Koka's Pocket Beatbox is a pocket-sized drum - a portable multisampler designed by Koka. Shortly after the pandemic, NXP discontinued the chips that the beatbox relied on, so currently no beatboxes are available.
I seriously can’t freakin wait for this. I’m really happy and proud of how far this is all going Koka. It really makes me feel like a cool kid being able to follow all this progression.
Oh man, you can't imagine how much I appreciate comments like this. I've had 20-hour workdays over the past few weeks to get to this point, and then - you say that. I'm sitting in my living room and smiling. Thank you. 💕
Thanks, Joel! Announcing in 78 minutes and then ready to provide as soon as the semiconductor companies recover from Corona crisis and give us the materials we need. We are one of the first in line.
Still waiting on the day this comes out, it’s gonna be awhile I know but I definitely WANT AND NEED THIS. Please don’t let this idea die it’s genuinely amazing, high hopes to you and good luck.
Hi STUZZOX, thanks! It's pretty much there. The only problem being chip shortage, but as soon the suppliers are back on track, Beatbox will be produced and shipped :)
Just reserved. This is literally something I wanted to make when I was doing my masters and have been dreaming about for years when fingerdrumming on my lunchbox during long bus rides. I totally resonate with the idea that you should spend time with an instrument to get good at it!
Oh thanks!!! Yes, that’s something that seems to be absent from some of the modern-day ideologies. You need to practice to be good at playing whatever you play.
@@nikoladze Thousands of hours of practice on traditional instruments to become competent, that's how it was. But you understand this. Nice instrument man. How sensitive is it and what is the latency like? They've been the big issues on all pads devices I've tried.
@@Myuzak In the combination mode, you can set the latency between 10-30ms. This is useful to make sure if you don’t hit two pads at the exact same time, you still trigger a combination. If you disable the combination mode, then the latency is below 10ms. I am trying to make it 5ms.
@@Myuzak and regarding sensitivity, I am using a particular type of pressure-sensitive material (my little tiny secret), which is much more accurate than the piezo approach. Reading sensors through 12-bit ADCs and sampling them at 1000Hz (will be faster). So weak strokes sound quiet and hard strokes sound loud. It works, you can actually play with dynamics, conveniently, and musically.
Hi! Thanks! Me too. I use thumbs, but it’s funny, I have not shown it in any of the demos. If you join the Q&A Zoom meeting on Sunday at 12:00 oslo time, I can make a personal demo for you :)
Thanks a lot! Work in progress. Moving forward according to the initial plan and doing my best to get it right. All prototypes work flawlessly, but everything changes when you scale it up. There will be new info available on the 1st of Jan on the website.
Hi! Yes, it will come with amazing samples, thousands of samples, and then a free sample pack every month for one year, for Beatbox owners. As for India, I am working on it.
Hi! Good question. There are two roads I can go down. 1. Providing my own software that will increase the cost of the beatbox and 2. Use existing cheap great software, like Reaper and develop a nice workflow, make a tutorial on how to do it. I think option 2 sounds a bit rough, but I believe that is the most efficient way. With this I can also put it into hands of advanced users, so that maybe they can then sell or give their packs to those who don’t want to put in extra effort. If all goes well and I ship the Beatboxes, I will produce a massive sample pack every month that Beatbox owners will get for free for one whole year.
I used these samples for testing. Beatbox will come with very similar sample packs of much, much better quality. Some of the world’s best boutique physical kicks, snares and hats sampled at my studio. I might publish several packs before I build Beatboxes and ship them, so please stay close and at some point they will drop.
Three iterations, some more features. All going as planned. Except because of the semiconductor crises I had to change some parts that will only make it better ;) if all goes well, must be able to ship as initially promised.
What's the story with this project? I had my pre-order reimbursed, so I'm guessing you didn't get enough pre-orders or supply chain issues too delayed?
Hi Metabeard, the number of preorders was completely overwhelming. the problem is the semiconductor shortage. The project is paused until two critical semiconductors are put back in production.
Oh, thanks. I’ve been working 24/7 to make myself a Deluge companion. Announcing tomorrow and hoping that the community will like it. Will be more active on RU-vid this year!
@@nikoladze No but...seriously...how you ended up with that sum of money? Ps. Dont let my hatefull commenting distract you from the overflow of positivity and support!
having the batteries showing is a no go for that price tag. Might want to simply put a battery cover door. After a few years You pick it up and the batteries will fall out from slightly worn pins.
Hi, if you check the website, it says that some design elements will change in the final version. So yes, if that’s a problem, there will of course be a battery lid.
Argh, why leather and not vegan leather at least. Now I like the design and would get one, but knowing that'll be leather under my fingers makes me feel uncomfortable. There are more sustainable and long lasting options available than just using animal skin.
Personally, I would rather know that the skin of animals killed for food is not being wasted. I do really hope the leather doesn't come from animals killed purely for their skin, though.
@@DavidTimmePerc What in hell are you talking about? You question makes no sense. I have done plenty of electronics, but that's irrelevant. What I said is patently correct. In fact, leather is a bizarre, nonstandard choice here. You may enjoy the folksy charm of it, or the way thumping your finger on someone's disembodied flesh feels, but the use of the leather here is completely unnecessary to the product. It looks like a clever product. I wanted one. The leather is a deal breaker.
@@bitegoatie My question is: have you built this or anything similar to be able to reach the conclusion that "nothing about this calls for leather"? If so, you probably wouldn´t even need to be interested in this, just make it yourself! Also, ten seconds of research could have shown you that leather is indeed not the ultimate or only option for this. As for what is industry standard, it is my understanding that industry standard was not good enough for this specific machine.
@@DavidTimmePerc You have answered your own question. Yes, many people could build this thing. When someone has done the work on a project and makes prebuilt copies available, it often makes sense to buy a product rather than building it. The person who did build this instrument did an admirable of job realizing his vision. He made a choice, however, to include leather. Any number of surfacing materials would serve the same purpose. I asked him about that choice, since the dead-animal aspect of that material bothers me and many other people. It is a choice that will cost him business, including mine, so I wanted to know his thinking about it, even though I know the range of possible answers. At that point, you jumped in with something close to word soup. Reread your own answer to my answer and ask yourself why you asked your hostile question in response to my question.
