The Eigenharp - a new musical instrument

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:50 pm

The Eigenharp - a new musical instrument designed specifically for live performance, enabling a wide range of sounds to be played and improvised.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8295813.stm

Jsun76 · Post by **Jsun76** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:57 pm

SHIT....I think I just lost my job

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:59 pm

Looks like they took a synthesizer and changed the design of it a little bit ..

slackin@dabass · Post by **slackin@dabass** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:06 pm

f.sciarrillo wrote:Looks like they took a synthesizer and changed the design of it a little bit ..

yea, instead of patching to different samples, they just make one set of buttons per sample. that's not new. been done. and i think a keytar looks cooler anyway.

nakedtwister · Post by **nakedtwister** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:15 pm

Yeah especially from that angle.

Post by **Ron** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:27 pm

Blah... in the video there are 3 guys trained to play the thing, and they still needed cheesy sequenced drums and the music was... well... lame.

I'd like to see Ted Nugent shoot one of those with a 12 gauge.

Flaw · Post by **Flaw** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:37 pm

Ron wrote:Blah... in the video there are 3 guys trained to play the thing, and they still needed cheesy sequenced drums and the music was... well... lame.

I'd like to see Ted Nugent shoot one of those with a 12 gauge.

Ted Nugent should just turn it into a 12 gauge, it'll have some use then, its just a novelty instrument that you'll see from a board walk musician.

KyleMayket · Post by **KyleMayket** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:10 pm

I"m not going to lie, I want one to play with, I wonder how much they cost!?

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:01 am

It is probably good for playing European techno music. And not much more. Cheesy techno.

Gallowglass · Post by **Gallowglass** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:28 am

Innovative, but if that video is indicative of the tonal range the instrument is doomed to muzak and modern fusion applications exclusively.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:38 am

I was expecting them to play some stuff from the Star Wars cantina scene.

Flaw · Post by **Flaw** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:42 am

lonewolf wrote:I was expecting them to play some stuff from the Star Wars cantina scene.

lol thats what those reminded me of. I was watching the video and recognize them from something.