Easyplay 1s - a fun-sized piano with ambitions!
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- Summertones' #easyplay 1s (currently in it's Kickstarter phase bit.ly/3OOoED6 ) looks and sounds like a #toypiano at first, but there may be more to it than it seems at first. If one specific feature was added before release, this could be a rather useful thing to have... Table of contents:
00:00 hi
00:14 hardware overview
01:47 demo #1
02:03 demo #2 (the kids vs floyd jam)
02:19 patch overview
03:22 multitimbral?
03:40 midi?
04:17 multitimbral demo
05:01 velocity sensitivity when using external controllers
05:37 bluetooth
05:50 conclusion
07:01 ambient jam with Source Audio collider
10:17 bye-bye
Easyplay 1s facts
10 preset patches (release version will have more) | MIDI support｜Bluetooth speaker & MIDI｜25-key 3x5 keyboard layout, C3-C8 (with semitones)
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Man. I made some of the 3D animations playing on that pixel display and it’s so trippy to always see them in the background. I’m honored. Love your stuff!
Hey, thanks! That's awesome!
what is this device?
My ex wife would love this. She didn't love me because I had no ambitions.
This device is pretty damn good,, actually.
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If it had a standard MIDI mini jack, I would buy one. I can think of all sorts of stuff to use this as a controller for. Great ambient piece at the end there! Getting some Pete Namlook vibes off that! ❤
Thank you very much! (And thanks for your feedback on the 1s as well)
It took me a bit to figure out what layout they used for the keyboard. It's a little crazy, but I like it. Interesting way to emphasize diatonic notes while still leaving (most) of the chromatic notes.
Hi! The black keys are grey here, it's a full two octave keyboard. They are arranged from top left two right bottom, the middle row representing the a3-e4 notes (or whatever octave you're in).
As you're implying, this layout enables you to play a set major chords easily by hitting the "vertical rows".
Also, playing some "geometrical figures" will result in mostly good-sounding harmonies as well.
@@mr_floydst yes I understood that, but thank you for clarifying. I enjoy seeing people rethink note layouts. On Wiggler I only included 8 keys which cover one octave of a user selectable scale. I like how this layout is chromatic while still making it easier to play in one key.
The thing that confused me at first is how the lowest notes are on the top row. I personally would have done it the other way around.
Looks cool and i have been looking for something with this form factor and functionality to go alongside the Dirtywave m8. One thing that would make a difference to me would be midi on a 3.5mm jack so i could connect straight to the m8 - sadly the m8 does not support usb midi and would need a usb midi host to connect to this.
Hello, thanks for watching! I think the team behind the 1s will take note. Thanks for your input!
I have to admit this is kind of cool. I don’t think for eveeything but as someone who loves generative ambient I could see me using it in several ways
Thanks for watching! I think it's got some things going for it - a battery powered two octave MIDI controller with built PCM sounds and bluetooth support. But as we humans are, once we see an idea, we see how to make it even better ;-)
I followed this project after watching your video a few days ago. Now they've announced the price or at least the ballpark. $229 or $249 full price. Around $120 for the first three days. $120 should have been the full price, and it's a tough sell even then. Since it would get dusty in an actual pocket, I don't see any advantages over the nanokey studio. Sure the nanokey studio doesn't have sound, but this doesn't have velocity or the other features of the studio. And I'd be using synths on my phone anyway. Once it hits over $229 I'd rather get a Woovebox or something from Liven. I wish them luck but I think they've missed the mark.
Oh, ok. I guess you're not wrong...
@@mr_floydst I wish I were. $60 early bird and $120 full price would have been intriguing. But over $200 there's just too much competition for me to see it having the legs needed for them to support it long enough to mature.
@@peterthepiper333 I saw an ad today which says the price will be $99 / $120 ($120 gets you a carrying case and some alternative buttons)
@@mr_floydst Those are the early bird prices. It would be totally reasonable if it stayed there. But at least for now they are claiming that is 50% off of the final price.
My first thought was, “why are they worried about what sounds to put in it, just let us put our own in.” If they do that, they could rename this, “just take my money…”
This was my first thought as well. The WAV format has a specification for sample loops, just let us use that, mount this keyboard like a USB stick, drop the samples in there with pre-defined filenames, disconnect, play.
