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by timc3 978 days ago
That looks like a really interesting device, are you involved with the design?

One thing I used to really love with the early four and later eight tracks, was they had a mini mixing desk in them, and you could do things with them such as taking a line out and putting it into another channel, through some effects or playing the faders.
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col_rad 978 days ago
This is currently a one-man-show. So I'm doing everything by myself.

I have a simple mixing section (Volume/Pan) for each of the 8 Tracks. And there is a TrackFx (Filter/Compressor/Delay-send/Reverb-send) and MasterFx (Compressor/Delay/Reverb)

You can route the audio out back into the input(with a cable, no internal routing). But you can also do automation per track. Currently only Volume/Pan, maybe also Fx Parameters in the future.

The hardest part of adding features is always, how do I make them accessible to keep the immediate feeling.

Here's a video from SuperBooth where I describe some of it's features. I added a lot of stuff since then ... and I'm not a sales dude so the interview was quite awkward ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8u0Z55G2-0

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timc3 978 days ago
How did I miss this? Thought I had seen all the YouTube videos on Superbooth! And you shouldn’t think you have to make excuses for the presentation - it was great, your sense of enthusiasm for it really came across as well as what it’s capable of and why you are doing it. Fantastic stuff.

Now I will be spending the day working out whether this is something I need in my studio ( the price puts it into a category where I really want to make sure it is something I will be using rather than buying it because I think its cool).

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col_rad 978 days ago
Yeah pricing is always an issue. I obviously can't compete with bigger Companies on price. I hope to have a first Batch of 100 Units ready at next SuperBooth. And at that Batch size, everything is quite expensive.

I also didn't want to compromise on Component quality. So I decided to order double shot Keycaps from the best Keycap Manufacturer in the US (solutionsinplastic.com). The case comes from a small Manufacturer in Poland. The PCB is produced by a Company in South Germany that also does Prototypes for Mercedes.

This all adds up. But I thought, if I can't compete on Price, I can try to compete on quality/repairability.

If I can prove product market fit, maybe I'll do a cheaper, less boutique version in the future.

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