> Contrast that with KORG, who a few years ago created a "lab" in Berlin staffed with superstars with intention of creating ground-breaking music tech (https://youtu.be/Y0NY6iUqbEM). They clearly poured A LOT of money into that venture. Similar kind of hipster vibe, but what became of it? I don't know but it seems like Teenage Engineering is doing just fine.
That seems to have been kicked off just short of two years ago. Building hardware, especially this kind of hardware, takes a long long time to even reach the prototype stage, even longer to get it out of production. I'm sure the OP-1 Field we saw launched today has been in development since (or even before) the first OP-1 was launched, 10 years ago.
It's a little more than 2 years, and there should have been projects underway before even moving to Berlin.
I am sure they're doing good work and it's probably awesome to work there, but looking at the website, it's the kind of thing corporate bean-counters have nightmares about: https://korg.berlin/ No glimmer of product teases, just cool people bios, insta/facebook links, and oh yeah, they have a cookbook of recipes you can download!
Sort of makes me think of Brett Victor's DynamicLand project-- has a really awesome vibe, but where's the stuff?
That seems to have been kicked off just short of two years ago. Building hardware, especially this kind of hardware, takes a long long time to even reach the prototype stage, even longer to get it out of production. I'm sure the OP-1 Field we saw launched today has been in development since (or even before) the first OP-1 was launched, 10 years ago.