An important detail is that this is a midi controller. Meaning it just sends note commands to a DAW. Cool Idea, but the sounds are from the DAW and not the controller. An important detail that I think many people getting into making music will not grasp!
Was the midi controller able to read the sound pack loaded for that particular track like how Komplete keyboards can read and load sounds from the DAW and display it on the LCD?
The way the device works and how it's laid out can potentially carry into the way you approach writing without the device, too. I like how it puts the user into a much different way of thinking and creating versus one's usual approach to composing.
This is cool! The strum mode makes this unique and its own instrument. This isn’t a replacement for a piano it’s just a completely different thing. There’s no way to mimic the strum mode of this on a piano
Of all the chord helping tools I've seen so far, this looks like the simplest, slick'est, most flexible, powerful and well thought out one so far. Nice :)
@@howardjones543 yes,it's very easy Google child plays piano, if s child can use their hands why can't you? Do you even have a real excuse for your laziness? Are you missing both hands? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
As a righty guitar player synth nerd, I wish there was a way to use this completely flipped. I really love that strumming feature, would just prefer my left hand for that. You could turn it upside down, but then the display would be upside down. This is very cool though, none the less. Omnichord and OP1 lovechild.
Polarizing to be sure. I think its dope. Throw it in the bag with the laptop and get the most out of all those VSTs I bought. A lot of people tend to forget that we're in this game cause we aint exactly broke anyways.
if there was a $200 version i would have been sold immediately, its like a modern day omnichord, $500 is way out of my price range for a midi controller.
Very cool device. Very very helpful. Congrats ! The first idea that I would like to add there is to add the ability to control chords inside the patch by setting up oscillators. that is, there is 1 oscillator, for example, this is the note C, the second is the note E, etc. So this could be used in polyphonic synthesizers. And also, within the chord, make connections to other parameters. that is, when playing notes, some parameters can also change not only in tonality but also in content. Sorry for the flood. Thnx!
Excellent interface design simple elegant and useful. Take note everyone. And this is only a controller . Imagine if daw interfaces and plugins were designed to be intuitive like this . Great work! I could follow along and it all made sense too! 👽✌️
Had been testing lots of chords players, none of those sounded as good as this demo. Placed the order as soon as I saw this demo, looking forward to more customisable features. Too bad the basic version does not ship to the UK, went for the one with the dangle, fingers crossed it's VAT included:)
One thing I would like to see is a very small section of that screen real-estate to show an optional keyboard as a reference of what notes are playing. Maybe just right along the bottom edge of the screen. Toggle it to show or hide. Also it would be good to be able to store four rows of user chords to the buttons and be able to save those sets to a user library.
What if the keys were laid out side by side a semi tone apart, except for b and c, and e and f? That would be neat all right. And you could have the natural notes a different size to that of the sharps, oh boy that would be swell.
Yeah and I could flip up the cover and just pluck away at the... let's call them wires! And it would be so easy, and a fun size. We can make fun of anything if we simplify it enough and ignore some of the more creative parts of the product.
Looks so nice. Is July still on as a shipping date? Can't wait to mess with it... Also wanted to know how the touchscreen functions can be utilised, it it possible to assign CC values?
Interesting… ‘perspective.’ How about considering some others? Some people have neither the time nor inclination, and may be focused on other types of creation and other instruments. Some people might find a different way of working to inspire different types of results. People who have played piano and/or have a foundation in theory tend to follow the same rules and often get stuck in familiar patterns. This is just another type of technology-a variant. What if Apple decided people should just stick with texting on a numerical keypad. Or that no one needed an internet browser on a phone. What if DAW makers said “people will do anything to avoid recording to tape.” I’ll bet that if you examined your own life and workflows, you’ll find someone could make the same comment as yours about the things you now take for granted.
I'm hopefully getting one soon. Quick question, this doesn't affect if I buy or not, it's just if I don't have to buy something else also. Could I use the X/Y pad function to control the Korg Kaoss Pad plugin quite possibly? Otherwise I have to get the Korg nanoPAD to control that physically. Of course I can do the same sort of thing with my own effects chain but I use this a lot as a time saver for transition effects
I presumed it was designed to flip it's screen orientation on the right hand side, right? With flipped software, obviously... If not, that would be a huge oversight, imo. Would only need minor hardware tweaks to make this work.
