KVR Audio

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:24 pm

foosnark wrote: Thu Mar 16, 2023 1:55 pm I think it's cool, but it's not $500 cool. It's more like $200 cool, and to be honest, after having a blast for about an hour, I would probably not use it all that much anyway.

Dear Casio, please build an updated SK-1 and keep the price low. eBay/Reverb prices on them are getting stupid now, so it's time for a reissue.

I've become very sensitive to the use case for standalone products. I know that other people like them but I find desk space to be a premium. Further, I just end up not using products that aren't ready to go. So, yeah, I'd play with it for a bit, then it would sit idle. Probably for a decade or more.

GaryG · Post by **GaryG** » Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:51 pm

foosnark wrote: Thu Mar 16, 2023 1:55 pm Dear Casio, please build an updated SK-1 and keep the price low. eBay/Reverb prices on them are getting stupid now, so it's time for a reissue.

It's a fair comparison, guess back then sampling was a novelty and could be sold to the masses. Now it's a boutique endeavour with a price tage to match. Guessing it could be an interesting open source project (I know someone started an OS OP-1-a-like at some point...) Daisy board and a bag of switches...

pekbro · Post by **pekbro** » Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:59 pm

The mechanical keys are nice, if it was a durable metal case I probably wouldn't mind the price myself.

kritikon · Post by **kritikon** » Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:53 pm

A weird thing - dressed up like a toy for 7 yr old Japanese retro nerdy kids but obvs quite a capable looper/sampler. I'd imagine it could be quite powerful in the right hands...Great for looping buskers? Not for me, but it might carve itself out a niche market.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Thu Mar 16, 2023 10:35 pm

Is it so capable, though? It just seems like an SK-1 with a basic effects processor.

DrGonzo · Post by **DrGonzo** » Fri Mar 17, 2023 2:17 am

Uncle E wrote: Thu Mar 16, 2023 10:35 pm Is it so capable, though? It just seems like an SK-1 with a basic effects processor.

Basically yeah. But it has minutes of sampling time, you can adjust the playback speed in realtime with a knob and it has a cute logo that almost say MHH I'M MISTER FRUNDLES...

I don't know. I like it. Not 500 bucks like it, but I like it. Seems like a fun thing.

Constructed Identity · Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:13 pm

ghettosynth wrote: Thu Mar 16, 2023 1:02 pm
revvy wrote: Thu Mar 16, 2023 10:21 am How much they paying YouTube for the placement? If saw it too , in my ‘feed’ , same as for all ’synth video’ watchers who also had it placed there.

$500 for that?

lol
Exactly so on all counts! "You've probably been wondering about this section over here." Well, no, not really, I was waiting to see if this would get interesting. Oh, a looper, yay, click. No YouTube, I don't want to "continue watching."

Yes, YouTube has become voluntary paid programming. I miss the old days.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:30 pm

DrGonzo wrote: Fri Mar 17, 2023 2:17 am Basically yeah. But it has minutes of sampling time, you can adjust the playback speed in realtime with a knob and it has a cute logo that almost say MHH I'M MISTER FRUNDLES...

I don't know. I like it. Not 500 bucks like it, but I like it. Seems like a fun thing.

Personally, the "MHH I'M MISTER FRUNDLES" aspect of it is almost as offensive to me as the price. When I had YouTube playing in the background and the video came on again, I found that I liked what I was hearing much more than when I watched the video.

A customer once asked us to build a pink guitar for his 10 year old daughter. When she saw it, she hated it and said we only made it pink because she's a girl. Even a 10 year old knows when she's being patronized. These people are patronizing.

Frantz · Post by **Frantz** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 7:03 pm

Uncle E wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:30 pm A customer once asked us to build a pink guitar for his 10 year old daughter. When she saw it, she hated it and said we only made it pink because she's a girl. Even a 10 year old knows when she's being patronized. These people are patronizing.

I know what I'm getting you this Christmas. A limited edition PINK Chompi.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 7:07 pm

my issue isn't the colour, but they describe it as quirky.
that's like the idiot at work who has to tell you, he's the office clown.
ill decide if you're quirky

elxsound · Post by **elxsound** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 7:31 pm

I still want an OTO machines mixer and that’s a bright pink.

But I get it… the patronization is not the color but the design.

So much obviously went in to making it look cute and “quirky” that I’m wary of it not doing enough to justify its cost.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 7:43 pm

it has to be some colour or other, or transparent. at some point it may as well be pink. it's just one frequency in the spectrum of light.
that said, id prefer purple personally.
but then im not buying one anyway.
next loopy thing i want is the soma cosmos.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 7:44 pm

Frantz wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 7:03 pm I know what I'm getting you this Christmas. A limited edition PINK Chompi.

I shall paint it desert camo and use it as a WMD in my otaku war games. Then it will serve as my advocate when I am tried for my crimes. All hail The Great Pangolin!

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 8:08 pm

i do like the clunky buttons.

foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 8:15 pm

vurt wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 7:43 pm id prefer purple personally.

Purple is the best color. Samuel L. Jackson isn't wrong about that.

Chompi - I am a sucker for these kind of things