via the BugBrand mailing list:
"The start of April marks the BugBrand Anniversary - we now enter the 8th year of Bug.
As such, it is often a good point to take stock and I thought I'd give some updates as BugNews this year has so far been sporadic.
Firstly - this Wednesday I am heading to London to play at Cafe OTO: I will be doing a 'regular' Modular performance and also premiering a new demo/ installation approach where I give quick & personal 10-minute performances via headphones.
This drives the stereo audio straight into your ear-holes, while also offering you a close-up view of what is being patched & tweaked. It should be fun and a bit different..
So, on to the news discussions.
BoardWeevils continue to be the only regular production for now: http://www.bugbrand.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=110
Since the end of last year I've been making noises about i) getting the PT Delay back in to regular production & ii) making further standalone devices.
I thought I'd just make a few small changes to the PT Delay design, but life is never that simple! There are always several ways to skin a cat (metaphorically, naturally) and I guess I've been over-investigating the different possibilities.. I think I'm now on to redesign prototype number four and I'm still not quite done! Yes, there are changes afoot, but I'm not going to reveal much more until the point of production is actually reached. In essence, despite a general lack of public progress, this is one of my most pressing projects at present and I've been learning plenty along the way.
Fingers crossed for a release before the end of May, but no promises for now.
The continued investigations of other standalones (and, actually, modular developments too) move in quite similar ways to the PT Delay - forwards, backwards and plenty of sideways maneuvers! In many ways I've been taking something of a pause & breather the last few months to allow myself to refocus on design approaches and consider how best to take BugBrand forwards.
Yours, with fascination and fun,
Tom Bugs"
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