CHOMPI portable sampler instrument is now open-source (hardware and software)
chompiclub.comThe CHOMPI is a very fun project.. have considered building one myself over the years, but I think I have a bit more motivation to build a FundamentalFrequency LMN-3, which is in a similar form factor but is, imho, a bit more open ended with regards to what it can be used for ..
https://github.com/FundamentalFrequency
Either way the time has come for open source projects of this nature and form factor .. the world tires of overpriced junk from boutique vendors, and wants more DIY music making toys for the kids to rock out ..
I wanted one of these but never thought it was worth hour much they charged. I guess that's how most people felt.
It was priced very high, even for a boutique musical instrument. There are a lot of samplers on the market on (or even under) that price point and some simple ones that cost a fraction of it.
Electronic toys that are not mass produced are always too expensive for the mass market. Chompi is awfully cute though.
I've had my eye on one of these little musical wonder boxes for a long time!
I'm still hoping to try one soon. Maybe this is my time!
Open source but production of the hardware was discontinued so you would either need to buy used or build one from the specs.
I liked this instrument but could never get one. Actually I was bombarded by scam accounts on Facebook(no longer a user) pretending to be Chompy. I'll be lookign for a used one.
Does this look legit to you?
Wildly, severely not, honestly. They're going about retail second-hand on Reverb, with thin supply. You might do better having a look in the Chase Bliss Audio Discord.
Check out reverb and see if there are any selling.
Thanks. Whats a good price for these used?
The price you are willing to pay for it.
Now that it's OSS, I'm sure plenty of people will build and sell it. Hell, you might be able to just get it off Ali, as well.
It’s always possible. There’s definitely been a market for Eurorack clones of open designs like Mutable Instruments modules.
The main thing would be how you market it since one of the provisions is that you can’t use that trademarked name, and I imagine that would apply to marketing it, not just the product name itself.
Yeah, me too. Too bad they're discontinued but I'm glad they open sourced it.
Glad to see stuff like this. I'm willing to pay quite a bit more for products supporting oss/osh.
Hey Yall!
I’ve adapted it to run in your DAW as a VST, Audio Unit, and AAX plugin for Pro Tools.
Check it out: https://www.temeculadsp.com/nibbi
Nice, will give it a try later this week!