Comments on: Hands On Tenori-On: Close Encounters of the Interactive Music Kind http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/07/hands-on-tenori-on-close-encounters-of-the-interactive-music-kind/ The latest gear, software, and techniques for electronic music production and performance Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:41:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: yamaha vision http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/07/hands-on-tenori-on-close-encounters-of-the-interactive-music-kind/comment-page-1/#comment-503012 yamaha vision Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:26:06 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/07/hands-on-tenori-on-close-encounters-of-the-interactive-music-kind/#comment-503012 [...] under incredible odds in a corporate environment such as Yamaha's, manage to manifest itself onto thhttp://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/07/hands-on-tenori-on-close-encounters-of-the-interactive-musi...Dave&39s Yamaha Vision Page1983 yamaha &quotVision&quot XZ550RJ / XZ550RK. What Is a [...] [...] under incredible odds in a corporate environment such as Yamaha’s, manage to manifest itself onto thhttp://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/07/hands-on-tenori-on-close-encounters-of-the-interactive-musi…Dave&39s Yamaha Vision Page1983 yamaha &quotVision&quot XZ550RJ / XZ550RK. What Is a [...]

]]> By: Create Digital Music » All-Kaossilator Album Makes Korg King, Plus Not-Quite-All Monome Albums http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/07/hands-on-tenori-on-close-encounters-of-the-interactive-music-kind/comment-page-1/#comment-376361 Create Digital Music » All-Kaossilator Album Makes Korg King, Plus Not-Quite-All Monome Albums Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:44:03 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/07/hands-on-tenori-on-close-encounters-of-the-interactive-music-kind/#comment-376361 [...] also a huge fan of the Tenori-On — he did cover the UK launch event for us, and then lauded its innovative design. But his creation uses a decidedly more accessible instrument: the Korg Kaossilator, which can be [...] [...] also a huge fan of the Tenori-On — he did cover the UK launch event for us, and then lauded its innovative design. But his creation uses a decidedly more accessible instrument: the Korg Kaossilator, which can be [...]

]]> By: Create Digital Music » Tenori-On: Hands-on, Chat with Yamaha’s Yu Nishibori, on CNET http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/07/hands-on-tenori-on-close-encounters-of-the-interactive-music-kind/comment-page-1/#comment-356468 Create Digital Music » Tenori-On: Hands-on, Chat with Yamaha’s Yu Nishibori, on CNET Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:44:36 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/07/hands-on-tenori-on-close-encounters-of-the-interactive-music-kind/#comment-356468 [...] Previously: Free, All Tenori-On Album: A Chat with Norman Fairbanks Tenori-On Review, Tenori-On Limitations, Tenori-On Fatigue? … and CDM’s own hands-on, though it technically took place in the UK, not my home in New York, New York, USA: Hands On Tenori-On: Close Encounters of the Interactive Music Kind Yamaha TENORI-ON Launch: Photos, Videos, Interviews, Demos, Details, and a Music Box Elsewhere: Throw Away Your Drums, Plus a Hands-On with eSession [...] [...] Previously: Free, All Tenori-On Album: A Chat with Norman Fairbanks Tenori-On Review, Tenori-On Limitations, Tenori-On Fatigue? … and CDM’s own hands-on, though it technically took place in the UK, not my home in New York, New York, USA: Hands On Tenori-On: Close Encounters of the Interactive Music Kind Yamaha TENORI-ON Launch: Photos, Videos, Interviews, Demos, Details, and a Music Box Elsewhere: Throw Away Your Drums, Plus a Hands-On with eSession [...]

