Roll up piano?!!??! OMFG!!! TEH PRIAONZZZ!!

[Enigma™]

okay, I SOOO want one of these... People are like "I hear you play piano, you should play for me sometime" and I'm all like... Whatever, there's no piano here is there? lol
Well, here's the solution:
http://www.suzukimusic.com/education/pages/rollpiano_harmonicas.html

AWESOME!!!

If they only make it 88 keys, had a sustain pedal port and made sure it had a headphone jack or at least decent piano sounds, then I'd TOTALLY get it :)

[Airspeed]

Does it have KDFX? 8)

[Haagi]

HAHA!!! insane!!! am getting me one of those!

[Lyngs]

ROFL :lol:

That is SOO cool! :) \m/

[Zaki]

so cool and nice price

[TheVillageMidiot]

O......M.....G....... :shock: WTF?!?!?!?!?!

That is the single most amazing thing I have ever seen in my life (besides DT in concert). I want one...now.

[Ehren]

Oh, yeah - I have the deluxe roll up keyboard with weighted keys. The action's nice!

[John]

I'd like an 88 key rollup with a MIDI out. That would be sweet for any "practices" where I don't feel like packing all that piano gear. Just a rack mount and my rollup keyboard.

Sounds good,

John O.

[Cary]

Next up: Roll up expansion boards. :lol:

[AWIP Keys]

lol crap. no pitch wheel

[John]

Some assignable controlers and a couple of input switches (for things like a sustain pedal) would be nice.

[Liquid Shadow]

I was reading the magazine they had on the plane when I went to Tenessee over Labor Day weekend and I saw this in there. Pretty neat idea.

[Irish]

It's a good idea, but the fact that it's advertised as being for kids worries me about the sound quality.

[Enigma™]

pffft.. I wanna get one JUST so I can mod it up and get midi implimentation and then maybe a pitch wheel and then... :)

[merijn]

Yeah cool, this would be something for clumpsy people who drop their boards all the time.

[Taurus]

Sounds funny, though Im not sure if it would really be that handy. I dont expect any 64mb piano samples either. Maybe useful to quickly play an idea that you suddenly get in your head. Or so you can practice at work in the cafetaria 8)
But not doing it too long since the keys dont really get pressed, so you'l damage your bones.

[John]

You won't damange your bones. In fact, I've heard people suggest that playing on your desk at work is a good idea.

If they had one for $126 that had midi, a couple of assignable controlers, and a place for a pedal or two; I'd buy one just for the silly fun of it all.

Also, if possible, velocity sensitive keys would be nice.

[pHaTaL_eRrOr]

We should all place the order together and see if we can get a volume discount.

That looks too cool...

[Enigma™]

The keys ARE velocity sensitive. I'm going to call today the 1-800 # and ask if they either have something like that already or have plans for it.
Problem with a pitch wheel or joystick is that it would have a spring that would make it return to center, however the nature of the controller and the "mobile" keyboard would make the base that the bender is connected to move when you try and bend at all... I could see maybe a bender as a ribbon, but again, same concept there too.
I was thinking maybe Midi In only for inputs *like they could sell external modules for a pitch ribbon, mod, or just general input*
Also, a spot for a foot pedal. Very easy to impliment.
76 and 88 key versions available.

And a 64 meg piano isn't needed... Kurzweil's been getting by with their 4 meg piano for years and it's still one of the best sounding IMO.

Anyway, I'm going to call them and see what they have to say and at the very least maybe it's a suggestion that we can call about and get them to impliment if they haven't already got something similar :)

I'll report back soon!

[Human Machine]

It looks like the actuall roll up part is just a controller and all the eletronics are in that little plastic piece. Granted it's not a midi controller, however depending on how they built it, it could be possible to disconnect the roll up keyboard part and make a separate midi box, modded with a built-in speaker, battery powered with all connections including pitch and mod wheels. Granted the separate midi box would probably be a bit cumbersome, but still very portable. Actually how about this....create an adapter to plug into the serial port or USB port of a laptop (of course the adapter would have digitally route the signals to separate pins.) Then get someone who knows how to program to create a peice of software to change the incoming signals to midi signals. Then you could use a soft synth. Wheels, sliders, pedals and all those things could be connect via USB also like a mouse. Of course all of this is probably a bit expensive to develop, but maybe someone already has some of the pieces out there. I mean the biggest part of a keyboard is the actuall keys, this takes that away. Of course you probably wouldn't use it to preform, because I'm sure it doesn't have a very good response, but being able to work on an idea on the fly and take it with you wherever, man that would be great. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before someone makes it. Electronics are now at the point where they're small enough to do these things. If there's a market...someone will develop it.

[Cary]

...maybe someone already has some of the pieces out there.

http://tomscarff.tripod.com/

[Rudess]

This is it. This is my future!!!! I must have the fully loaded model.
Anyone know the artist relations guy there????

JR

[merijn]

Hahaha! So Jordan R, so you won't need Standbuilder no more! :(

[John]

MIDI out would be nice. That way you wouldn't be confined to the sounds that it came with. You could buy a small rack mount.

[FunkyDigits]

Once, during a gig, I was playing with my Alesis and the spring popped out of place on the pitch wheel. All of a sudden I was playing notes that I don't think even existed. It was pretty funny once I figured out what was wrong (a couple seconds later), readjusted the pitch wheel again, and made sure not to touch it at all for the rest of the night (that was hard :P). Anyway, my point is, screw the springs! It'd be harder to do, but I bet if you had a little resistance right in the middle of the bend you could bring it back on your own, everytime.

[Enigma™]

This is it. This is my future!!!! I must have the fully loaded model.
Anyone know the artist relations guy there????

JR

All kidding aside, I'm trying to find out about them making a 88 key model with midi implimentation... :) I'll send you your copy!

[Enigma™]

Well, I called, got an operator. I asked about product suggestions/requests/ideas...no avail. (I was greeted by a operator that directed me to some guy's office.) I'll try again tomorrow perhaps. I'd like to see where this goes! :)

[Last Viking]

Once, during a gig, I was playing with my Alesis and the spring popped out of place on the pitch wheel. All of a sudden I was playing notes that I don't think even existed. It was pretty funny once I figured out what was wrong (a couple seconds later), readjusted the pitch wheel again, and made sure not to touch it at all for the rest of the night (that was hard :P). Anyway, my point is, screw the springs! It'd be harder to do, but I bet if you had a little resistance right in the middle of the bend you could bring it back on your own, everytime.
I dont have a spring in my pitch wheel, in the beginning its hard but you get used to it.

[etrangepulpe]

This keyboard looks so cool :)

[King_Ellesar]

heh, you ought to (if you havent already) tell them that there are many keyboardists who are seriously considering purchasing one of their roll-up pianos if they upgraded it just a little. The 88 key one would be number one on my gear wishlist if made :D