Got $1,200? Then maybe it’s time to get your Tenori-On. Keyfax NewMedia has announced that it has Yamaha’s Tenori-On in stock. With that in mind, here are five reasons to get your Tenori-On: Ooh, the pretty lights. It’s cheaper than a Monome. You’ve got a better demo video in you than Yamaha’s boring demo Tenori-On… Read More Five Reasons To Get Your Tenori-On
EM’s Geary Yelton has an interesting review of the Tenori-On. Their take: You could easily argue that the Tenori-on is not suitable for professional music production. It has no filters, LFOs, envelope generators, nor any of the user-programmable parameters you’d expect in a real synthesizer. It has only one oscillator per voice, and it provides… Read More Tenori-On Review
This Tenori-On Meets Kyma video is sort of sexed up – in fact it sort of hypnotized me into thinking I need one of these things. Anyway – here’s the scoop on the video: In order to tap the real power of Yamaha’s new Tenori-on, it helps to pair it with external equipment capable of… Read More Tenori-On Meets Kyma And Hypnotizes Me
Yamaha says that the Tenori-On is a hit – and it will turn you into a composer in 20 minutes! It has already sold a few hundred of the new instrument at 121,000 yen (1,170 dollars) each, compared to planned sales of 1,000 in Japan for the entire first year, according to the company. The… Read More Yamaha: The Tenori-On Makes You A Composer In 20 Minutes!
Yamaha’s Tenori-On is getting a prominent introduction with Björk’s latest tour. The new controller/synthesizer is part of the rig of Damian Taylor, above, who uses the Tenori-On on the track Who Is It?. “Björk felt it would be cool to feature the gear,” says Taylor, “ to make it part of the stage set rather… Read More Tenori-on Joins Björk’s Band
Why is it that, despite a well-executed PR campaign, so many videos of the Tenori-On are so boring? Here are five Tenori-On videos that are not just visually boring, but they suggest that the Tenori-On encourages a certain sameness of sound: I Am Robot And Proud @ Cruising Iris Making MIDI Music with the Yamaha… Read More Five Boring Tenori-On Videos
The Tenori-On hype continues. Gizmodo took a look at it and loves it: Tenori-On, the crazy light-up handheld synthesizer from Yamaha we’ve been geeked about for months, officially launched in the US tonight. We got our hands on one and simply put, we were amazed. Artists at the event told us that the visual aspects… Read More Gizmodo On Tenori-On: We Love It
Oliver Chesler let me note on an earlier Tenori-On story saying that he’d posted about his experiences at the Tenori-On introduction at the club Berghain in Berlin: When I walked into Berghain they had kiosks hooked up with several Tenori-on available to use. Right away I was shocked at how bright the white leds bling out at… Read More The Berlin Tenori-On Introduction
The international hype juggernaut for the Tenori-On continues. Yamaha Corporation of America is set to introduced the Tenori-on in the United States with launch events for the public and press in New York on April 16 and San Francisco on April 18, 2008. Tenori-on literally means “sound in the palm of your hand” and is… Read More Yamaha Tenori-On Launching In U.S.
The Tenori-On, which previously had been available only in the UK, is now getting a global launch. Yamaha has announced launch dates in: Frankfurt and Berlin, Germany Paris, France Montreal, Quebec New York, NY San Francisco, CA Tokyo, Japan The events will include presentations by inventor Toshio Iwai and performances by early Tenori-On users. As… Read More Tenori-On Launch Dates Announced
