Roland’s 50th Anniversary Concept Piano has flying speakers for some reason

2022 marked the 50th anniversary of storied instrument maker Roland. But, though we have converted to our 2023 calendars, the corporate took the chance at CES to take another victory lap by displaying off its 50th Anniversary Concept Piano. It’s an audacious digital piano inbuilt collaboration with Japanese furnishings maker Karimoku. The exterior is one piece molded from Japanese Nara oak that hides a 360-degree, 14 speaker system. 

If the elegant curves stuffed to the brim with speakers aren’t thrilling sufficient for you, nicely I’ve obtained excellent news: Roland has additionally constructed speakers into drones that hover above the piano and might be managed by the participant. Unfortunately, these could not be flown on the present flooring at CES, so Roland dangled a pair of them from wires. Those are mixed with a proprietary low-latency audio connection and the corporate’s PureAcoustic Ambience tech to create versatile pure sounding reverb that extra precisely mimics what you’d hear in, say, a live performance corridor. And I can verify that even within the cavernous Las Vegas Convention Center, combating towards the fixed din of individuals and different exhibitors, the idea piano sounded wonderful. 

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Above the keyboard itself there’s a big touchscreen that can be utilized to stream tutorials, video convention with a piano trainer, and even run Zenbeats from Roland Cloud, turning the instrument right into a studio hub. There’s even USB MIDI and Bluetooth connectivity for interacting with different devices.

Of course, the Roland 50th Anniversary Concept Piano isn’t for sale. And by no means will likely be. This is a creation within the custom of over-the-top idea automobiles. Maybe some of its options will ultimately make their method to future devices, however for now it is really a considered one of a sort.

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