Comments on: Gizmodo On Tenori-On: We Love It

By: synthhead

synthhead — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:50:53 +0000

Amoeba

Thanks for making the daily visits & especially for the comments - it’s great to get a second opinion or a different perspective on the day’s electronic music news…..

By: amoeba

amoeba — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:48:48 +0000

hey - very nice blog BTW. keep it up - it’s on my daily visit list!

By: amoeba

amoeba — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:44:22 +0000

ya, i’ve been discussing/arguing on a different blog about it. the problem is, i keep looking at it as a controller, when i think it should be viewed as an instrument in it’s own right. it does have some neat features, but i think i’d go for more of a DIY thing, like a monome. honestly, i think the best thing out there for what i need is a Lemur, but like the Tenori-On, they are way to expensive for me. really, as soon as laptops come with multi-touch screens, all my dreams will be answered. imagine - no more archaic mappings… direct access to whatever is on screen (i’m almost exclusively using Zebra2 nowadays). i think the multi-touch screens are getting pretty close to happening too. dollars to donuts, apple ships first (i hope)!

By: synthhead

synthhead — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:25:42 +0000

Amoeba - I haven’t got my hands on a Tenori-On yet - but my first impression is that it’s opaque - meaning you can tell what does what from looking at it, and it doesn’t offer much room for expression, like a controller with sliders would.

By: amoeba

amoeba — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:15:33 +0000

hmmmmm. bleh. i just can’t get excited about these things. an underpowered, pre-configured monome with poor MIDI services and no USB. wait 6-9 months and they’ll be on ebay for $200. ya, i know they got a sampler onboard (@ < 1 sec.). but sampling is for people afraid of knobs.

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