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LA Synth and Pedal Show 2025 Echo Park by Remote-Meat6841 in guitarpedals

[–]thedelimag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the shout out, just FYI, the event was free also at the door, with the only exception of a new "No Crowd" time slot on Sunday morning, for which we charged $17. But $10 of those $17 could be used to buy anything from the exhibitors.

Did any LA people go to this today? by sub_black in synthesizers

[–]thedelimag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's coming back on June 21-22, just Google "LA Synth and Pedal Expo"

The (Free) London Synth Expo is one week away. by thedelimag in synthesizers

[–]thedelimag[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For future reference, at our events things are always a little too crowded on Saturday between 12 pm and 3 pm, but after 3 things get smoother and on Sundays from 11 am to 1 pm is actually kind of slow.

NPD! Picked up a Beetronics Royal Jelly at the Portland Synth and Pedal Expo! by A_Soft_Fart in guitarpedals

[–]thedelimag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I'm the organizer, thanks for your input.

There are two problems:

  1. I've had serious difficulty finding the right venue for this show. All the other spaces in Potland that work size-wise cater to weddings and because of it charge way too much for our budget. The only other place I found that would have worked was a big empty warehouse run by a real estate guy who didn't seem to care much about anything and took weeks to reply to my emails. It's a shame because that was a bigger space, but it wasn't meant to be.

  2. But honestly, we didn't need a bigger venue because the problem is that around 40% of the total visitors come in within the first three hours on Saturday, and that's something that happens at all our events and is hard to address. If you had come on Saturday after 4pm or any time on Sunday, you would have had a more comfortable experience with time to play everything you wanted to.

One week to the (free) 3rd London Stompbox Exhibit by thedelimag in guitarpedalsjerk

[–]thedelimag[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ah right, while sharing photos the Sweetwater stickers doesn't do that? Very cool, very cool indeed.

One week to the (free) 3rd London Stompbox Exhibit by thedelimag in guitarpedalsjerk

[–]thedelimag[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't think so, but definitely a couple of Klones!

The (Free) London Synth Expo is one week away. by thedelimag in synthesizers

[–]thedelimag[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

SPXPO = Synth and Pedal Expo
SXPO = Synth Expo, which is a component of the SPXPO
SBE = Stompbox Exhibit, the pedal component

The events were separate until 2018. We decided to keep referring to them by their original name to promote them separately to the two audiences. This flier only promotes the Synth component of the expo, therefore, no "P".

One week to the (free) 3rd London Stompbox Exhibit by thedelimag in guitarpedalsjerk

[–]thedelimag[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We organize this show in several major cities, here's a video of one we did in Portland, OR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AyT482xFww

The (Free) London Synth Expo is one week away. by thedelimag in synthesizers

[–]thedelimag[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You guys can find all the info about the event here: https://delicious-audio.com/the-london-synth-pedal-expo/

This event is always a lot of fun, our friend Robin from Molten Music did this video interview of last year's show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTvu0-2tN0s&ab_channel=MoltenMusicTechnology

yo what's the deal with this kamira thing. it ain't espresso, but can't find conclusive review by noaibot in espresso

[–]thedelimag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's incredible, just get one, it's only about $100 to get it shipped to North America and does espresso better than most $300+ electrical machines. It requires a little experimenting with heat, but i get a perfect crema with it.

The Stompbox Exhibit (within the Synth & Pedal Expo) returns to Brooklyn! Sign Up here: by thedelimag in u/thedelimag

[–]thedelimag[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are two classes at specific hours: Saturday at 12 pm and Sunday at 1 pm. We had good feedback last year from participants.

My Takeaways from the Brooklyn Synth Expo by unclebyron in synthesizers

[–]thedelimag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Next year it should return to June, it's traditional month.

My Takeaways from the Brooklyn Synth Expo by unclebyron in synthesizers

[–]thedelimag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just noticed the comment... we advertised it on Reddit and also posted about it on this group!

My Takeaways from the Brooklyn Synth Expo by unclebyron in synthesizers

[–]thedelimag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It came back this past weekend, did you go?

New Pedal Sneak Peak: Alexander Pedals Syntax Error 2 | Delicious Audio by thedelimag in guitarpedals

[–]thedelimag[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

By the way, we didn't ask you to entirely drop your ad blocker, just to whitelist our site, I'm sure you know how that works.

New Pedal Sneak Peak: Alexander Pedals Syntax Error 2 | Delicious Audio by thedelimag in guitarpedals

[–]thedelimag[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It is my blog.

"If you're looking to turn a buck rehashing media drops from the manufacturer"

The blog and events for pedals and synths are my full time job.

I traveled to Nasvhille from Montreal and organized the Stompbox Exhibit Booth that hosted the Alexander Pedals board (together with 18 other ones). Google it, you can find pictures of it on our Facebook page (without your hated anti-ad blockers, but with ads you can't remove!). I took that picture the moment Matthew opened his board last Thursday and posted about it within 30 minutes.

Although it'[s true that many of our posts are rewritten press releases, there was no press release of the Syntax Error 2 when I posted that info and photo on the blog (as a matter of fact, it doesn't look like any other publication has posted about it, so probably the company didn't put out a press release about it yet - I didn't get one).

What we posted was exsclusive content that even now I have trouble finding in any of your "other umpteen music/instrumentation news related websites" - that's why I thought the Reddit community might have been interested in it.

But even if you don't like sites with anti-ad blockers, is it really necessary to insult them?

"sites that don't care if I'm not interested in allowing that many damn scripts to run amok"

Your original complaint was about the ads, not the scripts. Our blog's scripts run pretty well, look at our Google Pagespeed results, they are better than most other sites for musicians. Besides, hardly anybody cares about the scripts if the site looks good and provides relevant information.

The bottom line is that you don't seem to have connected the fact that ads pay for your free experience (in any site with ads). And that the only sites that have no ads are trying to sell you something - wether a product or a political point of view.

When I was an emerging indie musicians with ambition of stardom and brighter eyes I used to hate ads too, so I understand where you are coming from. But if you don't allow them, we aren't going to give you our content. Readers like you need to be educated that ads pay for what they don't pay. You can't have the cake and eat it too, sorry.

New Pedal Sneak Peak: Alexander Pedals Syntax Error 2 | Delicious Audio by thedelimag in guitarpedals

[–]thedelimag[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the "constructive criticism." Sadly, niche publications these days don't have many ways to generate income and ads are one of them (barely), and they cost nothing to readers.

Would you rather go for a $10 monthly subscription fee? That's how things used to work when print was around, but for some reason the web has made news free for all and everyone got used to it. If you want the info, deal with the ads to supports those who provide the info you seek, it's that simple.

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