Aug 31 2007Tenori-On Music Sequencer
When I first saw this thing I was so hopped up on White Out and spray paint that I thought the guy in the picture was trying to burn a hole in me with his laser eyes. I'm pretty sure he still is, but I noticed that he's holding something. That thing is the Yamaha Tenori-On musical sequencer.
It consists of a screen, held in the hands, of a sixteen by sixteen grid of LED switch buttons, any of which can be activated in a number of ways to create an evolving musical soundscape. The LED switches are held within an aluminium frame, which has two inbuilt speakers, as well as a number of buttons and a dial, which control the type of sound produced.
It's been in development for several years, and is apparently going to be released in the UK in September. I couldn't find a figure on the cost though, which means it's probably more than I'll ever have. Until then, I'll just keep making the only music I know how, the music of love. With the ladies. Lots of them. Pretty ones. Like my girlfriend when I first met her but not anymore. Oh jesus am I in trouble. Honey, if you're reading this I guess you just broke up with me.
A video after the jump.
Tenori-On Music Sequener [gizmodo]
Reader Comments
1. Skroonk - August 31, 2007 2:23 PM
Hand held Fruity loops doesn't make Fruity loops any better unless you can eat it.
2. mint - August 31, 2007 2:42 PM
Yay!
A new way for kids to give themselves seizures.
3. jeff - August 31, 2007 2:43 PM
think i'd rather buy a ds and electroplankton
4. snes_fangirl - August 31, 2007 3:24 PM
hey jeff!! that's funny, I happen to own a ds lite AND electroplankton!! i think it's quite fun to play it, but i've never had time to site down and play it longer ... some planktons are boring, though .. some do really produce a nice sound scape. the notes are diatonic or something like that, so you'll never hear any disharmonies, it will always sound somewhat nic ... EWWW, I'm soooo the nintendo-uber-NerD!!!111!
5. snes_fangirl - August 31, 2007 3:25 PM
*not nic but nice ..
6. uruwai - August 31, 2007 3:35 PM
OOHHHH YEEAAAHHHH!!!!
sorry, I was having an orgasm.
on pr0n, not on this.
This is pure shit.
I could do this with my IBM AT like two gazillion years ago.
7. Brennan - September 1, 2007 1:33 AM
There are already dozens of Java and Flash websites that do this. And, that looks like it's from the 80's. Paint it black or something.
When I try to imagine this writer, I think of a guy who has dated 2 girls in his life, married the second one, and is currently single and paying child support.
8. farming cacti - September 1, 2007 10:46 AM
hahahaha...good call Brennan. It's amazing that the writer types stuff, and actually thinks 'yeah thats funny'. worthless.
9. Chris - September 1, 2007 11:23 AM
The cost is £599 uk pounds. More information here
http://www.pixelsumo.com/post/tenori-on-development
10. Martin - September 2, 2007 10:50 AM
Excellent stuff. Want one.
As for the comments about the writing on this site - don't visit the site if it bothers you.
Problem solved.
11. dumjenius - September 3, 2007 9:22 PM
thats pretty damn amazing..
12. theycallmetak - September 10, 2007 9:03 AM
Nice. Would have been nicer if they released it before this: http://monome.org/
13. will - January 15, 2008 9:56 PM
thats one of the most beautiful things ive ever seen. i just hope you can alter the tones. and trigger samples with it. and go on dates with it. imagine hooking it up to a projector and shooting the image at the side of your house. it would be like your house is made out of LIGHT. what a party. what...a...party. im so glad musical instruments are evolving again. its a new world people. its the 80s future everybody talked about in the 80s.