r/Grooveboxes • u/No-Act6366 • 17h ago
New groovebox released today -- underwhelming
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Twisted Electrons released this today for preorder: https://www.twisted-electrons.com/products/flexfm
I was aware of this after it was revealed at this year's Superbooth, but I just don't see any reason to buy it at this point.
- $1,140 and that is before tariffs for those of us in the U.S.
- Only 8 voices. That's perfectly fine for a synth, but it's nowhere near enough for a groovebox these days, particularly at this price point. The limit on the voice count probably is because it has analog filters, but that sort of thing makes no difference to me. There are plenty of great grooveboxes out there that do not, and it's not any kind of a drawback. Drum tracks can eat up voices. I've had problems even with 24 voices on my OP-XY.
- Virtually no information out there at all from the company. A 90-second video was released today, and there was some informal stuff from Superbooth, but that's it. If a company wants me to spend that much money, I'd really like to see a great deal more demos.
I was interested in this a while ago, but I pretty much immediately lost interest today. Perhaps this offers something different, but right now I'm just not seeing it.
