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CHOMPI Club has joined Chase Bliss!
Our pals at Chase Bliss made a mini-doc about our CHOMPI journey. This is our first big project that we’ve done as a team and it felt like the right time to talk about everything we’ve experienced to get here. It’s quite a story, and we’re so thrilled to be doing it together now.
CHOMPI is back!
With some fun firmware on the way.
There’s a lot to unpack, so we made a big video that covers everything in detail if you want to know more.
Key info to know:
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We don’t have a ton of them. We have 1100 units in classic black, and another 200 units in the limited edition white/translucent Storytime colorway. There’s a good reason for this – this is all of the remaining CHOMPI hardware that there is, and this will be the final run of CHOMPI in this exact form factor.
All of the CHOMPI units are in-house, assembled, and ready to go (worldwide). Because the numbers are relatively small, we’re confident we can ship these out more-or-less right away, we’ll keep the shipping estimates updated on the Chase Bliss website so just take a look at what it says when you place your order.
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Going forward, we will be making new hardware ourselves at Chase Bliss. This process is already underway, but it will take some time and we won’t have units ready until 2026 (we would love to be more specific about when but it’s too hard to say). This is our goal and focus for CHOMPI at the moment: to find a way to make them the Chase Bliss way, in higher quantities.
I know some of you that already own a CHOMPI (or are considering buying one right now) might worry that we’re talking about a MKII or sequel, but that’s not the case. The future hardware will change slightly (and the price may have to change slightly too) but otherwise this is good ol’ CHOMPI, just made by the team here at Chase Bliss. On the inside it will be the same, and firmware updates we make for it will be compatible with existing units.
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We have an alternate CHOMPI firmware on the way, and it’s a big one.
When we first announced CHOMPI in 2023, the plan had been that CHOMPI would expand over time and offer different experiences – like a hardware platform. But then the Kickstarter popped off and those dreams had to be set aside in order to fulfill and support all those orders. So as we’re now part of Chase Bliss, it felt like the right time to make good on it.
TEMPO is essentially a rhythmic reimagining of CHOMPI. Whereas the original firmware – that we’re now calling TAPE – was all about fluid, free-form, “tape” style composition, TEMPO is the complete opposite. It’s all about making patterns.
The workflow and feel are still familiar and very “CHOMPI,” but otherwise it’s essentially a brand-new instrument. It’s free for anybody with a CHOMPI and very easy to update.
The downside:
It’s not quite ready yet. We hoped it would be by the time we made this announcement, but we want to get it right before you get your hands on it. We’re deep into beta testing and while we don’t want to make any predictions, it’s getting close. Stay tuned soon…
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We’ve merged CHOMPI Support into the Chase Bliss ecosystem. That means all CHOMPI owners now have international support, and it will be faster and easier than ever to get help. We care a lot about our CHOMPI pals, and this will make your support experience even better.
All support (questions, repairs, etc.) are being handled by us and our Chase Bliss teammates! If you need help, feel free to submit a Support Ticket or email us at chompi@chasebliss.com
We’ve also transitioned our original CHOMPI Discord over to the Chase Bliss Discord, and we’ve made some new resources to help you along the way!
A quick peek at our story.
As electronic music enthusiasts, we endeavor to craft inclusive culture and empower new learners, making the world of sound design more accessible to a larger audience.
What started out as a personal journey to explore a more experimental form of music, grew into a community program, an education initiative, and now more than 10 years later has evolved into a unique musical instrument platform.
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![CHOMPI Kickstarter: Fully Funded Announcement Post]()
MARCH 2023
In March of 2023, we launched our Kickstarter campaign for CHOMPI. It unexpectedly went viral and we hit the ground running! That 1st batch of CHOMPI's started shipping out 9 months later in December.
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![CHOMPI Sampler with Marhsmallow Keycaps]()
JANUARY 2024
CHOMPI Launch + Meeting Chase Bliss
We launched our web-shop and started offering CHOMPI worldwide at the beginning of the year. That same month, we happened to meet our pals at Chase Bliss during NAMM. They host an awesome Pedal Market at Windsor Browns, and you should definitely check it out.
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![Chase Bliss & CHOMPI Club at SuperBooth 2024]()
MAY 2024
Over the course of just a few months in early 2024, the CHOMPI team and Chase Bliss crew quickly became fast friends. What started out as a low-key convo around our complementary products, evolved into a collaboration for SuperBooth2024… naturally progressing into our fun little partnership for Treasure Island 🌴
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![Team CHOMPI & Corgis at Chase Bliss headquarters]()
JANUARY 2025
We've spent the last year growing our CHOMPI Club community, and being inspired by all of the creative folks we've met along the way. Our friendship with Chase Bliss has continued to grow into an incredible opportunity to join forces in a more permanent way and we couldn't be more excited!
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![CHOMPI World at Bliss Fest]()
SUMMER 2025
We spent the early spring and summer beginning to merge CHOMPI world in the the Chase Bliss ecosystem, and continued to collaborate on more ways to help folks discover how exciting CHOMPI and effects pedals can be together! We joined the fun at SuperBooth 25, and CHOMPI has been popping up at lots of music events and demos through out the year.
In August, Chase Bliss hosted their first ever Bliss Fest in Amsterdam. We were so thrilled to create a whole CHOMPI experience and workshop for our CHOMPI pals in the EU.
