At first, the monome was meant be a multipurpose artistic tool: a simple, 100 percent open source design with buttons and lights that could be programmed to to create any kind of art, from music to ...

In an ideal world someone would read this and send me a monome of my own to play with, but the button-encrusted control surfaces are in short supply (and not too cheap). Since controlling music isn't ...

While some producers hunker behind their laptops and ignore live instrumentation when performing, Daedelus, a.k.a. Alfred Darlington, fully immerses himself in live composition with the aid of a ...

The grid of musical buttons known as Monome will be updated to a new version that will feature a new button design, the innards of which are depicted to the right (the design of the first "40h" model ...

Stop. Watch the video. Monome is an 8×8 grid of backlit buttons for music control. That’s pretty much it. The demo video does an awesome job showing some of the possibilities and I’m sure there will ...

If you asked [David Phipps] whether he prefers Monomes or traditional keyboards, he might ask you “why not have both?” We don’t presume to speak for him, but that’s what we think he’d say based on his ...

The likes of Akai's APC40, Novation's Launchpad and Livid's Block all owe a debt to the monome controller, of which a revised version has just been announced. This is known as the grayscale sixty four ...

Sadly our music creation skills aren't up to much here at SlashGear, but we do like a good controller surface. Livid Instruments' new Block controller is a great example: 64 monome-style assignable ...

This may not look like a musical instrument, but it is—and a whole lot more. It’s a grid of 8×8 buttons that light up when pressed. A USB interface connects this thing to almost any sequencer or MIDI ...

If you're not familiar with Monome, the company designs and builds unique, minimalist controllers in limited editions for the discriminating music maker with deep pockets. The company's latest, Arc, ...

It might not be perfect, but the one twenty eight is truly a delight and an inspiration once it's up and running. You'll want a bigger one! Limited availability. Expensive. Poor documentation. Tough ...