Zaka ziwiri zapitazo, tinacheza ndi Anthony Mattana, woyambitsa Hooke Audio, za nkhani yake yoyambira yovuta kwambiri. Ndipo lero, wabwerera.
Chogulitsa chake choyamba, Vesi la Hooke, ndi mahedifoni opanda zingwe omwe amalemba mu binaural 3d audio. Kuposa phokoso la stereo, ukadaulo uwu umapatsa omvera kumverera kwenikweni kwa nsagwada zakomwe kumamveka mawu.
Chinthu chopenga kwambiri pamalonda ake omaliza ndi sinali ngakhale ukadaulo watsopano. Mattana amangobweretsa kuthekera kozizira, komwe kulipo kwa ogwiritsa ntchito tsiku ndi tsiku. Tsopano, ndi Hooke Lav: maikolofoni ang'onoang'ono, opepuka, opanda zingwe a Bluetooth; akuchitanso.
Komabe, nthawi ino amandiuza chilichonse - kuyambira pakupanga zinthu mpaka kuyambitsa Kickstarter - zinali zosavuta kwambiri.
Mattana adafanizira zomwe adakumana nazo ndi mwambi womwe umati "kupanga miliyoni yoyamba ndikovuta kwambiri". (Osati kuti aliyense wa ife amadziwa momwe zimakhalira, koma ndizomwe anthu amanena.)
Kaya ndi madola mamiliyoni oyamba omwe amalonda amapanga kapena otsatira miliyoni yoyamba ndikupeza phindu, nthawi zambiri amati ndizopindulitsa kwambiri. Vesi la Hooke linali la "miliyoni yoyamba" ya Anthony ndipo zitatha izi, mphamvu yomwe adapeza idathandizira gulu lake kupitilira gawo lotsatira lazopanga zinthu.
Wathu Kickstarter woyamba… anali ine kukokera ndekha mu matope ndi kuyesera kuti apulumuke ndi ndiribe lingaliro. Ndipo ngati mutha kupyola yoyamba, yomwe ndi chiopsezo chachikulu, enawo akuwoneka kuti akubwera pophweka.
-Anthony Mattana
Nthawi yoyamba kuzungulira, Mattana adayamba ntchito yofunika kwambiri - kusonkhanitsa gulu laluso - kumapeto kwa masewerawa. Nthawi ino, anali ndi talente yayikulu kale, ndipo anali anthu omwe adawafufuzira ndikugwira nawo ntchito kale. Amangofunika kuti abweretse gululo limodzi.
Ndi mbali zina zopanga ndikuyambitsa chinthu, panali zinthu zambiri zomwe amatha kuthamanga panthawiyi. Choyamba, anali kale ndi gulu lofunsira zoyankhapo kale, zomwe ndizazikulu.
Chinthu china chofunikira chinali kukambirana ndi ogulitsa ndi kuteteza zofuna zake kunali kosavuta chifukwa amadziwa kuti ndi "ziti" zomwe ayenera kuziyang'ana. Izi zinali gawo lalikulu chifukwa adapezedwa ndi ma Getchas nthawi yoyamba kuzungulira.
Kodi Hooke Lav Amasiyana Bwanji ndi Zojambula Zina Zazokha?
Choyamba, Hooke Lav ndimagalamu 10 okha, pafupifupi kukula kwa theka la dola, ndipo palibe chifukwa chokhala ndi batire lalikulu, lakunja. Palibe zingwe zomwe muyenera kulumikiza malaya anu, mwina. Chifukwa chake, mbali yazinthu, imawonekera.
Chida ichi chikhozanso kujambulitsa zojambulidwa mkati pa khadi ya SD yokhala ndi 8 GB yosungira. Ndi izi, ogwiritsa ntchito sayenera kuda nkhawa ndi zotayika kapena zosokoneza zomwe zingachitike ngati zojambula zidangotengedwa popanda zingwe.
Chifukwa chakutha kujambula kwamkati, ma mics safunikira kulumikizidwa ndi pulogalamu kuti igwire ntchito. Mu "Island Mode" mutha kuyamba kujambula osagwiritsa ntchito foni yapadera.
Mukapeza ma maikolofoni awiriwa, pali chinyengo china chomwe mungasewere.
Mic imodzi, "Lav A", imatha kuvala mwachizolowezi, pomwe "Lav B", maikolofoni yachiwiri, imatha kulumikizidwa ndi zida zina, kupitilira ma mics awo amkati.
Komanso ndi ma lavs a 2, mutha kujambula kuchokera nthawi zonse pogwiritsa ntchito njira ziwiri "Duet Mode". Mwanjira imeneyi, pa chipangizocho, mutha kujambula oyankhula awiri poyankhulana koma aliyense akuyankhula mu mic yawo.
mankhwala Development
Kukula kwazinthu kunayamba pafupifupi chaka chapitacho kwa a Hooke Lav, ndipo "zachitika bwino kwambiri". Kutumiza kumakonzedwa mu Epulo 2021, yomwe imawoneka ngati yayitali, koma ndichifukwa choti pali nthawi yayitali kutsogoloku ndi zovuta zonse zomwe zikuchitika.
