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Airpatch: Wireless Guitar Pedal Controller

Airpatch: Wireless Guitar Pedal Controller

Airpatch: Wireless Guitar Pedal Controller

Airpatch: Wireless Guitar Pedal Controller

Airpatch: Wireless Guitar Pedal Controller

Like having your favorite pedal mounted right on your instrument. Elevate your play!

Like having your favorite pedal mounted right on your instrument. Elevate your play!

Like having your favorite pedal mounted right on your instrument. Elevate your play!

Like having your favorite pedal mounted right on your instrument. Elevate your play!

Aviate Audio
Aviate Audio
Aviate Audio
Aviate Audio
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Buffalo, United States
$11,446 USD by 101 backers
$10,321 USD by 93 backers on Jul 15, 2019
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Overview
Aviate Audio is proud to officially launch Airpatch, the wireless controller that will get you more out of your favorite pedals. Your contribution to our campaign supports our mission to elevate musical performance, and its all starting with Airpatch! Be the first to experience next generation control over your audio effects, delivering powerful solutions for practice, performance and creative expression. T-shirts are also available in our campaign. All perks come with a logo sticker!

Airpatch Taking Flight!

Thanks to the generous support of our backers, we have delivered first of it's kind wireless control for audio effects pedals! Airpatch has landed and is performing amazingly. All campaign perks have been fulfilled!

The Aviate Audio team is beyond excited hear your experience using it. Thank you for making this possible!

Product Packaging

 

Airpatch Latch Mode Demo

 

Airpatch Range Test

ALL PERKS HAVE SHIPPED!

We are here to answer your questions and provide support!

 

All Indiegogo Perks out the door. Look for yours in the mail!

The Aviate Audio Story

The concept for Airpatch began with the idea that flexible controls for audio effects could be added directly to our musical instruments. After years of prototyping, testing and user feedback, we are proud to introduce Airpatch.

Our motto is “Elevate Your Play”. Airpatch goes beyond solving practical problems faced by musicians. It’s about unlocking new sounds and expression and making our beloved effects a part of our actual musical instrument. Your support is needed to help us take this to the next level, launch Airpatch and open up a new universe of possibilities for all of us to elevate our musical performance.

What We Need & What You Get

In addition to our game changing product, we have t-shirts for sale featuring graphics by Buffalo, NY designers. The rocket graphic illustrates the launch of Airpatch coinciding with the feeling of ‘Elevate Your Play’. Get our best price on Airpatch when you join our mailing list or bundle with a t-shirt. For those who want to take it to the next level, Airpatch is available in a two pack. All perks come with a logo sticker.

Beyond helping deliver Airpatch for the first time ever, funding from this campaign will support critical development activities for our product including:

  • Tooling for the Airpatch aluminum enclosure and precision molded parts
  • FCC testing and certification to help ensure the reliability of our wireless system
  • Participation in the National Association of Music Merchants trade show (NAMM) where we will take Airpatch from crowdfunding to the commercial level. We can't wait to continue sharing our story from NAMM!

See Airpatch in action in the music video for our campaign!

 

How It Works

At its core Airpatch is an effects loop switcher, but there are some major differences: instead of activating it with your foot, there is a one-button wireless controller that brings your effects right to your instrument. Our controller uses a finish friendly suction cup attachment that will mount reliably anywhere on your instrument without marking the surface.

Three Powerful Modes

Connect one or more pedals into the effects loop and you will be able to control them with three different modes that will elevate interaction with your effects.

Latch Mode: Works just like your pedals. Press the button to turn them on, press again to turn them off. Connect multiple pedals in the effects loop to eliminate back and forth 'tap dancing' experienced when activating multiple effects at once!

Momentary Mode: Momentary mode is the game changing feature that will wow other musicians and audiences at shows. With responsive control, your effects are activated by pressing and holding the button. Use expressive delays and choruses, add bursts of distortion, use Airpatch like a whammy bar by connecting to a pitch shifter. Leave the effects loop empty and Airpatch will function like a killswitch. The options are endless! How will you use it?

Reverse Momentary Mode: Works just like momentary mode, but your effects default to 'on'. The effects loop is bypassed for as long as the button is pressed. Have you ever been able to interact with you pedals like this before?

Easy mode selection: Change modes with a a press of the single button located on the Airpatch dock. A three color LED indicator will indicate which mode you are using.

Pairing

Pairing your controller is easy. Hold down the mode selection button on the dock for three seconds and the light will blink. Press the wireless controller you would like to pair and you've paired it to the dock. Our pairing feature is useful if you want to put a button on each of your guitars.

Technical Details

  • 2.4 GHz wireless signal, similar to other low latency wireless guitar transmitters
  • 9v center negative barrel connector - compatible with standard pedal board power systems (power supply not included)
  • Over 50 feet of range (line of sight)
  • Long battery life controller will last for multiple performances on a single charge. We recharge about 1x/ week with regular use
  • Magnetic USB charging cable for controller with estimated 45 minute charging time
  • Wireless controller has an LED indicator that blinks white when you activate the button. The blink turns red when you have about 1 hour of battery remaining.

The Impact

You know our mission - to create amazing tools that help elevate musical performance. We are building our company in Buffalo, NY. We can't thank our local startup community enough for all the support. We have long term goals to deliver a range of products that fulfill our company vision and build a new sustainable business in our region.

Risks & Challenges

The product development journey is long and trying. We have a clear plan forward to scale up our production. We set our delivery of Airpatch for December 2019 to account for unexpected delays in production. We have received feedback from thousands of musicians and industry professionals through trade shows and focus groups. We know Airpatch will meet the strict demands of music gear enthusiasts.

Other Ways You Can Help

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