The newest musical instrument to hit the strip is the TENORI-ON which, in Japanese means, “sound in your palm,” and for us it means, “really cool musical light show.” Create Digital Music has an in-depth analysis of this new musical device, and we’re really jealous.
From the article,
That the TENORI-ON isn’t,
- It is not a programmable synthesizer or sound module.
- Although it can hold some limited samples, it is not a sampler.
- It is not a compositional tool, not in the traditional sense at least.
- It has a tactile x/y matrix element but is not a Kaoss pad.
- It is definitely not the type of highly flexible “soup-to-nuts” production workstation device most working musicians would use to compose and produce their next musical opus on.
What the TENORI-ON is,
- A well-designed piece of interactive art.
- An innovative and fully-contained musical instrument that allows anyone to easily produce very listenable music.
- A very tactile feedback-loop experience. The interplay of the lights with sound is incredibly mesmerizing and draws you in immediately.
- Incredibly immersive.
- Expensive - approx $1200 USD.
We think the best way to understand this device is to have a look for yourself. Below is a video of Toshio Iwai (the inventor of the device) jamming away. Enjoy!
[via: Create Digital Music]
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Interesting device…
but I think it’s been done before, in different shapes and styles.
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