monome: news

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

this!

posted May 15, 2010

ps. now on engadget

2010 may 7 order

posted May 07, 2010

update: sold out!

we’re happy to announce the grayscale one twenty eight. bus-powered, bright white lighting, tilt-enabled, sturdy silicone over steel construction. compatible with an ever-growing collection of community-built applications.

orders placed today will ship over the next two weeks in order of receipt. 150 are left in this edition.

thank you to those who pre-ordered a month early! you helped make this edition possible. all pre-ordered devices shipped today. you’ll receive a tracking number via e-mail.

grayscale one twenty eight this week

posted May 04, 2010

orders begin this friday, may 7 at 1pm EST. order information here. check your time zone. we’ll post order links on the site at this time. we’re not accepting additional pre-orders.

thank you to everyone who pre-ordered last month. we’ll be shipping these this week. you’ll receive a tracking number when your order ships.

five twelve life

posted Apr 09, 2010

it’ll take some time to develop a few applications which are designed appropriately to deal with this much space, but in the meantime conway’s life never fails to satisfy my need for fairly unpredictable patterns and tiny noises.

auction ends tomorrow, saturday april 10 around 1pm EST. if you’re interested in bidding, stay near your e-mail and watch for updates on the 512 page.

512 information here


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