ok I know I’ve ranted about it previously but Yamaha are slowly releasing more info… & simultaneously both odd & inspiring is the fact/my opninion that of the three musicians they give prototypes to for trials, two I know of (Atom Heart & Jim O’Rourke) & they make fairly boring/preset sounds with it, while the musician I know the least, Robert Lippok (of Te Rococo Rot) manages to coax some of the most intriging sounds…
Its so confusing, I like the idea of the Tenori On purely as a controller with visual feedback… but it can playback samples? really? well its a MIDI controller so of course thats true (depending what you choose to load up on your laptop) but natively?
i vote artist #4 is DJ Food or Amon Tobin or So Percussion…. or me when I have some spare time (ie 3 weeks from now!) or at least someone with a worn out trigger finger…
people like Atom Heart frowning at it really isn’t the best marketing – it says something about him, it, or how long he has had access to it….. and if the idea of a new visual/audio interface is as profound as many people wish it would be (me included) then other than the initial novelty a serious investment in time would be required, no?
ask anyone learning the violin… & divide by n
