Simon the Magpie, Analog Weapon, and Knobs talk about the philosophy of sarcasm, Simon and Analog’s combined IQ, idea behind Knobs demos, balance between complexity and intuitiveness in a pedal design, Simon finds out his simple mode/hard mode idea isn’t unique, avoiding feedback, art vs content, strategies for communicating in videos, reasons for creating (aka pleasing one’s self), the algorithm, view counts, Montreal Assembly Count to 5 and “glitchy pitchy” pedals, Knobs’ aversion to the term “glitch”, granular, working on the Pedal Crush book, burnout, managing products at Chase Bliss, having to keep secrets but being able to talk about everything after product release, the Magpie Pedals business model and Simon’s boss, Chase Bliss selling direct, how Knobs got into pedals in the first place, pedals outside the context of guitar, Knobs’ upcoming album, finishing music projects, modular and why Chase Bliss probably won’t be doing any anytime soon, the perfect katana of an ubiquitous form factor, Ayahuasca, and more!

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