This is HiChord (PROTOTYPE) :) 

Yeah when he said that I was instantly sold.

okay stingy

72% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck with less than 2k in savings. This kind of musical toy is just beyond the reach of the many. Maybe reconsider "stingy".

Came here to say this lol

@@Zer0Passenger are you sure you can say the N word white boy?

thanks so much! Thats $340 Canadian btw! $250 USD

My nation's currency might as well be monopoly money. The exchange rate doubles the cost. Cool device. Pocket drone extravaganza

I thought "Hm, I think this will probably cost something like 35-45 US dollars." But I also thought "but it's probably ridiculously expensive". And I was right.

340 cad not much for a music product cope bro

@@usagiwerd6664 "why so poor bro? cope, here take this 100 bill to wipe your tears with"

Should be like $49 max

@@DeeDeeCHAUNCEY I don't think that would solve the issue tbh. It seems like the pricepoint is largely because of how much each unit would cost to produce, not so much what it's actually worth. Even at $49 the idea at its core doesn't really answer a need, or at least not in a really meaningful way. You can get apps on your phone that are either free, or less than $50 that will do what this product does and more, but they run into the same issue. "If I'm putting all this effort into my sketches, I probably don't need such a fancy pen"

This is one of the worst comments i've ever seen on youtube. They've 7x'd their goal, don't be so fucking condescending. You don't get it, you can't afford it; move along.

@@notreally-sf3df Shut up lmfao if someone doesn't want feedback on their content it's easy to turn comments off. I'm giving MY opinion on this based on similar products I've seen get kickstarted into obscurity. At no point am I being condescending, there's plenty of "wow omg" comments if all you wanna see is positive feedback. I get it, you don't like my opinion; be less fragile.

@@notreally-sf3df Actually, scratch that last comment. This doesn't have a confirmed recording feature bruh, this seems like a very underbaked idea that had potential to deliver a lot more at that pricepoint.

It already has teenage engineering price edit: not complaining, the creator has full right to set any price he wants. And seems like people purchasing it even for this buck

Totally agreed! This is just the janky 3d printed prototype. The commercial/kickstarter units are much more detailed and aligned :).The funds from the kickstarter went right into the fine detail and material selection

:D thank you! I appreciate you!

Naww .. Micro computer Ja : And a court reporter keyboard

Computer - install old midi chorder softwear

Thank you!! :)

Hey! lots of differences between this and the J6. HiChord is smaller and has a built-in speaker. J6 will not fit in your pocket. HiChord's chord interface uses the nasvhille number system/ diatonic system which is a lot more intuitive for songwriters and producers. The main price difference is due to the size of the companies and manufacturing location. I am a solo-developer, 1-person, 1-year-old company, based in Toronto and manufacturing in California. Roland is a massive 40-year old, nearly 3000 employee corporation that manufactures overseas and generates billions of dollars per year. The fact that they are only $50 difference is impressive in my (*very-biased) opinion haha. They make great products too, I love a JUNO! Choose whatever works best for you! :) Cheers, Andrew

Hey! Great ideas! You can select how many voices per chord, so you can choose just 1 and it goes into lead mode :) Have been working on a recorder/looper/sequencer section that should be ready for ship day! If not it will be a downloadable update. I appreciate you!!!

@@HiChord appreciate the response! I definitely wanna get one of these things. Super cool!

​@HiChord does it support MIDI out as well?

It can’t do that

Right... Except a mechanical keyboard would not be capable of audio synthesis...

@@SirEmj4y the one I'm talking about you can program to do whatever you want and using a dog you can absolutely do any kind of synthesis with it anything so yeah

@@Bleeeaaoop Correct, you COULD do that, but then if ur using a VST, you'd be running a scam publicly, advertising a product as something it isn't.

Hey!! There is midi out over USB-C :) But also, the built-in synth engine in deceivingly deep. It has 10 Oscillators, 5 waveform types that you can mix and match, LFO, ADSR, and lots of effects!

yea completely agree and especially for something over 200 dollars, youd really want to be able to mess around and change more functions, I hate the idea of just making cheap music equipment expensive cause its new, just completely destroys the market for cool new devices like this.

Hey! I appreciate your thoughts here. Lumi key is a midi controller, you would need a laptop to use it with. This is a standalone synth you can bring in your pocket (that can also be used as a midi controller). Different use cases. HiChord has 1 button chords that show you how to play them on piano, so is a great learning tool. This video is just the 3d printed prototype. The funds from the kickstarter are being used to bring the commercial HiChord up to the build quality of something like the Lumi. :D

Hey! yup it has built-in synth engine, but also MIDI out :)

Hey! It has midi out :) definitely hoping to get it into some classrooms eventually! that would be the coolest:)

@@HiChord I see that I think that's more important than the integrated synthesizer for anyone interested.

Yup! it has all inversion options for each chord :)

HIIII

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hichord/hichord-pocket-chord-synthesizer :)

You definitely should! I did it in one of my insta videos and it worked great!

I actually very much disagree with you, I think this will be a good stepping stone to understanding theory for some people. This seems like a great way to map the logic of chord relations and extensions with feedback of the chord names as well as intuiting the understanding of these relations being the same across different keys. It also seems limiting enough to inspire want for a more dynamic instrument if this is truly how someone begins their journey of songwriting/musicianship.

