Yamaha�s Tenori-On

The Yamaha Tenori-On is the most amazing piece of hardware that I�ve seen this year. Don�t brush this off as just another synth toy for house music geeks. This musical gadget has so many options and configurations that it makes the Chromatone 312 feel like it�s made by Fisher Price. Although, after looking at it, the Tenori-On kind does look like a toy.

However, in order to truly appreciate what this thing a magic is truly capable, you need to see what it can do in the hands of the masters. Yamaha provides a video of Robert Lippok taking the Tenori-On for a spin. There�s also Atom Heart who molds this device like play-doh with his house tracks. And Jim O�rourke from Sonic Youth fame (and a few others) demos how easy it is to just dive in and play.