Chord Machine AKT-0.1 by Akuto Studio

✨ Chord Machine AKT-0.1 🏭 Soon in production 🛒 Still available on Indiegogo!
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🎹 The Chord Machine AKT-0.1 is a MIDI controller designed for making chord progressions easy and fun to play!
🎶 Get inspired for hours
🎤 Write songs in minutes
✨ New ways of playing
🇨🇭 Made in Switzerland with love
🧡 by Akuto Studio
🎼 More music coming soon
⚙️ Stay tuned!
instagram: / akutostudio
Website: akutostudio.com/
CGI by Floating Point Studio: / floating.point.studio

[@theteddychannel8529]

if this was 99$, absolute steal. If it was 199$, novelty but pretty cool. This thing costs 450$ on pre-order. That's just insane for a small MIDI device.

[@meanmug6013]

real

[@KimchiSomtumBacon]

thanks to u, I passed on clicking that link. If it was a teenage engineer or an Akai product, 450 pre-order? ok why not, but for a Kickstarter product? we've been down that road too many times now lol

[@TURBONERD]

Sorry did you say FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY AMERICAN FREEDOMBUCKS?

[@theteddychannel8529]

@@亞米歐弟沒有I have an OP-1 from teenage engineering. It's a lot more expensive, but you need to keep in mind that it can literally make music on its own. For the price of this chord machine you can get a Teenage Engineering OP-Z, which is also a standalone music machine. There's absolutely no excuse for the high price.

[@ShortP1089]

there is no daw in the world, that hasn't a chord-machine already built in. 450 is crazy.

[@funy0n583]

everyone's cashing in on that teenage engineering aesthetic

[@VeryCuul]

Being stupidly expensive? /j

[@funy0n583]

that too @@VeryCuul

[@benbunch4159]

You mean Bauhaus?

[@blubglub]

"you can even sing while you're playing!" you can do that with literally any musical instrument.

[@nellonthemellon6000]

Not any instrument you use your mouth to play😂

[@Uomo-ratto]

Flute

[@NabPunk]

@@nellonthemellon6000 You can actually sing notes while playing recorders and flutes, just not words

[@monat_son]

Considering the price, it might actually be more cost-effective to find a tutor who can teach you the basics of music theory.

[@musicbyshadofox]

even funnier. andrew huang has a full course on his channel for free

[@KamilDeKerel]

you dont need a tutor now a days to find good information you know, youtube has basically everything you should need

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

I think I will be happy with my music theory books and giant circle of fifths poster for now ☺️

[@fruitykrueger]

Ehhmm may I ask which music theory book do you have because I’ve been struggling to pick one. (Also circle of fifths poster gang though i don’t fully know how to use it yet lol)

[@thriceborn4601]

Hoping a for a arpeggiator, looper, latch, and a sequencer, scale mode, and Euclidean sequencer this thing has the ability to be incredible with these added features. But it’s still awesome from what I can see I just need more to pull the trigger.

[@valentinbrunn4937]

Please please include MPE capabilities! Like smoothly pitch-bending all the notes from one chord to the next, or from major to minor. Then i would 100% buy one right now.

[@Pabloesc571]

the design wouldnt allow for anything more than a regular legato tho, no? its not like the rolli keyboard

[@archiesully]

idk how mpe would work with those kinda buttons they would have to fully redesign it to support that

[@paulblart3464]

Hey I know you!!

[@valentinbrunn4937]

@@Pabloesc571 all I mean is pitchbend-per-note which only works with MPE to morph from one chord into another :)

[@Pabloesc571]

@@valentinbrunn4937 yeah i know what IT is but i dont think its possible on this keyboard. You cant Control pitch of each key individually unless there was some "ai" software doing it for you. Rolli for example is a rubber pad and you slide your fingers on it.

[@Fabi42069]

450?!?! FORHUNDREDFIFFTY!!!!!???!

[@GhastlyH]

The evolution of the Omnichord! I love it!

[@alemusicgirl]

this is amazing and look so minimalistic too bad for the price

[@danieldaniels6371]

Someone is aiming to be the next Teenage Engineering…

[@Codebybryce]

Except less cool. At least TE is a standalone.

[@WeedAndGuns]

That’s strum function… pretty tight.

[@designandcoffee]

I like it. Looks fun. But it’s almost the same price as a push for ableton.

[@vangoghsseveredear]

This ad written by AI

[@joeldichter1320]

I love spaghetti

[@SteveMeiers]

AI will send us all one of these as part of our first UBI payments.

[@рабские_вымираты]

Glad Mark Zuckerberg now can play 4 notes simultaneously, it's so nice! 🎉😅😅

[@DeejayRach0]

I knew i forgot the cocker on

[@baggypop7536]

Didn’t feel like that

[@pulsarstar]

450 USD! You ate your mind Akuto?

[@user-gd4ll4ci6d]

Welcome to Brasil Akuto Studio. I love You my new gifs.🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@CB-ul2np]

Old Boss DR5 Drum machine does something like this. The button panel is layed out like a guitar fret board and you can midi it out as a synth controller.

