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This Wearable was designed to make you a better musician
The Soundbrenner Core is perhaps the world’s first profession-specific smartwatch (or second, if you consider diving to be a profession rather than a hobby). It comes with features packed to give musicians an edge while they practice or perform, allowing their skills and sense of rhythm/tone to be heightened.
Like most smartwatches (or even smartphones) that take external products/experiences and internalize them – case in point, the Apple watch now serving as an ECG – the Soundbrenner does the very same thing. It combines a metronome, tuner, and decibel meter into a product that’s also a smartwatch, giving you something that is potentially a musician’s biggest wearable lifehack. It simplifies the music-playing process with a vibrating metronome that sends vibrations directly to your body (with the ability to change and set time signatures too). You can even set the BPM by tapping the screen of the watch. The watch even works as a tuner, allowing you to tune your stringed instruments to perfection without spending money on and carrying extra gear. In an ingenious move, the wearable can detach itself from its band and magnetically attach to your guitar to guide you through the tuning process. Lastly, a decibel meter gives you real-time feedback of your surroundings, letting you know if the sound around you is too loud, so you can take steps to prevent hearing damage, or tinnitus… a musician’s biggest nightmare.
The Soundbrenner Core’s rather industry-specific approach is exactly what makes the product such a winner. Rather than shelling out money for metronomes and tuners, or opting for a smartphone app that isn’t reliable or effective enough, the Soundbrenner Core gives you your tools in a device that’s accurate, specifically tailored, and delivers cues effectively through both visual and haptic mediums. The Soundbrenner Core can additionally even be strapped to your chest, arm, or even leg, based on what suits your musical needs!
Designer: Soundbrenner
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Soundbrenner watch includes a metronome, tuner and decibel meter
Soundbrenner is far from a household name in the music industry, but having apparently sold over 50,000 Pulse wearable metronomes with endorsement from notable musicians, this Hong Kong startup isn't doing so bad. Today, the company hopes to make a b...
Korg’s KR Mini rhythm controller puts a backing band in your gig bag (video)
Sometimes a metronome just won't cut it when you're playing an instrument alone. That's where Korg's KR Mini comes in, providing the galloping metal beat that bridges into a poppy chorus for your bass, guitar or keyboard jam session. You can even chain the unit's nine presets -- 8-beat, 16-beat, dance, jazz, Latin, metal, pop, R&B and rock -- together with a plethora of fills to make your own backing tracks to shred along to. The box's 16 velocity sensitive-pads do double duty too, allowing for finger drumming if none of the onboard loops do the trick.
If you need inputs to run your existing effects pedal-board or foot controls into, the KR Mini has you covered there too. No monitor? No problem. The built-in speakers can provide the sound you need at a moment's notice, with a trio of AAs providing the juice if you aren't near a wall outlet. Considering the company's storied drum machine-heritage, it's cool to see Korg honoring that legacy with this latest KR model. The Mini ships in November for $79.99, and while it may not be the ego-free backing band of your dreams, it probably comes close.
Via: Create Digital Music
Source: Korg
Tunable app shows musicians what pitch-perfect means as they play (video)
Musicians who've had some degree of practice will know the lack of sophistication involved in getting an instrument in tune and on time: a light-up tuning box and a swinging metronome may be their only real resources. Affinity Blue knows that mobile apps allow better, and recently unveiled Tunable as a one-stop shop for more exacting performers. The Android and iOS release provides a live graph that shows where the sweet spot is for pitch, and how closely the music has followed along for the past few seconds -- a boon for brass players, vocalists and others who need to sustain a note for more than a moment. There's also a simple tone generator and a customizable metronome that's easily seen from a distance. While it's $1 to try Tunable, that might be a pittance for anyone who'd rather spend time mastering a riff than rehashing the basics.
Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets
Via: Fast Company
Source: Affinity Blue