New Update!
The new look!
Detail on the Deadfront Panel – Killer!
New update
They are doing a tremendous job closing up this project and it looks (to my new product developer eyes) that this will all be done first class. They are paying attention to mechanical issues, which is something often done only half way, when developers spend so much time and feel overwhelmed by just the electronics and the software.
Exciting news is there are also some new music theory, or performance related features that they can’t talk about yet, until they have secured the patents for them. Not sure how many patents total they’ll have on this thing but it will be quite a few – which gives some kind of view as to how innovative this box will be when completed. The key change and modal change buttons are nice already and they’re still finishing them up.
I’m guessing they will be able to deliver sometime early in 2019 – first quarter probably.
Very much looking forward to getting my hands on this, and am thinking through some on the ways i will use it, and what sort of gear and synth voicings i will put around it, including the use of arpeggiation. Need to get my studio arranged to fit this in, and fit it into my routine as well.
Here’s a little performance video they slapped together on prototype hardware, and alpha level software. It gives some hint of the rich chord voicings that are built in to this.
The learning curve will be significant, but at the same time it should be navigable. My impression is also that this will have ‘legs’ and be something i can use for a long time, finding new uses and possibilities along the way.
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Kordbot.
I just don’t get it…Why would anyone want a program to write chords that are in-key? What about secondary dominants? Borrowed chords? Augmented chords? Writing a progression in-key is as easy as playing all white notes and transposing the whole thing up/down if you want!
And if you want to do modal interchange…Then do modal interchange!
I am constantly confounded by people who go through extraordinary lengths to avoid learning music theory. So much so that they’ll buy a piece of equipment that “does music theory”. What on Earth?
Sit at a piano, learn your favorite songs, do what they do, find out what it was they did that you liked so much, rinse, repeat. You don’t even need theory if that’s the route you take. As long as you know the rules and when to break them.
At least trying to be somewhat open minded here I can see how a piece of hardware like this can bring about new ideas/inspiration that weren’t once considered. Like maybe the user didn’t know they could use a iv in their song. Or maybe they didn’t know they could play a Db chord in the key of C and have it work out (try it in first inversion, too 
). I can see that. But then at that point you’re still skipping the application of theory if the “work” is done for you.
“Check out how easy it was to remake these songs using the TheoryBoard. The music theory behind all of your favorite songs is now easily accessible.”
IT WAS EASILY ACCESSIBLE BEFORE BY LOOKING AT THE CHORDS
Rant over.
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You dont learn much when the answers are given to to either 
Right but I don’t think this is targeted at people who want to learn theory but just people who want to…I don’t know…Use it? Like it’s a magical beast or something?
Because how could you learn theory from this thing? Let’s say you didn’t know what phrygian was, so you load up the e phrygian scale and start plunking away. Okay, well now you see in your DAW that everything is all white keys. Maybe you’d be inspired to search the Internet and find out why that is. Maybe it just seems like a funny coincidence to you. Who cares?! You can play PHRYGIAN NOW
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Thank you! I have to take a deep breath every time I see that this thread has a new post. But hey, people are taking the car for a 400m ride to the bakery, so what´s the deal here anyway.
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I find it annoying walking from my lounge room to my fridge
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Yep there’s a reason they call em mans best friend
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Update January 2019
Irijule is very close to shipping. They have paid a lot of attention to get the small details done right. Interested to hear what the new functionalities will be, they still are waiting for the announcement. Looks like a production run of 2000 units. The last video shows the keyboard in use, but the sound is a little below par.
Sorry to see ...
i have been annoying you – GirTheRobot, and phelios. Seems to me there are plenty of other things, and other posts, without reading things you find detestable and then bothering to post your disgust. But that’s just my opinion too, you’re welcome to yours.
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Some of those people always makes me 
whenever i see them post.
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Update February 2019
Simple demonstration of various voicing options, along with some scale choices.
Looks like they’re about a month away from shipping or so. (They will air ship this too.) So they have got to be close to unveiling the secret new features, that they are holding off announcing pending the patents clearing.
They are just as detail focused as always. Good to see. It’s even reassuring how carefully they prepare each update.
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So excited for this thing.
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^ March update
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This image of the TB is from the video in the March update.
For those not familiar, the width of this is a little over 24 inches (around 66 cm). Thin and not to heavy.
Maybe Irijule will announce the new features in the April update. They’ve got to let the secrets go soon, since it’s almost ready to ship.
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are they still taking preorders?
They are still taking pre-orders but the price is now at $700. That’s getting up towards the ROLI Rise 25 price which is $800. The Rise 49 is at $1100 and the TB is 4 octaves too.
That’s confidence – we’ll see if there is enough demand for them at that price. They had planned to have a price in that range from the start, so we’ll see.
How good will the quality be, how rugged, and how good will it feel to play? The price could work but it’s going to have to be amazingly good for there to be much demand. Good sign to me that Irijule is that confident.
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wee, $299 for me 
it’s been a long wait, but excited to see how it’s coming together. making me wonder if it’ll replace my keystep completely.
First tier for me too. But face it Kickstarter is always a bit of a risk – and we did have to wait a little, but i’m with you, i think this may pay off.
My fingers are still crossed though.
Proof of the pudding and all.