Future Impact now available!! WAS: deep impact reissue!!! interested?

#41
Is he also the same guy who did the unibass? The bass world needs a good replacement for the unibass - same idea, just a bit better "guitar" sound. It would sell like crazy imho.
The octave needs to be a bit more organic sounding, and it needs a return mix so you can put a pedal or two in the loop of the octave tone. I don't think there are any competitors to this, and it's the greatest thing in the world for a 3-pc band. I also believe it has a much bigger market potential that a synth pedal.

I'd be into collaborating on it, or helping market it, or whatever. Maybe run it by him and put us in touch.
 
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mactac said:
Is he also the same guy who did the unibass? The bass world needs a good replacement for the unibass - same idea, just a bit better "guitar" sound. It would sell like crazy imho.
The octave needs to be a bit more organic sounding, and it needs a return mix so you can put a pedal or two in the loop of the octave tone. I don't think there are any competitors to this, and it's the greatest thing in the world for a 3-pc band. I also believe it has a much bigger market potential that a synth pedal.
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lokki said:
ok, guys i think the rights are not with akai, so no patent problems there :) the dev did also do a reissue of the akai unibass for fishman, called the fission bass. so there seems not to be a problem there. i already contacted chris, will see if he chimes in!
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#45
I'm not implying I don't believe you - My point is that development and production of a product is not trivial. It will need to be re-designed to use newer technology. If he is prepared to foot the bill - then why not? It seems that he is fully capable to do the re-design. Perhaps a crowd-funding could pay for the tooling and production costs.

We build small runs (500) of higher end M.I. products here in L.A. now as China minimums are growing to keep costs down. It could be a good product if there is enough demand.

There may not even be a Patent issue, if the patent was dependent on old methodology.

One more consideration - who is going to stock, sell and support it?
 
#55
Add me to the list. I'm just trying to repair mine that I paid $700 for. But according to all the related threads here DI can not just be copied or cloned because it's a microchip-based digital device with all components discontinued. So this has to be re-designed, not just re-issued. Based on copying tone characteristics and all that bloody curves and diagrams...If anybody on Earth can do it I'd pay $300 for exact clone but in more sturdy enclosure and reliable components than the original one.
 
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NoxNoctus said:
I feel around $200/$250 is adequate for something like this. Seeing as Boss and MXR pedals go from $100-$150, it's not unreasonable, especially small run/high circuit cost.
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AKAI quality/performance is Not equivalent to MXR and Boss. There's a difference between low and high end. Boss and MXR are equivalent to McDonalds. Priced for the masses and palatable but not haute cuisine.

If it was that easy/cheap - AKAI would have already churned out a reissue.
 
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ddnidd1 said:
AKAI quality/performance is Not equivalent to MXR and Boss. There's a difference between low and high end. That may explain the very noticeable difference in price and appeal.

If it was that easy/cheap - AKAI would have already churned a reissue.
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Missed the point on that you're agreeing with me, with something like this costing a decent bit more than what MXR and Boss go for, and addressing the people wanting this to be a Sub-$200
 
#59
Definitely interesting. Sold my DI for a good profit several years back to fund the Octavius Squeezer. The squeezer is great but did not replace my DI as I had hoped it would. Been wanting to get another DI but the going rate is just too much to reconcile.

There is some noise on the SASS thread trying to get Source Audio to develop a bass synth; there may have even been a suggestion that they get the rights to the DI. Perhaps they could get involved in this somehow, similar to Fishman working with this guy on the Fission.
 
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