Thanks for the feedback.
I understand it takes a lot of manual work from you, so it will take some time.
I have already received the 150€ voucher codes (and have used the first one).
I’m thinking of buying LP3 licence now but to be honest, I don’t really feel like spending money for that licence twice, as I’ve already paid for this (and some more very good) plugins with the Indiegogo pledge (“Premium Plugins Pack”).
It’s a bit annoying since a lot of the online Pedalboards use one or more of these plugins, so most of the good ones are in Trial mode for now although I’ve already bought these in July 2020.
That’s why I’m asking how much waiting time I should calculate.
I’m very happy to finally have my Dwarf shipped to me, but now I’m getting even more impatient to get ALL the functionality…
Thanks @friedsilence for the update. Keep up the good work.
Glad to hear you have another team member back in the office, hope that eases things for you – and @jon specifically.
Also nice to hear about the Reverb special, is it already on? I did a search and only found used units for sale. Maybe Perfect Circuit would again wish to sell MOD units?
(@dreamer, did you not receive the communication from Gianfranco regarding sales and the upcoming meeting for investors? There you’ll find more detailed info about sales.)
I wanted to say thank you to the team - I noticed that the plugins I bought a few years ago for my Duo were listed as “Purchased” in the store on my Dwarf. I appreciate you transferring the licenses over so I can continue enjoying them without needing to use any of the voucher credit.
The reverb special is not with Reverb.com (like in 2021) but about the effect type @QuestionMarc. We are creating plugins, factory pedalboards, documentation and promotion to show what MOD can do in terms of reverb.
Promo is not launched yet, but we are close. Here’s also an option to participate in a video:
I’m a bit confused about what plugins I should have available from being part of the original Kickstarter campaign (Tier 3 in the '21 survey, don’t remember details).
From the emails I have, I should be seeing “Guitarix Cream Machine, Shiroverb mkII Reverb, Shiro Gaffa Tape Delay, Mesa Boogie Cabsim, Looperlative two-track advanced looper…”
All of these are appearing as “TRIAL” (well, the ones I can find - LP3 is called basic, not sure if it’s the same - would really like to have this but don’t want to spend vouchers on it if it should be free!)
Am I doing something wrong? I can’t find anywhere in the UI where I can associate my device with my email (or is there a MOD account I need to register somewhere, all I have is a login for this forum?).
Let me know if it’s better to create a new thread for this, not sure if it’s specific to the founder devices or not - if there’s a sticky related to this let me know!
You are not doing anything wrong, for now the process to give this licenses is still manual so it goes very slowly. To make it more convenient to everyone else, we are in the process of semi-automating this task, which delays the giving out of the KS plugins but once things are set up on our side everyone will get their licenses all at once.
If there is no news about this in 2 weeks, feel free to personally ping me.
Those founders edition units are the ones who paid the extra 150 or do you mean the rest of them?
If it’s the first, When is expected to be fullfilling the rest of Kickstarter orders?
I can jump here and give a hand to @friedsilence
The plan for now is that all the missing backers get a Founders Edition (unless the request is the opposite) regardless of the 150€ opt in.
Regarding this question, the Founders Edition is not much important here. At this point in time we can’t yet foreseen when the units for backers that don’t opt in for this deal will be fulfilled. Truly we can’t even point if they will, although that is our goal.
In short, the “safest” option is opting in the deal (those units are shipped immediately upon payment), but we totally understand and respect if you can’t or don’t want to do it.
I’m not sure if I understood you correctly. Does it mean that even though you’re planning to send all the missing backers’ Dwarfs, it is not guaranteed that the backers who did not opt in will get one? In that case, is it possible for someone who opted-out before to opt-in now (and if so, how)?
Sorry if you understood this from my words, that was not what I was trying to say, although I understand how you got there.
You are somehow pointing out the two extremes. While the reality is in between.
What I was trying to point out is that with the payment the units will be shipped in a matter of days (maximum). Without it, we cant be precise when it will happen and it all depends on the evolution of the financial situation of the company.
This means: for backers that don’t opt in for the deal, normal retail orders need to take priority and those need to reach a scale big enough to cover up the extra costs that we faced for backers’ units.
This may happen even with time, by the accumulation of orders, or by order volume. For example: if now we get a lot of dealers/distributors or direct sales orders or if a few distributors/dealers place orders of hundreds of units (please don’t take the numbers literally because this is information that I’m not aware of…I’m just giving an example)
And here is the problem with your expectation. There is no way for MOD to guarantee any such delivery, so this is why they don’t make any such predictions.
At least now it’s very clear that “if you go for the plugin-voucher option, we can guarantee to ship a unit immediately”. Anything else would be pure speculation, which imo would be even worse and much less clear.
I don’t know any other pedal that receives constant updates that add new functionalities. The whole point of the MOD devices is that they mostly rely on software. The later you receive yours, the better the OS. It also means more plugins, some of them improving the general use of the pedal, like the brand new Auto Input and Output Selectors.
So you don’t have to worry about the Dwarf being obsolete. The only thing that matters is that the company is healthy enough to end up shipping your unit.
Focus and plugin development - and resource requirements - will inevitabily move to newer and more powerful devices.
Even now the Duo, the only Mod device I phisically have, is only capable of running a (low spectrum) subset of all the available plugins before running out of resources.
I understand what you mean. Of course, if a new MOD pedal is born one day, it will be more powerful and one may be frustrated comparing his old unit to it. But keep in mind that we are in Linuxland, not in Windowsland so I don’t think the OS will grow like a fat ass at the speed of light.
The Duo is weaker than the Dwarf but you can still use it like you did before. And there are a bunch of useful plugins that have enhanced its possibilities without being heavy (like CV). But still, I understand your frustration if the low specs limit your creativity.
Regarding the plugins, every unit has a limit and even the Dwarf can easily reach its maximum depending on your choices. But I found that most heavy plugins had good and sometimes better alternatives. For instance, I love CAPS Plate Reverb and I will put it in most of my pedalboards. I won’t sacrifice CPU to the fashion of IRs. I prefer keeping resources for creativity.
For the moment, I see things this way but maybe someday, an irreplaceable must-have heavy plugin will change my mind and I will be frustrated.
How many OG Founders Edition pedals have yet to ship?
How about this:
Everyone still waiting for a unit is entered into a lottery.
For every x number of retail units shipped, MOD draws one name and that person receives his/her Founders Edition.
Individuals who opt into the €150 are removed from the lottery, of course.
Stringing OG backers along indefinitely is unacceptable. MOD needs a plan to start clearing out the backlog and this is a steady, committed way forward without incurring a huge financial hit.
