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By: Create Digital Music » Tenori-On in America: US$1200, May 1, Limited Run

Create Digital Music » Tenori-On in America: US$1200, May 1, Limited Run — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:58:49 +0000

[...] means that Tenori-On is getting the same cautious launch it got in the UK, even though the UK is a much smaller market than the US. (We may not be as [...]

By: lord83

lord83 — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:34:17 +0000

Gotta get me one a dose mos deff put u gotta cut down dose prices…….at least 700Dlls

By: tomori-on

tomori-on — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:19:16 +0000

Some fair points about the high price but consider this; I don’t want a tenori-on because it is hand made or housed in a magnesium chassis or whatever. I want one because it looks hella fun to play with.
I for one would be a lot happier if it was made of plastic and mass-produced by the thousands.
In essence it is a novelty, hardware step sequencer, and when thought of in such utilitarian terms, a Â£600 price tag is easily enough to put me off.
I don’t mind paying over the odds for bleeding edge, next gen tech, but this doesn’t even come close.
Also, when I consider that 2 years ago I paid less than Â£400 for a very nice, lightweight Virtual Reality unit that is manufactured in very small numbers, the Tenori’s price tag begins to look even more tenuous.
Let’s just hope Yamaha’s people overlook what will undoubtedly be a limited sales bubble and roll the dice on this cute piece of kit anyway.

By: tehn

tehn — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:37:55 +0000

@dead_red_eyes:

you seem to have the a distorted idea of what we do, in addition to a quite a few (loud) factual mistakes. come chat at our forum, it’s a really friendly place. http://forum.monome.org

reading: http://monome.org/articles/2007/08/30/towards-a-clearer-representation/

ps. daedelus started touring worldwide with my 16×16 prototype early 2003. not that it matters. everyone is correct– it’s just a grid. the tenori is nothing like our designs. it’s a wonderful device all on its own.

By: vanceg

vanceg — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:18:38 +0000

So… is there any way to order these from outside the UK right now? Anyone?

By: joao

joao — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:32:03 +0000

Sampling: 3 voices
(Raw audio with a maximum length of 0.97 sec., up to 16 samples per voice)

Only 0.97 seconds???

By: aerotone

aerotone — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:49:33 +0000

need one now. too stupid I am not in UK.

By: hmza

hmza — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 05:39:09 +0000

I have one
its fantastic
Batteries and wall plug
head phonejack
Small midi input (small as in the rme fireface400)
Sd card
editing mac software
can do midi sincro

By: Sure Not

Sure Not — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:31:19 +0000

(sorry about some mistyping i made)

so what i meant is i wouldn’t pay more THAN 150 pounds for it as it’s just a big toy.
but good fun, but for this amount of money i expect an advanced sound editing feature as well. the songs that will be created on this unit will sound just too similar to each other.

the bouncing mode is fun, but i think it also has quite limited creative features, but a future software update can improve it.

By: Sure Not

Sure Not — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 12:59:29 +0000

i would not pay for it more 150 pounds.
i played tenori-on about 30 minutes in a gallery on 182 brick lane.
i wrote “played” because in fact it is a toy with massive marketing hype. not really an instument.
the built in sounds suck, they are not really useful. i found the sequencer modes are also limited.
but would like to see a similar software on a touch screen laptop.
well, it is just my opinion, londoners can go and try it.