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After years of teasing, the viral Nopia synth is ‘basically finished’

Mint green Nopia synth with it’s odd selection of controls on a plain tabletop being played by a single finger.
More mint green synths please. | Image: Nopia

After setting the music gear corner of the internet on fire back in 2023 with the first glimpse at the Nopia, creators Martin Grieco and Rocío Gal are almost ready to bring it to market. The duo brought it to the MusicRadar offices for an in-depth first look and revealed that it will be launching in “a couple of months” for around £550.

Nopia is built around harmonic interplay in a unique way. Rather than a few knobs and a keyboard controlling a single synth patch, it blends multiple modules – keys, bass, arp, and pad – into a single performance, not unlike a drumless groovebox. There’s a one-octave keyboard called the Chord Builder, a 12-b …

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Oregon’s Attorney General withdraws effort to delay Paramount and Warner Bros. merger

Paramount logo on a pink background.

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield had been seeking documents from Paramount related to its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. Rayfield also asked a state circuit court judge to delay the closing of the deal by 60 days so that his office could review the documents. But according to Deadline and Variety, he’s now dropped his civil investigative demand for the records.

Obviously, Paramount is pleased with Rayfield’s decision to withdraw his request, but the AG’s office isn’t exactly satisfied with the outcome.

Jenny Hansson, communications director for Rayfield, told Deadline that, “Paramount made it clear that they weren’t going to compl …

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