Ahead of Superbooth 2025, scheduled for May 8-10 at the FEZ-Berlin, Neuzeit Instruments has introduced Drop, described as “a snapshot-based MIDI control center for live performance”.

Here’s what they have to say about it:

“With Drop, you can now map your MIDI equipment across devices and easily store different controller positions as snapshots. During performance, you can jump back to these snapshots at any time (JUMP mode) and trigger them. All of this can be quantized and with variable fade time, allowing you to use a snapshot for slowly building tension and automatically have multiple controllers move simultaneously.

A particularly useful feature, is firing snapshots in DROP mode at exactly the right moment, precisely at the end of a pattern of, for example, 8 bars. For this purpose, Drop features an integrated master clock that counts any number between 1 and 32 bars (= cycle). In DROP mode, you can schedule a snapshot to trigger at the end of a cycle, build tension and go crazy on effects until then, and lean back as the snapshot automatically turns the controllers at exactly the right moment, bringing your live set back to solid ground.

Saving and recalling snapshots is quick and simple even during live situations, allowing you to work spontaneously with new snapshots on-the-fly during your performance. The LED buttons always provide clear visual feedback about what’s happening.
If you want to plan further ahead, you can prepare sequences of DROP snapshots according to your song arrangement in the studio. Then use CHAIN mode to automatically trigger them sequentially on stage. Multiple chains and banks of snapshots are available, allowing you to configure your live set according to a song-by-song structure.”

Features:

• Connect all your live performance gear to one master controller
• 20 banks with 20 snapshots to store and recall the state of all controls
• 32 push-encoders without detents, 8 mutes, 8 faders, duplicated on 2 layers A/B
• 2 x MIDI USB-C port, automatic device or host detection
• 4 x MIDI In and 4 x MIDI Out via TRS type A or B
• 2 x CV-In and 2 x CV-Out for clocks and 0-5V control signals
• Macro mappings, up to 8 MIDI targets and individual curves per control
• Merge incoming MIDI (e.g. from a sequencer) with Drop‘s MIDI out
• MIDI clock in/out with individual millisec delays to perfectly sync all gear
• CCs, Notes, 14-bit CCs, program+bank change, Aftertouch, Pitchbend
• Ableton clip launcher (script available) and note keyboard mode
• Fast and intuitive mapping on the device itself – no external software required
• Powered through USB-C or external power supply (included)
• Solid metal chassis, metal shaft encoders, built to last

Pricing and Availability:

The Neuzeit Drop is scheduled for release in Summer 2025. Pricing is to be announced.

via Sonic State