Comments on: Monome 64 Sold Out in 2 Minutes; Simple is In, and Your Favorite Tools

By: stewart

stewart — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:32:19 +0000

All of these are hand held
and can be as professional
as you make them:

Casio VL-Tone
(Trio’s “Da Da Da” song)
Casio SK-1
(just about everyone
started with this)
Korg Electribe ES-1
(sample anything
and changing pitch
to form different
notes and beats)
Korg MicroKorg
(need I say more?)

The rest are toys but no
less an important part of
music production…it’s all
in how you present it!):

American Idol guitar
(believe it or not…
it’s like a mini strat
and pignose amp
without the quality,
of course)
Synsonic Drums
(an old favorite)
V-tech Music Major
(for those essential
animal sounds)
Guitar Synth
(an okay instrument
that you won’t ever feel
bad about destroying
afterwards)

P.S. – I really enjoy the
Monome look. Is there
a DIY version?

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 12:54:14 +0000

[...] will be available. To put this in perspective, the Monome 64, with zero press behind its launch, sold out a 100-unit run in 120 seconds. After getting hands-on with the Monome, I want to reemphasize that a square grid of buttons are [...]

By: emmett

emmett — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:14:15 +0000

the longer i own things, the more and more i appreciate construction. monome is one of the sleekest musical (or otherwise) devices i have ever seen and looks like the type of product that won’t lose it’s value with time. there’s a reason why no one owns a cellphone for more than a year or two and i personally feel a lot better investing real money into a real product.

and, as far as hand held fun, there’s my kaoss pad 2, my bcr2000 (in the mail!), and my nintendo wii controller

By: ian

ian — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:16:51 +0000

Elektron MachineDrum. Freaking awesome.

By: vÄ“ er

vÄ“ er — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:05:33 +0000

must agree here, this thing looks nice and all that, but its overpriced, no way would i in my sane mind pay more than 150$ for such thing.

By: Gogmagog

Gogmagog — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:58:52 +0000

Laptop

By: Monome 64 Sold Out in 2 Minutes-- AvantUrb

Monome 64 Sold Out in 2 Minutes-- AvantUrb — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:48:17 +0000

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By: Kevin Bracken

Kevin Bracken — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:32:44 +0000

Without my M-Audio X-Session, I would be lost! So simple, yet so useful.

By: Niall

Niall — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:53:56 +0000

Another vote for the Cracklebox. The dogs are crazy about it.

By: beatfix

beatfix — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:30:58 +0000

I’m surprised no one else has mentioned the Wiimote, so I will – doing filter sweeps with your arms is a blast.