http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/ Engadget Comments for Eigenharp Pico and Alpha slowly remove shroud of mystery, gets stratospheric price tags http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/Oct 8th 2009 6:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/Oct 8th 2009 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/Well, that must be something!]]>Oct 8th 2009 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/
Were the red squiggles of FAIL disabled?]]>Oct 8th 2009 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.starrlabs.com will create any custom job you want with outstanding specs.]]>Oct 8th 2009 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/Oct 8th 2009 7:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/Oct 8th 2009 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/Oct 8th 2009 7:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.walyou.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/star-wars-cantina-band.jpg]]>Oct 8th 2009 7:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/Oct 8th 2009 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/
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This instrument has infinite amounts of potential...]]>Oct 8th 2009 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/Oct 8th 2009 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/
Also, you have the fact that this instrument replicates almost any instrument sound (poorly), so what's the guitarist going to think when they synth guy starts busting out a solo at a show that sounds like Slash through a Casio? I'm all for getting the keyboarist on the front of the stage, but they've got keytars for that, and they won't set you back more than the drummer's full kit and the tour van combined. Expect to see these used sparingly by big name acts who want to shake things up a little, or by rich kids aiming for a Prog rock revival.]]>Oct 8th 2009 7:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/
Chirag]]>Oct 8th 2009 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://ocarina.smule.com/]]>Oct 8th 2009 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/Oct 8th 2009 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/Oct 8th 2009 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/
First of all, I don't think this will ever replace a proper keyboard, or guitar--the fact that one has to be tethered to a computer will decrease the ease of just picking it up to play. No virtual instrument could ever truly replace the real thing. The cost is also pretty freakin high.

What does interest me is how it's role would play in the studio-not to replace real instruments, but as a midi controller. Currently, midi velocity is defined in 7 bits, and only reaches a value of 127. According to the site, the Eigenharp Alpha's breath pipe is 12 bit (value of 4098), and the keys and strip controller are 11 bit (value of 2048). The Pico's strip controller is only 10 bit, which is still a value of 1024. Despite a probably steep learning curve, the strip controller and directional keys may provide a different ability of musicianship (again, something that would probably best be used controlling an electronic instrument such as a synth).

My question is-does it support midi out, and if so, how do daws handle the increased bit values? Also, how would/could it connect to other hardware based instruments (analog synths, etc.)?]]>Oct 8th 2009 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/Oct 8th 2009 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/Oct 8th 2009 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/Oct 8th 2009 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/Oct 8th 2009 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/Oct 8th 2009 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/eigenharp-pico-and-alpha-slowly-remove-shroud-of-mystery-gets-s/
I'd also add that audio processing is one of the few things that can tax the limits of my desktop CPU - cheap laptops are fine for web browsing and typing, but if you want to do DSP-type stuff (audio/video) you're going to want something with a bit more beef (fast FSB, larger cache in the CPU), and both Dell and HP'd decent spec laptops are not in the 'cheap' category either.

Perhaps more to the point, the kind of people who balk at spending over £349 on a laptop, are not going to spend more than £50 on a Midi keyboard, and I guess the Chinese manufacturers / Argos have got that market sewn up.
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