TBX1 demo 1

This is a demonstration of the H-Pi Instruments Tuning Box TBX1 ($299), a device which retunes standard MIDI keyboards so that any key can play any pitch you want. In this demo, a Yamaha PSR-310 ($149) plays an arpeggio throughout, sending MIDI notes of a C-Major chord, which you hear at the beginning going through the box in bypass mode (no retuning). That chord then gets retuned in 15 different ways, and I noodle around (not much keyboard skill shown here) over the arpeggio in each tuning. Each of the 15 presets stores a tuning and a bank / patch change. The box stores up to 128 tunings in 4 layers = 512 tunings, each 128 notes. Check it out here: http://www.h-pi.com/TBX1intro.html

Category:

Music

Tags:

• microtonal
• microtones
• quartertones
• partch
• axis-64
• microzone
• keyboard
• synthesizer

[saviorsdisciple]

Most soft-synths I see that let you retune will not let you adjust the spacing of the octave, yet I see you had a 13-note Bohlen Pierce tuning up which is tritave-based and not octave-based. If this device lets me use non-octave tunings then I will definitely consider buying one.

[AaronAndrewHunt]

@saviorsdisciple yes, TBX1 does non-octave scales including BP. It's totally up to you how you want the keys tuned. Any key can produce any pitch. Download CSE from the h-pi website and you'll see how it works. Just contact me there by email for more info.

[rodolphesimon]

Cool stufff, opens up new sonic doors.

[uethanian]

i just found this product online. i have to get it! i've been working with justly refretted guitars, but haven't been able to use my keyboard. now i can!