Superbooth 2018: Haken Continuum gets a Mini-Me

[@triplebacon1]

creative juice's flowing after listening to this quick demo, what a Beautiful instrument ;-)

[@kirabarsmith9353]

Very interesting. Loving the coverage, guys, thank you!

[@gladtobeangry]

Sounds and looks very nice. I'd love to have something compact like that lying across the top part of my midi keyboard, just to play expressive solo's. Makes more sense to me than other full-sized dedicated touch surface instruments. Not that those big ones don't make sense in general, but this compact format makes more sense to my workflow/playing technique.

[@cliftoncameron5632]

What you don't see is the Eagan Matrix DSP based Modular Synthesizer. Find out more about it on Hakenaudio.com. This is not a toy, this is something tremendous in terms of sound, possibilities, control voltage, expressiveness, and audio processing. It's a work of Art in the domain of Sound.

[@DanielEnglisch]

yessss always had my eyes on the big board which just can't afford, this is great!

[@CaalamusTube]

...that sort of Guzheng/Kotoish sound was nice :]

[@fortheloveofnoise]

a little much...but I am really thankful for this. I was asking for a mini more affordable finger board. I think ill sell a few things and pick this up.

[@RTK171]

This things going to be the go to for the synth head sounds great sound

[@joshk2181]

hoping for the best with this one

[@SandcastleTheory]

So presumably it senses velocity, pressure, and x-axis; but what about y-axis?

[@phantazzor]

They should make a guitar neck type of continuum

[@JoeHensson]

I saw something like that at Superbooth, it had a wooden Panel and was continous as well. Forgot the name though.

[@williamroark]

Kinda is!! Fretless synth (Learn something more then “high tension wires”)

[@cliftoncameron5632]

Ed Eagan and Lippold Haken have a beautiful instrument here. The ContinuuMini is going to be a game changer. Both the full and half size have tremendous range of possibility with Ed's Eagan Matrix and the joy of playing the surface on the fingerboard is World's beyond the imitators. Just play one yourself and you will know. Take a look at Hakenaudio.com to find out more about this Living Legend of an instrument. Now with this size and scale of possibility with the relative of the Haken Continuum here, it's a great opportunity to get individuals into this wonderful sonic universe and expressive instrument with the Haken Continuum. Sonicstate, Thank you for covering this.

[@willvine4921]

Doh ! You cut off the bit about the resonator speaker , I would have liked to see that !

[@padlockbeats151]

I'm getting a karate kid / Wu Tang / Kung Fu vibe right now

[@harrychrome844]

So, I have two parameters (x-position and pressure) plus gate? What's the difference to the other ribbon controllers then?

[@MustacheVerra]

Why make it so small that you can't make a turn with you thumb when playing a scale on a keyboard for example? Seems you can barely fit you finger in there. :-/

[@GlacialLake]

I thought it was pronounced like the band name

[@whormongrmuzik]

cool but too expensive, I would rather that KMI makes something similar with the touch fabric that can be cheaper and more durable

[@matszh]

whormongrmuzik What about the Roli Seaboard Block? It’s less than half the price...

[@whormongrmuzik]

matszh I've been curious about it, I like the idea of how the seaboard plays but haven't had my hands on one yet. Some things like the tilt on the kboard I thought would feel intuitive but aren't. Currently I usually have the tilt of on it off most of the time

[@willvine4921]

The Roli I could see being a steep learning curve ! If you were willing to put in the time I doubt there is anything more expressive though ?

[@milk_bath]

Roli taking too much of the market niche?

[@Cloroqx]

The Continuum is on another level compared to Roli's offerings. Once you play the two the differences are obvious.

[@davidlane1248]

@@Cloroqx well the Continuums are a hell of a lot more expensive. The best advances in tech matter little if the average person can't afford them

[@SjN7HETIK]

full size is 5000$+!!!! even if this is mini, i think will cost about 2000... TOTALLY CRAZY, worste than Roly that is already overpriced and expensive. But this is HUGELY INAFFORDABLE, guys how a keyboard (even if futuristic, xzy touch, etc...) cost more than a 16 voice poly analog?

[@howardscarr9518]

Why speculate when Ed clearly said $550 early adopter price, $899 retail?

[@JoeHensson]

Yeah pricing is incredible, but it's also way better than the roli.

[@lukashuber4419]

Just a cringe comment

[@spaziojobim]

899 usd ... O_o'

[@woodlandcritterpunch]

I mean, compared to the $3300 the half sized version costs, it's pretty affordable...... not that that's saying much, lol. Does look pretty sweet though, and definitely gonna be the most expressive CV controller out there that can be bought without selling your kidneys.