Oddment Audio - Groc Granular Synth Demo - Superbooth 2024 

Well it's one of the most interesting little machines out there (and I'm looking to replace my Tasty Chips GR-1 where load & save is a nightmare). I was worried a bit about the secondary knob functions but the touchscreen and the LEDs make things very clear. I also talked with the designer for a quarter of an hour and I think this is in good hands, can't wait for the release! 😉

@@g3cd No one else covered it haha. John is awesome! I'm one of the sound designers for the instrument, and I was really hoping to see some coverage on it. I think you were the only reporter who took time to show everyone Groc. I am very excited about this instrument, and am super stoked to see Groc get some love.

Several others showed it too like Red Means Recording (he was there when I recorded my video, see ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8M5mu3wZfzs.html at 9'02") and Jorb (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Th_hg4GNd84.html). But as Superbooth is so noisy, it's very hard to record a dedicated demo - this only worked since I used the Sennheiser HMD27 and the Lauten LS-308 that are really good at rejecting noise - and heavily used AI to seperate speech from music and Izotope to filter out additional background noise. That's quite a bit of work and why most people just record some music and then comment it back at the hotel.

@g3cd yeah, I saw Jeremy mention it briefly, Jorb did as well. You were the only person who showed a demo of it and a chat with John. I definitely understand about the signal to noise issues out in public, I do a lot of microphone based work, and I use RX-10 from time to time, so I understand the workload lol. Either way, I appreciate you taking the extra time and effort to present the Groc and Oddments effort!

Yeah, it's the most compact I've seen. And it works as a "granular synth" or "live effect pedal" as well. I was sceptical about the secondary button functions and the small display, but after seeing the demo, I think they pretty much nailed it.

Thanks for your time and coverage!

Early 2025, got 12 voices, btw.