after seeing toshio iwai and yu nishibori perform with these amazing instruments last night in linz i must fully have one!
end of discussion.
the only problem, it so far only exists in a beta version. so please, dear mr. yamaha, produce this and sell these in europe!
we need them.
i also fully volonteer to be a beta-tester. no really…
edit: tenori-on is a collaboration of toshio iwai with yamaha with the declared goal to create a digital music instrument that is equally stunning in shape, interface and sound. digital instruments do quite generally tend to be the opposite. they forget the design aspect as most come in fugly black boxes with knobs and switches. not so tenori-on. the stunningly beautiful instrument was presented here as a beta version. it is primarilly a visual midi sequencer, but it also consists of a 16 by 16 buttons led display that visualises the music. very intuitive and within minutes one can create amazing music.
uhm – what’s it do?
oh sorry. yeah. uhm its a haptic, visual midi sequencer, that letz you make music by pushing those led-lit buttons. and its amazingly beautiful as well. toshio said, digital instruments need to be more beautiful, and have nicely designed interfaces. he is right, most digital instruments are teh fugly. so he wants to make digital instruments that re like violins… beautiful sound, shape and interface
i volunteer to be a beta owner!
i like that very much, beta owner! when you own something in beta mode that does mean the deal is not final, there might be bugs and you can always upgrade to the next beta out, innit? but i am joking…
i saw another DJ doing such a great session at the AEC that I fully understand you! Let’s hope it won’t take years to come to the market 😉
maybe we should try to bribe someone?