http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/763704741/synthboy
Here ^
To be honest, I'm really not impressed. The video is very vague on what it actually does; and it seems like they're trying to market this to the general public; which I don't really think will work. They also don't really make a big deal out of the fact that you need a modded gameboy to use it, which is kind of important. I understand the price point considering the work they're putting in, but for the same price I can get a KP3 which will be better built and can do even more FX on the sound AND I don't need to leave the Gameboy just sitting on the table. Perhaps the $365 version would be worth it, because you essentially get a backlit modded midiboy; but you still need the base station all the time.
As for the Rackmounted multi-console they're trying to do next, I find that it kind of defeats the purpose; people love seeing the gimmick of having old consoles on stage; if you only wanted the sound and not the gimmick then go get plogue chipsounds for a fraction of the cost. I imagine it would be very difficult to use the rack-mount version too.
Tl;DR: Nice try, no thanks.
Sorry Kitsch, didn't mean to hijack the thread.
Last edited by Zef (Jun 18, 2012 1:55 am)