Open Source Guitar Effects Pedal(openstomp.com) |
Open Source Guitar Effects Pedal(openstomp.com) |
I suspect the vast majority of musician-hacker types don't use Windows.
Edit: I see that the Linux version is mostly held back by a third-party Windows-only tool, and a cross-platform replacement is under development. Awesome.
Since the death of the Amiga and Atari ST, virtually all pro digital music stuff is done on Macs.
But more musicians probably use Windows than use Linux.
Citation needed. I think this is pure speculation. Are you factoring in all the PC protools rigs in recording studios across the world? What about RADAR units? Or by "pro" do you mean "prosumer"?
There are just a few obvious Mac-only exceptions such as Garage Band and Logic Pro. Sadly none of the "industry standard" DAWs support Linux.
I used to work in this field, and though I don't want to run down the excellent achievement of this project, it's an untried brand and technology in an area with multiple mature competitors. The only really new thing here is that it's in a pedal rather than a desktop device aimed at keyboard users. (Well, video out is novel - but Raspberry Pi has video out and costs $35.) For about $100 more you could pick up a used Nord Micro Modular, which would be enormously more versatile: http://www.clavia.se/nordmodular/Files/MicroModular_folder.p... ...not to mention a wide variety of highly configurable guitar stage processors like this: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/amplifiers-effects/line-6-pod... or http://www.rogerlinndesign.com/adrenalinn-iii.html ...
I agree with the comment above about trying to get Kickstarter funding and doing a larger production run with the resulting economies of scale. Starting high and waiting for sales to drive down the production cost is a poor strategy, and one that has caused many products/manufacturers in this market to go out of production/business. I love this kind of technology and want to like this product, but for $300 I could buy a lot more signal candy.
Considering that one can buy used effects pedals for much less, or even something like a new Yamaha THR10 or a new multi-channel mixer with built-in effects for a similar price.
It's like me calling a program open source and ownly making the roadmap/initial spec publicly available.
But my experience with digital effects processors in the audio domain, both guitar and recording gear, is the gear's AD and DA converters are super important. The software and digital side is important too, but if those 44kHz, 20 bit converters do a poor job, the units audio will subtly suffer, and emotional content from the playing will be masked.
There's a huge difference in sound quality of digital units on the market.
I'm hoping with the nature of the unit, that I would get very high quality components across the board. Seeing as every patch developed is dependent on that quality, and that I'd probably buy only one of these, and that I'm willing to spend more than on a normal, non-programmable pedal, then the unit better be seriously high performing.
High quality balanced +4dBu line level ins and outs on a rack unit version of these. That would be the next unit to do. Or even AES/EBU digital ins and outs and a wordclock in!
more info here: http://line6.com/tcddk/