Kodamo Mask 1 Bitmask Synthesizer

[Nug Wrangler]

Very interesting approach to synthesis. Made by a French company, Chris gives more detail in the video.

[Tj Shredder]

Could be an inspiration to rebuild it in Max/MSP, Reaktor or the Grid with a much better UI. Who needs keyboards anyway when you could have a LinnStrument instead…; - )

[egbert101]

Only 2K dollars. I'll buy two.

[kritikon]

Didn't even watch the vid - couldn't get past the awful look of it. Straight out of the 80s awful or worse. No point having hw if it's got no decent controls on it. A row of buttons and a tiny LED readout? Seriously? Jeez, even M1s had better GUIs and that's dredging the barrel...Wavestations were probably the nadir of minimalist buttons but even they had an almost usable LCD screen and a joystick to help. Unless they radically redesign, they're going to sell none.

[Erik_Lucas]

Looks like Kodamo released a significantly cheaper desktop version: https://kodamo.org/mask1ex

[fredu33]

this is a bit old but did anybody here buy one of those? bit hard to find user reviews but am looking at that mk2 of the ex version which is priced fairly decent. If anybody has used one of these, please share how is it.