monome: news

monome community tour

posted Aug 24, 2010

the monome community has reached new heights, self-organizing a relay-style tour featuring over 30 musicians, showcasing a diversity of musical usages of the monome controller.

monome community tour dates and information

check the tour dates for your city, support your local musicians!

to accompany the tour the community has produced a double cd compilation which will be available at each show, and online afterward if there are any leftover.

xor

posted Aug 15, 2010

new application for monome devices available on the wiki.

grayscale sixty four and mk still available for ordering.

summer sixty four

posted Aug 13, 2010

order here

just to be clear, the grayscale sixty four is fully assembled and tested. it’s not a kit.

this is a small batch of 100. we’ll start shipping on august 20.

mk now available

posted Jul 16, 2010

order here

international orders fixed: order here

update: driver assembly instructions posted

mk orders friday

posted Jul 15, 2010

shown above, all components that ship with the mk driver. details about the kit are on the wiki.

ordering begins friday july 16 at 1pm EST. check your local time zone here.

order links will be posted here on the front page at that time.

orders will begin shipping in late july, once we receive a last late shipment. tracking numbers will be sent out at this time.

shipping rates: $10 united states, $40 international.

we’ll be using UPS for domestic shipments and USPS express for international. USPS claims 3-5 day delivery, tracking, and insurance.

important points to know:

  • does not include LEDs. we let you source these yourself in order to have a wide choice of color and brightness.
  • you’ll need to build your own enclosure and top plate. check the forum for much discussion.
  • if you’d like to build a complete 8×8, you’ll need 1 logic 1 driver 1 keypad. for a complete 8×16 you’ll need 1 logic 2 driver 2 keypad. for a complete 16×16 you’ll need 1 logic 4 driver 4 keypad.
  • to upgrade a 2x (or 4x) 40h kit (using your existing keypad kit) you’ll need 1 logic 2 (or 4) driver.

assembly guides and how-to articles are forthcoming. difficulty level will be similar to the original 40h kit—check out the assembly guide if you’d like to gauge difficulty.

also, check out the interview we did with createdigitalmusic.

mk

posted Jul 07, 2010

details and photos posted to the wiki.

pre-orders july 16. shipping late july.

edition of one

posted Jul 05, 2010

we had a leftover slab of local black walnut from our short edition of the five twelve which milled nicely into this solid-bodied two fifty six. the design and construction identically matches the five twelve (see the extensive build photos for details) but this 16×16 is fully bus-powered via the usb port.

high-resolution photo here.

this device quickly found a new home.

one hundred thousand

posted Jun 16, 2010

the monome forum recently hit 100,000 posts, with less than three years of use!

image above, laser etch on a monome five twelve for kero

monome kit

posted Jun 09, 2010

preliminary details for new monome kit posted on the forum.

high resolution photo here.

upgrades, kits, and the future

posted May 21, 2010

what’s special about this photo? read more here.

new kit details

the upcoming completely redesigned monome kit will support up to four 8×8 grids using bus power. eight analog inputs and eight programmable input/output ports are onboard. the logic board will be fully assembled and tested using surface mount components. cabling is reduced using board-to-board connectors. all new kit boards are compatible with old kit boards. this new kit is less expensive than our past kit.

more details, pricing, and photos coming late next week.

we’ll start taking orders june 25. shipping will begin july 9.

grayscale two fifty six

we’re considering the release of a grayscale edition of the two fifty six. bus powered, bright white lighting, silicone over steel case matching the grayscale series. please register your interest here


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