Artiphon INSTRUMENT 1 is a single device that can be played as a guitar, piano, drum pad, synthesizer…

The Artiphon INSTRUMENT 1 is a single device that can be played as a guitar, piano, drum pad, synthesizer, and many other instruments.

The gadget not only handles the functions of multiple instruments, but it adapts to the musician’s skill level as talents progress. The Instrument 1 also serves as an input device for a truckload of music-making apps on iOS.

If you’re looking to make a custom instrument for specific results, the Aritphon app will allow you to do just that, in addition to serving up an arsenal of different music-making options.

This new model is 23.5 inches long, with speakers on each end of the front. A pressure- and velocity-sensitive fingerboard is still where a bulk of the activity is done, and there are capo buttons to handle those guitar-like tasks. What’s more, that touch panel also allows you to play two notes at once as well. Instrument 1 doesn’t have strings, but it does have a six-button bridge for strumming, picking and bowing — just like you’d expect from a guitar, banjo, violin and more. An on-board volume control doubles as a mode selector, toggling between four built-in presets and four user-programmable modes.

Artiphon Instrument 1 is plug and play with music apps such as GarageBand, compatible with your MIDI-based equipment and supports universal music gestures such as strumming, tapping, bowing and sliding. It also open new horizons for your music playing such fretless playability (useful to slide between notes), vibrato usage, tuning instant switching or even playing one instrument per string.

 

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