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by kitotik 1258 days ago
Nice work!

This is a take on the Yamaha Tenori-on[0] style of sequencing which is legendary(but sadly no longer made).

I’m surprised there aren’t more software clones of this available. Even the official iOS app clone was discontinued a few years back. It’s such a fun and highly creative way to sequence, though better suited to melodic phrases than rhythmic patterns imo.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_Tenori-on

4 comments

Pretty sure I've seen multiple people doing step sequencing like this in software with the Monome Grid and similar software-driven grids. No idea which application or plugin were they using, though.
Did a brief Google and didn't find anything describing how the tenori on sequencing style differs from other grid based sequences. Mind going into some detail on that?
I remember getting into the Monome ecosystem around 2005 (also a grid-based device) and being surprised by Tenori-on coming along and making something so visually similar. I guess grid-based tools feel natural to a lot of people!
I think a similar style is the Tones.fm website (https://tones.fm). I recall it was even posted on this site when it first launched, many years back