Yeah, it seems like a keyboard sampler should have portamento/glide.
And it looks like it only samples in mono, which is a bummer.
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Yeah youād think any sampler that can play chromatically would have portamentoā¦ But DT, OT, Microsampler, Blackbox, Tangerine, SP404mk2, PO33, M:S, Smpltrek, Polyend Play (sample player), S2400, WoFi, etc. etc. can not. Used to be standard.
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I used to play samples with portamento on my old Akai S2000. And i just tried it with the Microfreak and yes, it can do it too with the latest firmware.
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Just to update my own comment, someone had asked about stereo sampling on the Kickstarter page, and this was in part of a response from the company:
āin the actual firmware, you can record from stereo source to mono sample (probably in a future firmware stereo samples will be supported)ā
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and MPC has portamento/glide for a while now lol
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ā¦op-1 hast portamento too. I passed the chompi, and i will pass the wofi. Iām sure theyāre both great devices, but i stick to my trusty 11 years old vintage op-1ā¦ 
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What happens to Kickstarters when they donāt meet the goals?
Have you ever seen the movie, āOld Yellerā?
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The WoFi has been funded and the fund raiser is over. They just squeaked by !
Many other funders open a page at Indiegogo for people to pre-order. Weāll see if Kiviak does this.
They have already put up an update on KS which lays out next steps for them. The update has a link to a recent article about how Kiviak approached the KS campaign, and launching a new product. The WoFi is pretty far along with development, so this project looks more safe schedule-wise.
Also a fresh demo video from yesterday, they have had a few recently.
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Just got an update from the Kickstarter that these are shipping. Excited to receive mine.
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Yeah only 7 months after it was suppose to release lol, at least itās not like that sh101 clone. Could always be worse
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I mean, I go into any kind of Kickstarter with the full realization that it may fail and I may never see anything, but also if the product is actually released it will ALWAYS be super late. If I canāt afford to lose that bet, I do not make the bet.
I view loaning friends money through the same lens.
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Yeah so I just got mine yesterday, didnāt really play with it until today and I am very disappointed.
So many problems
-Speaker doesnāt work
-Some buttons have to pressed insanely hard or repeatedly
-The envelope values keep moving, which just reverts back to the screen meaning I canāt do anything on
-Some of the buttons are off, looks like the rubber underneath is not fully cut
-The brightness for some reason canāt be adjusted
-The keys arenāt level or flush
-The OS is so buggy and lags when I change a value
This is just me using it for 20 minutes, not sure what else Iāll find
Bummer
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Ah Niko Iām sorry to hear. I opened mine up and turned it on tonight but the first time and didnāt notice anything odd but honestly I just poked around with the presets a bit.
My speakers definitely work though, even though I eventually ran it into some speakers.
My biggest complaint is with the granular effect. I will probably not ever use it as itās not really controllable much. Would rather have a good reverb or delay but Iāll run it through some pedals.
Itās definitely interesting. Build quality also seems to be quite good, at least from what I see. Maybe I need new glasses?
Anyways, I hope theyāll get it a new unit. It sounds like you got the one that fell off the top shelf and got totally rattled.
ā¦ does it have automatic pitch note detection for anything you sample into it?
Sorry to hear about it Niko. I got mine and it has loads of problems, as well. OS is absolutely bonkers - values randomly changing, LFO ālearnā only goes to pitch.
If I sample into it (watching levels, of course), any chords I play beyond 2 or 3 notes with a long release become a click and pop glitch fest. Also, one key on the keyboard only triggers about 80% of the time.
Hopefully Kiviak replace these units quickly.
Funny thing is I am still pretty excited about it haha, especially after hearing about aodyo fiasco I am just happy it was delivered
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For real. I had initially backed the Aodyo but had to cancel as it was a really bad financial decision for me. What a bummer.
Did everyone see that thereās a new firmware either released or coming soon for this? I didnāt read whatās involvedā¦ only saw that they announced it.
100% Niko - Iāve wanted a simple sampler keyboard like this for a long time.
I think the new firmware just got posted on their website
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