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The latest project from music education company Loog Guitars isn’t a three-stringed Gibson classic to go with its pint-sized Fender Strat or Tele electrics, but a 37-key portable piano for kids of all ages.Continue ReadingCategory: Music, TechnologyTag… Continue reading Loog kickstarts music learning with wood-enclosed portable Piano
Researchers at Google have posed themselves an interesting problem to solve: mastering the piano. However, they’re not trying to teach themselves, but a pair of simulated anthropomorphic robotic hands instead. …read more Continue reading RoboPianist is a Simulation For Advancing Robotic Control
As we age, our brains naturally atrophy, and we experience cognitive decline. New research suggests that listening to music or playing a musical instrument may improve cognitive functioning in healthy older people.Continue ReadingCategory: Health &… Continue reading Tickling the ivories may improve age-related cognitive decline
Grand pianos are beautiful instruments, but take up altogether too much space. Upright pianos are smaller, but still fairly hefty. When it comes to the PiezoPiano, though, we suspect nobody …read more Continue reading Tiny PCB PiezoPiano Plays Just One Octave
Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major has been credited with having many positive effects, including alleviating epilepsy symptoms. But a new meta-analysis out of Vienna has concluded that there is no scientific evidence linking Mozart’s piece of m… Continue reading The myth of Mozart: Study shows music has no effect on epilepsy symptoms
Roland has announced the launch of the FP-E50, a portable piano and creativity workstation that’s designed as an easy intro for beginners while including enough advanced features to keep the pros happy, including Roland’s flagship synthesis engine.Cont… Continue reading Roland makes flagship sound engine portable with FP-E50 digital piano
Japanese music gear titan Roland is celebrating 50 years in business this year, and has combined the timeless beauty of wood with cutting-edge digital technology for its latest party piece – the 50th Anniversary Concept Model Piano.Continue ReadingCate… Continue reading Roland celebrates 50th anniversary with stunning concept piano
Filling a piano with water probably sounds frivolous and asinine to many. However, it also sparks a certain curiosity as to what it would be like. Thankfully, [Mattias] put in …read more Continue reading Here’s What It Takes to Fill A Piano With Water
Filling a piano with water probably sounds frivolous and asinine to many. However, it also sparks a certain curiosity as to what it would be like. Thankfully, [Mattias] put in …read more Continue reading Here’s What It Takes to Fill A Piano With Water
Despite being a computer with some extra chips, synthesizers today are still quite expensive. They used to cost far more, but we tend to think of them as instruments instead …read more Continue reading Patching the Kurzweil K2500 Synthesizer