[@Shlerp302]

add all this: arpeggiator, looper, latch, and a sequencer, scale mode, and Euclidean sequencer, then make it cheaper or commparible to an mpk mini from akai, and you make accual sales

[@furiosound]

se la rifaron

[@larcomj]

Not sure about the product(i think it could be cool) but the the video is amazing.

[@Stairlift_bridg-it]

0:58 TLL THE FLOATING CITY REFRENCE

[@Oversampled]

This looks so cool!

[@EZZYLAND]

AYO

[@Bittamin]

Don’t lie now 😢

[@minglingli7097]

love the flipping , the often say the best solution is the most simple one good job

[@phelper4554]

Any news or is it discontinued?

[@TwoTPOT2763]

0:54 when the guy sings he sounds like Glaishur on Floating City

[@worldwaveradio_]

Hmm nice 👍

[@deyoungstar]

This seems like it has a lot in common with the Le Grand Strum.

[@eye.of.thestorm]

The nice thing about being an electrical engineer for me is that if my family and friends need something simple like this, I just need to spend 30 bucks for the components, build it myself and give them as a gift.

[@Bethune_Groundstaff]

You could pump these out for 150 😭

[@Samuel-hp6op]

but will you do it tho

[@Stokhos]

I can be your friend then i guess..?? :)

[@el_dani]

Does it poly-pressure?

[@orpheuscreativeco9236]

Koala Sampler can do most of this for only $8 😁👍 Pretty slick aesthetic though.

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

Question: can it be used on its own without the use of a PC? In the sense that the sounds are already inside it? Even the drum sounds?

[@fendrede625]

is not sold with the talent

[@zm7160]

It's a fancy Le Strum

[@yotambronsky9990]

This is fucking awsome

[@nightzzmixx]

This little thing is adorable. I want to eat it.

[@NabPunk]

It has the chocolate bar shape going on, I see it too.

[@cre8iveone699]

The Stradella Bass system is a very good system.

[@josephalphons]

what about haing that knob as an option to bend the notes, it would be really cool for the strings section and stuff like roli

[@I2x3I]

yeah but does it display the chord names with the correct enharmonics?

[@Dunch0717]

I dont think chords are really that hard though. Its practically as easy as picking a key and then playing multiple notes at or around the same time.

[@noa_1104]

The nice thing about isomorphic keyboard layouts like this one is that all keys have the exact same shapes for the same chords, like a major and minor triad will always be triangles, and extensions and all really make sense. one axis is the circle of fifth and another is major thirds (or in another similar layout, a whole tone). This gets particularly awesome with way more keys on a bigger playing surfaces and particularly useful if you want to make microtonal music, which requires some novel layout anyway, and ideally one that saves space

[@Bcuzieatiron]

Chords are not hard. You’re right. The entire purpose of this product is for people that have no musical background to pay 450 dollars to feel like a EDM bro for a few hours.

[@Dunch0717]

@@noa_1104 What is the benefit to that? One could simply play the chords on a normal keyboard.

[@md.mahfuz]

It is just another expensive toy@@Dunch0717

[@noa_1104]

@@Dunch0717 Look up someone playing the Lumatone for example. I've used some layouts like this and I feel my entire understanding of harmony for example has actually been changed by it. You could also bring up a guitar fretboard or an accordion, it's not like the piano keyboard is the only layout that makes sense to begin with. This particular product seems like it has way too few keys to really explore much, however... If you're still wondering if this kind of layout can possibly be in some ways better compared to a typical piano, maybe look up the wikipedia page for isomorphic keyboards. It's a pretty genius idea but I also understand why that won't become a standard replacing the piano keyboard, lol.

[@lewytowar6860]

turn on scale in your daw and play simultaneously every other key, how hard can it be?

[@upir_upir]

Well, since I love knobs, buttons, and displays, I will have a hard time convincing myself that I don´t need to buy it since I don´t need it :)

[@visual_chris]

11months ago💀thanks youtube

[@CharlieKelly-ub5qw]

I want to get one.

[@noiselessfox7618]

there is just nothing like a small palstic device with rounded corners to distract artists from playing their instruments to make actual music.

[@rikilshah]

I am no Music Producer but Damn, The product design is superb! I really liked the simplicity and elegance !

[@hehaheadshot97]

You have saved my life and my music! I struggled to succeed in music due to how hard chords are but now I will be a chord master!

[@izraelservantofalmightygod]

In the meantime you can use many chord generators on iPad

[@spades075]

Really?

[@izraelservantofalmightygod]

@@spades075 yep. ChordMaps is one of the best and has quite advanced arpeggiator. Have fun!

[@hehaheadshot97]

@@spades075 No, this couldn't be more sarcastic.

[@spades075]

@@hehaheadshot97 Apologies, my bad. Please accept my apology as I prepare to commit sudoku

[@gedbeat15]

I'm happy to see more start-ups overshadow ISLA Instruments, fuck that company

[@Noyammer]

When he starts singing it sounds like the start of the floating city tll song

[@PierreAugusteLambelet]

Hello. Quickstarter's link is broken... 😕

[@AnthonyGoodley]

You were likely saved by the broken link.

