxuryaudionews.com/2021/07/23/manuel-caballero/

BTW: Looking at the team at Harman, we can expect to see more from them. Samsung must be investing heavily in those companies.

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#62

As i noted elsewhere something may be up with Waldorf and their Eurorack products. They don’t have a lot of Eurorack stuff, and just what is going on is hard to be sure. Perhaps a sale is just a sale.

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#63

Yeah interesting I did not know he had moved on. I wonder what he will be doing at Harmon? Some cool DSP stuff i guess,

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#64

Has anyone heard anything about Polyends aleged new product? theres rumors that Richard D. has been involved once again with the development.

#65

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Craig might know something more, if it’s OK for him to talk about. I don’t know much more than what i already posted. It’s not alleged which is the good news.

#66

aah ok, cool. i wonder were i read the blurb about RDJ though. i know he was somehow involved with the tracker, so it wouldnt be suprising.

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#67

Polyend has been very good about working with others and bringing in good partners in the past.

#68

Polyend x RDJ x Pearl: a Perc and a tiny kick drum built into a 10HP module.

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#69

All I know is this line from the Polyend CEO:

we are working on two very cool new devices

So, I’m not even sure if it will be for Superbooth

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#70

Maybe you remember this (from early 2020), which turned out to be the AFX Bass Station II:

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