Eigenlabs Eigenharp Pico - Performance Instrument/Controller (Black)

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18 Playing Keys Total
10-bit (1024 Values) Key Resolution
Strip Controller
Breath Controller
1500 Percussion and Drum Loops
Play Soundfonts and Audio Units Plug-Ins
MIDI Control
USB Bus Powered
Mac OS X
Windows 7

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The Eigenharp Pico from Eigenlabs is a simple to use performance instrument/controller that allows a musician to play and improvise using a limitless range of sounds with virtuosic skill. It delivers endless permutations for control and expression of either the supplied instrument sounds, or of virtual instruments from other manufacturers. Light and portable, the instrument is ideal as a solo instrument or for playing in a band.

The instrument consists of a unique control "surface" containing a total of 18 highly sensitive playing keys that are internally sampled at 2,000 samples per second to deliver incredibly detailed control nuances. The sampling is also applied to the strip controller and the breath controller, providing almost endless possibilities for flexible keyboard layouts, fast instrument switching, and expressive musical control.

The Pico, when connected to a required Mac computer, can play and record loops, change scale and key, transpose, alter tempo, program beats, create arrangements, switch and layer multiple sounds, all while the musician is performing live on stage. Additionally for the solo performer, it can control an entire set. A very comprehensive built-in sequencer works for both percussion sounds and pitched instruments.

A feature rich software system provides a wealth of musical performance features that includes the already mentioned playback of the instrument's own native sounds, along with many common software plug-ins, Soundfonts, or external MIDI instruments via the MIDI outputs available on the included base station. The entire system has been built to withstand the rigors of live performance, and since all sound generation takes place on the computer, the controller will never become obsolete.

Light and portable performance instrument/controller

18 playing keys, strip controller and breath pipe

The keys use a unique 3D technology which is not only incredibly sensitive, down to the width of a micron, but also detects movement in 5 directions - pressure for volume, side to side for effects and up down for pitch

With its ease of playing and transformational approach to learning scales and music theory, the instrument represents a new and easier way to learn to play a musical instrument

All control points sampled at rates far in excess of even the latest MIDI specification, delivering very detailed nuances

Eigenlabs software is based on a modular synthesis model that allows control inputs to be routed and manipulated by the user to achieve a wide variety of effects

Almost any control from the "keyboard" can be used to manipulate any parameter in the system

In addition, these effects are fully polyphonic allowing for control of each note individually

Includes 1,500 AIFF format (time-stretch and tempo change capable) percussion and drum loops, Sampletekk Black Grand Steinway D, Sampletekk Tubed Rhodes, Sampletekk Tubed 'Wurli' electric piano, Camel Audio's Eigenlabs Player version of "Alchemy" and the company's physical models of a cello and clarinet

The EigenD software is also capable of using any third-party SoundFonts, sample instruments and Audio Units virtual instruments

The breath pipe can be used to articulate notes just like a traditional wind instrument, or it can be used to control samples, effects and filters - or it can be hooked up to control any parameter of a sound, even the tempo

The strip controller can be used to pitch bend, bring in loops and add effects and filters

For solely percussion use, the user can map as many keys as required to drum kits and drum samples

Ships with a range of video tutorials and a Quick Reference Guide

Modular Synthesis Modules

Soundfont oscillator (SF2 files, other sampler formats such as ESX24 can be used via CDXtract) with ability to cross fade between two sample sets on key yaw
AHDSR envelope generator (with complex functions for key press shaping)
Drummer (plays AIFF loop files with tempo time stretching)
Sine/Sawtooth/Square oscillator
High-, Low-, Band-pass filter
Ladder filter
Gain control
Mixer with effects sends/returns and stereo panning
Cello physical model (can be bowed via strip controllers, breath pipe or a key)
Clarinet physical model
Audio Units host
Hardware MIDI Output interface
Hardware MIDI Input interface
Convolution engine
Multi-tap, multi-line delay
Value range changer
Keyboard splitting, routing, and course definition
Recording and playback of takes
Musical Scales and pitch bending
Metronome for musical clock generation (including a tap tempo function to set tempo from a key)
String model to impose string-like or wind instrument type monophony
Grouping of modules into defined software instruments

Scales

Scales can be defined in an instrument, or can be associated with a key routing so that the scale, octave and tonic change according to how the instrument is being played
86 built-in scales

Event Triggering

The system allows defined events to take place according to a variety of triggering actions. Events that can be triggered include:

Global and individual instrument mixer channel volume changes
Parameter and configuration changes
Various actions in the graphical interface
Starting and Stopping of the metronomes
Playback of recorded takes
Initiation of a new recording
Starting and stopping drum loops
Playback of a single note
Changing key
Changing scale
Changing tempo

These actions can be triggered by various modules, which currently include:

Talkers - triggering an action mapped to a specific keypress
Scheduler - triggering actions at times within a song
Arranger - triggering according to a repeated pattern (i.e. step sequencing)
Talker actions can also be triggered by MIDI input notes from external MIDI hardware, so MIDI foot boards can be used, for example, to change key or tonic, or tempo, while playing

Polyphony	Maximum number of concurrent notes: at least 40 Maximum number of simultaneously starting notes within 5mS: at least 8
Latency	Less than 7mS end to end (from key press to sound)
Sample Rates	44.1, 48 and 96khz
Controllers	18 x Keys 12 x Percussion keys on the lower part of the instrument 4 x Mode key 1 x Breath pipe 1 x Strip controller ¹ Please Note: All controllers sampled at 2,000 samples/second with 10-bit (1024 value) resolution close
Formats	File formats: SF2 (Soundfont 2) and AIFF (Apple Loop) Plug-in formats: Audio Units and Eigenlabs native instruments
System Requirements	2GHz or higher Intel processor Mac OS X 10.4 or higher Windows 7 2GB RAM 10GB hard drive space USB 2.0 compatible USB port
Dimensions (WxDxH)	2.4 x 0.8 x 13.3" (6 x 2 x 34cm)
Weight	13.7 oz (425g)

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