Donner Music, maker of the B1 analog bass synth and the D1 drum machine, has launched a Kickstarter project to fund production of the MEDO portable groovebox.
The handheld MEDO offers drum, chord and bass tracks, looping, has a built-in sampler and more.
Features:
- One-click Recording.
- Powerful Sound Engine.
- One button looping, auto-quantization mode .
- RGB lighting interaction for immediate feedback performance achieving better human-machine interaction.
- Connects with other software and hardware.
Detailed specifications are still to come at the Donner site.
Pricing and Availability:
The MEDO is available to project backers for HK$ 1,168 (about $150). The project has already met its funding goal.
Note: Crowdfunding projects involve risk. See the project site for details.
its success will be inversely proportional to how many key combos one is expected to memorize
“harness the magic of notes” is an incredibly stupid tagline
i love donner kebab
“Harness your appetite” doctors say : )
$150 is an absolute joke. And that’s supposedly 50% off? This thing is so cheaply made. I wouldn’t pay $50 for it. And yes I’ve put hands on it. I have an early unit. They’re yet to get me a firmware that works. I’ve spent hours trying to get it going and I finally gave up.
“Harness your appetite” doctors say
I don’t get why Donner are crowdfunding this.
They made the Donner B1 bass thingy and the D1 drum thingy, plus loads of guitar pedals and MIDI controllers without crowdfunding.
I’m guessing the B1 and D1 weren’t as well received as Donner thought they would be so are doing it this way to gauge how it’s received?
Not really my thing this, but massive kudos the the 128 bar length. That should be standard. For example the Korg Electribe 2 is only 4 bars (64 steps) and the Roland MC707 is 8 bars (128 steps), at standard resolution. However, I’m sure they mean 128 steps and not bars.
The crowdfunding thing comes down to risking their own money vs risking other people’s money. Simple as.
That would make sense if the goal wasn’t so low. HK$40,000 is about $5000 (£4000).
That’s nothing.
If a company like Donner can’t risk that amount of capital for a product launch then I fear for their future.
Besides, from the videos it seems like most of the work & prototyping is done. Why do they need the extra from Kickstarter?
I think this is just weird marketing on their behalf.
Nah. I’ll wait for the wooden 5000$ Teenage Engineering version.