Archive for Musical Instruments

Spin MP3 tunes with Mini-KP KAOSS PAD

Posted in Korg,Musical Instruments by Nino Marchetti on October 26th, 2007

Korg Mini-KP KAOSS PADThink you have what it takes to spin the tunes at a party? Korg, a manufacturer of musical gear, wants to help you find out with its new portable music mixing device. The Korg Mini-KP KAOSS PAD is priced at around $250.

The Korg Mini-KP KAOSS PAD is a shirt pocket-sized music mixer. It’s battery operated, running for about five hours on AA batteries. You can plug a MP3 player or other audio source into it and “tap or drag your finger on its touch pad to rhythmically affect the music by morphing it with new sounds and effects.”

Yamaha pianos play streaming MIDI radio tunes

Posted in Musical Instruments,Yamaha by Nino Marchetti on October 15th, 2007

Yamaha Disklavier player piano lets you stream music to it and play it livePlayer pianos aren’t the first things you think of when you consider Internet enabled devices. Yamaha is betting you’ll soon consider its Yamaha Disklavier line of pianos though as cutting edge music technology.

The Yamaha Disklavier pianos can now work with a Yamaha service called DisklavierRadio, which lets you stream music directly to the piano for it to play live. This MIDI music is accompanied by specially recorded ensemble parts and lets one choose from a variety of music stations including Broadway, jazz and piano solos. Music can also be downloaded to the piano’s built-in 80GB hard drive for later playback.