[HN Gopher] Details of the new Suzuki Omnichord OM-108
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       Details of the new Suzuki Omnichord OM-108
        
       Author : runamuck
       Score  : 64 points
       Date   : 2024-01-26 13:38 UTC (9 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.suzuki-music.co.jp)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.suzuki-music.co.jp)
        
       | scorxn wrote:
       | https://newatlas.com/music/suzuki-omnichord-om108/ says $750
        
         | naet wrote:
         | Dang, I wanted one of these but that is a lot of money for it.
        
           | adastra22 wrote:
           | Similar price to a Roland keyboard.
        
           | bch wrote:
           | 'dang might be sympathetic, but i doubt will actually buy it
           | for you.
        
       | zwieback wrote:
       | Demo from NAMM, love the presenter:
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uWk5_ifkFk
       | 
       | Mother Maybelle would have loved this thing.
        
         | dylan604 wrote:
         | I loved the part about "new features" and he pulls out the skin
         | to overlay the buttons to give it a keyboard layout, and then
         | promptly does absolutely nothing with it that required the use
         | of that overlay.
        
       | justsomehnguy wrote:
       | > Powered by 8, AA batteries
       | 
       | Guess some things never change.(18650 is not the best thing in
       | the world but it is miles ahead of _8 (eight)_ AA batteries)
        
         | anigbrowl wrote:
         | Thing is you can buy AA batteries anywhere
        
           | stonogo wrote:
           | But you only need to buy 18650s once.
        
             | tengwar2 wrote:
             | AA and 18650 are just form factors. You can get
             | rechargeable AA.
        
             | anigbrowl wrote:
             | The appeal of this instrument is that you can take it
             | somewhere that doesn't have outlets to recharge it. Same
             | reason there's a speaker, even though you wouldn't use that
             | for recording. The Omnichord is a nostalgia buy, not the
             | cutting edge (to the point that it doesn't even have
             | corners).
        
         | vouaobrasil wrote:
         | That's a good thing. I have plenty of electronics that I'd
         | still like to use but can't because it's hard to find a
         | battery.
        
           | rwmj wrote:
           | 18650s are very widely available, although sadly there are a
           | lot of fakes so choose a reputable supplier.
        
       | benzible wrote:
       | Perhaps another hit single lurks within the presets!
       | https://www.musicradar.com/news/damon-albarn-gorillaz-clint-...
        
         | dylan604 wrote:
         | I remember the first time I heard one of the CD samplers that
         | musicians use, and then started recognizing there unaltered use
         | in pop music. Some sounds were so widely used, it almost felt
         | like a Wilhelm scream intent rather than musical intent.
        
       | vouaobrasil wrote:
       | Cool device! I think I'll get one. Should be very useful for
       | chord experimentation.
        
       | Pathogen-David wrote:
       | If anyone wants to learn more about the older OM-84 model
       | mentioned multiple times on this page, David Hilowitz has a
       | fantastic video about it and its history:
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAIar0O-yvg
        
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