Tenori On

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This Tenori On shot comes from the Tenori On launch event in Tokyo.

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TonePad (App Store link) is a free iPhone app that’s a bit like musical crack.

It’s a matrix synthesizer/sequencer, derived from the design of the Yamaha Tenori On, via Andre Michelle’s ToneMatrix, letting you create musical phrases by pressing virtual “buttons”.

Description:

TonePad features a clean minimalist user interface with a full 16×16 matrix. The sound quality remains excellent regardless of how many notes are playing at the same time. You can save an unlimited number of songs.

The current song is also saved automatically on exit. Sharing your musical creations couldn’t be simpler.

You simply press the Upload button and give your friend the song code. Your friend then downloads the song directly into TonePad by pressing the Download button and entering that code.

Use headphones for best sound.

Electro pop artist Little Boots‘ career is going to get a boost from this ad.

Victoria’s Secret has paired the song Meddle, from Little Boots’ forthcoming debut album Hands. with supermodels to demonstrate a bra you can wear seven ways.

A bra you can wear seven ways is way too complicated for us - but at least the appeal of Meddle is obvious.

Check out this performance of Meddle from last year by Little Boots, aka Victoria Hesketh, on Tenori On, Stylophone and piano.

Little Boots, aka Bootsie, if you’re nasty, did an interview and impromptu performance on Breakfast TV, May 11 2009.

Watch for a quick demo and performance on the Tenori On!

via ElementaryPingu

Melodica (App Store link) is a $.99 iPhone matrix synthesizer, recalling matrix synthesizers/sequencers like the Yamaha Tenori On and the ToneMatrix.

If you’ve used Melodica, leave a comment with your thoughts!

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