[Tease] Darkglass Anagram - NAM profile player & multieffects unit

[Chocol8]

I am not sure the point. It doesn't matter if Doug or Doug plus a VC fund formerly owned Darkglass. Korg buying it does not represent VC's taking over the tech. If anything it is the opposite. Well established industry players are acquiring/taking over/controlling the tech.

I don't see VC's taking over anything or playing a significant role besides NDSP. It seems like mostly a game of big boys and established niche players vs Chinese low price companies. You do have private equity involved with companies like Gibson/Mesa but PE is different and innovation has never been their strong point.

 

[Orvillain]

I am not sure the point. It doesn't matter if Doug or Doug plus a VC fund formerly owned Darkglass. Korg buying it does not represent VC's taking over the tech. If anything it is the opposite. Well established industry players are acquiring/taking over/controlling the tech.

I don't see VC's taking over anything or playing a significant role besides NDSP. It seems like mostly a game of big boys and established niche players vs Chinese low price companies. You do have private equity involved with companies like Gibson/Mesa but PE is different and innovation has never been their strong point.

Quite a few of your household music tech companies are part or outright owned by VC. Native Instruments for example.

 

[JiveTurkey]

 

[Dom Mcsweeney]

Can't wait for all the armchair Guitarists to be like:
"wHy iS tHiS oNlY 4 bAsS pLaYeRs?"

Bassists: *hahahahahaha*

8 Stringers: *grunts in djent*

etc

 

[Chocol8]

Native Instruments for example.

Another company controlled by a PE firm. Not VC. I don't want to derail this thread further, but there is a big difference.

 

[JCW308]

 

[Audio Transformer]

Apparently only for bass

 

[2dor]

Apparently only for bass

If it loads NAM profiles, there's nothing stopping folks from using guitar amp stuff etc.

 

[Orvillain]

Another company controlled by a PE firm. Not VC. I don't want to derail this thread further, but there is a big difference.

Personally I think you're getting caught up on semantics, but fair enough. But my point remains, these companies that go through acquisition after acquisition, selling off assets in order to fund other assets, are largely not consumer friendly, and largely churn out landfill dogshit.

 

[quadgear]

Is this unit expected to load vst plugins?

Makes sense if the Mod guys are involved.

Would be another great feature ... if open and capable with good support for custom UI's. My guess is the looper won't be what I want, but if I could create my own plugin.....

 

[Lysander]

If it loads NAM profiles, there's nothing stopping folks from using guitar amp stuff etc.

Yeah, but $1000+ just to load captures? And effects that will not play great with guitar to begin with?

If NAM is so important in your life, there's stuff like the Dimehead for half the price.

 

[seek4deeper]

In 2022, the original Darkglass Electronics Oy (Business ID: 2645068-3), a Helsinki-based manufacturer of bass guitar equipment, underwent a demerger resulting in the creation of two new entities:

Darkglass Electronics Oy (Business ID: 3260036-9)

MB Holdings Oy (Business ID: 3260037-7)

Both companies were officially registered on April 30, 2022.

The new Darkglass Electronics Oy continues the core business of designing and manufacturing bass equipment and is located at Annankatu 2 A 2, 00120 Helsinki. Marcos Barilatti serves as the Managing Director, overseeing daily operations.

MB Holdings Oy functions as a holding and asset management company, focusing on owning and managing shares, securities, and real estate. Its registered address is also Annankatu 2 A 2, 00120 Helsinki. As of February 2024, the company's board comprises:

Chairman: Marcos Barilatti

Member: Douglas Castro

The proximity of these companies, both in terms of leadership and physical location, suggests a close operational and strategic relationship.

 

[[Nathan]]

Keen to see the release of this thing but the value proposition is kind of already a dud. $1000 EUR for a bass focused multifx unit that can load NAM profiles. It would be a no brainer for them to load a bunch of guitar FX on there so I reckon wait and see. Even with guitar FX on there its still a hefty chunk of change if you're looking for a NAM player. I guess more options are always a good thing.

If they incorporate a capturing workflow then at least that's something "more" people might be interested in. That hasn't been done yet on a device and it would make embedding input levels seamless. Don't expect it to create the NAM profile that can be done with TZ these days but batch capturing or some kind of workflow would be nifty.

 

[Lysander]

If they incorporate a capturing workflow then at least that's something "more" people might be interested in.

Doesn't seem like it The description for all connections, which was briefly up on Darkglass' site, has no mention of captures.

 

[BenIfin]

Interesting and very specific wording from the description in this Y/T Video:-

" Darkglass Anagram can produce high-quality sounds for any style and is useful not only for bass guitar but also for upright bass! Video includes samples of effects like; reverb hall, reverb room, chorus, overdrive, flanger, octovider, envelope filter and some more.... This is something I have been waiting for. "

No mention of guitar (?)

 

[BenIfin]

Interesting and very specific wording from the description in this Y/T Video:-

" Darkglass Anagram can produce high-quality sounds for any style and is useful not only for bass guitar but also for upright bass! Video includes samples of effects like; reverb hall, reverb room, chorus, overdrive, flanger, octovider, envelope filter and some more.... This is something I have been waiting for. "

No mention of guitar (?)

Actually upon re-thinking about this .... maybe Darkglass want to get the "bass specific unit" out there as that is their core -and then fairly quickly- release the "guitar specific unit (?)

Although having said that, a fully dual-compatible 2-in-1 would be much smarter and cut down on costs and increase economies of scale/production and therefore gross profit margins.

So maybe upon re-re-thinking about it, I'm probably %100 wrong

 

[2dor]

Yeah, but $1000+ just to load captures? And effects that will not play great with guitar to begin with?

If NAM is so important in your life, there's stuff like the Dimehead for half the price.

I only stated that you can use it for guitar as well not that it's the best value NAM Player on the market.
I'm with you on the price.

 

[2dor]

Doesn't seem like it The description for all connections, which was briefly up on Darkglass' site, has no mention of captures.

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It could use the Return and one of the Outputs or Send but I very much doubt it'll be a capture device as well.