Eigenharp Roadshow - Air Studios

aleemr Says:

Oct 16, 2009 - Can you use all the scale memory of guitar playing or will you have to overcome that and play what would feel like chromatic notes?

seanriches Says:

Oct 17, 2009 - Great piece of kit, but cant help thinking why?? Tech with limited market potential? At £3K! So much going on one instrument. I wonder how many of these the world needs.

seanriches Says:

Oct 17, 2009 - Surely a musician who wants an analogue feel will use an analogue instrument that they have grown up with in a group of equally proficient musicians. The EN looks so tricky to master. Seriously, how many will make the jump? Stylophone seem to be doing OK though! Good luck. Some real performances may help rather than the techy approach.

SonicDeeHedgehog Says:

Oct 17, 2009 - Looks incredible complicated.

spongekill Says:

Oct 19, 2009 - there's a name for things like this: NERDSTRUMENT

yellowtrees Says:

Oct 20, 2009 - i. want. one!

intrepgun Says:

Oct 20, 2009 - that's your perception. if you ask me, it appears they got just about everything right on it. can't speak to the actual playing feel, but the sensitivity and design makes it pretty much a universal instrument. being programmable, you can set the keys like a stringed instrument, a woodwind, random midi triggering, anything. the cost is ridiculous, but i don't think it's all profit for them. i'm buying the pico version.

Nexus6v1 Says:

Oct 20, 2009 - If you think $6500 is a lot for an instrument, you haven't been shopping for a real instrument for a while. A moderate electronic piano will set you back $4000, a good trombone will be anything from $800 - $6000, a good violin is $5000, a bassoon (about the same size as this) can you run you anything from $1000 - $8000. While you aren't buying a precision analogue instrument here, you are buying a lot of clever electronics and if they intend it for stage use, it must be fairly sturdy.

TRaddcliff Says:

Oct 20, 2009 - drum kays are so far away. watch revenge of the nerds....they had the cool instruments

UncleDeluxe Says:

Oct 20, 2009 - I can't pin down why, but there is something really dorky about that instrument. Like, accordion dorky.

JAJW17 Says:

Oct 20, 2009 - i really want one!

restequi Says:

Oct 21, 2009 - Awesome I want one!!

6b616e Says:

Oct 25, 2009 - 6000 bucks little man put that shit in my hand...

DJCornelis Says:

Oct 26, 2009 - looks like i could make some awesome dnb rock metal industrial crossovers on this. With 2 u make a whole band, this is awesome, the possibilities are endless

Adriancrazysir Says:

Oct 26, 2009 - This instrument is more like a midi controller than a standalone instrument... it doesn't have any sounds of it's own and from the sounds of it the samples aren't particularly great. The only thing that warrants the price at all is the fact that it's a cool new concept.

tommythegunn Says:

Oct 26, 2009 - The musician on the left looks a bit like Michael Cera!

halterman666 Says:

Oct 27, 2009 - lol if that money doesnt show, u oweoweoweowe

francito77 Says:

Oct 28, 2009 - let the robots play for us, then we just enjoy the amzing concert...for hobby musicians is probably a nice toy.

ehackster Says:

Oct 31, 2009 - beside the hardware specs (sensors, strip and wind controllers) nothing else is really impressive...we seen a lot of these exotic Midi controllers that never got any wide adoption...this will be yet another one of these

rickhorvath Says:

Nov 5, 2009 - could make a good door stop

fob199 Says:

Nov 6, 2009 - I totally agree.

paulyhart Says:

Nov 7, 2009 - Adriancrazysir has a good idea, very similar to futureman was trying to accomplish with his synthaxe drumitar. however, i have to disagree with it JUST being a midi controller. you are also adding/combining the power of a desktop computer studio as well as a great pedalboard. rickhorvath writes that it would make a great doorstop, albeit so could ricks old bass. my main point is: YES. a very powerful instrument to have and hold. remember the great concept he brings up about muscle memory! YES!

BSODslayer Says:

Nov 11, 2009 - You might be right there. I just hope people get their eyes opened to the Eigenharp Pico - 18 keys and breath controller, the size of a small flute, only 350 pounds... "Side products" like that is what might just keep them in business, as opposed to the one-shot failures it has to lift the heritage from. But still, it's a lovely piece of kit. I hope they continue expanding their range with models in every price group, and keep their creativity alive.

napilopez Says:

Nov 17, 2009 - Wow at some of the cyncics. Some people don't appreciate creativity. Ever stop to think that it's not exactly easy to create completely new sounds nowadays? In my opinion, this is the most creative thing to happen to music in a long, long time. And the instrument is like what, a year old now? People weren't Eddie Van Halen and Hendrix didn't come up with their stuff just a year after the guitar is created. Heck, it takes a year for people to even decently learn an instrument!

drhandstand Says:

Nov 19, 2009 - its cool, you looks like you can do a lot with it. it seems, as usual, to lack a lot of "quality" tone though. I guess the difference is like me doing a writing session in logic using soft synths and samples etc etc.... and then going and picking up my $20,000 guitar ( classical) and playing that..... or even my $1000.00 one! but anyway, lets see...interesting.