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The custom scripts are not there to show off, they are genuinely useful performance enhancers. The danger with this project could have been to veer too much toward quirkiness and whimsy, or create a set of instruments that recreate Imogen Heap songs. Luckily, this has been avoided, while still letting Imogen’s playfulness and sonic sensibility shine through. And far from being a Heap sound-alike construction set, Box Of Tricks has wide cross-genre appeal, as well as being ripe for film and TV production, and is as beguiling as the artist herself.”

You can read the full review on the SOS site (free to read after 1 month):

However, a year or so later, Guy was back – with a functioning early prototype, made of wood, but playing just like a handpan. It showed real promise and we were impressed by Guy’s drive and determination to make it happen, so we agreed we would act as sound design consultants and supply samples if a full production model ever came to be.

Another year later and Guy is about to launch a crowd-funding campaign to get The Lumen into a full production prototype form, and then make it available for retail. The price isn’t fixed yet but Guy ‘s aim is that it will be well under $1000 USD. With original Hangs changing hands for up to $10,000 on ebay, and other models selling for $2000+, this is exactly the price it needs to be.

Here is a sneak peak of the projected feature set:

Features

• Sound Design & Consultancy by Soniccouture
• Full velocity sensitivity (20 levels per tone field)
• Full range, amplified speakers
• USB charging
• 4 hour+ playing time
• MIDI output
• Audio output (headphone jack)
• Multiple instruments – changeable while playing
• Key adjustments while playing
• Scale adjustments
• Affordable!

Get onboard early and support the Lumen crowd-funding campaign at Indiegogo

Our remaining Kontakt Player products are already in the pipeline and should be available by the end of April 2016

The NKS product list in full:

• Box Of Tricks
• Balinese Gamelan 2
• Ondioline
• Geosonics
• EP73 Deconstructed
• The Attic
• The Hammersmith
• The Hammersmith Pro Edition
• Clav
• Vibraphone
• Grand Marimba
• Ondes
• Glass Works

Updates are completely free for existing users, and can be downloaded from the user account area now. Simply click on the Downloads link for each individual product, and you will see the update under the main product downloads:

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The Seaboard Rise is a very effective partner for the Ondioline instrument – I can’t think of any other controller which enables such a realistic emulation of the original units lateral vibrato keyboard. The Seaboard is much more flexible than that, though – the Ondioline keyboard could move side to side, but that was all – with the Seaboard completely fluid slides (in all directions) are possible, and the pressure sensitivity is also possible, although it takes some practice to play softly enough to be able to use it well.

The Seaboard is pretty easy to get used to, but you can imagine there is scope to become a real virtuoso with it.

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