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Aira Compact
Aira Compact (stylised as AIRA Compact) is a series of portable electronic musical instruments released by the Japanese company Roland Corporation, Roland. Originally released on 10 May 2022, the series currently comprises five models: the T-8, a drum machine; J-6, a chord synthesiser; E-4, a vocal effects unit; S-1, a sound design-oriented synthesiser that was released a year later in May 2023; and the P-6, a Sampler (musical instrument), sampler released in September 2024. The Aira Compacts were received well by reviewers, who gave the series high review scores. They are the recipients of two design awards: the IF Product Design Award and Red Dot Design Award. Release The original trio of Aira Compacts (T-8, J-6 and E-4) were released on 10 May 2022. Two additional models, the S-1 and P-6, were released a year later in May 2023 during the Superbooth trade show and on 12 September 2024 respectively. They are all priced at $200. Design Each model in the Aira Compact serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electronic Musical Instrument
An electronic musical instrument or electrophone is a musical instrument that produces sound using electronics, electronic circuitry. Such an instrument sounds by outputting an electrical, electronic or digital audio signal that ultimately is plugged into a power amplifier which drives a loudspeaker, creating the sound heard by the performer and listener. An electronic instrument might include a user interface for controlling its sound, often by adjusting the pitch (music), pitch, frequency, or duration of each Musical note, note. A common user interface is the musical keyboard, which functions similarly to the keyboard on an acoustic piano where the keys are each linked mechanically to swinging string hammers - whereas with an electronic keyboard, the keyboard interface is linked to a synth module, computer or other electronic or digital sound generator, which then creates a sound. However, it is increasingly common to separate user interface and sound-generating functions int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
