[fivedogit]

Why the hate?

Do you know of any modeling solution where you can pick up your guitar and play without your hands ever leaving the guitar?

Do you know of any modeling solution that will automatically change your guitar tones during playback?

And automate your loopers?

And scroll lyrics and chords in perfect time?

And (eventually) automate your vocal effects, lights, fog machines, drone cameras and dancing baby Groot?

For < $150?

Thingamagig understands the underlying composition which is a critical component of advanced automation. No other solution on the market does this. If it did, I would have bought it and been done with it.

[blackguardx]

Launching products is super hard I wish you luck. Getting detractors means you are doing something that at least garners a reaction from people. If there are negative reactions, there will also be positive ones.

[TylerE]

You can all that with a helix or axed if you’re going to mindlessly slave everything to a master track. All straightforward midi.

Except those all have pedalboards so you can do it all with your feet while playing if you are actually creating anything.

I’m still confused why you think all this total automation is a good thing. It’s like selling a sewing machine that only works with premade patterns.

[throwawaybcporn]

You didn't read it. He did exactly what you're suggesting in the first iteration: Helix + MIDI controllers. Then he explained why it sucked.

I mean, have your own opinion and all but if you don't read, then it's not as valid.

[vict00ms]

I read it, and I don't agree that he explained why Helix sucked. Unless I'm reading it wrong, he seems to think a voice-controlled rig would be better for live performance?

I understand that the tone of these user's comments might be rubbing people wrong, but the criticisms were absolutely spot-on (including the one that got flagged/removed). As a DIY project, I think it's awesome...but as a product being brought to (a heavily saturated, well-trod) market it deserves criticism/skepticism.