The Tasty Chips GR-MEGA granular hardware synthesizer was one of the most exciting things to come out of last year’s Superbooth. After working on it for almost five years, the manufacturer now says that the first units will finally begin to ship in May! They’ve also released a new video.
Tasty Chips GR-MEGA
The Tasty Chips GR-MEGA unveiled at Superbooth 23 will begin shipping in late May! According to the manufacturer, they’ve now sorted out the last issues with the casing, and PCB production is about to begin. If you’ve already pre-ordered the GR-MEGA, you can find the expected shipping date for your unit on the Tasty Chips website.
The GR-MEGA is a granular hardware synth and sampler that picks up where the GR-1 left off. With four multitimbral layers, 20 voices of polyphony per layer, up to 5000 grains in total, and five different engines, it offers massive sound design possibilities.
In addition to traditional and granular sampling, the GR-MEGA offers a tape mode, granular slice mode, and a spectral phase vocoder engine. Everything is controlled through a hands-on interface with plenty of knobs, a large 7” screen, and a big slider for moving through the source material in a very intuitive way.
The modulation engine comprises four LFOs, four envelopes, four step sequencer modulators, and a matrix to bring everything together. All in all, you can route 20 sources to no less than 100 destinations. Furthermore, the GR-MEGA features a built-in FX section with four simultaneous effects and a choice of various delays, reverbs, dynamic effects, and distortion.
The built-in step sequencer can play up to seven notes simultaneously and offers up to 64 steps. In multitimbral mode, each layer gets its own sequencer.
It’s great news that Tasty Chips seems to have sorted out the last issues and is getting ready for production!
Price and availability
You can pre-order the Tasty Chips GR-MEGA from the manufacturer for €1500 + VAT. One third of the price (€605) is required as a down payment when you order. The synth is available in black or silver. Tasty Chips says that they will fulfill pre-orders in small batches, with the first batch shipping in late May. As production ramps up, they plan to roll out the GR-MEGA to dealers by autumn of this year.
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- GR-MEGA: Tasty Chips
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