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    Tiny Akai USB Keyboard and Drum Pads

    Guy Mods Atari 400 Into Ugly Knob-and-Button-Covered Synth

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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    07/17/09

    In reply to Tiny Akai USB Keyboard and Drum Pads
    for those interested, this is 13" long.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    07/17/09

    @nutbastard:

    *puts dick away*

    oh wow, so is this keyboard!
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    Image of VerneyBabcock VerneyBabcock
    07/17/09

    In reply to Tiny Akai USB Keyboard and Drum Pads
    These arent meant for constantly playing and being treated as a real piano, as the statement says 'synth keyboards'. They are meant to be used in conjunction with synthesizer software or DAWs, though generally there is also an octave key so if you need to extra keys they are there virtually.
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    Image of Cliff_Dangers Cliff_Dangers
    07/17/09

    In reply to Tiny Akai USB Keyboard and Drum Pads
    Delightful? That statement makes it painfully obvious that you don't play piano. This is like cutting 4 strings off of a guitar. Nothing delightful about that.
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    Image of Yossarian Threepwood Yossarian Threepwood
    07/17/09

    @Cliff_Dangers: I have to disagree. This is more like having a miniature guitar which, while not being as easy to play sounds just as good as any other guitar, that you can stick in a bag and use anywhere.
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    Image of ethanlechcharles ethanlechcharles
    07/17/09

    @Yossarian Threepwood:
    Precisely.

    Maybe if it were a half octave or something stupid like that but as long as you can transpose and aren't looking to perform great piano pieces on this (in that case why are you buying an akai usb keyboard?) then it works quite perfectly.

    To bad it's akai which means it will be outrageously expensive.
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    Image of slackinfux slackinfux
    07/17/09

    @Cliff_Dangers:
    Try whipping out 88 keys from your backpack and trying to fit that on a seatback tray table on a long flight when inspiration strikes.
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    Image of SysRq SysRq
    07/17/09

    @Cliff_Dangers: If I may enlighten all of you, this is meant to be used in conjunction with a DAW and with other synths. The other octaves are there via buttons you press. This is just designed for inputting notes, not composing a concerto.

    Being something of a composer on the go, I can appreciate this because it's something I can throw in my bag and be able to mess with Reason files. Small controllers like this are common; this one is just awesome for including drum pads.
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    Image of Cliff_Dangers Cliff_Dangers
    07/17/09

    @SysRq: Exsqueeze me but i am a producer of music and have been for many years. This may be only an input device but it still fails. Even during input i still use more than 2 octaves at a time and I'm not composing symphony's. You talk of portability but there are (if you wish) keyboards that fold in half. example..

    http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2007/10/infinite-response-vax-77-folding-full.html.

    and if you're trying to feed me this Bullshit that you are going to whip this keyboard out on a plane because inspiration hit you.... I say fuck you cause that shit isn't real..
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    Image of Sword-chucks Sword-chucks
    07/17/09

    In reply to Tiny Akai USB Keyboard and Drum Pads
    Give me a USB powered accordion and I shall be a happy man.
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    Image of Letao Letao
    07/17/09

    @Sword-chucks: o/~ "Particle Man, Particle Man, doing the things a particle can; what he like? It's not important, Particle Man." o/~
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    01/13/09

    In reply to Guy Mods Atari 400 Into Ugly Knob-and-Button-Covered Synth
    Correction: You know how sometimes when you take a dump, you'll see kernels of corn in there? Even if you haven't eaten corn in a week?


    This is a kernel of corn from Optimus Prime's shit. After a hard night of drinking Miller Draft and Jager shots.

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    01/13/09

    In reply to Guy Mods Atari 400 Into Ugly Knob-and-Button-Covered Synth
    It's like C-3PO wiped his ass with a Coleco.
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    Image of Jude Bloom Jude Bloom
    01/13/09

    In reply to Guy Mods Atari 400 Into Ugly Knob-and-Button-Covered Synth
    Waddya mean the keys aren't lined up correctly? I count C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, A, A#, B. Er... that's how a piano/synth/harpsichord/ever piano-based instrument for the last ~ 400 years is laid out.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    01/13/09

    @Jude Bloom: If you notice the row of buttons on the bottom, it slopes upwards going to the right.
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    Image of webwbr webwbr
    01/13/09

    In reply to Guy Mods Atari 400 Into Ugly Knob-and-Button-Covered Synth
    Ah Atari. I remember my Atari 800 XL well. I loved typing the programs out of BYTE magazine for hours -- then they never worked...


    10 Type 'hello'

    20 repeat

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    Image of qbrad qbrad
    01/13/09

    @webwbr: Nor did the ones on the back of Electric Company magazine!
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    01/13/09

    In reply to Guy Mods Atari 400 Into Ugly Knob-and-Button-Covered Synth
    So it's a talent-less hack.


    Nothing we haven't seen before..

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    Image of awemaker awemaker
    01/13/09

    In reply to Guy Mods Atari 400 Into Ugly Knob-and-Button-Covered Synth
    The buttons represent the keys on a MUSIC keyboard, duh. You know, the black & white keys?


    Of course they aren't lined up.

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    Image of Jason Chen Jason Chen
    01/13/09

    @awemaker: I meant horizontally. It's off, sloping up to the right.
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    Image of qbrad qbrad
    01/13/09

    @Jason Chen: Hey, just like my... nevermind.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    01/13/09

    @qbrad: Ha!
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    Image of djfoxx64 djfoxx64
    01/13/09

    In reply to Guy Mods Atari 400 Into Ugly Knob-and-Button-Covered Synth
    Fuck THAT noise, that thing is awesome!
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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    01/13/09

    @djfoxx64:


    AGREED.

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