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more about #musicalinstruments more comments → Neight: I actually bought the original when it first came out. Had to grease some palms to get it shipped over to the US. It was definitely worth it. It does ... more » Originaladam: Little Boots covering Hot Chip on the Tenori-On. Awesome. #tenorionoorange more » BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2: Looks awfully familiar... #tenorionoorange more » dfc: Or people can just play Electroplankton on the DS. more » surfer88: Does it say anything about the product itself when I see this and, in my head, justify it's $1k purchase price? Or just my lack of reality when it com... more » maven2k: That was amazing. They need to do another one where you can hear more of the piano "talking" and less narration. more » pretsal: I'm kind of surprised people aren't so amazed by this. It just goes to show how complex the human voice is... Maybe making a piano talk isn't that a... more » dingus: Piano! Ve haff vays of makink you talk! more » OCEntertainment: So, the piano can talk? Big deal. My throat can do that WITHOUT a computer. more » chrisfox01: Do you have a weakness for guys who used to play the cornet in middle school? granted mine didn't talk, but I was one helluva horn blower. more » Pope John Peeps II: Why do jumpsuits make things look professional? more » Alex Chanin: looks like a crappy knockoff of the Continuum Fingerboard by Haken more » Blake380: Why did I read Otamatone as 'Obamaphone'? more » Hiphopopotamus: Yes... "tadpole" shaped... more » Diego Velasco: aweomest more » -
#musicalinstruments
Tenori-On Goes Orange
The Tenori-On remains one of the most eye-catching, hypnotizing ways to make music, and Yamaha has a cheaper model coming in January. Unlike the original, it can't use batteries, has plastic casing, and the LED-lights only show on one side. More » -
#musicalinstruments
Austrians Must Make Great Interrogators Since They Can Make Even Pianos Talk
I have a weakness for piano players, but I don't think I can call this Austrian guy a piano player: He doesn't play them, he makes them talk. Freakin' hell, here I am barely able to play the accordion. More » -
#japan
Maywa Denki's Otamatone: One Part Theremin, One Part Synth, One Part Insanity
The Otomatone is the new instrument created by Novmichi Tosa, and it's maybe the most Japanese instrument ever. Also, it's awesome. More » -
#diy
The Arduinocaster Makes Keytars Even Geekier, If That's Possible
Mike Cook made this awesome homemade MIDI instrument using an Arduino microprocessor mated to a host of motion- and touch-sensitive control structures, all residing in this fantastic Keytar-esque shell. Does it rock? More » -
#guitars
Blackbird Rider Nylon Guitar Actually Carbon-Fiber and Nearly Indestructible
Blackbird's Rider Nylon guitar is actually not made of nylon—ok its strings are—but instead it's far more highly-tech'd and its body and neck are actually carbon fiber. It may not be bullet-proof, but Blackbird says its "nearly indestructible," making it perfect as a travel guitar. The material has meant a few design tweaks over a traditional shape: it's far squarer, and the sound holes are now a single hole moved up to the neck, and dubbed a "soundscoop" instead—apparently this makes for a better sound response. The other side-effect is that it's light enough at 3-pounds to fit into an aircraft overhead locker. High-tech costs though—the nylon string model is $1,900, a smaller steel-stringed version is $1,600. [Product via GadgetLab] -
#guitars
Gibson's Dark Fire: Les Paul Reborn as RoboCop
It looks like the reason Gibson's self-tuning Robot guitar had a limited run is that the legendary guitar innovator had a much more insane second stage already blueprinted up: Gibson's Dark Fire Les Paul-style digital guitar is the crowning shred-related scientific achievement of our time. More » -