Does it have a sequencer/looper? That would make it a great practice tool. Also, why a hardware implementation? IMHO, as an iOS app, this thing would be a no-brainer.
@@tobytodelafontena Where you an engineer working in the phone industry? Because I was indeed working as head of R&D department of a renowned synths & gear German manufacturer.
If you want to get the button accordionists on board, please add an update for the button accordion: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_button_accordion For this device, b-griff seems the most logic layout.
If you get good at this, on live gigs, it would be a hell of a look. But ultimately a gimmick that may not last beyond a few years. But regardless, for kids not interested in learning an instrument, it’s pretty cool for creating music.
@@ampstudios Ok. That’s fair. But let’s be clear, there is music and that’s it. So whatever you use to create it doesn’t matter as long as the end result is good. So, maybe it isn’t a gimmick. Maybe this will lead to more music being created by kids who don’t have access to traditional instruments. I wish I had access to this when I was a kid. I can see it makes you think about music.
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An important detail is that this is a midi controller. Meaning it just sends note commands to a DAW. Cool Idea, but the sounds are from the DAW and not the controller. An important detail that I think many people getting into making music will not grasp!
Was the midi controller able to read the sound pack loaded for that particular track like how Komplete keyboards can read and load sounds from the DAW and display it on the LCD?
The way the device works and how it's laid out can potentially carry into the way you approach writing without the device, too. I like how it puts the user into a much different way of thinking and creating versus one's usual approach to composing.
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The design is pure goodness, reminds a little of TE or the old Braun stuff.
Ngl I opened the video cause it felt like something designed by Teenage Engineering.
Don't see any mention on their website tho...
its bauhaus
I feel like the name AKT-0.1 is likely a TE reference.
it's boring and repetitive I wish for a keyboard that looks like a guitar pedal instead of this cheap industrial design stuff.
@@hapaulino Cause its not... he said reminds and if it is would be TE,it would simply says in the title.........
This is cool! The strum mode makes this unique and its own instrument. This isn’t a replacement for a piano it’s just a completely different thing. There’s no way to mimic the strum mode of this on a piano
Not unique. Chordbot does that as well.
@@millenniummastering and omnichord
Chordbots have not been available for a while and won’t be coming back.
Of all the chord helping tools I've seen so far, this looks like the simplest, slick'est, most flexible, powerful and well thought out one so far. Nice :)
Or you could buy a Roland J6 and Simpler 2 for half the price
@@notmyrealname9059 but it doesn't look like a hipster "sound design" device... ):
Or learn a chord progression? Children do it easily
@@HAHb-zc2dp do they strum chords on a piano keyboard easily too?
@@howardjones543 yes,it's very easy Google child plays piano, if s child can use their hands why can't you? Do you even have a real excuse for your laziness? Are you missing both hands? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
As a righty guitar player synth nerd, I wish there was a way to use this completely flipped. I really love that strumming feature, would just prefer my left hand for that. You could turn it upside down, but then the display would be upside down. This is very cool though, none the less. Omnichord and OP1 lovechild.
If you go back to the original kickstarter listing, they say you can flip the unit and it will play correctly.
Well, I‘m a lefty. I think it’s perfect….😂
Fancy omnichord/autoharp!
Hell yeah! Can't wait to get mine and do a v2 of my "Modular Chord Machine" video :D
This is absolutly amazing!
I feel like this could be way more than a chord machine…
Polarizing to be sure. I think its dope. Throw it in the bag with the laptop and get the most out of all those VSTs I bought. A lot of people tend to forget that we're in this game cause we aint exactly broke anyways.
I'm not a musician, but I want this machine!
Yes, the design is perfect
This is exactly why you want this machine :)
@@karastudio 😆
can't wait for flume to get his hands on this
I like the touch screen, seems pretty useful
if there was a $200 version i would have been sold immediately, its like a modern day omnichord, $500 is way out of my price range for a midi controller.
2:26 - arpeggiator mode makes me wonna buy this straight away
Very cool device. Very very helpful. Congrats !