Mukupanga, Order Matters
Nthawi yoyamba Mattana atapanga chinthu, ndi Vesi la Hooke, kapangidwe kake kanayamba kwambiri pamtundu wonse wazinthu, kenako adayesa kuyika zida zonse zamagetsi pambuyo pake. Amandiuza kuti kunali kulakwitsa.
Osapanga opanga kuti apange bokosi. Bubu lenileni. Zowona, zopanda nzeru zenizeni.
-Anthony Mattana, yemwe tsopano ndiwodziwa bwino kuposa CEO
Ndi Hooke Lav, adagwiranso ntchito, ndipo zidakhala bwino kwambiri!
Kusindikiza kwa 3D Kwa Win
Panali zosindikiza zingapo za 3d zomwe zidathandizira kufulumizitsa chitukuko. Adasindikiza ma dummy PCB ndikuwonetsetsa kuti zotsekerazo zikwanira.
Gawo lokhalo lomwe sakanatha kusindikiza ma 3d anali azitsulo, zotengera zosinthika zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito kukonza zovala. Anthony anandiuza kuti chinali chodabwitsa chimodzi mwamagawo omwe amatenga nthawi yayitali kuti achite bwino. Kupeza kusinthasintha kolumikizana koyenera kumafunikira kuyeserera kambiri ndi kuyesa.
Chojambula chachitsulo chimaphatikizidwanso muukadaulo waluso kwambiri: anapangidwa m'njira yoti iwonjezere nyerere. Josh, mainjiniya opanga zamagetsi omwe ankagwira ntchito pa Vesi zaka zapitazo, awonetsanso luso lake laukadaulo wa ninja-wizard. Kapena wizard-ninja engineering. Chilichonse, Josh ndi wodabwitsa.
Bonasi ina yamtengo wapatali: Ma maikolofoni adijito amagwiritsidwa ntchito pa Hooke Lavs. Mosiyana ndi makina a analog, izi sizifunikira kumangidwa pamwamba panyumbayi. M'malo mwake, makina a digito amatha kutetezedwa mkati mwamachubu popanda kuwonekera pazovala zoyipa, zolimbitsa mawu. Ndizofunikira kwambiri kwa ma mics omwe mukufuna kuvala!
Kukhazikitsa pa Kickstarter
Nthawi ino, pasanathe maola 8 kukhazikitsidwa, Hooke Audio adakweza $ 100k pa Kickstarter, ndikudutsa cholinga chawo cha $ 10,000. Ndiye adakwanitsa bwanji kuyambitsa izi mosiyana ndi yomaliza?
Tidayamba kubzala lingaliro kwa anthu pafupifupi 2 kapena 3 miyezi isanakwane ndipo tinayesetsadi kuyipeza kuchokera kwa anthu ...
Chifukwa chake zidamveka pang'ono ngati zomangirira ... yomwe inali njira yabwino kukhazikitsa lingaliro lowopsa, lowopsa. Ndikupangira izi kwa aliyense wazamalonda. Ngati pali njira zotsika mtengo zotsika mtengo zakuti lingaliro lanu livomerezedwe… Ndikuganiza kuti anthu akumva ngati akuyenera kungozitaya. Monga, 'o muyenera kungolumpha'. Ndipo ngati mukufuna kukonzekera pasadakhale, anthu ambiri amaganiza kuti ndiokwera mtengo kwambiri kuchita izi. Koma ndikuganiza kuti pali sing'anga wosangalala ndipo ndikuganiza kuti… ndidachipeza nthawi ino.
-Anthony Mattana
Mfundo ina yofunika yomwe Mattana adazindikira ndi iyi: "Tidali ndi otithandizira, nawonso, omwe tidapereka kwa. Pali ochepa chabe ... Chifukwa chake, umphumphu womwe adawonetsa nthawi yoyamba kuzungulira udawakonzekeretsa mbiri yamisewu yomwe adapindula nayo pano.
Chikhalidwe Chamakono
Polemba nkhaniyi, kampeni ya Hooke Lav ili masiku atatu, ndipo ingogunda $ 3. Komabe, podziwa zambiri monga Anthony pamasewerawa, sakudziwa momwe zitha. Ndi zokambirana zapurezidenti sabata yamawa, akukhulupirira kuti n`zotheka kuti ntchitoyi ipitirire kukula kapena kutayika.
Komabe nkhani ya Hooke Lav Kickstarter pamapeto pake, ndimakhulupirira kuti gulu la Hooke Audio lili ndi zambiri zoti liziwanyadira. Pasanathe maola 32 ndi Hooke Lav, apeza ndalama zomwe zidatenga masiku 30 ndalama ndi Hooke Verse!
Ndikusanja izi mpaka kupambana kopambana, kotero zikomo gulu Hooke Audio! Ndipo Anthony, tidziwitseni mukamachita zamatsenga izi nthawi yachitatu pazotsatira zanu.
