{"id":21010,"date":"2012-01-16T10:45:05","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T17:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/?p=21010"},"modified":"2012-01-19T13:22:08","modified_gmt":"2012-01-19T20:22:08","slug":"pocket-piano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/personal\/pocket-piano\/","title":{"rendered":"Pocket Piano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re on the go and don&#8217;t want to put up with an iPhone-based synthesizer, or perhaps you&#8217;re an ultralight musician, the Pocket Piano from <a title=\"Critter and Guitari official web site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.critterandguitari.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Critter &amp; Guitari<\/a> just might be your fix. A handmade pocket synthesizer that packs a vibrato synth, harmonic sweeper, two-octave arpeggiator, octave cascade, mono FM synth, and FM arpeggiator is housed in a sturdy aluminum and hardwood case with built in speaker and a 1\/4&#8221; output jack. Round wooden keys give it a unique and tactile playing experience. Describing it in words isn&#8217;t exactly doing it justice, so I highly advise watching this <a title=\"pocket piano video\" href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/14598032\" target=\"_blank\">accompanying video<\/a> to see and hear some of crazy noise making abilities of this miniature machine.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nFor those muscially and technically inclined, please see the <a title=\"pocket piano website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.critterandguitari.com\/content\/pocket-piano\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">offical website <\/a>for specifications and details. The Pocket Piano is also available <a title=\"pocket piano midi\" href=\"http:\/\/www.critterandguitari.com\/pocket-piano-midi\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">with MIDI<\/a> to sync with drum machines, sequencers, computers, synthesizers, as well as other Pocket Piano MIDIs. Bleep bleep bloop bloop fuzzzz&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/images\/pocket-piano02.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/images\/pocket-piano02.jpg?resize=513%2C377&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"377\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/images\/pocket-piano02.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/images\/pocket-piano03.jpg?resize=513%2C377&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"377\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/images\/pocket-piano02.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/images\/pocket-piano04.jpg?resize=513%2C377&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"377\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re on the go and don&#8217;t want to put up with an iPhone-based synthesizer, or perhaps you&#8217;re an ultralight musician, the Pocket Piano from Critter &amp; Guitari just might be your fix. 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