The first idea that I would like to add there is to add the ability to control chords inside the patch by setting up oscillators. that is, there is 1 oscillator, for example, this is the note C, the second is the note E, etc. So this could be used in polyphonic synthesizers. And also, within the chord, make connections to other parameters. that is, when playing notes, some parameters can also change not only in tonality but also in content.
Sorry for the flood.
Thnx!
There are already many plugins and devices that do chords, but the strum feature is *very* unique!
absolutely love this concept! I wonder if this has application in music therapy
It has some similarity to the left hand on Piano Accordian! What a sick device!
Been a while since I saw something that appears genuinely quite inspiring. Bit like an electric autoharp.
Excellent interface design simple elegant and useful. Take note everyone. And this is only a controller . Imagine if daw interfaces and plugins were designed to be intuitive like this . Great work! I could follow along and it all made sense too! 👽✌️
I can see myself incorporating this into my workflow
Dude, crazy machine.
I want it!
SO nice to see small companies absolutely dog-walking the major brands! SO BAD ASS!!!
Had been testing lots of chords players, none of those sounded as good as this demo. Placed the order as soon as I saw this demo, looking forward to more customisable features. Too bad the basic version does not ship to the UK, went for the one with the dangle, fingers crossed it's VAT included:)
Dam... this will be better for me than the thy333 keyboard
One thing I would like to see is a very small section of that screen real-estate to show an optional keyboard as a reference of what notes are playing. Maybe just right along the bottom edge of the screen. Toggle it to show or hide. Also it would be good to be able to store four rows of user chords to the buttons and be able to save those sets to a user library.
Wow, that's a wild device. Looks very fun.
NIce idea. Nice design.
I am excited by this.
Can't wait to see my one after years of waiting :D still looks great!
I can play piano and keyboards just fine but this like for the strum feature & the appegiator 🖖🏼👌🏼
What if the keys were laid out side by side a semi tone apart, except for b and c, and e and f? That would be neat all right. And you could have the natural notes a different size to that of the sharps, oh boy that would be swell.
I'm picturing exactly this, with the natural notes colored white and the sharps colored black. Not sure it would catch on though.
Yeah and I could flip up the cover and just pluck away at the... let's call them wires! And it would be so easy, and a fun size. We can make fun of anything if we simplify it enough and ignore some of the more creative parts of the product.
@@8thlvlMage if you like it that's awesome. I think it's a shit idea. Is that fun enough for you.
Looks so nice. Is July still on as a shipping date? Can't wait to mess with it...
Also wanted to know how the touchscreen functions can be utilised, it it possible to assign CC values?
2024 and finally were getting this
FINALLY SOMEONE MADE IT!!!!!!
That's neat! Good job.
Hmm, looks kind of interesting, I am playing piano, so I am thinking is that something for me ? I think, looks great ❤❤❤❤
that look very fun to create with !!!
Bravo superbe projet! est-il possible de hold une ou plusieurs note? Pour l'arppegio, ça serait pas mal :)
I'm interested what kind of unusual step sequencing you could do for drums etc. on that button set!
an excellent idea. this is different
Intriguing instrument, and the sound is top notch!
Isn’t it a midi controller, so no built in sound engine?
Yayyy can't wait to have my hands on it !
whoa cool! just when I was telling myself - I don't need anything anymore
people will do anything to avoid learning to play chords
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I thought the same! It seems easier just to learn the chords
Interesting… ‘perspective.’ How about considering some others? Some people have neither the time nor inclination, and may be focused on other types of creation and other instruments. Some people might find a different way of working to inspire different types of results. People who have played piano and/or have a foundation in theory tend to follow the same rules and often get stuck in familiar patterns. This is just another type of technology-a variant. What if Apple decided people should just stick with texting on a numerical keypad. Or that no one needed an internet browser on a phone. What if DAW makers said “people will do anything to avoid recording to tape.” I’ll bet that if you examined your own life and workflows, you’ll find someone could make the same comment as yours about the things you now take for granted.
@CentaurusRelax314 no timr nor inclination? Go do something else. Im sure youll find fun or duty in there.
There’s more amazing musicians that won’t take time to learn how to song write.
This must be the fastest I've pledged to anything.
Sympa. J'aime bien l’écran tactile qui permet un jeu interactif. J'aimerais bien la même chose mais pour clavier.
