October 17, 2004
Be afraid

Instapundit, of all people, links to this menacing instrument:

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Although, now I come to think of it, I seem to recall him being some kind of musician himself.

Announcing the World's First Complete Digital Accordion

Roland is pleased to introduce another milestone in digital musical instrument history – the V-Accordion. Models FR-7 and FR-5 are the first instruments of their type to successfully integrate powerful digital technology such as new Physical Behavior Modeling (PBM) into a traditional accordion design, offering performance features and authentic sounds that appeal to a wide range of musical styles.

People in leather shorts and braces, but with modernistically coloured hairdos, will soon be emitting techno-folk-music.

There have long been electro-pianos capable of reproducing all sounds ever made, able to redo the Ode to Joy in the manner of a chorus of barking dogs or orgasmic actresses or foghorns. Now, this device has gone portable.

Posted by Brian Micklethwait at 12:54 PM
Category: Music miscellaneousTechnology