At first, the monome was meant be a multipurpose artistic tool: a simple, 100 percent open source design with buttons and lights that could be programmed to to create any kind of art, from music to ...

The grid of musical buttons known as Monome will be updated to a new version that will feature a new button design, the innards of which are depicted to the right (the design of the first "40h" model ...

If you asked [David Phipps] whether he prefers Monomes or traditional keyboards, he might ask you “why not have both?” We don’t presume to speak for him, but that’s what we think he’d say based on his ...

While some producers hunker behind their laptops and ignore live instrumentation when performing, Daedelus, a.k.a. Alfred Darlington, fully immerses himself in live composition with the aid of a ...

In an ideal world someone would read this and send me a monome of my own to play with, but the button-encrusted control surfaces are in short supply (and not too cheap). Since controlling music isn't ...

Monome began life in 2006, but on this Italian trio's debut recording it's effectively a quartet, with German saxophonist Peter Ehwald playing on five of the seven tracks. Ehwald first played with ...

We’ve seen a lot of the Monome, a USB based controller often used as a sampler, here at Hack a Day. This is one of the more creative hacks. [brothernigel] took a Monome 40h kit and fit it inside the ...

Each week Tom Whitwell of Music Thing highlights the best of the new music gear that's coming out, as well as noteworthy vintage equipment: "The wonderful thing about this device is that is doesn't do ...

The monome has been the hi-tech hipster's choice of controller for several years now (in fact, it set the trend for grid-based devices) so it'll be interesting to see what fans of that product make of ...

This may not look like a musical instrument, but it is—and a whole lot more. It’s a grid of 8×8 buttons that light up when pressed. A USB interface connects this thing to almost any sequencer or MIDI ...

Devices like Yamaha's Tenori-On or the monome are great, but their pricing is definitely out of the "casual treat" range and well into "serious investment". Stepping into the fray to sate your ...