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.



















and this will be how k-fed makes his stunning musical comeback.
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.
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.
whatever.
lol... i was talking about Mark Wahlberg, fool.
How much pray-tell?
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?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_organ
light organs? you talkin' 'bout the fleshlight, mister?
Children today! Paul McCartney was in another band before Wings.
Die, Princess Di!
I want one of these. I am using this guy's Electroplankton software for the DS and it is wonderful.
mmm Tandori...to the Indian Chow place!
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.
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, $500 would work well enough.
Too spensive, not enough features. I'll stick with my current midi controllers
http://djdestruction.com/blog
My Micro Korg would love this.
Yep !
And the launch is Tomorrow night (09/04/08) in France.
The party will be in Paris, Maison de la Villette.
With some live performance (KRIKOR, POLE, SUTEKH, ROBERT LIPPOK (To Rococo Rot), NATHAN MICHEL, I AM A ROBOT AND PROUD)...
sick sick sick (show)
open source ftw: monome.org
if they would use midi instead of the non compatible with pro host OSS something over rj45
instead of the what?
their serial protocol is well documented and interfacing software goes to OSC and MIDI.
over 500$ 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
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))
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?
Tenori-on vs. Kaossilator!
For Canadians out there, there is a launch taking place Apr 11 in Montreal.
http://www.tenori-on.ca
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!
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