[@sebbosebbo9794]

BIGGER .....❤❤❤❤❤ MPE .... .. .

[@CallMeJoy_wastaken]

For some reason this reminds me of an OMNIpotent instrument that can play CHORDs.

[@fouraces2918]

0:56 Glaishur moment

[@bencovey3061]

I'd buy this for 60 bucks, maybe

[@jimmyfandago3211]

x10 price is.

[@kolbasevitch]

Cool unit, but I’ll wait for a second version with midi/cv built in. This is such a nice looking product, kinda op1 style, this additional box ruins that impression. Wish you good start, definitely going to follow you, to keep an eye on the updates ❤

[@Chucosan]

I wish it had trs midi

[@michaelnardini4934]

I would like to understand the logic behind the layout of the circle buttons.

[@Pabloesc571]

Probably Has something to do with how they assign chords to keys so you can go down up right left etc

[@callisvitor]

Hmmmmm… some strong Teenage Engineering felling.

[@portlyoldman]

iPad 9th gen, £369, comes with GarageBand free (and loads of groove box / synth apps for free or cheap) and you also have an iPad.

[@Smoothhh_One]

Thank you for including lefties. We always get overlooked.

[@scamculture]

If this is built better than the kordbot im gonna be happy

[@scamculture]

ah man 450 is pushing it but we’ll see

[@OffbrandDrPhil]

Looks very inspired by teenage engineering. Pretty neat!

[@haaspaas2]

They certainly copied their pricing standards. Pretty unreasonable!

[@5uperhands]

Oh wow I love it and need to bu…. Oh wait, it’s kickstarter = vaporware

[@simzou4373]

Good music

[@Awytoo]

Finally, instrument I can play and sound go☺️od

[@LODWN]

price 13k ?

[@pekoms97]

lo tengo y es una proqueria, el panel tactial va con retraso.

[@Pippa015]

where's the "made by teenage engineering"

[@berkcan3475]

1:29 loved that n1pl3 there

[@ianbest3677]

At the selling price, it makes no sense. Most of these features are included in standard midi controller like Novation's Launchkey.

[@samgreen7293]

This ad made my balls hurt it was so dumb. The product looks dope tho.

[@SuddenBird59543]

0:57 Floating city glaishur TLL

[@TwoTPOT2763]

You saw gorms vid did u

[@SuddenBird59543]

​@@TwoTPOT2763 YES

[@ThePredatorGamingDiabolical]

@@TwoTPOT2763 same here

[@Arcadium1177]

total rip of the ad for panic’s playdate lol

[@funckyjunky]

It only needs bluetooth midi

[@All_Together_Now]

bluetooth has too much latency to play it in time tbh, wired is the way here

[@funckyjunky]

not really, there are many low latency BLT midi instruments out there.@@All_Together_Now

[@adelinrapcore]

Pls add strumming effect, or some kind of humanizing effect

[@yshin2003]

농심마크여?

[@babyzorilla]

I’ll pick it up at a thrift store in two years.

[@PaulJamandSolo]

Wow, this is so cool! What an incredible machine.

[@Sherifberg]

гении маркетинга

[@user-wx8ot1ph4d]

This is cope for not learning music theory

[@meanmug6013]

nova launch keys can do the same thing and are actuall pianos and are cheaper

[@arnobovard9222]

Quick!!! Take my moneyI want it now!

[@trejohnson7677]

how tf ur r&d recoup so high

[@lucasrohrbach8906]

look what you have done teenage engineering

[@9ntice]

450 really isnt a bad pricepoint for the ease of use.

[@kang018]

chords are not complicated

[@RYKYvonRYKY]

So its just fancy, more expensive Roland J-6 🤔

[@Utuberj0sh]

“Mm I love spaghetti”

[@HennyVenny]

This is some Unison Audio shit.

[@ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh8625]

They literally just remade the Omnicord

[@AnthonyGoodley]

You had me until you said Kickstarter. Too bad, so sad.

[@fossfeen]

just learn music theory dude

[@Chwill76]

This mfs ain’t heard of an omnichord before

[@fossfeen]

$400 midi controller

[@4kaSOSiso]

Why the it have bullshid tone? It may change tone?

[@zackketz]

I was going to seek this out till I saw the price. You can get a legit machine that has tons of sounds for cheaper than this. I'm good. (Good commercial though. You almost had me!)

[@krisgebruers8471]

430 USD ? 🤣🤣🤣

[@markstewart4501]

kickstarter blocked me because I block cookies...oh, well.

[@severeflows]

I’ll stick with my Roland j-6 for now

[@DmitryGorbushin]

The voice-over sounds very much like Captain Pikant (and his girlfriend). Or is just me?

[@YasinHasan]

this could've a $5 app on my tablet

[@JR-dn5cn]

your logo looks like Nongshim's logo. They might file a lawsuit lol