Video: Mysterious Eigenharp offers blinkenlight sitar looks, chilled-out Moby grooves

There was a time when instruments were limited by their shapes, strings, valves. Today they're only limited by human creativity, and we'd have to say the folks at Eigenlabs certainly aren't lacking in that department -- they seem to have a bountiful supply of buttons and LEDs, too. Eigenlabs has given birth to the Eigenharp, an instrument that is still largely mysterious, but as you can see in the first video below it seems to allow musicians to loop samples, finger drum, and even play like an oboe. The second video shows off the thing's sequencer, a combination of features that could make this the perfect electronica accompaniment for your next sit-in. Exactly what else it can do remains to be seen, but we'll probably go ahead and wait for for the four-button Guitar Hero version.

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[(Unverified) Posted Sep 11th 2009 8:31AM]

!tsrif

[KRISC123 Posted Sep 11th 2009 8:37AM]

if i knew you i would hit you. i am also very drunk right now and im a happy drunk. im a happy person. but you just make me so angry i want to hit you. hit you really hard in the face. with some sort of weapon.

[Ryan Trevisol Posted Sep 11th 2009 8:43AM]

Beware the drunken panda. Yikes.

[Freakin Ijit Posted Sep 11th 2009 8:44AM]

Make it on-topic - hit him with an Eigenharp.

[thr Posted Sep 11th 2009 8:56AM]

toggaf

[John Doe Posted Sep 12th 2009 5:21AM]

booster is about to get a taste of drunken panda style. Which I think basically boils down to Kris putting his foot up booster's ass.

[lax Posted Sep 11th 2009 8:47AM]

On a random note, the background music first video is Extreme Ways by Moby who looks like Ryan Block. :)

[Poop Chef Posted Sep 11th 2009 9:29AM]

my cat looks like Yanni

[bklynraised Posted Sep 11th 2009 9:02AM]

Holy crap it's the instrument from Masters of the Universe!!!
Where's Warwick Davis at?

[michaspi Posted Sep 11th 2009 9:46AM]

ACHTUNG!
ALLES TURISTEN UND NONTEKNISCHEN LOOKENPEEPERS!
DAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN! ODERWISE IST EASY TO SCHNAPPEN DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKSEN.
IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.
ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 11th 2009 10:51AM]

Nein sprechen sie Deutsch.

[shukero Posted Sep 11th 2009 10:16AM]

That's awesome :O~

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 11th 2009 11:25AM]

I dunno why but it reminds me Bela Fleck and the Flecktones' Futureman and his drumitar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BPpy1lLvys&hl=fr

[neptyr Posted Sep 11th 2009 12:54PM]

Reminds me of this one:

http://pro-music-news.com/html/03/e30421st.htm

[KrazyCalvin Posted Sep 11th 2009 1:01PM]

Id buy one if it was under 1000

[matamou Posted Sep 11th 2009 5:37PM]

Yeah, not gonna happen. This is a true prediction. Believe me. Seriously. Okay, now I'll stop.

This thing is amazing.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 11th 2009 1:28PM]

Hey check out the two guys doing James Bond by Moby. Absolutely Amazing.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 11th 2009 2:21PM]

Check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcVqJh0qEMc

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 11th 2009 7:22PM]

All i can think of now is someone needs to play the Mos Eisly Cantina Theme ^_^

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 10th 2009 12:23AM]

It reminds me of the interdimensional key from "Masters of the Universe".