I’m not gon na pretend I’ve figured you, the Engadget reader, out. Attempting to forecast what is gon na get your little geek hearts all a flutter is type of a crapshoot. I’m quite positive that a Tamagotchi in a guitar pedal is right up your street. Ground Control Audio appeared to NAMM 2024 with the UwU virtual animal buffer pedal
Now buffer pedals have to do with the least interesting piece of equipment you can purchase for your pedal board. Most likely even less so than a tuner. If you’ve got an especially big board or long cable televisions, a buffer can considerably enhance your tone. Essentially all it does is take the signal being available in and provide it a little increase so you do not lose valuable high-end to tone suck. Like I stated, not interesting.
What UwU does is no various, other than that it has a Tamagotchi-style virtual animal and a handful of mini-games integrated in. As you play, your brand-new pedalboard pal dances and gains experience points. As the little feline like animal gains experience it develops over 30 levels with special animations. As for what takes place when you cross that 30 level limit, well, the business hasn’t chosen simply. There is still time to choose that considering that the pedal isn’t set to begin delivering up until March.
If merely having a brand-new little virtual buddy on your board isn’t adequate whimsy for you, the UwU likewise has actually 3 mini-games integrated in. There’s Long Cat (a snake clone), Fishy Blox (slightly Tetris-like) and Neko Invader. The small monochrome OLED and little buttons aren’t precisely perfect for playing video games (and neither is stooping over a pedalboard I may include), however it feels real to its motivation in old cellular phone video games.
If you’re sitting there questioning, “why?” Well, to begin with, why not? To keep you playing, clearly. Discovering the time and drive to play or practice guitar can be difficult. Specifically if you’re teen with a chaotic life of additional curriculars or, like me, a hectic father of 2 with a requiring day task. The UwU offers you a factor to play beyond feeling in one’s bones you should. Taking a couple of minutes every day to play will keep your cute little UwU pleased and healthy. Honestly, if I had among these when I was more youthful and stubbornly holding on to my belief that I didn’t require to understand music theory or method, perhaps I ‘d be a more competent guitar player.
Naturally none this would matter if the UwU was a bad buffer. It’s got 18v headroom and does not color your tone at all. It’s even incredibly small, so discovering space for it on even the most crowded of pedalboards should not be too tough.
The UwU virtual family pet buffer is offered now for preorder straight from Ground Control Audio for $139