Electronic Wind Instrument with USB

Juniper Foo | Mar 16, 2007

Talk about taking the idea of plug-and-play into a whole new realm. We've already seen USB drum kits, guitars and keyboards. Now there's a USB wind instrument that lets the PC do the playing. Looking like the old school recorder we kids used to huff on in saliva-induced musicality, crossed with a clarinet, the bundled synthesizer software won't turn you into a Kenny G, but should put the power of an entire orchestra at your finger tips literally, from woodwind to brass, to percussion and even string. Carnegie Hall, here we come. (Not!)

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Via Everything USB

Price: US$199
Availability: At Ion
Device: USB instrument
Specs: USB computer connectivity, touch-sensitive keys, touch-sensitive octave rollers, touch-sensitive pitch bend plates, virtual sampler software, w oodwind, brass, percussion, string, synthesizer and percussion instruments included in software, battery power (AA x 2) or optional AC adapter, includes 32MB CompactFlash card, power cable

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