]]> By: Create Digital Music » More TENORI-ON: Defunktion Toshio Iwai Interview, Podcast Performance http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/07/hands-on-tenori-on-close-encounters-of-the-interactive-music-kind/comment-page-1/#comment-316103 Create Digital Music » More TENORI-ON: Defunktion Toshio Iwai Interview, Podcast Performance Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:45:24 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/07/hands-on-tenori-on-close-encounters-of-the-interactive-music-kind/#comment-316103 [...] For all the recent comparisons to the Monome (hey, they do both have grids of light-up buttons in a square), among other alternative musical interfaces, on this point there’s a truly fundamental departure philosophically. Most research and design on alternative interfaces has focused on either creating new instruments for musicians or making the experience of the listener more active/interactive. In the case of the Tenori-On, the device is really both simultaneously, covering the range from being an interactive, sound art take on the iPod to being an expressive performance instrument for musicians (as Mr. Iwai himself uses it). The fact that Gary Kibler, as a professional composer, here on CDM found that the device was so immediately accessible is promising — it suggests the user can have that range of experience individually. (Gary wrote that “the Tenori-On has probably the best elapse “zero-to-flow” time I’ve ever experienced as a musician.) [...] [...] For all the recent comparisons to the Monome (hey, they do both have grids of light-up buttons in a square), among other alternative musical interfaces, on this point there’s a truly fundamental departure philosophically. Most research and design on alternative interfaces has focused on either creating new instruments for musicians or making the experience of the listener more active/interactive. In the case of the Tenori-On, the device is really both simultaneously, covering the range from being an interactive, sound art take on the iPod to being an expressive performance instrument for musicians (as Mr. Iwai himself uses it). The fact that Gary Kibler, as a professional composer, here on CDM found that the device was so immediately accessible is promising — it suggests the user can have that range of experience individually. (Gary wrote that “the Tenori-On has probably the best elapse “zero-to-flow” time I’ve ever experienced as a musician.) [...]

]]> By: Hounder.com.au » Blog Archive » Why I love CreateDigitalMusic http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/07/hands-on-tenori-on-close-encounters-of-the-interactive-music-kind/comment-page-1/#comment-287769 Hounder.com.au » Blog Archive » Why I love CreateDigitalMusic Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:13:19 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/07/hands-on-tenori-on-close-encounters-of-the-interactive-music-kind/#comment-287769 [...] Ever have a crappy morning where just everything upsets you and everything goes wrong? Somedays that happens and it’s really damn average. To cheer myself up I was doing the rounds of my favourite sites, and I read this excellent article by Gary Kibler on CDM. And it almost immediately changed my mood and gave me pause for reflection. It was excellent timing and I certainly needed cheering up! [...] [...] Ever have a crappy morning where just everything upsets you and everything goes wrong? Somedays that happens and it’s really damn average. To cheer myself up I was doing the rounds of my favourite sites, and I read this excellent article by Gary Kibler on CDM. And it almost immediately changed my mood and gave me pause for reflection. It was excellent timing and I certainly needed cheering up! [...]

]]> By: gio http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/07/hands-on-tenori-on-close-encounters-of-the-interactive-music-kind/comment-page-1/#comment-270468 gio Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:05:02 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/07/hands-on-tenori-on-close-encounters-of-the-interactive-music-kind/#comment-270468 hahaha I can't just believe this... 1200 US$ Iwai was right with electroplancton: a 60 bucks generative toy... 1200 bucks for this crap is just meaningless If this is the new frontier of electronic music then well... electronic music is just dead dead dead :) and again dead... wake up folks this is just advertising crap hahaha I can’t just believe this… 1200 US$

Iwai was right with electroplancton: a 60 bucks generative toy…
1200 bucks for this crap is just meaningless

If this is the new frontier of electronic music then well… electronic music is just dead dead dead :)
and again dead…

wake up folks this is just advertising crap

]]> By: GaryK http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/07/hands-on-tenori-on-close-encounters-of-the-interactive-music-kind/comment-page-1/#comment-263525 GaryK Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:45:29 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/07/hands-on-tenori-on-close-encounters-of-the-interactive-music-kind/#comment-263525 The TENORI-ON just made the big time in terms of Web 2.0 exposure - Front page, second-from-the-top on the YouTube homepage. That's primetime, without-a-doubt. This is as of the last couple of hours - it's 9:40pm GMT Wed, the 12th. I had just noticed a crazy spike in my video comment numbers, like 50 in the past half hour, and that's exactly what it was. Over a 100K views right now, again it must have just been in the last hour or so. It will be interesting to see how long they leave it there and how high a viewer-ship it will receive. The TENORI-ON just made the big time in terms of Web 2.0 exposure – Front page, second-from-the-top on the YouTube homepage. That’s primetime, without-a-doubt. This is as of the last couple of hours – it’s 9:40pm GMT Wed, the 12th. I had just noticed a crazy spike in my video comment numbers, like 50 in the past half hour, and that’s exactly what it was. Over a 100K views right now, again it must have just been in the last hour or so. It will be interesting to see how long they leave it there and how high a viewer-ship it will receive.

