Brilliant Instrument and Toy! – TNR-i - US Review

Ever since the Tenori-On came out, I've wanted one. The instrument is a piece of art that you use to create art. It's ingeniously designed, and especially for people who are visually and musically intuitive, its interface is really neat. Layers, blocks, voices, etc. can be changed using button shortcuts that combine the Left and Right buttons with rows, columns, and points on the grid. And until you figure out the shortcut buttons, there's a great menu system. Especially since adding MIDI abilities, this is a powerful instrument for creating music. It's also very intuitive and fun. I hear it's beautiful on iPad. Personally, I only have an iPhone, and I'm shocked at how well it works. Don't expect to get the right note the first time every time on the small screen. But it does work. And I love having such a fun and powerful music creation program in my pocket. Six stars out of five. Thank you, Yamaha, for making the Tenori-On experience available to so many folks with this app. (BTW, there have been some complaints about glitches and stability in the past. As of Feb 2013, it seems solid.)
Review by PhotoFanatic on TNR-i - US.