http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/ Engadget Comments for The iDiscover keyboard turns your iPhone into a piano and more 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/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/Jan 8th 2010 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/Jan 8th 2010 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/
I guess my point is that that this does not need to exist.


Though I get where you're coming from, technically, do any of us need to exist? Do electrons need to exist? Alas, this is too deep a discussion for these pages...]]>Jan 8th 2010 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/Jan 8th 2010 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/
+1 my man...If the sequencer is solid, I could take this with me along w/ my laptop when I have to run to the studio or take a flight..I have an MV 8000, 3 midid controlers, and software. To have this for spur of the moment ideas is a WIN]]>Jan 8th 2010 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/Jan 8th 2010 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/
If it plugs into an iphone it will never be a crapgadget.

I can't wait for the addon that turns an iphone into a fridge....

"Control your fridge temperatures from your iPhone. Just plug it in, fire up the app (99c on the app store) and set your temps!. (Warning, if you receive a call during opreation, you must not undock the iPhone, just lift the iFridge to your ear)"]]>Jan 8th 2010 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/
lol]]>Jan 8th 2010 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/Jan 8th 2010 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/Jan 8th 2010 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/Jan 8th 2010 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/Jan 8th 2010 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/Jan 8th 2010 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/
- It was simply a MIDI connector
- The software was a synth with different downloadable models (e.g Grand Piano, Rhodes, FM synths etc)
- It had sampling capability.

What is the audio latency of an iPhone anyway? ASIO4ALL can bring low latencies to PC HD audio devices so if they could devise the same for the iPhone that would be great. Or just bypass that by having an audio controller on their device.]]>Jan 8th 2010 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/Jan 8th 2010 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/It works with an iphone DAW studio that has pre-set patches and a few synths and stuff. But yeah it would have been WAYYY sicker IF it had MIDI capabilities]]>Jan 8th 2010 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/Jan 8th 2010 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/It works with Mobile MIDI studios so you can write and compose on the road. If you actually played keys or wrote music, you could potentially appreciate it]]>Jan 8th 2010 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/Jan 8th 2010 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/Jan 8th 2010 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/Jan 8th 2010 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/Jan 8th 2010 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xck61q3WPuA

Not what you wanted, but better.]]>Jan 8th 2010 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/
hahahaha wtf. *dies*]]>Jan 8th 2010 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/Jan 8th 2010 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/
"would be touring musicians who don't need a full-fledged sound suite for their performances"


Those are called hacks that pretend to be muscians. For them I reply - GET A REAL JOB.]]>Jan 8th 2010 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/
M-Audio Keyrig 25 25-note Synth-Action Keyboard and Midi Controller]]>Jan 8th 2010 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/Jan 8th 2010 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/
Don't see how it's completely useless. My USB keyboards are stupid if they're not plugged into a compute. They're control surfaces more then independent keyboards.

Not sure how much this one will cost but I'm sure it'll be cheaper then an entry level MIDI keyboard ($100-130), plus the softwre to run it (Reason / Pro Tools on the PC, though Garage Band is free on the mac - but it's expansion packs cost money).

Assuming you don't pirate the software like every 14 year old kid in his basement, this may be actually be a fun little entry solution.

I also bet a lot of you that are pegging it as useless don't do anything musical and can't see that part of its interest**.

** Of course some of you are musical, so no need to jump in with "but I am!" posts >_]]>Jan 8th 2010 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/
that cool enuff?]]>Jan 9th 2010 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/Jan 8th 2010 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/Jan 9th 2010 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/Jan 8th 2010 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/Jan 8th 2010 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/Jan 8th 2010 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/Jan 8th 2010 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/the-idiscover-keyboard-turns-your-iphone-into-a-piano-and-more/
synthesia, Ion Audio seems to be some kind of consumer-oriented company that distributes music/audio products to that market in some sort of marketing/licensing agreements with mainstream music companies that want to reach that market without diluting their brand names.

The iPhone App Store does not currently have any Akai music apps so the the keyboard probably is from Akai (which is very pro). I know Ion Audio also has a number of products that are clearly based on Alesis technology.

If Akai is providing the underlying software and hardware for this puppy it could possibly be a decent instrument despite the ever ready condemnation of the non-musician peanut gallery— or, it could be junk. But wouldn't it be nice if people could wait to learn more before just blurting out uninformed opinions?

Yes, yes it would.
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