]]> By: Tenori-On For Live Music Performance http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/07/hands-on-tenori-on-close-encounters-of-the-interactive-music-kind/comment-page-1/#comment-263198 Tenori-On For Live Music Performance Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:48:51 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/07/hands-on-tenori-on-close-encounters-of-the-interactive-music-kind/#comment-263198 [...] The Tenori-On is a new music controller interface that was created by Toshio Iwai, a Japanese artist/musician/inventor, and released in the UK by Yamaha. The device is in the form of a square tablet with a grid of 16×16 buttons which light up in response to the artist’s touch, allowing the creation of music to be part-playing, part-painting… The Tenori-On is quite attractive to look at, and Gary Kibler of CDM proclaims that it has the best “zero-to-flow” rating he’s every experienced as a musician. So it’s very intuitive and absorbing to use; but how does it fare as a live performance tool, particularly from the audience’s perspective? Here’s a video of Toshio demoing the device, and it is actually quite interesting to watch him build up the track using very simple and understandable elements. The Tenori-On has the interface LEDs repeated on the bottom panel, so that an audience can see what you’re doing if you hold it up vertically enough, but it’s probably a good idea to have it up on a video screen as well, as in the following clip. [...] [...] The Tenori-On is a new music controller interface that was created by Toshio Iwai, a Japanese artist/musician/inventor, and released in the UK by Yamaha. The device is in the form of a square tablet with a grid of 16×16 buttons which light up in response to the artist’s touch, allowing the creation of music to be part-playing, part-painting… The Tenori-On is quite attractive to look at, and Gary Kibler of CDM proclaims that it has the best “zero-to-flow” rating he’s every experienced as a musician. So it’s very intuitive and absorbing to use; but how does it fare as a live performance tool, particularly from the audience’s perspective? Here’s a video of Toshio demoing the device, and it is actually quite interesting to watch him build up the track using very simple and understandable elements. The Tenori-On has the interface LEDs repeated on the bottom panel, so that an audience can see what you’re doing if you hold it up vertically enough, but it’s probably a good idea to have it up on a video screen as well, as in the following clip. [...]

]]> By: Fintain http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/07/hands-on-tenori-on-close-encounters-of-the-interactive-music-kind/comment-page-1/#comment-263021 Fintain Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:11:26 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/07/hands-on-tenori-on-close-encounters-of-the-interactive-music-kind/#comment-263021 I not sold to be honest. I have the feeling that the business men at Yamaha saw how the monome was selling and decided to finally put the tenori-on into mass production. The marketing is text book, with the hand drawn images, focus on the designer and myspace web page. I don't for one minute think that the guys in suits didn't sit down, analyze the whole make it yourself phenomenon and then draw up a plan on how to wrap it all up. I not sold to be honest.
I have the feeling that the business men at Yamaha saw how the monome was selling and decided to finally put the tenori-on into mass production. The marketing is text book, with the hand drawn images, focus on the designer and myspace web page. I don’t for one minute think that the guys in suits didn’t sit down, analyze the whole make it yourself phenomenon and then draw up a plan on how to wrap it all up.

]]> By: COOL http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/07/hands-on-tenori-on-close-encounters-of-the-interactive-music-kind/comment-page-1/#comment-262394 COOL Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:28:46 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/07/hands-on-tenori-on-close-encounters-of-the-interactive-music-kind/#comment-262394 A very good desision from the designers is that all text is engraved in the metal. Did you see somwhere the brand name on the machine Gary? A very good desision from the designers is that all text is engraved in the metal.

Did you see somwhere the brand name on the machine Gary?

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