Nice little thing.
It is fun! The small people living in my house have "borrowed" this immediately ;-)
I keep getting ads for this on Facebook... Which, after buying the Odd Ball, which had so much potential, but was let down by software... Always makes me suspicious
Since I made this video, my Facebook stream is plastered with ads for their Kickstarter campaign as well ;-)
How did you manage to buy one already? Did you support their campaign?
In my opinion, this thing works as advertised, and adding that "exchange the sounds yourself" and e.g. an arpeggiator would make this a nice thing to have (if the price is right). It's battery powered and has bluetooth support and also is a multitimbral polyphonic sample playback ... thing. ;-)
@@mr_floydst I don't have one of these! But I do have an odd ball, which is a fun little controller, but it only worked with their own very limited app. Apparently you can hook it up to Ableton, but it's not something I've managed. I do get ads for this constantly with my dream girl playing it, but that only makes me more suspect
So is this going to be open source, at least the firmware? That would be quite tempting indeed. Otherwise, I guess it depends on the price mainly, of which I can find no mention yet.
Thanks for watching! I don't expect this to be open source, but it isn't impossible users will be able to change the sounds at some time in the future (sorry for being vague, but the answer I got on this question wasn't definitive either)
Hey Floyd, Timestamp 1:47 is that a DiVoo Pixoo Display, and does it respond to the music you generate, or is it just a desk decoration?
Thanks for watching! It is, and it has multiple programs that react to audio - but here, it's just going through a slideshow of cool things the Divoom community created.
@@mr_floydst Very cool. thanks for replying. Don't suppose you have a video showing how it reacts to audio? You know, now that I've seen it I have to fight the urge to go out and immediately buy one... 😂
@@TheHeraldOfChange Not really, but I once made a short video because so many people ask about this cube :-) czcams.com/users/shortsZC0d_4xyMUw
Nice one. It has many sound patches but bass. A synthy one would be useful. The design is just cool.
Thanks for your feedback!
Waiting for mine! Um... I mean, it's for my son. Yeah, that's it.
Congrats - hope -you'll- your son will find good use for it! :-)
Where can I buy this in the UK
It's still on Kickstarter - please visit their page for more details.
Chord mode would have been interesting. Uploading samples would be very cool.
Thanks for watching! You're right.
By the way this "keyboard" is laid out, it's very easy to play chords (just hit all the keys in one "column" to play a major chord)
Yeah, why not? Little, hopefully inexpensive, midi expanders with good sound quality and also with drum set can be very helpful. I will have a look. But really depends on the price.
Thanks for watching! I agree.
Still sounds like midi even with reverb
I assume you mean "General Midi"? Yes, you're right... It would be nice if one could upload his/her own samples here. Hope they add that feature.
Sounds like a casio tone keyboard, if it was 10 quid I still wouldn't be interested
Thanks for watching - I had a similar thought at 3:15 ;-)
Looks like a cool little device, if only they could anp arp or even better a sequencer...
That would be a nice thing to have indeed!
If it reacts to MIDI a controller like the Keystep and Behringers version of it both have Arpegiators built in.
Steinberg. Fellow Jewish brother.
Thanks for watching - I'm afraid you guessed wrong here, but I can see where you're coming from.
BTW theres a fascinating bit of history behind this, if you're interested. t1p.de/m64jc
There’s far more interesting stuff available for the price they’re asking. Real synths and samplers. I wanted to like this thing but when you check the competition you’d have to be crazy.
Only 10-20 sounds for a modern digital device is just confounding. 100 quality, curated sounds minimum would make it interesting as a portable sound module but as it stands it’s a pass.
My issue with this is its $99!!
250$
@@mihintai8166 wow, think of how many volcas or pocket operators that would buy with change for a mini controller keyboard!
250$ for this??
Naah.. I'm happy enough with sky music app
In my defense, I made this video given the information that the 1s will be "under $100" and "with 20+ sounds". While that's still not exactly cheap for a device like this, I thought this might have it's place as a small battery powered bluetooth / MIDI controller with a sample player (that's not a thing that exists otherwise). We'll see if the "early access" price will become permanent or not.