@@vitalepitts i had a whole 3 paragraphs before i caught a flaw in my reasoning. I am a self taught intermediate jazz pianist, who makes dnb mostly, so i hang with a lot of different crowds. I have lots of colleagues that do EDM, DJ sets, etc. When they go to compose, they always seem to follow these 'rules': - ionian modes only. (they all learn without being explicitly taught, to use different modes) - no accidentals/never out of key (only exception being a V7 usually, but they don't know what that means). - some will actually teach themselves how to play all 12 ionians on a keyboard. This is why i am retracting my last argument. Basically, they are very willing to learn more. I think you're right that these tools CAN help people learn theory, but they will likely be used as a crutch. The issue is our education. Most people get stuck after learning all ionion scales and modes in all 12 keys. Kinda like how in the US, we learn a bunch of algebra, and we never learn why it was important. In music class, we are taught to "learn all your scales, and learn every key!" and are raised like robots in concert band seats, and are never taught to break these rules. We miss out on the beauty of playing out of key, we miss out on the beauty of calculus that explains how the world works WAY more than algebra. Students are missing out on critical education. This means that while tools like this CAN help students learn more, i see the trend of them getting stuck at the roadblock i described, then just giving up and using these tools as a crutch to generate new ideas. All is well and good, and i think it's good to use tools as shortcuts. But i see a trend among EDM producers to play 'white keys only' as i described earlier. We need to improve our education so that tools like this don't cripple our self expression.

I hate everything about music theory especially the piano layout. Once I switched to isomorphic I realized I didn't want or need theory. I'll discover what's necessary in my own time. Now that the layout is sane, I don't need theory. Just muscle memory and practice. Theory may be part of it but never consciously or intentionally. I prefer it that way

@@d3tuned378 You hate learning it, but you can't hate the theory behind what makes every song you love sound great. That's like saying you hate gravity bc you want to fly - without gravity, there wouldn't even be an atmosphere to fly in, let alone any planets.

@@G8tr1522 See, have you ever considered that there are a lot of people who think that people like you are crippling yourself severely? I think you're, because of your very non-sensical reasoning that no one asked for; just don't understand creativity.

yep! :)

Speak English please

Yeah that’s what I’m thinking, cool they added a lot of stuff but too much

@@AmatuerSynthusiast not teenage engineering levels but I'd pay maybe $20 for a product like this

​@@MrBrax 20 bucks is too low, that doesn't cover parts much less development. 100 is more reasonable

@@d3tuned378 maybe pushing it. I wouldn't pay more than maybe 50. Cheap parts.

@@MrBrax then you aren't very knowledgeable or respectful of the time it takes to develop a tool like this. If you're only looking at parts costs, that's your first mistake.

haha yesssir, youtube made me wait for verification to put the link up,. Here it is: www.kickstarter.com/projects/hichord/hichord-pocket-chord-synthesizer

Couldn’t make it through a minute and a half?

Yup! midi out over usb-c :)

@@HiChord 😍😍

​@@JonMurrayYou're right😢

​@@HiChordthat's not midi out No 3.5 Jack? Really?

That's vSt, not physical

Or you could just hook it up to a speaker like a normal person and not act like you forgot that's an option

haha yes you can :)

🧛

You can't even speak

Yeah just make one yourself, that's way cooler im every way!

It's electro-smith though, why are we making shit up just to discredit a product lol?

It’s a bit more advanced than that lol. Also arduinos are kinda shit and making sound. The value is the time and effort went in to designing and developing software and hardware for the product. They likely priced it the way they did because so many other companies have

Everytime a new product drops I see this same comment. Stop it, have you ever designed a product? Do you know what manufacturing costs? I'm not saying that the HiChord is a good product, I see no use for it personally. However, it is not just an Arduino... Even if it were, a product is more than the value of it's components. Code, design and marketing are all extremely time consuming and difficult to do well. If you don't think the product is worth the price, that's fine say that. Saying it is just an Arduino is wrong and insulting to the engineers and designers that actually build this stuff.

@@chicadoge That's why you use an ESP32 with an external DAC. Making your own is cheaper, is educational and gives you so much more flexibility. There are plenty of open source projects to use.

Ah, the idiot again, hello! I own a chompi, i'm buying this thing, i own 10 daws and i'm more competent than you are. Chill out, write some good songs. Money comes with that and then you can stop being so damn insufferable.

Heyyo! I feel you, this video is just our 3d printed prototype. We have used the funds from the Kickstarter campaign to create custom tooling for injection molding, that will make the kickstarter and commercial units perfectly aligned using high-quality materials. As a one-dude startup without investment, this was our only path to the market! :)

Hey! I love the Zeptocore! It is a great price. They are just different uses. If I did not include casing, a screen and a rechargeable battery then I would be able to price it similarly, but then it would no longer be a HiChord! Good to have options in the market!

​@@HiChordare you willing to share what chip it's using? if this is a esp 32 with separate analog audio that will really shape my opinion as opposed to a teensy or something.

@@elliotts5574 Hey! its an electrosmith DaisySeed