Damn that's cool. I am almost sold! 😃
AWESOME!!!
electronic musicians will do everything but learn music theory
Yeah, you right. Best chord machine is still a simple piano
😂 Word 😂😂😂
I’m curious what is music theory
good for them
A lot of legendary musicians don't/didn't know music theory. It's good if you know it but not necessary to make good music.
im using Cthulhu vst with a Pulse 2 , but i love to try your Chord Machine since it's way more developed than the plugin...
Well done!! I knew something like this must work!
THIS IS COOL! GOOD LUCK WITH THIS MACHINE
super cool
Great device as long as we aren't limited to a handful of stock sounds that come with the machine
It's not a synthesiser, it's a controller.
This is Fire 🔥
I'm hopefully getting one soon.
Quick question, this doesn't affect if I buy or not, it's just if I don't have to buy something else also.
Could I use the X/Y pad function to control the Korg Kaoss Pad plugin quite possibly?
Otherwise I have to get the Korg nanoPAD to control that physically.
Of course I can do the same sort of thing with my own effects chain but I use this a lot as a time saver for transition effects
Well, pledging soon anyway lol
wow! really cool!
LOOKS FRESH AF 👅TIME TO COOK 🧑🍳
I’d like to know if you have a personal playlist on Spotify or something? I’d like to know what kind of music do you listen to?
Soooooo coooll!!!!
Great stuff! Can you record a longer theme from 4:09?
Dope AF
I love it.
I like this idea
With adding samples,synth engine, midi, beats/drums, pattern editor and sequencer it would be nice groovebox
Wow this thing is dope. I wish I knew what any of it meant.
I have no idea, what is for and why. But this thing look so nice :D I love design
this is great
Just inspiring
Getting strong Plaid vibes from this
I presumed it was designed to flip it's screen orientation on the right hand side, right? With flipped software, obviously... If not, that would be a huge oversight, imo. Would only need minor hardware tweaks to make this work.
Does it have a sequencer/looper? That would make it a great practice tool. Also, why a hardware implementation? IMHO, as an iOS app, this thing would be a no-brainer.
Amazing stuff!!
What is the name of the music genre at 4:09?
Omg can't wait to spend my salary
wow accordion mode？
Chordbot walked so that this could run
amazing video
That just makes chord even more difficult 😂
Looks wonderful!
French79 in a box, gj man!
Modern Omnichord. Neat.
космическое устройство! прекрасно!
Teknoloji bir harika
I actually designed something 90% identical around 10 years ago… but never actually took it from idea to prototype… well done and we’ll implemented.
It happened the same to me with the iPhone.
@@tobytodelafontena Where you an engineer working in the phone industry? Because I was indeed working as head of R&D department of a renowned synths & gear German manufacturer.
@@MULTIMAN-MUSIC The problem is that I had a lot of Jobs, Steve, and I can't remember each of those.
@@tobytodelafontena I see. I guess envy makes people show their insecurities online very quickly.
Since I'm a guitar player, I want to flip this device. I want to play chords with my left hand, and strum with my right hand. Will it work that way?
Awesome tool!
I don't have any fingers. but I think I could actually make music with that. That's just great.
I wonder if it is touch sensitive, or at least, if you can manipulate velocity while strumming via the touch screen in some way ?
PERFECTION!
I just cannot afford but looks amazing
I need one!!!!!
Looks like a fancy modern Omnichord xD
If you want to get the button accordionists on board, please add an update for the button accordion: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_button_accordion
For this device, b-griff seems the most logic layout.
so cool. can it control regular synths via midi ?
Next gen Omnichord
If you get good at this, on live gigs, it would be a hell of a look. But ultimately a gimmick that may not last beyond a few years. But regardless, for kids not interested in learning an instrument, it’s pretty cool for creating music.
pretty sure it's not a gimmick. i guess a simple casio is a gimmick too?
@@ampstudios Ok. That’s fair. But let’s be clear, there is music and that’s it. So whatever you use to create it doesn’t matter as long as the end result is good. So, maybe it isn’t a gimmick. Maybe this will lead to more music being created by kids who don’t have access to traditional instruments. I wish I had access to this when I was a kid. I can see it makes you think about music.
It seems to me like a very advanced version of the SP pro program in terms of hardware. Tempted but not big thing.