ThinkGeek Bliptronic 5000
Photo courtesy of ThinkGeek

November 26th, 2009 – Ok, so I’m a bit late to the punch on this one. I’ve been busy practicing with the Vestax Spin. ThinkGeek has taken the matrix sequencer, the de rigeur method of live sequencing, and put it into a super affordable package.

Can’t part with $500 for the Monome, $400 for Livid Instruments’ Block, or even $200 for Novation’s Launchpad? How about $50? The Bliptronic 5000 costs just that much, and comes in an aluminum enclosure, with a built in sound bank (a la Tenori-On). Not only that, but it can sync itself with other Bliptronic 5000′s for truly collaborative performances.

Funny though, you know what interests me the most about the Bliptronic? It’s the case, and the buttons. Those are the biggest pains to get for a Monome. Although there’s no MIDI or OSC support in this device (yet), what’s stopping someone from inserting a Monome (or PICnome or Arduinome) logic board and making their own low cost Monome? Or I’d have just as much fun playing with it as is.

Bliptronic 5000 via Synthtopia

This entry was posted on Thursday, November 26th, 2009 at 5:11 pm.
Categories: Asides, Gear.

2 Comments, Comment or Ping

  1. Rod Shields

    what if you plugged the output of the Bliptronic 5000 into a Sonuus guitar to midi device

    Nov 28th, 2009

  2. Sean

    @ Rod Shields : That’s a pretty good idea. The only problem is that you could only record MIDI data pre-sequenced through the Bliptronic since the device itself doesn’t play the notes when you press the buttons, but only when the sequenced position comes up. Also, the Sonuus G2M is only able to determine monophonic melodies which is somewhat limited.

    Nov 28th, 2009

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