Almost certainly midi – timing correction is applied to the loops in Cuckoo’s video.
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I thought so too.
So it is multitimbral.
Ah, you are correct. If it responds to external midi correctly
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Totally out of my current budget/needs but I absolutely love the simple elegance of it.
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They seem to have thought of a lot but there is one thing that is curiously absent:
An octave shift button for the keyboard.
Since it’s only four octaves, you surely need a way to shift the key range. My Nord Electro 3 has it, eventhough it has a five octave keybed.
Wondered about that too. The parts will all be placed, and so four octaves per part compensates for that. Think of voices in a composition, they’re ranged and separate.
Well, sure that’s OK for the bass. But wat about the piano? You might want to go high or you might want to play more in the bass range. Maybe the piano will be available on the bass part too?
I wasn’t clear enough in my message. When i say “voices in a composition”, i mean in composition you have parts ( often labelled soprano, alto, tenor, and bass ) that almost never goes outside of four octaves, or often three in reality.
Think of a typical instrument in the orchestra, an oboe vs a bassoon have fixed ranges and are separate parts. Or voices in a choir.
A piano, with a wider range and polyphony is often approached compositionally in the same part writing fashion.
Not saying octave shifting isn’t useful, but i also understand in a minimalist’s approach that that can be handled differently.
It’s a different contextual approach.
Well, I know many instruments have an usable range of four octaves or even less. I play woodwinds myself. But, most notably, piano has a much larger range. You might not play over more than four octaves in a certain piece but you probably don’t want the same four octaves everywhere. Even electric pianos usually have a 76 note range.
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Think Bach.
It’s not about the range of the instrument.
It’s about the range of the part.
Yes, but parts can be in different note ranges. Do you think they have different patches with the same piano sound but different note ranges? That could be a solution, I suppose.
Yes, absolutely. I am guessing you will have the ability to preconfigure that sort of thing ( off-stage ) as others have suggested up thread.
Cuckoo has the tools to do that for his sound and system design. It’s just whether or not Auxy packages that stuff up for public use.
well maybe they could add the octave up/down, there is that shift button : create a shift + unused button combo… I also kinda feel slightly claustrophobic when someone mentions piano and range is 4 oct 
(it’s the jazz mentality, the sudden urge to drop from C6 to C1 
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yea I feel like 61 keys would be better for a device like this but they were going for compactness I guess. But yea, composing and playing, 61 keys is a minimum IMO. Nonetheless this device looks cool.
I wonder if they will allow users to upload their own multisampled instruments?
It’s called Svensson 49 – you might suppose they included 49 for a reason !
With parts, 37 might have worked, but 49 seems much more reasonable, given a part writing conceptual framework.
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I mean there is always the option to put it on top of a bigger midi keyboard at home, but yeah I imagine the speaker aspect of it means they were thinking of people using it in impromptu jams? I dunno after seeing how big the market for the chompi there was I could see this doing very well with a bigger crowd. Actually looks like a very similar speaker design as what is in the OPXY, which sounds far better than it should also… that sort of flat winding bass port seems to do wonders on a smaller speaker in an unusual cavity.
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The speaker was designed by Ingvar Öhman, who does work for GURU Audio ( i think he is a founder of that company ). He’s been around, he knows his thing.
What Svensson is intended to be acording to Henrik Lenberg, Founder and CEO of Auxy :
“We struggled to find products that combine ease of use, inspiring features, and a quality build.”
“There are some great digital pianos out there, but we wanted something with more playful features, a broader range of sounds, a smaller form factor, and a design that feels at home in your living room."
“We wanted to make a great instrument for playing at home. Something that invites you to play and create in the moment. No need to read the manual or connect other gear. No menus to dive through. No modes to get stuck in. Just play, loop, and explore your musical ideas."
“A lot of music technology has been shaped around the idea that everyone can be a producer and make tracks for an audience. That’s great, but I think we’re moving in a direction where more people want to take part in music again, not only as listeners. People want to play to have fun, to be present, to learn, or to connect with others. Svensson was made for that.”
From this article :
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The more I think about it and read… It feels more like a designer furniture piece instead of an instrument.
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