"This is just the beginning": Nopia launches on Kickstarter and hits $1.4m in 24 hours

Three years on from its viral breakout moment , Nopia is finally here… almost. The creators of this much-hyped chord-generating synth have launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the first production…

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