In my workplace’s Global S&OP the Logistics team love sharing many slides worth of images like that - long term sourcing delays have been a hot topic for 6 months now 
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I’ve been seeing stories like this for over a year: Semiconductor firms: China lockdowns play havoc with supply and demand. The car industry was slow to restart last year because of similar issues. Here’s just one story: Volkswagen: Expect chip supply problems until 2024. One last story: Semiconductor sales forecast to hit $676b in 2022. Key quote: “With the current ongoing situation in Europe… it is difficult to predict how it [chip supply] will pan out; there are potential disruptions.”
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Yeah, fabrication of components in industrial towns having been intermittently shutting down with outbreaks even still 
When the first shutdowns occurred, everyone canceled their orders due to lack of demand, with basically only Apple still continuing to slurp down remaining stock, months to years of spotty availability and large vendors are Hamsterkaufing many years of future production to avoid any long future outages and screwing mid-tier producers and absolutely fucking small/boutique industry for basic chips and controllers, perhaps there’s some way for LZX to keep in better contact with updates (though the spreadsheet seems ok, if updated regularly) but at whatever Digikey/Mouser end there are either broad and inaccurate estimates or NO estimates for when many of these parts on order will come back in stock after all the largest manuf orders have been fulfilled.
Ok, back to synthesis concepts…
I’m curious how well the output of a NeonCaptain Radiator’s ILDA output would take to the Chromag’s ILDA input for additional processing, either back to ILDA out or as an input source for analog video modulation.
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pretty sure there are likely folks out there wiling to buy out your pre-order if you ask - it’s happened plenty of times before in the Discord and possibly elsewhere on the forum here. if your pre-order was before the price increase i’d gladly buy it out for the price you paid 
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Does anyone know if Chromagnon started to ship to Canada yet?
Just curios if we all are still waiting or just me…
Hey @b4_H, there was some clear info in the latest newsletter and it includes a link to a excel sheet regarding production progress.
The new journal section of the LZX site will feature regular posts about Chromagnon, including synthesis concepts. The inaugural post is a general update on the project, but features some cool simulations.
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I enjoy this journal format.
Sucks that Chromagnon has probably become that giant millstone around all your necks. I couldn’t personally imagine the pressure.
Still cheering you on from the virtual sideline. When it comes out it will be the best of presents/parties.
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In case you missed it…Chromagnon output videos!
Chromagnon manual controls in NTSC. There are a few visual artifacts and gain levels to resolve in the signal path (software related), but this is a decent first look at the range of the shape generation controls without any modulation (internal or external) applied. All the image generation here is the analog portion of the instrument (digital system is just generated ramps and managing the user interface.) Video footage is sped up 300%.
All attenuverters at null.
Modulation Vectors #1 thru #5: Disabled
Ramp Shapers: Off
Fold: Enabled
XY Mode: HV
Luma Mode: Key
Chroma Mode: XY
Compositor Mode: Additive (first part of video), Source In (last few seconds of video)
Controls adjusted: X, Y, Edge, Size, Skew, Curve
Using DWO3 oscillators and DSG3 shape generators as modulation and texture inputs to Chromagnon.
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do you all have a laser to show any of the Chromagnon > laser functionality? or better yet radiator > Chromagnon > laser if that is how those items would most reasonably be set up.
I’m really thinking about picking up the radiator/laser combo.
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Yes! There is a laser in the lab, and we look forward to beaming some demos when the time is right.
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