Tenori-on

[playthatbeat]

This will take some imagination to realise it's true potential, but right now, i'm thinking of the value it has for inducing strobe-related fits, and for just stroking and bringing everywhere with me as backup for awkward silence moments. Obviously, it's the mother of all performance sequencers, like a binbag full of oldschool grid sequencers, dipped in the magic potion outta ASTERIX..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76coUUrfaF4

[playthatbeat]

UPDATE: after 24 hours, i am now elevating this from THATS NICE to DO WANT. There are a few on eBay, all averaging $600us, which is less then the price at thomann.de of 900euro here: http://www.thomann.de/ie/yamaha_tenori_on.htm

I'm actually quite worried about a few things:

*minijack audio outputs
*only 1 midi port (either in or out?)
*apparently no way to sync it to external clocks - possibly ANOTHER master-hog
*been on the market for 2+ years, and i have never heard of it up to this week
*far far far too expensive

Having said that, it's now at DO WANT status, so it's only a matter of time before i have one. I'm thinking of switching to 100% noodles from the asian market to help even out the balence of payments on this one..

[as4]

I dunno, the thing costs a grand on thoman.de, but here's a virtual of same to keep yez happy

http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix

Yussss...

[playthatbeat]

oh man that is great fun... gives a good taster for how the real one would play..

it all reminds me of the grid/blob programming on the old Dr. Rhythm boss drummachines.. just great fun to play with..

[playthatbeat]

Scathing review: http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2007/...many-good.html

Now we know why we have never seen one.. there is a list of dealbreakers here.. Shame.. but this thing is a lemon.

and here's the story from sonicstate: http://www.sonicstate.com/articles/article.cfm?id=138

Still want one though

[playthatbeat]

More horror stories from the USA forum: http://www.tenori-onusa.com/forum/vi....php?f=2&t=408

from this forum: http://www.tenori-onusa.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=2

from reading that post, the thing is a glitchy & drifty lemon!

I also gather from posts that the Tenori-on was meant to be distributed on a territory-by-territory basis, with each region strictly dealing with it's userbase. So, in Norway it was costing $1500, while in the Usa it was $699-$999 depending.. Meanwhile, in c.EU it's STILL ¬999euro!

There are NO clues about software upgrades or firmware upgrades, just a small amount of debate on what SHOULD be addressed in an upgrade.. Yet, it's about 2 years since it was launched, and no breeze of an article claiming it's NOW EVEN BETTER..

I'm shocked at how crap this is turning out to be, but, i STILL want one.

[Armer]

found this likkle bwad bwoy

http://www.hobnox.com/index.1056.en.html

[playthatbeat]

The new Tenori-on is now public.. It addresses many of the gripes we had about it -

* it now has MIDI sync in & out
* better build
* the price has dropped..
* some enhancement of sample handling

on the down side:

* still a fuc*ing ripoff price
* still sounds like a box of dried peas
* new model is pink

expect it for <1000euro at a dealer near You soon..

[digitalallstars]

Got one
Love it

Its like those orange stickers T, the ones you had arranged on the door frame of your spare room in made to look like a James Bond movie keycode lock.

It does work.
It is the dogs.
they said it couldnt be done but I have it working on a battery pack.
it was 250 in M.M. (brand new),
they also have a couple of shop soiled ones, id guess they be delighted to swap for hard cash.

Midi works (y-cord-type in & out midi cable supplied)
Great for triggering samples in external unit.
Great for making tunes with just crappy internal sounds on sofa/ out in the freezing cold etc.

Firmware update has swing mode.

it does drift, .
but it does have a loop sync reset function that i have been using on the fly.
there i was thinking a hardware step sequencer would hold sync.

***Edit ****
well, maybe, its just my loose samples, and not a sync issue,
I havent noticed any sync loss with the patterns since this post.
It's also powered only by mains at the moment.******

Cutting samples up a assigning the slices to each row is mesmerising,
Playing Dubstep Wobbly bass is ace.