Yamaha bringing Tenori-on Stateside this month

If you have a hankering for making pretty pretty pictures with your music, Yamaha's finally going to fill that urge with a US launch of its Tenori-on music maker. The handheld device is sort of a Lite Brite for music, with 256 push-button LEDs for sequencing music and adjusting tones. The concept was first unveiled way back in 2005, but we're glad to see it come full circle and land in America. Yamaha will be hosting launch events in New York and San Francisco on April 16th and 18th, respectively.

[Anonymoose @ Apr 8th 2008 4:19PM]

and this will be how k-fed makes his stunning musical comeback.

[Anonymoose @ Apr 8th 2008 4:21PM]

uhh, not that he's gone anywhere. k-fed has always been in da heezy

*breathes sigh of relief as i avoid the inevitable backlash of the fiercely rabid and loyal k-fed fanbase*

i'm being serious about that last statement. his moms is crazy, yo.

[phanbouy @ Apr 8th 2008 4:28PM]

that reminds me, the New Kids just announced their comeback. but no Marky Mark? oh yeah, i forgot he's getting departed italian (hand) jobs!

btw, i preferred Tenori-off. was more power efficient.

[Mark @ Apr 8th 2008 4:38PM]

whatever.

[phanbouy @ Apr 8th 2008 4:53PM]

lol... i was talking about Mark Wahlberg, fool.

[gadjitfreek @ Apr 8th 2008 4:23PM]

I want one of these. I am using this guy's Electroplankton software for the DS and it is wonderful.

[Antique Poster @ Apr 8th 2008 4:24PM]

Uh...didn't Edmund Scientific (don't know if they exist anymore) used to sell "light organs" et al to do this sort of thing?

[Disco Dan @ Apr 8th 2008 4:25PM]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_organ

[Anonymoose @ Apr 8th 2008 4:25PM]

light organs? you talkin' 'bout the fleshlight, mister?

[Tonsure Wimple @ Apr 8th 2008 8:47PM]

Children today! Paul McCartney was in another band before Wings.

Die, Princess Di!

[Acerguy @ Apr 8th 2008 4:24PM]

mmm Tandori...to the Indian Chow place!

[NNTPgrip @ Apr 8th 2008 4:33PM]

Need to see pricing. Thing is like 630 pounds in the UK. That would make it about $1300 of our fake money. I'd pay $500.

[Wwhat @ Apr 8th 2008 4:41PM]

Yeah it's nicely made expensive so that it doesn't end up a kids toy or amateur gadget and you can play it as a 'musician' without looking silly.
But I'd say they pushed it perhaps a bit too far, $500 would work well enough.

[adam dworak @ Apr 8th 2008 4:40PM]

Too spensive, not enough features. I'll stick with my current midi controllers

http://djdestruction.com/blog

[Lowest Ranked @ Apr 8th 2008 5:01PM]

My Micro Korg would love this.

[kevin @ Apr 8th 2008 5:21PM]

open source ftw: monome.org

[tb @ Apr 8th 2008 5:35PM]

if they would use midi instead of the non compatible with pro host OSS something over rj45

[kevin @ Apr 8th 2008 5:49PM]

instead of the what?

their serial protocol is well documented and interfacing software goes to OSC and MIDI.

[tb @ Apr 8th 2008 5:31PM]

over 500$ would make it a no buy for me (and I want one since they showed in in 05, it was supposed to be cheap)
i'd take one with a 16 width by 8(or 16) matrix to really be able to program drums tr-style
a midi out would also be usefull

[tb @ Apr 8th 2008 5:33PM]

oups, I meant 32 not 16 (to have 1/32nd resolution to program measures taht are a bit less stiffy than 1/16th(hi hats))

[erik @ Apr 8th 2008 7:06PM]

How much pray-tell?

[Axton @ Apr 8th 2008 8:46PM]

Tenori-on vs. Kaossilator!

[windowi @ Apr 8th 2008 11:06PM]

I have been waiting for this for SO long in europe it goes for $1200 US does anyone know how much it will go for state side?

[Barns @ Apr 9th 2008 2:22AM]

Yep !
And the launch is Tomorrow night (09/04/08) in France.
The party will be in Paris, Maison de la Villette.

With some live performance (KRIKOR, POLE, SUTEKH, ROBERT LIPPOK (To Rococo Rot), NATHAN MICHEL, I AM A ROBOT AND PROUD)...

[d3m0n @ Apr 8th 2008 7:53PM]

sick sick sick (show)

[cdpage @ Apr 9th 2008 11:22AM]

For Canadians out there, there is a launch taking place Apr 11 in Montreal.

http://www.tenori-on.ca

[chema chema chema @ Apr 11th 2008 10:10AM]

yes a electronic band called Nortec (pepe Moght) or latinziser has been using this device since last year and i allways wondered what he had here is the link to his video
he even named the song after the device tenori-on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y0daMrpBQI

[Rick @ Apr 13th 2008 2:08AM]

Didn't Trent Reznor have something like this already in one of the YouTube videos when he was recording Ghosts I-IV? Seems pretty sweet though!