Has anyone heard of this?
Oh man this thing looks NICE!
Eric
So it looks like Dave Smith is out…no pre-orders…back to the drawing board…
dave made it into this, [imo, it’s not explicitly a replacement, but it’s awful close to the protospecs of the boomchik]:
I have been drooling over this elusive piece of equipment for a long time now…Please don’t tell me that it will never be…
I have a Linn Drum and it’s the funnest easiest thing to play and program (not to mention the sound that comes out of that thing)
BTW…Can’t wait for my new T3 pedals. The anti…anti…antice…(say it, say it)anticipation is killing me 
After you posted that about vaporware, I noticed that is a digital mock-up. haha
I wish I could do mockups that realistic, my eyes were totally fooled until I noticed that the shadows were going two different ways.
Eric
I’ve been waiting for this thing to come out for years now, I bought a Vermona drumsynth instead because I couldn’t wait any longer.
From what I understand, the analog portion (DSI) is basically finished but to digital side (Linn) is still being worked on if at all. I believe they were intending to release right around the time of the economic crash. 
I’ve heard only great things about the Tetra…
I have a Prophet '08SE with the pot enhancement, and it’s great.
And a tower of moogerfoogers and a voyager… I love them all!
Can’t wait for the T3’s either…
We live in a good time for gear…
If you browse the NAMM 2010 YouTube vids, there is one of Dave Smith talking about LINN (the guy interviewing him about his new products put him on the spot). He simply says that he’s not directly involved anymore but that Linn would [at some point] release it.
So two questions… first is for Maskin… how is the Vermona? I was considering getting one myself, again, in the absence of something else. The M_Brane and M_Base’s from JoMoX seem interesting but you’ll go broke buying them (I have a small VDrum setup that make the triggers useful). My understanding of the Vermona is that it really does give a full palette of sounds and knobs to tweak which are specific to drum type but that the Midi implementation is poor (ie. only note and velocity is captured so realtime tweaks cannot be recorded nor can cc’s be sent to alter settings during playback).
2nd question is… who else makes a purpose built analog drum device that is affordable? Again, JoMoX makes a few devices in the 1-2k range but I haven’t seen too many others and the market is likely in Europe more so than the states.
With limited runs/distribution and high cost of development, I wouldn’t expect Moog to make something but then again, the weak dollar might actually work out in their favor if they made something economical (the key) that could be mass produced.
I’ve posted before that I hope for a Moog drum and analog sequencer device. I’d pay $2,000 for that as I’m sure LINN will cost at least that.
Any feedback on other devices or the Vermona would be great.
Thanks,
-Mike W. from NJ
Hello
This looks like a cool piece. http://www.analoguehaven.com/mfb/schlagzwerg/
I’ve been eyeing it for a couple months now. Also what about one of the Akai models? The MFB Drum/ Seq. and their semi mod synth ( same form factor) seem like a nice combo. You can get both for under 2k. I don’t know if the CV would play nice with Moog’s. i’m sure you could sort that out if it’s important to you. Good luck!
Dean
Nice… I’ve been AnalogueHaven, just never bothered to look at the MFB stuff. They have an amazing array of products on that site.
Just like I was a kid and the best programs (Commodore 64) came out of German, they seem to have a lock on the market when it comes to electronic Kraft* type musik ← haha get it, musik.
I was in Munich a few years ago but didn’t learn enough German to be able to read their web site. May be worth looking into though, thanks for the link.
The Step64 looks very reasonable also and I recall reading about it here so may go back and research that.
-Mike W. from NJ
I actually considered the Jomox boxes at first but as you said, they are quite expensive. I’m really happy with my Vermona though, all analog voices, spring reverbs on the clap (which sounds awesome) and snare, drum layering and loads of knobs to tweak. To me te MIDI implementation is just perfect, I don’t need to tweak it using CC’s. I just use the knobs. All I need is note and velocity to sequence it.
Probably the best thing about it is that you can make it sound like anything you want.
I’ve only heard good things about Jomox drum machines. This has been at the top of my wishlist for a while http://www.bigcitymusic.com/product.asp?pid=1000423
what do you use to sequence the vermona drm?
I know this question wasn’t directed at me but I think the answer is anything that will let you do creative loops. The bummer is that it doesn’t capture touch sensitivity via the buttons on the panel (I don’t think) so you need to use a cheap-o Korg nanoPad or something else of higher quality like a touch sensitive keyboard or pad setup.
I used to have a MSQ-100 that would have been ideal for one loop but I think the sort of stuff that people like to see revolves around Ableton. I really like the Pretty Lights setup over at the Paste Asheville Artist site. Those cube’s are pretty nifty but seems like a steep learning curve and more “DJ” like skills than drum machine programming.
I had the dough to buy the Vermona but blew the cash on a $1,600 Mesa Boogie Bass Amp setup that I’ll be using with my Taurus and Bass Guitar. Maybe next year.
-Mike W. from NJ
I use Renoise to sequence everything: http://www.renoise.com
seems cool, but very odd (for me) to use a sequencer that goes down rather than left to right. im sure once you get used to it it feels natural though
I grew up with Fasttracker so it feels natural to me. I can’t work with horizontal sequencers though. 