An important detail is that this is a midi controller. Meaning it just sends note commands to a DAW. Cool Idea, but the sounds are from the DAW and not the controller. An important detail that I think many people getting into making music will not grasp!
Was the midi controller able to read the sound pack loaded for that particular track like how Komplete keyboards can read and load sounds from the DAW and display it on the LCD?
@@hapaulino well, this is more like dieter rams' inspired designs. if you want to know more search his name on google or visit this website drams.framer.website/ great website to learn more and just to explore great designs as well
The way the device works and how it's laid out can potentially carry into the way you approach writing without the device, too. I like how it puts the user into a much different way of thinking and creating versus one's usual approach to composing.
Very cool device. Very very helpful. Congrats ! The first idea that I would like to add there is to add the ability to control chords inside the patch by setting up oscillators. that is, there is 1 oscillator, for example, this is the note C, the second is the note E, etc. So this could be used in polyphonic synthesizers. And also, within the chord, make connections to other parameters. that is, when playing notes, some parameters can also change not only in tonality but also in content. Sorry for the flood. Thnx!
Interesting… ‘perspective.’ How about considering some others? Some people have neither the time nor inclination, and may be focused on other types of creation and other instruments. Some people might find a different way of working to inspire different types of results. People who have played piano and/or have a foundation in theory tend to follow the same rules and often get stuck in familiar patterns. This is just another type of technology-a variant. What if Apple decided people should just stick with texting on a numerical keypad. Or that no one needed an internet browser on a phone. What if DAW makers said “people will do anything to avoid recording to tape.” I’ll bet that if you examined your own life and workflows, you’ll find someone could make the same comment as yours about the things you now take for granted.
Really like the idea of this, but the only thing putting me off is that it doesnt appear to do inversions. When I write a chord progression I like to use inversions to make the progressions flow better than jumping around too much. Is there a way to do this here?
Fr, stacking thirds just isn't that interesting in most cases, and if it can't do inversions and other voicings I don't really see the value of this product. Reminds me of that cord Midi pack from a couple years ago.
@@tobytodelafontena Where you an engineer working in the phone industry? Because I was indeed working as head of R&D department of a renowned synths & gear German manufacturer.
Pretty sure it’s not velocity sensitive. They never mentioned that the buttons have any sort of pressure sensitivity (which would have been awesome, think EP-133 KO II).
Easy to be dismissive. Tons of uses for this. People who have disabilities, memory problems ect. And I would imagine that it grips the s**t of gatekeepers.... 😁
@@andrewstanworth529this is a nice way to get complex tonality in a compact setup, but like, how are you going to use this effectively without a good grounding in music theory? You might as well use one of those “chord packs”
The “instrument you play” is a synth. The keyboard is simply a user interface for triggering notes. The piano keyboard is a powerful interface but it’s not the only one. Accordions have long used button grids for both notes and chords. Alternative “isometric” keyboards like the Tonnetz have been around for, in some cases, centuries; they’re no less powerful than the piano layout and have benefits such as moveable shapes for chords (like on guitar.)
as a beginner, you can find chords which go well together without extensive theory knowwage .As a professional, after you learn the matchine it will save you lots of time programming chords by hand. Even professionals don't have clear vision sometimes so i think that's where it will shine. Sorry for the terrible english
@@mom0music I think it's a cool instrument but sincerely a regular keyboard is a beautiful configuration that is very difficult to improve upon. I highly recommend everyone dive into learning a keyboard, it will probably help you play with this thing too.
@@TommyLikeTom never said it would replace the conventional keyboard,just that it saves time to both people who know how to play and writr music as well as those who don't.
great , but I can see myself using this upside down, also it would be nice to access the screen modes all at once.... make a bigger pro version please as this is cool like the suzuki omnichord but much better...... also a mode so we can chain them together or something, I'd use it right now maybe in pairs.... the indiegogo says new ways of playing chords, hmmm nope don't see anything new yet, you have a cool product no need for hype
Also I would like to know if it's possible to make some way of voice leading option, the problem with most of this machines is that they only play chords in a tonality, with difficult way to change the mode or borrow chords from other tonalities, and the voicings of the chords are always the same, Wich makes complicated to make them sound natural and realistic, and it's very important in many genres to be able to lead the voices to make the progression sound fluidly... I think it's possible with some programming. If you add this features (maybe in a future firmware update) I buy this chord generator instead of any other
They’re not a major company with a supply chain to make economies of scale happen. They’re an indie gear producer making their first product, so their goal is pretty obviously just being able to make it at all, not making a mass market product
They probably had to use at least some custom parts to achieve the look. Operating on a small scale can be pretty expensive if you're not using off the shelf products.
Amazing how lazy people are to not bother to learn, I’ve got a chord memory function on my workstation and it actually made me learn and appreciate how to play chords instead of using any old thing
I mean, could you just make a software version and release that for half the cost of this? I'd def buy that in a heart beat. Like couldn't we just have a keyboard/trackpad version of this?
interesting but why make a device when this could just be an app on an ipad? the touchscreen side looks like garageband strumming instruments in some ways
The idea is interesting but still no. What if I want to play chord progression of, let's say this: Cm - G wide second inversion - Cm wide first inversion OVER A# in the bass note - C#maj7? On fly? With voice leading according to the harmony rules? There simply will be not enough key variations for that.
